“Australia’s biggest Linux conference will kick off next week
and the organiser has promised that attendees will get a lesson in
how to control and monitor everyday objects–including a toilet
flush–using the open source operating system.“Linux.conf.au, which will be held at the University of New
South Wales in Sydney between 15-20 January, will feature
presentations and tutorials from various open source software
experts including Dr Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum and Jonathan Oxer,
president of the conferences’ organising body Linux
Australia…”