Atlanta Linux Fest 2009
I interviewed Nick Ali, one of the great minds behind the Atlanta LinuxFest 2009. See what he has to tell us, and why you shouldn’t miss it if you’re lucky enough to be nearby on September 19th, 2009!
Nick, please introduce yourself…
My name is Nick Ali, I live in Atlanta, GA, USA. I am a software architect by day, an Ubuntu community member the rest of my waking hours! My first experience with open source was about 12 years ago, when I bought a copy of Red Hat, and was shipped a bunch of CDs. Waffling for some time after between Windows, various Linux distributions and BSD variants, I came back to using Linux full-time 5 years ago. Thats when Debian worked mostly out of the box on my machines. About 3 years ago, I heard all this raucous about something called Ubuntu. Finally giving it a shot, I’ve been hooked not only on the distribution, but also the community.
You are organising the Atlanta Linux Fest 2009. IS this your first year?
2009 will be the 2nd year of Atlanta Linux Fest. About 6 weeks before Software Freedom Day 2008, a few of us were sitting around discussing how it would be cool to have a Linux show in Atlanta. A lot of the old schoolers remember the Atlanta Linux Showcase fondly, so we thought itmight be cool to take a stab at it. Six weeks is really a short amount of time to plan anything like a Linux fest. But we managed to find a spot, get some presentations together, and do an event. About 150 people showed up. Not bad for 6 weeks of planning from scratch and absolutely no budget.
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