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Mini-DebConf in Taiwan
The "Software Liberty Association of Taiwan"(SLAT) is featuring a mini-DebConf during ICOS 2009 – International Conference on Open Source in Taipei in September, 2009. The ICOS 2009 programme is available.
Taiwan is a beautiful country with a strong IT industry. We just have two DDs in Taiwan since DebConf9 and at least 4 other DDs will come from other countries during ICOS, so it is a great opportunity to have a mini-DebConf in Taiwan.
Please join us in Taipei on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of September, 2009. Participants may get accommodation and food sponsorship. Remember to add your name to this wiki page below if you are joining us. Please also send a separate email with your information to apply for sponsorship to Local contact.
Local information
- Date: Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of September, 2009
Location: ICOS2009 Venue, Technology Building, No.106, Sec. 2, Heping E. Rd., Da-an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Airport: Closest airport is Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE). And Taipei Songshan Airport(TSA) if you are from China
- For transportation from the airports to the venue, please see below.
Airport Buses: Adult single fares vary from NT$110 to NT$140, approximately 60mins from Airport to Taipei Main Station.
- Train: Closest train station is Taipei Main Station.
MRT: You can switch to MRT from Buses or Train via Taipei Main Station. The closest MRT station is Technology Building Station. Taipei MRT RouteMap.
Weather: cwb.gov.tw
Budget flight from Bangkok: http://www.airasia.com/site/th/en/home.jsp
Contacts
Local Team
Andrew Lee <ajqlee AT debian.org>, TW, Phone number: +886 9 889 78760
Arne Goetje <arne AT linux.org.tw>, TW, Phone number: +886-922-131671, ( +49-1801-0206605592 local call from Germany, routed to my cell-phone in TW via SIP)
imacat <imacat AT mail.imacat.idv.tw>, TW
DanJacobson jidanni@jidanni.org 積丹尼 cell: +886 963 114343; home: +886 4 25854780
Debian contact
Andrew Lee <ajqlee AT debian.org>, TW, Phone number: +886 9 889 7876
Agenda
Saturday 2009-09-26
- 10:00 - 10:15 | Opening
10:15 - 10:45 | Debian culture/structure
11:00 - 11:45 | SPI and Debian -- short introduction from Jörg, followed by a round table discussion about how to set up a SPI branch in Taiwan (TBC)
- 12:00 - 13:45 | Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 | Theory: Debian for embedded devices, Emdebian framework
- 15:00 - 15:30 | Tea Time
15:30 - 15:45 | (Reflections of a bigtime Debian bug reporter &&
15:45 - 16:15 | Practice: Debian for embedded devices, Emdebian framework)
16:30 - 17:00 | Customizing Debian: Pure or Derived (TBC)
17:00 - 17:45 | How free software developers self-sustain
Sunday 2009-09-27
10:00 - 10:30 | Skolelinux history
10:45 - 11:30 | How debian-edu has been widely used over the world
11:30 - 12:00 | Personal experience on "how to help Debian" (TBC)
- 12:00 - 13:45 | Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 | Debian archive and how it works "behind the curtain" (TBC)
- 15:00 - 15:30 | Tea Time
15:30 - 16:15 | RahuNAS (Rahu Network Access Server) (TBC)
16:30 - 17:15 | library dynamic loading and examples from Debian in particular what we did with grep to implement the -P option recently (TBC)
- 17:30 - 18:00 | Group photo - Ending
Monday 2009-09-28
Possible trip to National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院) (organizer: AndrewLee) (By MRT from "Taipei Main Station" to "Shilin Station"(6 stops), and then by buses: Red 30, 255, 304 or Small buses: 18, 19 approximately 10mins to National Palace Museum. From museum to airport: local bus, then 酒泉街至機場)
- ...
Possible trip to Google Corporation in Taipei 101 the world's tallest building 台北101大樓. (Will arrange this day trip if enough people are interested, so please signup:)
jidanni (DanJacobson) (organizer)
HectorOron (zumbi)
- Ganneff (but its the 101 in general. I dont care much about google. won't sign an NDA neither)
- H01ger (same as Ganneff. Won't sign an NDA to see an office...)
- ...
[INF]: HectorOron an I believes the general feeling is the same about NDA and Google Office.
We can visit 101 at one of the evening on Saturday or Sunday, except you guys prefer to see the '?SimCity' in the daytime? (Yes, it would be nice to actually see a bit of the surrounding area when up there) The alternatives for Monday morning is National Palace Museum above this option. We need to book a English speaking narrator in advance for this. It's too rush to go to country-side as some people's departure on Monday evening.
Hi everybody, it's me, DanJacobson = jidanni, the Google/Taipei 101 trip organizer.
Someone asked me
Q: Do you really want to bring our guests to visit Google or just 101?
A: Look, there they (Google) are, waiting in front of their building to greet you. Press the ^ arrow on the circular control a few times to tilt to see the top of the (world's tallest) building.
My whole feeling is I want to show our guests high technology things (hence if there is a time conflict, I'd be willing to forfeit the museum trip... indeed, one leisurely item is enough for one day, especially when in the afternoon must go to the airport), and Google is very high technology for me (even though I think their company is sneaky), they having just introduced ?StreetView for Taipei in Google Maps (the above link), etc. And a rare look inside Google would be very special, at least from my point of view (maybe others rub elbows with them all the time so they are nothing special.)
OK, so if we are to visit Google, on the 80th floor, well, how could our guests explain to their grandkids that they only got to the 80th floor of the worlds tallest building? Nor how could we ask our guests to pay the top floor admission fees? So that will all be taken care of (by our sponsors, of course, or perhaps our Google tourguide (??) will lead us straight past the Fee Booth, or whatever they have there, avoiding the NT$350/person fee. Or maybe I'm dreaming.)
Regarding Non Disclosure Agreements. Perhaps we can tell Google that it is very bad manners to ask for such, or perhaps I can sign one big one for everybody. On the other hand before one uses the Google Search engine one better agree to the terms. Anyway, tell Google that I am vegan if they'll be treating us to lunch... or maybe I'm dreaming again from my last RMS hosting experience.
Anyway, as soon as I am given the name of our Google contact person I will get on the phone with him from my 04-25854780 telephone number, to work out the details.
My ideal trip would be to arrive at Google at their earliest morning time slot, later have lunch with them, and as a grand finale, we go to the top floor. By that time it would already be the afternoon, and we would stroll over to the Hyatt hotel and wait with our friends until their airport bus arrives, and bid them adieu. Whereupon we remaining members would stroll around the many other attractions like the next door World Trade Center, etc. I'm sure one can find them all by just zooming back out there in the above Google map...
Or, living all day here in the (too far away for a day trip) Taiwan country side maybe I have grown insensitive to others needs to see the countryside instead on new shiny chrome tall steel things with high-tech companies inside them. Anyway, I'll be happy to be tourguide/translator for any itinerary the group chooses. 我全程任何旅程均能配同兼翻譯。
(P.S., excuse my lousy formatting. I am only a MediaWiki expert.)
(As this event might come right before some people's departure, note that there are frequent buses to the airport from the Hyatt Hotel right across from Taipei 101. 至桃園國際機場客運自101大樓斜對面之君悅飯店 可乘大有巴士。)
Talks
Debian culture/structure
Skolelinux history
Customizing Debian: Pure or Derived
?JoergJaspert
SPI and Debian mixed talk or panel discussion
Debian archive and how it works "behind the curtain"
How debian-edu has been widely used over the world
How free software developers self-sustain
Debian for embedded devices, Emdebian framework
- Emdebian is an official Debian subproject and it is aiming to include embedded support in Debian, so Debian it is able to run in more devices than it does already. The audience of this talk will discover the following items:
- Emdebian as a cross builing framework
- Current status and future plan
- How developer and devices can benefit from embedded Debian.
- Companies using Emdebian
- Demo on open hardware, emdebian on the balloonboard
Personal experience on "how to help Debian"
library dynamic loading and examples from Debian in particular what we did with grep to implement the -P option recently
RahuNAS (Rahu Network Access Server)
- The project that is the extended ipset kernel module with the web-based network authentication and the user accounts management:
- Concept of RahuNAS
- Why RahuNAS choose Debian
- Current (pre)Debian package status and future plan
- Who is using RahuNAS ?
- Demo on virtualized server and client
DanJacobson (jidanni)
Attendees
Please add you own name, e-mail address, country (2-letter code) and airport of origin (3 letter code)
Confirmed Participants
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local |
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Mr |
Melbourne |
AU |
MEL |
MEL |
QF 329 on Thu 24 Sep at 17:20 |
QF 330 on Wed 30 Sep at 22:10 |
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Mr |
?ArneGoetje |
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local |
Mr |
hector.oron at gmail.com |
Barcelona |
ES |
BCN via LHR via AMS |
BCN via LHR via AMS |
Thu 24 Sep at 18:15 |
Tue 29 Sep at 19:30 |
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Mr |
holger at debian.org |
Hamburg |
DE |
HAM via AMS |
HAM via AMS |
Thu 24 Sep at 18:15 |
Wed 30 Sep at 19:30 |
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Mr |
?JoergJaspert |
joerg at debian.org |
Fulda |
DE |
FRA via AMS |
FRA via AMS |
Thu 24 Sep at 18:15 |
Wed 30 Sep at 19:30 |
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Mr |
dr at jones.dk |
Mørkøv |
DK |
CPH via LHR via HKG |
CPH via LHR via HKG |
Fri 25 Sep at 16:05 |
Wed 30 Sep at 19:35 |
孔酷特 |
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Mr |
Mahasarakham |
TH |
BKK |
BKK |
FD3656 on Fri 25 Sep 17:50 |
FD3657 on Mon 28 Sep 18:20 |
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local |
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Mr |
thep at debian.org |
Khon Kaen |
TH |
BKK |
BKK |
FD3656 on Fri 25 Sep 17:50 |
FD3657 on Mon 28 Sep 18:20 |
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local |
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Mr |
Chantaburi |
TH |
BKK |
BKK |
FD3656 on Fri 25 Sep 17:50 |
FD3657 on Mon 28 Sep 18:20 |
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Mr |
Khon Kaen |
TH |
BKK |
BKK |
FD3656 on Fri 25 Sep 17:50 |
FD3657 on Mon 28 Sep 18:20 |
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Food and Accommodation
The sponsorship of food and accommodation for attendees would be available from 24th to 28th, please apply to Local contacts.
Guests will be staying at Key Mall Traveler Hostel right across from the main Taipei train station, as arraigned by our sponsors.
If somebody have any particular preference/need (like vegans or allergies) please contact the Local Contacts.
Taipei transportation
Transport from airport to venue
From Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) -- mentioned as "T.I.A. Airport" or "Taoyuan Airport" on public transportation
- Take a shuttle bus to Taipei Sungshan Airport (125 NT$). (Busses leave every 20~30 mins. Travel time: ~50 mins.)
- Follow directions from Taipei Sungshan Airport (TSA)
From Taipei Sungshan Airport (TSA)
- Take the MRT (= subway, underground, 捷運, 地铁, whatever you call it): board a "Taipei Zoo (動物園)" bound train and get off at "Technology Building (科技大楼)" station (5 stops).
From Technology Building MRT station
- Get out of the station and turn left.
- Walk towards the intersection of Heping E. Rd. (和平東路) and Fuxing S. Rd. (復興南路)
- Cross the intersection diagonally
- Walk a few meters along Heping E. Rd. (和平東路) towards the bus stop
- The "Technology Building" is right there where the bus stop is.
Transportation in the city
MRT: Taipei MRT RouteMap.
Transport from the hostel to the venue
- By MRT: At "Taipei Main Station (台北車站)", board a "Blue Line (Bannan Line)" train in direction to "Nangang (南港)". Change trains at "Zhongxiao Fuxing (忠孝復興)" station (3 stops): take a "Muzha Line (Brown Line)" train in direction to "Taipei Zoo (動物園)" and get of at "Technology Building (科技大楼)" station (2 stops).
By bus: via bus. Bus 15: door to door, no climbing up and down and in and out of _two_ different subways! Who can beat it? Bus 15, only NT$15, go go go!
Tourist Information
Tourism Bureau 觀光局 24H Tool Free Travel Information Hotline 24小時免付費旅遊諮詢熱線 0800-011765