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Mon, 27 Jun 2005
On Saturday I had the good fortune to attend LinuxTag in Karlsruhe. Saturday is when most of the OSS/technical presentations are held, I was particuarly keen to see Arnd's presentation on the Cell processor and it didn't dissapoint.
After some minor travails in getting there I arrived at the conference a little after lunch and got my registration organised. The event is held in two of the halls of the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre. One hall is mostly trade show / corporate style booths with some OSS projects that receive free floor space. The second hall has the usual laptop/networking area along with areas for other OSS projects and LUGs.
The conference had a great feel about it - reminded me a lot of OLS/LCA in that respect - lots of folk hanging about, hacking, chatting etc. Presentations covered a wide range of topics and seem well received.
Standout for me, and, judging by the number of people who listened, for most of the attendees was Arnd's presentation on the Cell processor. As you'd know, this is the chip that Sony announced would be used in the Playstation 3. Arnd and the Boblingen team have done some great work to get Linux and the toolchain up and running on this unique chip - gonna be cool to see how it goes!
Took a few pictures at LinuxTag too - starting here. There's some shots of the prototype Cell systems too for those with a hardware bent.
Quote of the day surely goes to Arnd - I gave him a lift back to Boblingen from the conference. I was lamenting the fact that the rental car had satnav but no cruise control. "Cruise control isn't so useful here - you have autobahns, and you have brakes." Quite :)