linux.conf.au Talks & Presentations

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Practical Ethics - Building It Better in 2020 and Beyond

Explore ethical tech practices, their impact on data privacy, and practical tips for building ethical muscles in the digital world. Learn how ethics can coexist with business success.

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

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Large Pages in Linux

Explore the evolution, benefits, and challenges of large pages in Linux, including performance improvements, hardware optimizations, and future limitations for kernel developers.

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

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The Story of PulseAudio and Compress Offload

Explore PulseAudio's implementation of compress offload for efficient audio processing on modern SoCs, discussing challenges, tradeoffs, and future possibilities in Linux audio systems.

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

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Using WhatsApp as a Command Line - Breaking Out of the Walled Garden

Explore techniques to automate WhatsApp for business scaling, including protocol unlocking, browser automation, and official API integrations. Learn about parsing semi-structured data and implementing chatbots for customer service.

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

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How to Write a Retro Arcade Emulator

Explore the engineering behind 1980s arcade games and learn to build an emulator, preserving gaming history while gaining insights into vintage electronics and hardware design.

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

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Room Scale VR Tracking with OpenHMD

Explore room-scale VR tracking with OpenHMD, covering technical details for Oculus Rift implementation and the project's ecosystem supporting various VR hardware across platforms.

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

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Kicad for Software Developers

Learn to design circuits and PCBs using Kicad through a guided tutorial. Create a watering system relay controller with wireless communication and solar power, focusing on eeschema and pcbnew tools.

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

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Desktop Linux, Without a Keyboard, Mouse or Desk

Explore alternative input methods for Linux desktops, including speech recognition, eye tracking, and foot pedals. Learn about ergonomic solutions for programmers seeking functionality and customization.

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

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Opening a Treasure Trove - The Historical Aerial Photography Project

Explore Australia's changing landscape through a digitized aerial photography archive, featuring open-source solutions for metadata management and image discovery across multiple agencies.

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

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The EU Says The Laws of Mathematics Apply in Australia

Exploring EU data laws' impact on global privacy and security, emphasizing human rights, encryption, and improved practices. Challenges Australian policies and advocates for adopting EU standards in handling personal data.

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

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Privacy is Not Binary - A Discussion of Data Systems, Ethics, and Human Rights

Exploring the complexities of data privacy, ethics, and human rights in the digital age through an interdisciplinary lens of anthropology and data engineering.

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

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A Political History of X

Exploring X Window System's 35-year history to examine the impact of licensing, community, and corporations on free software development and the broader software ecosystem.

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

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Good, Better, Breast - Building a Sensing Mastectomy Prosthetic with Open Hardware

Innovative project developing a smart mastectomy prosthetic using open hardware. Explores motivations, design challenges, lived experiences, and implications for post-mastectomy recovery and wearable technology.

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

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Finding Aids as Open Data - Access Points to Data-Drive Stories of the Past

Exploring the potential of archival finding aids as open datasets to uncover new insights and data-driven stories from historical records, inspiring fresh perspectives on the past.

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

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VM Block Error Injection - A Novel Approach for Testing Linux Storage

Explore VM block error injection for testing Linux storage, covering its importance, challenges, and benefits over traditional methods. Learn about a proof-of-concept implementation in QEMU.

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