Ottawa Linux Symposium

I spent last week at OLS. It was GREAT.I had the chance to work on my project’s design issues with the help of my two incredible mentors: Behdad and Kosai.  The most useful part for me was the tutorial sections. Here is the list of talks that I enjoyed: 

• Write a real, working Linux driver
  • I’m still playing around with my USB device.
• A Step by Step Introduction to Writing a Linux Filesystem
• Debugging Linux kernel using Kdump
  • If Kosai wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have understood much!
• Xen 3.1 and the Art of Virtualization
  • Very interesting.
• GIT – A Stupid Content Tracker
  • Well presented.
• I’d love the idea behind Reverse Engineering USB Drivers
• There was a BOF about Women in Linux: Speed Mentoring in which they “made” all the participants (including students and mentors) to talk to each other for about 10 minutes (not less, not more !). I met great mentors there.
• Why Userspace Sucks – (Or, 101 Really Dumb Things Your App Shouldn’t Do), I recommend everyone to read the abstract here. I’ll try to get the slides too.
• Wow:  3 myths, 2 lies, and 5 truths about Linux kernel development.

 P.S.1. I have slides and sample code for the first three tutorials. Please contact me if you wish to receive a copy. 
P.S.2. Ottawa is very beautiful in summer. Here is a picture of Parliament Light Show.
 

Kosai: If you want high quality picture, please let me know.