Living Cartoon Company - events

lfnw_2026_10_ai_dangers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:56:55+00:00

10 AI DANGERS YOU WILL FACE IN YOUR LIFETIME * Speaker: Joshua Hale * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: AI / ML * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_a_year_in_hyprland

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:51:53+00:00

A Year in Hyprland * Speaker: Josh Shupack * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required * Track: OSS Distributions * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_a2a_mcp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:09:36+00:00

Breaking news: A2A and MCP - Better together! * Speaker: Justin Castilla * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: AI / ML * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_agentic_company

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:56:30+00:00

I’m Not a Developer—So I Built an Agentic Company Anyway * Speaker: Nick Foy * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Development & Dev Tools *

lfnw_2026_ai_agent_control

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:42:43+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_ai_scanned_my_brain_rot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:48:00+00:00

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 *

lfnw_2026_amateur_radio

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:41:43+00:00

Open Source and Linux in Amateur Radio * Speaker: Steve Stroh * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_ansible_molecule

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:21:39+00:00

Introduction to Ansible Molecule * Speaker: Brian Hoppus * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: DevOps * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_autonomous_ai_agents

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:58:00+00:00

Autonomous AI Agents in Retail Media: Open Systems and Real-World Impact * Speaker: Ameya Gokhale * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools

lfnw_2026_badgefed

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:40:53+00:00

Decentralised Badges with BadgeFed: Implementing ActivityPub-based Credentials for Non Profits * Speaker: Maho Pacheco * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory

lfnw_2026_box_theory

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:59:13+00:00

The Future of Fixing Technology: Box Theory * Speaker: Denver Gingerich * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy * Additional Tags

lfnw_2026_build_a_router

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:20:48+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_burnout_panel

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:18:04+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_certificate_authority

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:14:19+00:00

Foundational Certificate Authority * Speaker: James Tilton * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Security / Privacy * Additional Tags

lfnw_2026_checksums

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:43:48+00:00

Introduction To Checksums And Hashing 101 * Speaker: Larry Hastings * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Development & Dev Tools * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_choosing_a_distro

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:38:19+00:00

Choosing the Right Distro for You! * Speaker: Kevin Burkeland * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_clonezilla_deployment

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:34:53+00:00

Clonezilla project: Efficient Deployment & Rescue for x86, ARM, and RISC-V * Speakers: Steven Shiau, Chen‑Kai Sun, Yu‑Chin Tsai * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am * Format: Expo Booth * Difficulty: Introductory

lfnw_2026_clonezilla_riscv_part2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:39:59+00:00

Clonezilla Live on RISC-V (Part 2): From Porting to Mass Deployment * Speakers: Steven Shiau, Chen‑Kai Sun, Yu‑Chin Tsai * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required

lfnw_2026_credential_security

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:04:37+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_crystal_ball

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:11:08+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_data_garden

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:27:31+00:00

Turn your data graveyard into a data garden: a survey of data archival strategies * Speaker: Brian Parks * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy

lfnw_2026_declarative_linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:30:18+00:00

Declarative Linux with Nix & NixOS * Speaker: Alec Ramsey‑Spencer * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools *

lfnw_2026_delightful_clis

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:25:47+00:00

Earning Applause: Delightful CLIs with clap * Speaker: Jack Brown * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) — Live Event * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools

lfnw_2026_dubious_conventions

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:29:32+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_end_of_life_nightmare

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:19:02+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_engineerspeak

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:24:59+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_first_black_engineer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:01:01+00:00

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 *

lfnw_2026_ghost_protocol

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:22:36+00:00

The Ghost Protocol: Using Self Hosted Infrastructure to Operate in Hostile Environments * Speaker: Justin Campbell * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required

lfnw_2026_gnu_linux_loves_all

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:07:53+00:00

GNU/Linux Loves All * Speaker: Timmy James Barnett * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Live Event * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Creative * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience: several-th time speaking

lfnw_2026_hardening_linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:46:14+00:00

Hardening Linux : A Triple-Threat Approach with SELinux, Fapolicyd, and Auditd * Speaker: Joshua Loscar * Room: CC 202 * Time: Sun 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Hands-on Lab (90 min) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy

lfnw_2026_homelab_2_0

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:34:37+00:00

Homelab 2.0: Building a Soft Nest for Your Applications * Speaker: Stephan Burns * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Self-Hosting *

lfnw_2026_k8s_monitoring

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:58:09+00:00

Cost-Effective Monitoring in Kubernetes * Speaker: Dima Lazerka * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_kalpa_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:38:02+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_kernel_backports

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:10:21+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_linux_career

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:39:16+00:00

How Linux Gave Me a Career I Didn’t Know Existed * Speaker: Chris Beckman * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education * Additional Tags: Random, Self-Hosting

lfnw_2026_linux_changelogs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:26:33+00:00

Linux Changelogs – Comparing package activity across Linux Distributions * Speaker: Ben Koenig * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy

lfnw_2026_linux_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:49:02+00:00

Running Linux on the desktop: a 20-year retrospective * Speaker: Dawn Cooper * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sun 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: OSS Distributions * Additional Tags

lfnw_2026_linux_for_axi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:16:16+00:00

Linux for Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) on ARM-based System-on-Chip (SoC) * Speaker: John Mower * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Expert * Track: Hardware *

lfnw_2026_linux_kernel_on_fpga

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:39:05+00:00

Linux kernel on FPGA * Speakers: Daniel Kluss, Emily Johnson * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 11:25 am * Format: Panel * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required / Expert * Track: Development & Dev Tools *

lfnw_2026_linux_unplugged_live

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:58:58+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_local_offline_ai

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:32:45+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_mastodon_lessons

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:28:36+00:00

things to be learned from nine years on mastodon and the fediverse * Speaker: Vanta Black * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sun 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Networks * Additional Tags

lfnw_2026_mcp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:49:59+00:00

Model Context Protocol (MCP) — The Open Infrastructure for Agentic AI * Speaker: Neelam Koshiya * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) — Live Event * Difficulty: Some experience required / Expert

lfnw_2026_metadeck

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:02:50+00:00

Building the Metadeck, a Fresh Take on Managing OSS Communities using Pokemon-style Personas * Speaker: Edward Cable * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required / Expert

lfnw_2026_native_android_ide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:19:54+00:00

Native Android IDE with novel capabilities * Speaker: David Schachter * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools *

lfnw_2026_nextcloud

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:45:30+00:00

Building Nextcloud Apps in Python and Beyond * Speaker: Edward Ly * Room: CC 202 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Hands-on Lab (90 min) * Additional Format: Workshop/Tutorium (all-day) * Difficulty: Introductory *

lfnw_2026_nixbook_os

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:55:15+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_not_rocket_science

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:45:27+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_observability

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:48:07+00:00

Better Together using Observability tools for SIEM and Analytics * Speakers: Mathias Palmersheim, Josh Lee * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required *

lfnw_2026_online_community

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:17:12+00:00

9 Months of Cultivating an Online Community and Environment * Speaker: Kasanwa‑Solane Aster‑Hope * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory / Some experience required

lfnw_2026_open_source_ai_ecosystem

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:37:31+00:00

The Open Source AI Ecosystem: From the Big Picture to Today’s Tools * Speaker: Rhys Faler * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: AI / ML * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_open_source_maps

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:13:29+00:00

The Latest in Open Source Maps * Speakers: Stephanie May, Matthew Whilden * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Licensing & Governance * Additional Tags

lfnw_2026_performant_networking

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:54:50+00:00

Building Performant Network Infrastructure for Thousands of Snapshotted VMs: eBPF, Geneve, and more * Speakers: Shivendra Srivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kshitij Gupta * Room: HC 204 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)

lfnw_2026_postgresql

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:57:24+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_privacy_first_communication

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:44:14+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_protect_the_humans

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:05:42+00:00

Protect The Humans At All Costs: Why Technology Alone Can't Solve Security * Speaker: Dwayne McDaniel * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy

lfnw_2026_pyladiescon_infrastructure

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:52:55+00:00

No More Spreadsheets! 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

lfnw_2026_replacing_big_tech

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:12:43+00:00

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 *

lfnw_2026_reproducible_builds

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:50:57+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_request_tax

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:54:07+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_responsible_ai

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:44:47+00:00

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)

lfnw_2026_retro_internet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:35:39+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_rocky_linux_hardening

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:47:03+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_root_causing_failures

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:00:09+00:00

"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

lfnw_2026_rpm_packaging

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:32:57+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_secure_boot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:35:44+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_security_handoff

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:11:57+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_self_hosted_stack

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:31:07+00:00

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 *

lfnw_2026_sewing_patterns

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:32:01+00:00

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

lfnw_2026_snapshotted_vms

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:19:27+00:00

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. This talk explores battle-tested strategies for designing large-scale network topologies that balance performance, isolation, and resource efficiency. We'll dive into practical solutions for high-density VM environments, covering:

lfnw_2026_sneakernet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:01:51+00:00

Sneakernet-of-Alexandria: Enabling Communities to Serve Themselves * Speakers: Avni Khatri, Adam Holt, Jacob Chapman * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 10:30 am – 11:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory *

lfnw_2026_software_freedom_for_kids

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:06:59+00:00

Software Freedom for Kids * Speakers: Aaron Wolf, Rowan Wolf * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Education * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_sovereignty

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:55:32+00:00

Sovereignty * Speaker: Jon “maddog” Hall * Room: HC 108 * Time: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Security / Privacy * Presenter Location: In-person * Experience

lfnw_2026_stillos

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:23:29+00:00

How To Make Linux Mainstream (stillOS) * Speaker: Cameron Knauff * Room: CC 236 * Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: OSS Distributions * Presenter Location: In-person

lfnw_2026_swaybar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:03:38+00:00

Overengineering the Swaybar (and accidentally reinventing scheduling) * Speaker: Thomas Gebert * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 11:25 am – 11:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: Development & Dev Tools

lfnw_2026_testing_ansible

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:15:14+00:00

Testing Ansible Playbooks In Your Kitchen * Speaker: Robby Callicotte * Room: CC 234 * Time: Sat 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required * Track: DevOps * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_ubuntu_install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T16:22:12+00:00

Installing Ubuntu With No Handlebars Romeo Solano CC 234 Sat 10:30 am - 11:00 am After this talk, you will be able to install Ubuntu Server with your hands tied behind your back, whether it be on a virtual machine or bare metal, with or without a network connection, in a datacenter or in your lap. We will also discuss some of the design decisions, limitations, and long-standing bugs in Subiquity, along with workarounds.

lfnw_2026_vizio_case

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:36:29+00:00

Understanding the Vizio Case: Linux Freedom ∀ * Speaker: Bradley Kuhn * Room: CC 235 * Time: Sun 10:25 am – 10:55 am * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Licensing & Governance * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_witches_in_the_server_room

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:56:03+00:00

Witches in the Server Room, or the Power of Rebellion * Speaker: Kerri‑Leigh Grady * Room: HC 203 * Time: Sun 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Introductory * Track: Random * Presenter Location

lfnw_2026_zero_knowledge

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T19:08:44+00:00

Private Computing on Open Infrastructure: Zero-Knowledge Proofs and the Aleo Platform * Speaker: Michael Venema * Room: CC 203 * Time: Sat 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm * Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A) * Difficulty: Some experience required

lfnw

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-20T18:42:04+00:00

LinuxFest Northwest 2026 April 24 - 26, 2026 • Bellingham Technical College * LFNW Website: and official Schedule * They also have a Discussion forum * Click to export this page as ODT for offline usage! Navigation * Friday evening schedule not included here. Only those at the college. * , the 25th * , the 26th * Expo Hall opens 8:00am Saturday and Sunday. Coffee Served.

upcoming

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-13T22:05:09+00:00

Upcoming Events LinuxFest Northwest 2026 April 24 - 26, 2026 • Bellingham Technical College * LFNW Website: and official Schedule * They also have a Discussion forum * Click to export this page as ODT for offline usage! Navigation * Friday evening schedule not included here. Only those at the college. * Saturday Schedule, the 25th * Sunday Schedule, the 26th * Expo Hall opens 8:00am Saturday and Sunday. Coffee Served.