linux.conf.au Talks & Presentations

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The Kernel Report

Comprehensive overview of Linux kernel development, covering recent updates, challenges, and future directions. Explores hardware vulnerabilities, stable kernels, testing initiatives, and mobile Linux progress.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Faucet SDN Tutorial

Hands-on tutorial for installing and configuring Faucet SDN controller, exploring features like VLANs, ACLs, and routing. Includes network monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Adding Location Awareness with GPS Technology

Explore GPS technology's segments, signal acquisition, and decoding. Learn about hardware modules, NMEA data, coordinate systems, and security considerations for location-aware applications.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Open Source Tools for Publishing and Processing Earth Observation Imagery

Explore open-source tools for accessing and processing satellite imagery data, focusing on Digital Earth Australia and Open Data Cube platforms for government, industry, and research applications.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Web Security

Explore 20 years of web cryptography evolution, current transitions in TLS, cipher suites, HTTP security headers, and the move towards encrypted-by-default web.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Cache Pathology Report of Linux System Calls

Explore high-frequency profiling to analyze Linux system call cache behavior, improving kernel and application performance through better understanding of instruction footprints and cache utilization.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Executable Code Golf - Making Tiny Binaries for Constrained Systems

Explore executable code golf techniques for creating tiny binaries, focusing on PAQ compression algorithms, compressing linkers, and optimization strategies for constrained systems.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Let's LISP Like It's 1959

Explore the elegance of the original LISP interpreter from 1959, implemented in C. Discover the foundational concepts of computation through this mind-bending language design.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Go All-In

Exploring the evolution of FOSS, its economic impact, and the importance of full engagement in collaborative development for maximizing value and ensuring project longevity.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Taking it to the Next Level - Nested KVM on the POWER9 Processor

Explore nested virtualization on POWER9 processors, including KVM implementation, challenges, and future developments. Gain insights into running VMs within VMs and their practical applications.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Linux Kernel Licensing - Toward "Grep"ability

Overview of Linux kernel licensing, SPDX identifiers, and progress towards "grep"ability for license information in source files. Discusses ambiguities, cleanup efforts, and community progress in 2018.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Using Containers to Analyse the Impact of Climate Change

Scalable data processing pipeline using containers for simulating crop productivity and environmental outcomes, enabling high-resolution analysis of climate change impacts on agriculture.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Monitoring Infrastructure Using the Elastic Stack

Learn to build a robust monitoring infrastructure using Elastic Stack. Explore Beats, Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana for efficient log and metric analysis in IoT and microservices environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Open Source - Open Data - Changing Lives for the Better

Exploring the impact of open source and open data in government, focusing on New Zealand's initiatives to improve data management, sharing, and decision-making for better societal outcomes.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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A Long Day's Journey Into Backups

Explore the evolution of enterprise backup solutions, from costly mistakes to efficient systems, with insights on storage optimization, compliance, and future improvements for operations engineers.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk