Speaking as a proud participant of this pivotal event, I think that next year we will see even more interest in Linux as an alternative to Windows. Interested in watching Google’s presentation for yourself? I have just the link for you my friends. Enjoy!

LinuxFest Northwest is a non-commercial one-day conference and exhibition of open-source technology with an emphasis on Linux. It is held in the city of Bellingham, Washington, which is about 90 miles north of Seattle and about 20 miles south of the Canadian border. It is run by the Bellingham Linux Users Group (BLUG) with the help of other users groups. Admission is free and open to all.

LinuxFest Northwest 2005 was held on April 30, 2005, at the Bellingham Technical College (BTC). Helping BLUG were the Tacoma LUG (TACLUG), Kitsap Peninsula LUG (KPLUG), Greater Seattle LUG (GSLUG), Victoria LUG (VLUG), Vancouver LUG (VanLUG) and Seattle BSD Users Group (SeaBUG). An estimated 1,000 people attended.

BTC is a great place to hold a conference such as this. The presentations were held in classrooms, so there was ample seating and it was easy to hear the presenters talking. The BTC Chefs Club prepared a grilled salmon lunch outdoors on a barbecue and indoors served espresso drinks from an espresso bar.

Over 40 presentations were on the schedule, and it was an impressive lineup for a users’ group conference. [Read the rest]