If you’d like to contribute to our tech track programming, please use our form to send in submissions. Thanks Kevin for doing such a great job! Our tech track already has over 70 event hours. Check in with us for panel highlights from other tracks as we get closer to Penguicon.
- An Introduction to Docker: What are Linux Containers?- with Nathan LeClaire. Heard about Docker and curious to know more? In this talk Nathan LeClaire, an engineer at Docker Inc., will go over some of the “what”, “why”, and “how” of Linux containers. Docker has emerged as an exciting new way for developers to build, ship, and run applications and eliminate the pain of moving them from computer to computer to computer. We will be going over some fundamentals knowledge as well as the direction the technology will be taking in the future.
- Cryptoparty, Penguicon Edition- with Susan Sons. Susan returns for this popular session. Everyday encryption for the general public. Learn to protect your hard drive’s data, browse the web anonymously, encrypt your email, and more in this hands-on workshop. Absolute beginners are welcome; we will have volunteers on hand to provide you with software and help you learn to use it. Bring your laptop along to get the most from hands-on activities in this session.
- Getting involved in the Open Source community- with Tom Callaway (Red Hat), Ruth Suehle (Red Hat) and Emily Gonyer (GNOME project). Whether you are into circuitry, soda, 3d printing, DIY furniture or software, there is an open source community for you. This panel answers questions like “How do I find them? What can I do to introduce myself? How can I help?”
- MariaDB: The New MySQL in your LAMP Stack- with Colin Charles (MariaDB) Come to understand what MariaDB is all about, the new features it has compared to MySQL, and why you want to use it. Learn about security, user management, multi-source replication, keeping your slaves as fast as your master, and a lot more. This will be fast-paced at 50 minutes, but you’ll leave with a lot of new things to try.