On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 22:23 -0400, James wrote: > So what is one to Expect at Susecon, as I see the registration gets > you > into the final day, Is there more than the final day. I do apologize, > never been to a Convention.
Hi James, SUSECon is the enterprise-level conference that runs during the week preceding our weekend Summit. It is offered by SUSE which is our the main sponsor of our openSUSE Project. They were kind enough to donate us the space to use the hotel for the weekend for our own conference, and we'd like to also give the local LUGs a chance to utilize the space as well. SUSECon is aimed at audiences that pay for enterprise-level Linux services. It is a paid conference, as opposed to our conference which is free. So what do you get for the "free" parts of SUSECon when you register for openSUSE Summit?: - Access to the Technology Showcase on Friday morning. This is the main exhibit hall area and you can meet with various vendors and hear about their products. - Access to the closing keynote sessions. These keynote speeches tend to cover the general state of industry and Linux. I know some SUSE executives and Dell executives will be giving these keynotes, but I don't have specifics on who and what their topics are. - If you register for openSUSE Summit in advance, you can come to the Linux Professional Institute Exam Cram on Thursday afternoon. LPI will give a crash course to help you prepare for their world-respected LPI certification which many Linux companies require if you want to work for them. On Friday, you can take the exam for a discounted price of $99. You won't be able to attend SUSECon presentation sessions (unless you pay for registration there), but you get many similar topics by going to the openSUSE Summit. For openSUSE Summit, we have a party each night that promises to be loads of fun. We will also have our own openSUSE Opening Ceremony where you can be the first to get your hands on a copy of openSUSE 12.2 DVD (openSUSE 12.2 will be formally released to the world this Wednesday.) We are a very sociable conference and we encourage people to socailize with each other. We offer the Geeko Lounge and we would like to offer the LUG community a room to use with as they please. Your own presentations, or a general LUG meeting, Or whatever you think works well for your needs. We just need to know soon if you indeed want us to block out a conference room for LUGs. James, if you've never been to a conference, we look forward to seeing you there and I personally look forward to meeting you. What better conerence to go to than one that is completely free? :-) Bryen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
