[Linux-aus] (no subject)

Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 13:11:33 UTC 2007


Any LUGs in Cairns? ;-)
S.


On 8/23/07, Mark Phillips <mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> So Brisbane,
>
> Your proposal submitted for Linux.conf 2009 :-)
>
> From
>
> http://apcmag.com/7017/linus_torvalds_talks_future_of_linux_page_3
>
> APC: You've been to Australia, and rumour has it that you were bitten
> by a penguin. Is that true? How did you find Australia, how many times
> have you been there, any favourite town or city? Was there any kind of
> activity like bush-walking and things like that which you really took
> to in Australia?
>
> LT: I've been to Australia several times, these days mostly for
> Linux.Conf.Au. But my first trip - and the one when I was bitten by a
> ferocious fairy penguin: you really should keep those things locked up!
> - was in 93 or so, talking about Linux for the Australian Unix Users
> Group.
>
> And I'd never go bush walking. Not that I mind the idea of poisonous
> animals (or the drop-bears), but simply because I'm just not into that
> whole outdoor thing. I tend to go to zoos, and I love walking around
> the strange creatures you have down there, but let's face it - one of
> the biggest draws is that it's warm and sunny there when it's nasty and
> horrible in the northern hemisphere. I'm from Finland, so "warm and
> sunny" means more to me than it may do to some other people.
>
> One of these days I hope to find myself on the Great Barrier Reef and
> do scuba diving (which I love), but for some reason I've always ended
> up in other parts.
>
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