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Joe Brockmeier

Novell

My name is Joe Brockmeier, though most of my friends and colleagues call me Zonker. I’m a Linux geek, and have been using Linux since 1996 when I discovered Slackware Linux, and have been working with Linux and writing about it since about 1999.

I’ve written for Linux Magazine, Sys Admin, IBM developerWorks, Linux Weekly News, Enterprise Linux Magazine, NewsFactor, ComputorEdge, Corante, ZDNet, Unix Review, NewsForge.com, Linux.com, and a few other publications that slip my mind at the moment. I’ve also written and contributed to books about Slackware Linux, DocBook, Linux Networking, and other open source topics.

After covering Linux and open source for nine years as a tech journalist, I was pleased to have the opportunity to join Novell as openSUSE Community Manager. My job here will be to serve as an advocate for the openSUSE community to Novell, to make sure the openSUSE community has the tools it needs to function and grow, to put the word out about openSUSE and what’s going on within the project, and to promote openSUSE.

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Sessions

4:30pm Wednesday, 07/23/2008

Everything You Wanted to Know About openSUSE

Products & Services
Location: E142

Joe Brockmeier (Novell) Moderated by: Joe Brockmeier

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Brockmeier will cover the openSUSE community, what's new in the openSUSE distribution, the openSUSE Build Service, and how to get involved with the project. Read more.

10:45am Thursday, 07/24/2008

The Evolution of Community

Administration, Emerging Topics, Linux, Programming
Location: Portland 255

Joe Brockmeier (Novell), Ross Turk (SourceForge, Inc.), Jono Bacon (Canonical Ltd), John Mark Walker (Linux.com), Jeremy Hogan (Hyperic, Inc.) Moderated by: Joe Brockmeier

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Over the past ten years nothing has impacted business more than community. Whether through the openness of software development spurred by Linux or the dismantling of media empires through blogging, the rise of communities has been the driving force in how we work and live today. For open source developers, what has to happen to maintain and grow the communities they've built? Read more.