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Tracing Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the Tracing Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. Tracing in the Linux kernel is constantly improving. Tracing was officially added to Linux in 2008. Since then, more tooling has been constantly added to help out with visibility. The work is still ongoing, with Perf, ftrace, […]

IoThree’s Company Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the IoThree’s Company Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. As everyday devices start to become more connected to the internet, the infrastructure around it constantly needs to be developed. Linux is showing up more in products that are not normally considered to be computers, but […]

Performance and Scalability Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the Performance and Scalability Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. All parts of the Linux ecosystem, kernel and userspace, should account for performance and scalability. The purpose of this microconference is for developers from different projects to meet and collaborate, as the entire stack must […]

Scheduler Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the Scheduler Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference! The scheduler is an important functionality of the Linux kernel, deciding what process gets to run when, where and for how long. With different topologies and workloads, it is no easy task to give the user the […]

Confidential Computing Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the Confidential Computing Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference! In this microconference we will discuss how Linux can support encryption technologies which protect data during processing on the CPU. Examples are AMD SEV, Intel TDX, IBM Secure Execution for s390x and ARM Secure Virtualization. These […]

Dates for Virtual Linux Plumbers now 20-24 September

We took a look at all the events that were announced at the same time as OSS, including KVM Forum. The dates 20-24 September still seem to be clear of conference overlaps so we thought we’d grab them for Plumbers before someone else does. We also thought the timezone last year (Atlantic, 1h ahead of […]

Containers and Checkpoint/Restore Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

We are pleased to announce that the Containers and Checkpoint/Restore Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference! The Containers and Checkpoint/Restore micro-conference brings together kernel developers, runtime maintainers, and developers working on container- and sandboxing related technologies in general to discuss current problems and agree on new features. Last year’s meetup resulted […]

CFP Open – Refereed Presentations

The Call for Refereed Presentation Proposals for the 2021 edition of the Linux Plumbers Conference is now open, which we plan to hold in Dublin, Ireland the last week of September in conjunction with The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit. If an in-person conference should prove to be impossible due to the circumstances at that […]

Welcome to the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference

Planning for the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference is well underway. The hope is to be in Dublin co-located with OSS EU (although with hopefully non-overlapping dates). However, the Linux Foundation is still negotiating for a suitable venue so we can’t fully confirm the location yet. There is an outside (and hopefully receding) chance that we […]

Watch the LPC 2020 Plenary Session

Welcome to LPC 2020! This year we have a record number of attendees, around 950. We hope you’ll find the conference as engaging and productive as the ones we had in person for the past 12 years. Please watch this LPC 2020 welcome message from our Committee Chair, Laura Abbott, in lieu of our usual […]

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