Monthly Archives: August 2012

LPC Closing Party at El Vitral

We hope you’ve enjoyed the conference so far!  Tonight we will be having an LPC-only (no LinuxCon or Cloud crossover) event at El Vitral in the Gaslamp Quarter.  Buses will begin leaving the hotel at 6 and continue until 6:30 or so.   Please be sure to bring your conference badge as well as identification [...]

LPC Strategic Planning BOF

We’ll be holding a BOF session at 11am on Friday to discuss the strategic long-term direction of the Linux Plumbers Conference.  If you have any ideas or thoughts about how you think the conference should go in the future, join us in Nautilus 3.

Thursday Event at Hotel Del Coronado

Thursday night’s event will take place at the Hotel Del Coronado, a historic beachfront property built in 1888. Buses will be leaving from outside the Grand Ballroom Foyer (in front of the Linux Con keynote room near the Intel booth) between 6-7PM.  You must go to the Intel booth and get a ticket in order to [...]

New BOF Scheduled.

A new BOF focusing on TI processors has been scheduled for tomorrow, 8/30, during lunch.  If you have any interest in the topic, or questions, there should be several experts available for discussion.  The BOF will be held in Nautilus 1.  There is also a BOF today at lunch in Nautilus 2 on C-state Governor. BOFs [...]

Wednesday Evening Event, TAB Voting

Tonight’s event, sponsored by Qualcomm and Code Aurora, will be at Bali Hai restaurant.  This event is joint with LinuxCon and Cloud Open.  We’ll be taking water taxis to the venue, so meet in the lobby of the hotel between 6:00 and 7:00 and you will be directed to where you need to go.  Please [...]

Opening Reception Tonight 7:30-10:00 PM

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the opening reception tonight at the Sheraton.  The reception will be held in the Lanai area of the hotel, which is a grassy area out back by the water.  We’ll post signs in the lobby to help you find us, but the directions are simple.  From the main [...]

Getting to the Sheraton from the Airport

While the hotel runs a free shuttle to the airport, sometimes wait times are up to 30 minutes.   Since the Sheraton is essentially across the road from the airport, it’s also very easy to walk, especially if you’ve arrived in Terminal 1.  We’ve provided a map and directions on our Attend page –  just [...]

Sheraton Parking/Fridges

If you are planning to drive to the Sheraton and park, please be aware that the hotel has no free parking.  Parking rates for hotel guests are $22/night (self-park) and $30/night (valet).  For visitors, rates are $6 for the first hour and $4 for each additional hour for self-park, maxing out at $22 for a [...]

Follow us on Twitter!

Join us on twitter! We will be posting updates and information throughout the conference. Also, use the #linuxplumbers hashtag to tag your own LPC posts. Follow @linuxplumbers

Schedule Updated

We’ve done a bit of schedule shuffling in the last few days in order to accomodate last-minute changes in travel plans or conflicts with the speakers. There have been a few minor changes in the timing of talks. In addition, we have one new talk planned, “Depths of the Cloud: How Linux networking needs to [...]