Computer enthusiasts and IT professionals meet at UC Santa Cruz August 15-17 for Warpstock 2008. The 3-day conference highlights developments in the eComStation operating system (eCS) - the licensed successor to OS/2 Warp.
This 12th annual meeting features presentations and classes in Wi-Fi technology, virtual machines, hard-disk managers, modern laptops, office software, and more.
Registration ends July 15, and may be done online at http://www.warpstock.org/
The following is the detailed schedule for Warpstock. This schedule is subject to change as more presenters sign up. Presenter sign-ups are being accepted now on the Warpstock web site.
Friday, August 15
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration and vendor displays
Warpstock 2008 opening session
2008 Update on Wi-Fi Technologies
The virtual machine environment
Reseller roundtable
GenMAC with Supported and Unsupported Hardware
FM/2, the Swiss army knife of file managers
Introduction to DFSee and partitioning, including LVM
Q&A session on DFSee usage, various topics
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Warpstock 2008 Social -- Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Saturday, August 16
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration and vendor displays
Installing eCS in the virtual machine environment
Software developers round table
Lenovo T6x roundtable
Contributing to open source development for the non-programmer and novice
programmer
Creating effective slideshow presentations using OpenOffice.org Impress
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Warpstock 2008 Banquet
Sunday, August 17
8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Warpstock 2008 wrap-up session
Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia corporation. The Warpstock annual
conference is a gathering of eCS/OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from
around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More
information is available at the Warpstock web site: http://www.warpstock.org
From: Andy Willis
Source: OS2.org