Exhibitors

The following companies and organizations will be exhibiting at this year's Southern CaliforniA Linux Expo:

Commercial Vendors:

Sun

Sun Microsystems', Inc. Linux distribution is now delivered on the Sun[tm] LX50, the first in a family of Linux servers that provide a flexible solution for applications that live on the edge of the network. Linux is consistent with Sun's computing vision of employing open standards and nonproprietary interfaces to develop products and services that address the needs of a variety of environments.

IBM

IBM offers the most comprehensive portfolio of Linux-based e-business products in the industry, helping companies deploy integrated, scalable e-business solutions for a competitive advantage in an increasingly Web-connected world. With such a wide variety of Linux-ready IBM hardware, software and applications, it's no wonder more and more IBM Business Partners are expanding their businesses to provide Linux-based solutions to customers.

MSC

MSC.Linux is the definitive cluster distribution.

MSC.Linux offers many advantages over other Linux distributions. These advantages stem from MSC.Software's 40-year heritage and involvement in high-performance scientific and technical computing.

Features of this distribution include compute cluster management tools, graphical interface and fast-installation with an easy-to-use, web-based installation and system administration.

Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sony will have Playstation© 2 systems running Linux using the Linux Kit for Playstation© 2. The kit, which comes with a hard drive, ethernet adaptor, keyboard and mouse, transforms the Playstation© 2 into a fully functional desktop computer running Linux.

MySQL

MySQL is showing off their MySQL Database Server, the most widely used open source database.

The Tolis Group

Tolis makes the BRU backup software for Linux. They will be demonstrating their backup solutions for everything from personal systems to large business networks.

Marshel Security

Marshel Network Security is showing its network security device based on open source. Will also we showing their online reporting system.

ApacheCon

ApacheCon will be offering their discounted early bird registration at the Southern California Linux Expo. Normally, their early bird price ends on October 4th, but anyone who register at SCALE will receive the early bird price special.

Hacom

Hacom is showing embedded OpenBrick platforms. OpenBrick is an open platform optimized for Open Source / Free Software solutions (firewall, micro-server, PABX, thin client, multimedia...).

OpenBrick is small (180x118x40mm), light (about 900g) and completely silent with a fanless 300 Mhz x86 compatible 300Mhz Geode processor. Software can be installed on a Compact Flash or an optional Hard Disk.

Local User Groups:

USCLUG

Webmin - Web-based interface for Unix system administration

SCLUG

Guarddog Firewall - User friendly firewall generation/management utility

LULA

Open Office
GIMP
Linux Terminal Server Project
Apache/PHP/Mysql
Postfix/Qpopper

LILAX

Desktop install of FreeBSD
Notebook install of Debian

SFVLUG

Linux server running LDAP, Cyrus, Apache, Samba, and Postfix
Linux client running Evolution
Windows client running Outlook with Bynari client DLLs, allowing it to think it's talking to an Exchange server.

OCLUG

Alternate Desktops
Games: Quake 3, lbreakout2
Office Applications: Lyx, Abiword, Gnumeric
Wine
Unison File Syncronizer

LPUGSC

Gentoo Linux
SCO Linux (United Linux 1.0 Beta)

LinuxChix of LA

Open Office Transition and Integration

SGVLUG

Virtual Terrain Server

INLUG

Ben Cooper will be discussing the processor architecture he is designing for a high-speed, low-power general-purpose computer that uses Linux as its OS.

Non Profit Organizations:

Debian

Popular Linux distribution

FreeBSD

Ins and Outs of FreeBSD

OpenDarwin

The Open Source core of Apple's OS X

FreeSCO

Freesco, a free, open source alternative to Cisco

SoCalWUG

Wireless networking technology and security

LPBN

LPBN has demonstrations of the LPBN system. One new feature is videochat. Interviews between hosts and guests will be done through broadband streaming. Live video streams of host and guest are captured and re-broadcast out onto a single stream. The audience can see and hear them live and use the LPBN videochat to communicate with the host, guest and other members of the audience.

FSF

FSF's mission is to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users.