- Linux Australia
Linux Australia is the national,
Australia nLinux organisation. It was founded in 1997 and formally incorporated inNew South Wales as a non-profit organisation in 1999. Linux Australia aims to represent the AustralianLinux community and to support and collaborate with theLinux User Group s in Australia.Linux Australia was co-founded by Terry Dawson and Garry Allpike. From humble beginnings the organisation was formally incorporated to provide legal support for the inaugural Conference of Australian Linux Users (now
linux.conf.au ). Over progressive years the organisation has steadily matured in its operation and today its major activities include the successful annuallinux.conf.au open source conference, a grants program that seeds and supports relevantopen source projects, and regular participation in public events such as conferences and exhibitions. Public relations activities include lobbying to government and corporate entities onopen source issues and comment and opinion to the media.The executive committee is elected democratically by the organisation membership annually, and therefore changes year to year. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in furthering the goals and objectives of the organisation.
The executive committee for 2008 is:
* Stewart Smith (president)
*Steve Walsh (vice-president)
*Anthony Towns (treasurer)
* Terry Dawson (secretary)
* James Turnbull
* Melissa Draper
* Paul SchulzNotable former committee members include Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell (Samba), and Paul "Rusty" Russell (Linux Kernel, notably Netfilter and the 2.6 modules rewrite),
Pia Waugh (Software Freedom International ),Jonathan Oxer ( [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;396147352;pp;2 Australia's Geekiest Man] ).See also
*
AUUG , the Australian Unix systems User Group
*LUGs in Australia
*Open Source Industry Australia External links
* Main Site http://www.linux.org.au/
* Linux Conference Australia http://linux.conf.au/
* Planet Linux Australia http://planet.linux.org.au/
* Linux Australia Mirror Project http://mirror.linux.org.au
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