Only last
week, the Xen Project team was at OSCON where we launched Mirage OS 2.0(event report to follow
soon, but in the meantime check out the following sessions Nymote and Mirage, Floss Weekly on Mirage OS and Community War Stories) and now our
Developer Summit is just round the corner. As we have seen
tremendous community growth in the last 12 months (>30%) and
the most feature reach Xen Project Hypervisor release coming up
soon, I thought I’d share what you can expect.
What to expect?
Xen
Project Developer Summits are packed with highly technical
content where the core developers of the Xen Project community
come together to discuss the evolution of the Xen Project. The
conference is a mixture of talks and interactive sessions in
un-conference format (which we call BoFs). Newcomers and those
who are interested in the progress and future of the Xen
Project, it’s sub projects (Hypervisor on ARM and x86, Upstreams
and Downstreams, Embedded and Automotive variants, Cloud
Operating Systems such as Mirage OS) usually will get tremendous
value from attending the event.
Besides
roadmap, feature updates and developer topics, this year
features a few themes:
- Network Function Virtualization
- Security
- Performance and Scalability
- Cloud Operating Systems
- Topics that are important for
automotive/embedded/mobile use-cases, such as Real-time
virtualization, certification and ARM support
Why not
check out the agenda or watch last year’s sessions to get a sense of
what is coming. Note that BoF’s and discussion groups will be
published next week.
Register for The Developer Meeting on Aug 20th
If you are planning to attend the Developer Meeting on Aug
20th, please do sign up at
http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Developer_Meeting/Aug2014 such
that I get a sense of numbers and can order the right amount of
food.
How to get the most out of the Summit?
Our developer events are designed to help you make
connections and to participate. A good way to network are our
evening social event and to network during the breaks. Another
great way to get the most out of the summit is to submit a
BoF/discussion groups about a topic you care about or to
participate in a BoF/discussion group. BoF submissions are open until August 11 and
the BoF schedule will be published the week before the event.
Most of our talks will have an extensive and interactive Q&A
portion, which is another way to engage.
Links:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit/program/schedule
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit/attend/register
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/xen-project-developer-summit
