[dot] KDE at the 2005 Ohio Linux Fest

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From: Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>
Dept: the-midwest-rocks
Date: Monday 03/Oct/2005, @17:24

KDE at the 2005 Ohio Linux Fest
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   With over 700 attendees and a speaking track
[http://www.ohiolinux.org/speakers.html] packed full of goodies, the
one-day Ohio Linux Fest [http://www.ohiolinux.org] held this past
Saturday in the city of Columbus was an unqualified success.  KDE had a
booth at the event which was kept exceedingly busy the entire day. Most
of the people who visited the booth mentioned that they use KDE and
several asked that we pass on their appreciation to the entire KDE team
for all the work that they have put into it over the years.


       KDE booth staff from left to right: Ryan Nickel, Jaison Lee and
Steve Miller  The booth itself was manned by SuperKaramba
[http://netdragon.sf.net] hacker Ryan Nickel, KJots hacker Jaison Lee,
KDE user extraordinaire Steve Miller and Aaron Seigo. Laptops showcased
both KDE 3.4 and the upcoming 3.5 for the unending stream of booth
visitors who kept the KDE team on their toes throughout the day. The
enthusiasm and excitement was palpable behind the table and those that
visited fed off that energy.

     KDE highlights of the show included Aaron's talk "KDE: Every Day
Use and Hidden Gems" which packed the conference room with upwards of
350 people, a guest spot featuring Kubuntu [http://www.kubuntu.org] in
Jorge Castro's talk on Ubuntu
[http://www.whiprush.org/2005/10/ohio_linuxfest_.html] and the numerous
fans and fans-to-be that came by the KDE booth with questions and
comments galore.

     SuperKaramba, the Kiosk desktop management framework, KStars,
amaroK and  many of the usual suspects such as Konqueror's amazing array
of capabilities were hits with booth visitors. Among the visitors was a
system administrator with the NOAA [http://www.noaa.gov] who is
overseeing the roll out of KDE desktops in their Columbus office, a
class from DeVry who were researching KDE as well as a pair of people
from the local university and library who maintain KDE systems for the
staffers there.

     To top it off, the after-party was a blast and everyone seemed to
have a great time at the DJ'd event. You can read more about the
LinuxFest at Aaron's
[http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2005/10/ohio-linux-fest.html] and Ryan's
[http://www.p0z3r.org/2005/10/kdegnomepicturesbeer.html] blogs as well
as on the Ohio LinuxFest website [http://www.ohiolinux.org] itself. We
look forward to next year's Ohio LinuxFest and talking with even more
people at the KDE booth in 2006!