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At DebConf6 one talk session -- 45 minutes -- will be broken up into as many lightning talks of 5 minutes or less as we can fit into the session. Lightning talks have long been a staple of Perl conferences and offer a way to get an idea, technique, interesting piece of software, etc out to the audience without all the overhead of a regular talk.

Think of it as [http://planet.debian.org Planet Debian] with real live hackergoshis. (Hmm, perhaps we'd better aim for expanding this to a 90 minute timeslot...)

This [https://www.debconf.org/comas/general/proposals/37 talk proposal] has been accepted, will happen, and now we need to find enough talks to fill it. Please add your ideas for lightning talks you would like to give below and JoeyHess will contact you with the details if your talk is accepted.

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List of talks

Introduction

Just explaining what a lightning talk is and how things will work.

Basically, here is a fixed microphone into which you will start by giving your name and the talk title, here is a video hookup (if you feel like spending 5 minutes fiddling with it instead of talking), here is a noisemaker that I will sound after your 5 minutes are up at which point you are DONE and it's the next person's turn. Presenters line up!

  • presenter: JoeyHess

  • estimated time: 3 minutes
  • status: accepted {OK}

DebConf debconf (cdebconf?)

A brief look at the overall use of debconf in Debian, some common mistakes and things the project as a whole needs to work on.

  • presenter: JoeyHess

  • estimated time: 5 minutes
  • status: proposed

My Name Is Ian and I Say "Debian" Like This

"Debian"

  • presenter: TBD
  • estimated time: 1 minute
  • status: silly example of shortest possible useful lightning talk

Significant Choices

A rant on how some decisions are made in Debian in less than ideal ways and the surprising consequences.

(Notes to self: exim4. vim-tiny. gnome/kde/ion. 2.4 default kernel. initramfs)

  • presenter: JoeyHess

  • estimated time: 5 minutes or until someone reminds him he's supposed to be keeping time
  • status: proposed

Debian wish list

Some technical improvements I'd love to see in Debian, but will never do myself.

  • presenter: you! (Just fill in your name here)
  • estimated time: 5 minutes
  • status: needs presenter

Debian in 4 MB or less

Explaining how the ADS root builder can create embedded systems based on Debian and how this can tie in with projects like Debonaras.

  • presenter: JoeyHess

  • estimated time: 5 minutes
  • status: proposed

Rembering Emeritus Developers

Let's remember and appreciate for a few minutes all the DDs who we've met and worked with over the years and who are not anymore in the project. What can Debian do for them to show our appreciation? What can we do to learn from their experiences?

Possible visual aids: frequency(and inverted?)-scaled lists of names, pictures

  • presenter: JoeyHess (or anyone else who would like to, I have too many)

  • estimated time: 5 minutes
  • status: proposed

Package administration with pkgsync

An ultra-short tutorial to how to solve all your "why is package X installed on machine Y but not Z" problems with pkgsync, possibly briefly explaining how to integrate with cfengine and/or debtags to get full class-based, centralized package management over multiple machines. (Throw in "enterprise" for good measure, possibly.)

  • presenter: ?SteinarGunderson (assuming my exams won't crash with DC6)

  • estimated time: 5 minutes
  • status: proposed

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Comments and ideas

Is five minutes a good minimum time? Also, any thoughts on what makes a successful lightning talk session (or talk) would be useful as I've only seen this done once or twice at a conference a long while ago. -- JoeyHess