Delightedly finished reading through the linux.conf.au program.  Some nasty clashes have me still arguing with myself, but here are my personal compulsory attendance talks.  Your preferences will no-doubt differ, so I've tried to explain my reasons:

 

  • Tridgell: Open Hardware Differential GPS - I spoke to Tridge about this, and the abstract completely undersells it.
  • Corbet: Kernel - Jon's kernel talks are great for non-kernel people, but for me it's about seeing the forest through the trees.
  • McKenney: Parallel Verification - Paul's spoken with me about this, but I want to hear the practical side to see how I can apply it.
  • Heo: Kernel per-cpu  - I persuaded Tejun to submit this; his per-cpu work was elegant (mine, on which this was built, was merely functional).
  • Airlie: Virtual GPU - Sorry Bdale (with whom it clashes): I have wanted a virtio GPU for so long, I need to see it.
  • Packard: Zero-copy Compositing  - Keith is always good, and graphics performance is fascinating.
  • Suehle: Raspberry Pi - Generally O'Reilly books are well researched, so I expect great content here.
  • Isaacs: CTDB Bugs - I was around when he was finding some of these, and there are some fascinating surprises here.