Category Archives: 2012

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 [...]

Exploring San Diego

LPC is nearly here, and some of you have been asking about things to do and see while you’re in San Diego.  To get you started, we’ve put together some information on sightseeing here, along with a bit of information on transit options from the Sheraton.  Also, in order to avoid the frequent conference problem [...]

Another New Microconference Added

The LPC committee is pleased to announce the addition of a new Android MicroConference to the conference. This change will be reflected in the schedule soon.

Evening Events Announced

LPC is right around the corner, and we have some great evening events planned for the conference. We hope you can join us! On Tuesday, 8/28, LPC will be hosting a welcome cocktail reception at the Sheraton from 7:30 to 10:00 PM. Come by and have a drink, catch up with friends from far-flung locales, [...]

Sheraton Room Block Now Full

THE SHERATON IS NOW FULL.  You may call the hotel’s Reservation Center to check in the case of cancellations at 1-877-734-2726 and ask for the LinuxCon room rate. We have booked another block of rooms at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island, located .7 miles from the Sheraton.  The room rate is US$179/night and includes wireless internet as well [...]

New MicroConference Added

The LPC committee is pleased to announce the addition of a new LLVM MicroConference to the conference. It will focus on the LLVM compiler and the current status of building Linux with it. This will be reflected in the schedule soon.

Sneak Preview: T-Shirt Design

Check out the great design for the conference t-shirt.   Many thanks to Mackenzie Colwell for her great work! See her more detailed blog entry about the design here: http://beefybeliever.wordpress.com

Registration Is Now Full

We are pleased to announce that today  we have reached the maximum capacity for registration to the Plumbers Conference, therefore, as of now the registration is closed.  We have deliberately limited the number of registrations to 350 in order to allow for meaningful participation in the MicroConferences and productive interaction among the participants. Thanks to [...]