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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_ai_agent_control?rev=1776714163&do=diff Think Outside the Box, Deploy Inside It: AI Agent Control via Infrastructure * Speaker: Priya Ananthasankar * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required text/html 2026-04-20T18:48:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_ai_scanned_my_brain_rot?rev=1776710880&do=diff AI Scanned my Brain Rot: Theatre Performance * Speaker: James Sundquist * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm * Format: Live Event * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Creative * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: several-th time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T19:41:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_amateur_radio?rev=1776714103&do=diff Open Source and Linux in Amateur Radio * Speaker: Steve Stroh * Room: CC 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_build_a_router?rev=1776712848&do=diff Do you want to build a router? * Speaker: Mathias Palmersheim * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Networks * Additional Tags: Self-Hosting * Presenter Location text/html 2026-04-20T19:18:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_burnout_panel?rev=1776712684&do=diff When the Terminal Goes Quiet: Navigating Burnout, Depression, and Loss of Joy in Tech * Speakers: Ana Gosseen, Natasha Brown‑Butler, Kerri‑Leigh Grady * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Panel * Difficulty: Introductory text/html 2026-04-20T19:14:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_certificate_authority?rev=1776712459&do=diff Foundational Certificate Authority * Speaker: James Tilton * Room: CC 203 * Time: 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_credential_security?rev=1776711877&do=diff Securing the Perimeter: Credential Security Fundamentals * Speaker: Shelby Palmersheim * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy * Presenter Location text/html 2026-04-20T19:11:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_crystal_ball?rev=1776712268&do=diff Jeff looks in a crystal ball and answers your questions * Speaker: Jeff Silverman * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Panel * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Random * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: umpteenth time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T19:27:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_data_garden?rev=1776713251&do=diff Turn your data graveyard into a data garden: a survey of data archival 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Tools text/html 2026-04-20T19:29:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_dubious_conventions?rev=1776713372&do=diff Dubious Computing Conventions -- that hurt us. * Speaker: Aaron Peterson * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy * Presenter Location: In-person * text/html 2026-04-20T19:19:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_end_of_life_nightmare?rev=1776712742&do=diff Escaping the End-of-Life Nightmare: Lessons from the Linux Graveyard * Speaker: Eric Hendricks * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: OSS Distributions * text/html 2026-04-20T19:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_engineerspeak?rev=1776713099&do=diff Engineerspeak – translation skills between teams * Speaker: Bri Hatch * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Random * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: umpteenth time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T19:01:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_first_black_engineer?rev=1776711661&do=diff The First Black Software Engineer in America: Race and Technology at the Dawn of the Digital Age * Speaker: Clyde Ford * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:55 am * Format: Hands-on Lab (90 min) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education text/html 2026-04-20T19:22:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_ghost_protocol?rev=1776712956&do=diff The Ghost Protocol: Using Self Hosted Infrastructure to Operate in 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_kalpa_desktop?rev=1776703082&do=diff Kalpa Desktop, Immutable, but not? * Speaker: Shawn Dunn * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: OSS Distributions * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: several-th time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T19:10:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_kernel_backports?rev=1776712221&do=diff Kernel Backport Automation * Speaker: Jarod Wilson * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required * Track: Security / Privacy * Additional Tags: Development & Dev Tools, text/html 2026-04-20T16:39:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_linux_career?rev=1776703156&do=diff How Linux Gave Me a Career I Didn’t Know Existed * Speaker: 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_linux_unplugged_live?rev=1776715138&do=diff LINUX Unplugged LIVE * Speakers: Chris Fisher, Wes Payne * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sun 10:00 am – 11:00 am * Format: Live Event * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Expo Booth * Additional Tags: Self-Hosting * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience text/html 2026-04-20T16:32:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_local_offline_ai?rev=1776702765&do=diff Local Offline AI * Speaker: Adam Monsen * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Self-Hosting * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: several-th time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T19:28:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_mastodon_lessons?rev=1776713316&do=diff things to be learned from nine years on mastodon and the fediverse 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_nixbook_os?rev=1776714915&do=diff From E-Waste to Empowerment: The Story of Nixbook OS * Speaker: Mike Kelly * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: OSS Distributions * Additional Tags: Sustainability & Funding text/html 2026-04-20T19:45:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_not_rocket_science?rev=1776714327&do=diff It's Not Rocket Science, It's a Flywheel: Engineering OS Communities with DevEx * Speaker: Jeremy Meiss * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sun 11:30 am – 12:00 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required * text/html 2026-04-20T19:48:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_observability?rev=1776714487&do=diff Better Together using Observability tools for SIEM and Analytics * Speakers: Mathias 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https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_postgresql?rev=1776711444&do=diff Scaling PostgreSQL; Citus vs TimescaleDB, Choosing The Best-Fit * Speaker: Robert Bernier * Room: CC 202 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 12:00 pm * Format: Hands-on Lab (90 min) * Difficulty: Expert * Track: Development & Dev Tools * Additional Tags text/html 2026-04-20T18:44:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_privacy_first_communication?rev=1776710654&do=diff Building Privacy-First Communication Tools: From Raspberry Pi to Production * Speaker: Jim Arasim * Room: CC 202 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Workshop/Tutorium (all-day) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Creative * text/html 2026-04-20T19:05:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_protect_the_humans?rev=1776711942&do=diff Protect The Humans At All Costs: Why Technology Alone Can't Solve Security * 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Building PyLadiesCon Infrastructure with Python and Django * Speaker: Mariatta Wijaya * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Development & Dev Tools text/html 2026-04-20T19:12:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_replacing_big_tech?rev=1776712363&do=diff Replacing Big-Tech Services: An Imperfect, Messy, and Ongoing Journey * Speaker: Mike Tarrant * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education * Presenter Location: In-person text/html 2026-04-20T19:50:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_reproducible_builds?rev=1776714657&do=diff Beyond Trusting Open Source Software: Reproducible Builds * Speaker: Vagrant Cascadian * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Security / Privacy * Additional Tags text/html 2026-04-20T19:54:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_request_tax?rev=1776714847&do=diff The Request Tax: Re-evaluating 20 Years of Web Performance Dogma * Speaker: Alex Moon * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Development & Dev Tools * Additional Tags text/html 2026-04-20T19:44:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_responsible_ai?rev=1776714287&do=diff Of Guilds and Guardrails: Scaling Responsible AI Through Communities + Architecture * Speakers: Ana Gosseen, Kerri‑Leigh Grady, Natasha Brown‑Butler * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty text/html 2026-04-20T19:35:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_retro_internet?rev=1776713739&do=diff Building and running a "retro internet" for retro computing users * Speaker: Cursed Silicon * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Networks * Additional Tags text/html 2026-04-20T19:47:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_rocky_linux_hardening?rev=1776714423&do=diff Layered Security Hardening in Rocky Linux: Protection Before the Patch * Speaker: Brady Dibble * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sun 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Security / Privacy text/html 2026-04-20T19:00:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_root_causing_failures?rev=1776711609&do=diff "How did that ever work"? Hard-won lessons on root causing failures * Speaker: Adam Williamson * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Development & Dev Tools * Presenter Location text/html 2026-04-20T19:32:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_rpm_packaging?rev=1776713577&do=diff RPM Packaging Essentials * Speakers: Carl George, Robby Callicotte * Room: CC 202 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Hands-on Lab (90 min) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: OSS Distributions * Presenter Location: In-person text/html 2026-04-20T16:35:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_secure_boot?rev=1776702944&do=diff What is secure-boot and why you should use it. * Speaker: Nathaniel Smith * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy * Additional Tags: Hardware, Education text/html 2026-04-20T19:11:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_security_handoff?rev=1776712317&do=diff Security Fails at the Handoff: Rethinking Shared Responsibility in Opensource * Speaker: Autumn Nash * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required * Track text/html 2026-04-20T19:31:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_self_hosted_stack?rev=1776713467&do=diff The Self-Hosted Stack - Building Your Own Cloud with Open Source * Speaker: Brandon Hopkins * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Self-Hosting * Presenter Location text/html 2026-04-20T19:32:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_sewing_patterns?rev=1776713521&do=diff Open Source Sewing Patterns * Speaker: Troy Dawson * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Creative * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: umpteenth time speaking / several-th time speaking text/html 2026-04-20T16:19:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.livingcartoon.org/events/lfnw_2026_snapshotted_vms?rev=1776701967&do=diff Building Performant Network Infrastructure for Thousands of Snapshotted VMs: eBPF, Geneve, and more Running thousands of snapshotted VMs presents unique networking challenges that push Linux networking primitives to their limits. 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