linux.conf.au Courses

Radio Astronomy for Programmers

Explore radio astronomy from a programmer's perspective, covering key concepts, data formats, and practical applications in space observation and satellite tracking.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Conference Close - LCA 2021 Online

Closing ceremony of linux.conf.au 2021, featuring award presentations, acknowledgments, and gratitude to volunteers and organizers who made the online event possible.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Journey to Performance - Using Rust in Mercurial

Explore Rust's impact on Mercurial's performance, focusing on 'hg status' optimization. Learn about interoperability, data structures, and version control internals for significant speed improvements.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Let's Use an Automated Theorem Prover to Verify Video Games - I Swear This Is More Fun Than It Sounds

Explore using Z3 theorem prover to detect and fix bugs in video game systems. Learn to apply formal logic for diagnosing problems and discovering impossibilities in complex game mechanics.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Large Virtual Address Support - 52-bit - in ARM64 Kernel

Explores ARM64 kernel's 52-bit virtual address support, explaining memory layout changes, impact on debugging tools, and how applications can utilize expanded address space.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

What's Next for Bluetooth in PulseAudio

Explore the future of Bluetooth audio in PulseAudio, including codec support, community efforts, and integration with GStreamer for enhanced flexibility in Linux distributions.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Power Management in the Home

Explore smart energy management for solar PV systems, covering data acquisition, logging, battery control, load switching, and surplus energy diversion to maximize efficiency and minimize costs.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

UI Text - Simplicity is Difficult

Discover the power of microcopy in web design. Learn how concise UI text can enhance user experience, save time, and boost application sales. Gain insights on creating effective, user-friendly interfaces.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Privacy Tax - How Tracking and Hacking Affect Disabled People, and What We Can Do About It

Explores surveillance's impact on disabled individuals, discussing privacy challenges, data security risks, and open-source solutions to reduce tracking and hacking vulnerabilities for people with disabilities.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Open ISAs - RISC-V, OpenPOWER, etc

Explore the growth and potential of open CPU architectures like RISC-V and OpenPOWER, discussing recent developments, available hardware, and their importance for the future of open source computing.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Ten Years of Outreachy

Explore Outreachy's decade-long journey in promoting diversity in free software through paid remote internships, its evolution, impact, and lessons learned.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Copyleft Freedom on Linux

Exploring strategies to defend copyleft and restore software freedom on Linux-based devices, addressing challenges posed by industries limiting user rights to modify device software.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

I Can Stop Adding More LEDs Anytime I Want, I Just Choose Not To

Explore the evolution of LED projects, from simple beginnings to complex displays with thousands of pixels, showcasing the growth and potential of DIY electronics and programming.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

FPGA Design with Chisel

Explore Chisel, a modern hardware description tool leveraging Scala for complex digital circuit design, offering improved ergonomics and software engineering practices over traditional HDLs.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Dieter Rams - The Ten Principles of Good API Design

Explore how Dieter Rams' ten principles of good design apply to API and developer tool creation, enhancing usability and effectiveness for fellow developers.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk