The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian GNU/Linux operating system, announces that its next annual conference, DebConf10, will be held Aug. 1 to 7, 2010."The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian GNU/Linux
operating system, confirmed the dates and venue for its next annual conference,
DebConf10," the organization said in a statement Oct. 30.
"The conference will take place from Aug. 1 to 7, 2010, at Columbia
University, in New
York City, in cooperation with the Columbia Computer
Science department." Next year's event marks a milestone in that "in
DebConf's 11-year history, this will be the first time it has been held in the United
States," organizers said.
"The Debian community in New York City
is excited to welcome our colleagues from around the world to join us for this
rewarding and productive conference," said Jimmy Kaplowitz, leader of the
local New York team for
DebConf10. "We look forward to energizing North American Debian
contributors and introducing interested users to ways they can give back to
Debian, making it an even better operating system and an even better
community."
"Debian GNU/Linux is a free computer operating system. Over 3,000 volunteers
from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software.
Translated into 27 languages and supporting a huge range of computer types,
Debian calls itself the 'universal operating system.' In the United
States, Debian is backed by Software in the
Public Interest, a not-for-profit public charity," the organizers said.
DebConf organizers said the event will feature "talks and
demonstrations about the benefits of Debian and free and open-source software
in general to corporate, governmental, academic and individual users." In
addition, there will be a day that the general public is invited to attend.
"The call for papers and registration will open in January 2010," the
announcement said. "DebConf10 will be preceded by DebCamp, the yearly
developer work sessions, starting on July 25. Information about DebConf10 is
updated at http://debconf10.debconf.org as it becomes available."