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I've returned from my trip to Dublin already a week ago but busy school-kids & other things ate up my time so now here's my write-up

I've meant to attend a big(ger) Linux conference for some time now and when I read about the Diversity Scholarship by the Linux Foundation I thought "why not, give it a try". I was promptly accepted and tried to get funding/sponsorship for the other costs. With the company I'm working for not grasping that chance (*ahem*) I was lucky to find my LUG - the LuGA, where I'm member of the board, sponsoring the remaining costs for the trip. THANK YOU GUYS!!!

I arrived in Dublin on Sun night and started into the conference well-rested :-) I had a hard time picking talks as there were multiple parallel tracks and very interesting topics that were touched. What I ended up with is what I think a good mixture of deep-dive tech talks and meta-tech ones that dealt with (problems in) the Open Source community from different angles.

What was very nice and cool was that I got to meet some long-time "'net only" friends and people in person for the first time, most notably fallenpegasus, Valerie Aurora and Leigh Honeywell!

So, here's my summary of what I saw and heard:

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Since a lot of people seem to get into the mood for Christmas it might be a good time for this...
I can't promise I'll manage to write them all but I'd still like to try and send out Christmas cards again this year. The cards will possibly be of the traditional variety so if you don't care for those you can skip this post.
If you'd like to receive a card (again, no promise I'll be able to make it) please comment with your name/address (will be screened) - even if you think I got your address.
If you'd like to send us a Christmas card you're very welcome to do so but don't feel obliged! Our address is available on request via comment/e-mail if you're not sure you have the right one (if you have the ZIP code 1230 then it is)...

This entry was originally posted at http://nilasae.dreamwidth.org/199613.html.

Since a lot of people seem to get into the mood for Christmas already it might be a good time for this...
I can't promise I'll manage to write them all but I'd still like to try and send out Christmas cards again this year. The cards will possibly be of the traditional variety so if you don't care for those you can skip this post.
If you'd like to receive a card (again, no promise I'll be able to make it) please comment with your name/address (will be screened) - even if you think I got your address.
If you'd like to send us a Christmas card you're very welcome to do so but don't feel obliged! Our address is available on request via comment/e-mail if you're not sure you have the right one (if you have the ZIP code 1230 then it is)...

This entry was originally posted at http://nilasae.dreamwidth.org/198667.html.

Merry Christmas to you all!



Hope you can enjoy a little bit of quiet and relaxed time with your loved ones!

Since a lot of people seem to get into the mood for Christmas already it might be a good time for this. Just as last year:

I can't promise I'll manage to write them all but I'd still like to try and send out Christmas cards again this year. The cards will possibly be of the traditional variety so if you don't care for those you can skip this post ;-) If you'd like to receive a card (again, no promise I'll be able to make it) please leave your name/address in a comment (either here or with the original post) - even if you think I got your address, please, I managed to screw up my address book sometime this year. The comments will of course be screened!

...but waaaay cool. Found this gem via /. (my favorite is pic #50) - Australia's, if not the world's, largest private computer museum.

(Yes, I'm procrastinating, why do you ask? ;-))

Since a lot of people seem to get into the mood for Christmas already it might be a good time for this. Just as last year:

I can't promise I'll manage to write them all but I'd still like to try and send out Christmas cards again this year. The cards will possibly be of the traditional variety so if you don't care for those you can skip this post ;-) If you'd like to receive a card (again, no promise I'll be able to make it) please leave your name/address in a comment - even if you think I got your address, please, I managed to screw up my address book sometime this year. The comments will of course be screened!

Recommendation for admins working with RHEL 4 and SANs in combination with PowerPath and LVM. Do change the "filter" line in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf (e.g. as described here) or you will end up getting duplicate PV entries and will be unable to do a pvmove unless you tell LVM to consider only specific devices! *facepalm*