We are pleased to announce that the Databases Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Linux plumbing is heavily important to those who implement databases and their users who expect fast and durable data handling. Durability is a promise never to lose data after advising a user of a successful update, even […]
Category Archives: Announcements
Real-Time Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-19 – 22:55
We are pleased to announce that the Real-Time Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! The PREEMPT_RT patch set (aka “The Real-Time Patch”) was created in 2004 in the effort to make Linux into a hard real-time designed operating system. Over the years much of the RT patch has made it into […]
Testing and Fuzzing Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-19 – 02:29
We are pleased to announce that the Testing and Fuzzing Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Testing and fuzzing are crucial to the stability that the Linux kernel demands. Last year’s microconference brought about a number of discussions; for example, syzkaller evolved as syzbot, which keeps track of fuzzing efforts and […]
Toolchains Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-17 – 18:10
We are pleased to announce that the Toolchains Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! The Linux kernel may be one of the most powerful systems around, but it takes a powerful toolchain to make that happen. The kernel takes advantage of any feature that the toolchains provide, and collaboration between the […]
Open Printing Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-14 – 15:18
We are pleased to announce that the Open Printing Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! In today’s world much is done online. But getting a hardcopy is still very much needed, even today. Then there’s the case of having a hardcopy and wanting to scan it to make it digital. All […]
Live Patching Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-13 – 20:19
We are pleased to announce that the Live Patching Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! There are some workloads that require 100% uptime so rebooting for maintenance is not an option. But this can make the system insecure as new security vulnerabilities may have been discovered in the running kernel. Live […]
You, Me and IoT Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-12 – 14:00
We are pleased to announce that the You, Me and IoT Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! IoT is becoming an integral part of our daily lives, controlling such devices as on/off switches, temperature controls, door and window sensors and so much more. But the technology itself requires a lot of […]
Containers and Checkpoint/Restore MC Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-04 – 14:05
We are pleased to announce that the Containers and Checkpoint/Restore Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Even after the success of last year’s Containers Microconference, there’s still more to work on this year. Last year had a security focus that featured seccomp support and LSM namespacing and stacking, but now the […]
Distribution Kernels Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-05-27 – 17:24
We are pleased to announce that the Distribution Kernels Microconference has been accepted to the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference. This is the first time Plumbers has offered a microconference focused on kernel distribution collaboration. Linux distributions come in many forms, ranging from community run distributions like Debian and Gentoo, to commercially supported ones offered by […]
Linux Plumbers Earlybird Registration Quota Reached, Regular Registration Opens 30 June
2019-05-26 – 16:54
A few days ago we added more capacity to the earlybird registration quota, but that too has now filled up, so your next opportunity to register for Plumbers will be Regular Registration on 30 June … or alternatively the call for presentations to the refereed track is still open and accepted talks will get a […]
