Now that the Ohio LinuxFest has posted it's schedule of talks, I decided to try and narrow down the ones I wanted to see.

First up at 10 is Linux Migration with Dan Rusek and Mark Richards. I'd be interested in seeing what their approach is to migrating the desktop, because I've never seen one that actually works for big corporations.

Next at 11, Digital Forensics, Law Enforcement and Linux with Michael Harrington. This kind of stuff just fascinates me and I'e played around with it myself, in recovering deleted files (oops!) and sniffing/testing HTTP traffic. I've always loved the idea of getting into this field, but I really don't know what's involved. Hopefully, he'll cover some of those issues. The sad thing is that KDE: Every Day Use and Hidden Gems with Aaron Seigo sounds really good too. I'll either get the presentation online or have someone take really good notes for me.

After lunch at 1, it's off to Building an Open Source Company with Bill Mathews. This is a talk by a real business leader, so I'll be expecting practical example of what works and what doesn't. I've been to enough "here's a bunch of theory that won't hold up in the real world" talks and I'm hoping this is not one of them. I'm always aiming toward building a business in the future (who isn't) and I'm always up for seeing a good presentation on the subject.

Next at 2, it's Apache mod_rewrite by Rich Bowen. He gave a couple of talks last year as his were by far the most informative. I am torn between this and Symphony OS by Ryan Quinn, but I think mod_rewrite will win out in the end.

At 3:15, it'll be either Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings by Jorge Castro or Hula Project by Joe Gasiorek. I very hesitant to see the Hula Project presentation since it's a Novell project. Novell had a presentation last year that was just short of a marketing spiel and I don't really want to sit through that when I could catch something on Ubuntu instead (even if I am a Mepis lover).

Finally, at 4:15, I'll catch the Deploying Open Source Software in Schools talk by Kim Brand. Amy's mom is a school teacher and I've always thought about the idea of getting Open Source stuff on their machines. They have so much down time that most of the teachers just stick the things in a corner and let the things rot. And I don't blame them since they have only on tech for all of the akron school district! they need to open the whole thing up to volunteers and turn those machines from spyware-bots to useful tools!

Oh yeah.. the talk. I want to see it.

After that will be the ending keynote and raffle followed by the reception. I'm thinking of staying awhile afterwards, but that depends on what the fellows want to do. Let me know!

If anyone else out there is going, drop me a line and let me know what you plan to see.

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