GNOME.Asia 2009 Vietnam

GNOME.Asia Summit 2009

November 20­22, 2009Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam  

Mario Behling, Chair GNOME.Asia Summit 2009Hong Phuc Dang, Head of Organization

Why GNOME.Asia

* Companies need more developers* Consumers need better, faster and energy-saving software* Emerging countries like Vietnam should be independent from global monopolies

Goals

* To attract more young people to become developers, designers and translators* To support the Open Source community in Vietnam* To support software and hardware education projects

Introducing Projects

Software for more energy efficient and faster computing

LXDE Start up Times

Tests on eeepc 900

Fred Chien, Andrew Lee (Taiwan)lxde.org

One Laptop per Child and Freifunk

Freifunk.net – Local Mesh Network in Berlin with 700 nodes since 2003

Google Summer of Code Project 2009

Extending routers to become miniservers for schools, business and home networks

 Freedom Box is a energy saving miniserver that can be many devices with Freifunk plugin Open Source Software

• Local search box

• OpenVPN box

• Content box

• Security box

• Krypto box

• Phone box

Lighter and Faster Computing with 128 MB RAM and 500 Mhz CPU

Tobias Gruetzmacher(Germany)

Thin ClientsPower Requirement & Management: +5V @2A (10 Watts), w/ ACPI function SupportWeight: 505gDimensions: 115 x 115 x 35 mm

Keynotes and Presentations

Workshops and How tos

Installation Fest for new software

Event with developers from all over the world

Free short course and certificate for students

Meeting Spaces for Participants

Companies & Projects Booths

Plans for the future: More events for developers and companies to foster economic exchange

Quang Trung Software City

Website: www.gnome.asiaPlease Register. Thank You.

November 20­22, 2009Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam