[mdlug] Penguicon

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 06:31:38PM -0400, Mark Thuemmel wrote:
>> I'd go especially if it was like Ohio or Indiana Linuxfest.
>>
>> The Penguicon people don't seem to push the local LUGS anymore, but I
>> attend every year and love it.
>
> One of the notable differences is that Penguicon is $40 for an adult,
> while the Ohio Linux Fest is free (although the drive to Columbus can
> be expensive).  I'll admit, I've taught classes at OLFU so I might be
> a bit biased.
>
> I can't really justify $40 for a conference that isn't really even
> that focused on tech.  Last time I went, all of the tech stuff was
> poorly managed and seemed more like an afterthought, and the people
> running the con seemed to not even care about the tech stuff.   I know
> someone who tried to run a session who ended up showing up, paying for
> attendance, only to find out her class had be canceled when other
> people started showing up in the space for a different topic.
>
> I'd actually be pretty happy if there was the equivalent of OLF here
> in southeast Michigan, but sadly, Penguicon is not that kind of
> conference. (Although, I'll admit that the "Michigan Linux Fest" and
> "South East Michigan Linux Fest" would probably be shortened to MILF
> and SEMILF and that is way too NSFW to work.)

I've been in touch with their new network guy. They're trying to set
up a unified wireless network this year. May dual-stack it, if he has
time.

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