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X2Go: The Gathering 2015 @ Linuxhotel
Date: 2015-06-19 to 2015-06-21
Three-day event at http://www.linuxhotel.de (for conditions, see: https://www.linuxhotel.de/community.html / http://www.linuxhotel.de/community.en.html, Essen (“work and play” gathering; grid power, wifi, hotel style rooms, youth hostel-like service, recreational facilities available, group entertainment available in the evening)
Responsibilities
- planning and preparation - Stefan Baur & Mike Gabriel
- carpooling option for the Karlsruhe-Frankfurt-Essen route - Mihai Moldovan
- liaison for Linuxhotel staff between 2015-06-19 and 2015-06-21 - Mike Gabriel
Sponsoring
We have received a 450 EUR donation from Hetzner Online, which we will be using to sponsor the accommodation costs of a few participants, as well as BBQ ingredients, carpooling costs, …
Thanks to Hetzner for this very generous offer!
List of Participants
All confirmed participants in alphabetical order:
- Alonso, Nicolas Arenas (Qindel/TheQVD)
- Baur, Stefan (BAUR-ITCS) - Timemeister
- DePaulo, Michael Swinick - Deep C Diver
- Fandiño, Salvador (Qindel/TheQVD)
- Fleten, Kjetil Andre (fleten.net)
- Gabriel, Mike (DAS-NETZWERKTEAM)
- Heinold, Henning (tarent)
- Martinez, Nito (Qindel/TheQVD)
- Moldovan, Mihai (BAUR-ITCS) - Timegeselle and Endian-chasing Cowbyte
- Pedersen-Cook, Mark (fleten.net)
- Wicke, Florian (Hetzner)
Names in italics indicate that the particular person is one of the event organizers. Bold shows nicknames and honorary titles.
All available beds are booked out! If you want to take part in the event, you need to bring your own sleeping bag and sleep on the conference room floor, or look for a room elsewhere. Please send an E-Mail to X2Go-ML-1@baur-itcs.de if you would like to be put on a waiting list for a bed, in case one or more become available again.
Schedule
Friday 2015-06-19
- arrival: 16.40h local time (CEST - Central European Summer Time AKA daylight saving time)
- option to order Pizza or start a BBQ/camp fire, bringing your own food is OK, too.
- get-together in the chimney room (there's Wi-Fi and power, so if you want to code away, feel free to do so)
Arrival Plan
| When | Where | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 11:25h | DUS Airport | Nicolas, Nito, Salvador |
| 14:00h | DUS Airport | Kjetil and Mark |
| 15:58h | Essen central station | Mike#1 |
| 16:05h | Essen central station | Kjetil, Mark, Mike#1 meet and take the 16:16h subway to Essen-Horst |
| 16:24h | Essen-Horst subway station | Kjetil, Mark, Mike#1 |
| 16:40h | Linuxhotel | Kjetil, Mark, Mike#1 |
| ??:??h | Linuxhotel | Nicolas, Nito, Salvador |
| 17:15h | Linuxhotel | Florian |
| 12:53h | Karlsruhe central station | Stefan and Mihai meet and take a rental car to Frankfurt |
| 15:20h | Frankfurt | Stefan and Mihai pick up Mike#2 and continue to Essen |
| 18:00h | Essen | Stefan, Mihai, Mike#2 arrive at Essen City and will go BBQ shopping |
| 18:04h | Essen-Horst | Henning |
| ~18:20h | Linuxhotel | Henning |
| 18:45h | Linuxhotel | Stefan, Mihai, Mike#2 |
| Time slot | Topic | Speaker / Moderator | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00-19.00h | Check-In starts | Mike Gabriel | Quick introduction to Linuxhotel's house rules, distribution of room keys |
| 18.30h-19.30h | order Pizza/wait for Pizza, informal get-together | COMPUTERS VERBOTEN, Smartphones frowned upon! (except for showing holiday or family pictures and the like) - You're supposed to get to know the people behind the code | |
| 19.30h-20.10h | have fun eating Pizza informal get-together, have a drink and get to know the other participants' X2Go-related work, BoF meetings | takes place in the chimney room | |
| 20.10h-20.30h | Official Welcome | Stefan | takes place in the chimney room |
| ~20.30h-bedtime | coding session / setup of equipment for the coming days | takes place in the conference room | |
Friday Coding Session
| Topic | Participants |
|---|---|
| Bug 829, 883, 886, and the Xinerama Bug - are they related? | Stefan & Florian & maybe Mihai demoing/explaining the issue(s), Mike#1 and Mike#2 are very much invited to take a look as to what's wrong |
| sudo wrapper for server commands/db admin stuff | Henning |
| general bugsquashing | everyone interested |
Saturday 2015-06-20
| time slot | Topic | Speaker / Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00h-10.00h | Breakfast | |
| 10.00h-10.10h | today's agenda | Stefan |
| 10.10h-10.30h | X2Go's State of the Union Address (20 minutes only) | Stefan, Mike Gabriel |
| 10.30h-10.40h | 10min break | |
| 10.40h-11.20h | Current state of the Python-based X2Go Session Broker (what is implemented, what is still missing; which features need manual tweaking by the admin - session reconnect, load balancing, …) | Mike Gabriel |
| 11.20h-11.40h | 20min break | |
| 11.40h-12.00h | Current state of affairs in the Arctica Project (20 minutes only) | Mike Gabriel |
| 12.00h-12.20h | 20min break | |
| 12.20h-13.00h | Current state of the ongoing NX rewrite | Mike Gabriel |
| 13.00h-14.00h | lunch break | |
| 14.00h-14.40h | QVD Demo | Qindel Staff |
| 14.40h-15.00h | 20min break | |
| 15.00h-15.40h | NX/Flash/HTML5 Video | Qindel Staff |
| 15.40h-16.00h | 20min break | |
| 16.00h-16.40h | State of X2Go Client on OS X - what has changed/improved since January, what's to be expected next (following talks will move “upwards” if this talk is significantly shorter than 40 minutes) | Mihai |
| 16.40h-17.00h | 20min break | |
| 17.00h-17.25h | XSession, Polkit, and making apps “just work” (25 minutes only) | Mike#2 |
| 17.25h-17.30h | 5min break | |
| 17.30h-18.05h | Coding Session | |
| 18.05h-18.25h | X2Go-TCE-NG Demo, X2Go-ThinClient based on Debian Live (20 minutes only) | Stefan |
| 18.25h-18.30h | 5min break | |
| 18.30h-19.00h | Carpool to Unperfekthaus (BAUR-ITCS + 2, Qindel + 2, Linuxhotel's Twizy) | |
| 19.00h-open end | dinner at Unperfekthaus | |
| sometime later | Return to Linuxhotel | |
| xx.xxh-bedtime | Coding Session | |
Saturday Coding Session
| Topic | Participants |
|---|---|
| TCE-NG based on Debian Live, update to Jessie | Stefan along with Mike#1 |
| NX Slave Channels | Qindel Staff and everyone interested |
| sudo wrapper for server commands/db admin stuff | Henning |
| general bugsquashing | everyone interested |
| Bugs 738/740, client-side printing/include PDF viewer with windows client | Stefan (explanation of problem and workaround), Mike#2, everyone interested |
Sunday 2015-06-21
| time slot | Topic | Speaker / Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| 08.30h-09.00h | Room Cleaning Rage | |
| 09.00h-10.00h | Breakfast | |
| 10.00h-10.40h | Payment Time! Stefan will collect the hotel fees from each participant (invoices available, if you need one for your employer/tax declaration) | Stefan |
| 10.40h-10.50h | today's agenda | Stefan |
| 10.50h-11.00h | 10min break | |
| 10.55h-11.35h | X2Go Windows Development | Mike#2 |
| 11.35h-11.55h | 20min break | |
| 11.40h | Attention: Kjetil and Mark will have to leave by 12:00h! –> might want to leave sooner | |
| 11.55h-12.35h | X2Go build environment overview w/ focus on non-intel platforms | Mihai |
| 12.35h-13.00h | Conference Room Cleaning Rage | |
| 13.00h-14.00h | lunch break | |
| 14.00h | Florian has to leave | |
| 14.00h-14.10h | first conference room inspection w/ Linuxhotel staff - Mihai, Mike#2, Stefan will leave afterwards | |
| 14.10h-15.00h | Open Coding Session (bugsquashing) | |
| 15.00h-15.05h | 5min break - Henning has to leave | |
| 15.05h-15.45h | Open Coding Session (bugsquashing) | |
| 15.45h-16.00h | second conference room inspection w/ Linuxhotel staff / End of Event | |
Room Cleaning Rage
- we need to clean the rooms ourselves, that's one of the reasons why the rates are so cheap
- ROOMS MUST BE CLEANED OF TRASH AND CLEARED OF YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS BY 1000 hours/10am local time!
- stowing of personal belongings in chimney room or conference room
Leaving Linux Hotel
- departure is around 1600 hours/4:00pm local time
| Departure time | Participant(s) |
|---|---|
| 12:00h | Kjetil, Mark (12:15h subway) |
| 14:00h | Stefan, Mihai, Mike#2 (car); Florian (14:15h subway) |
| 15:00h | Henning (15:15h subway) |
| 16:00h | Mike#1 ( 16:15h subway) |
| 16:30h | Nicolas, Nito, Salvador (subway to Essen central station 16:45h, local train @ Essen central DEP 17:09h → ARR 17:31h DUS ; plane departs 19:10h) |
Travelling
Info for train travellers
- The nearest subway station is “Essen-Horst”
- This subway line is operated by Deutsche Bahn, so you can book your railway ticket to destination Essen-Horst and have the subway ticket included in your regular train ticket. Advantage: no need to figure out how the local ticket vending machine works (plus it's probably cheaper that way).
- It's a ~ 15 Minute walk from Essen-Horst to the Linuxhotel, please use the route as suggested here: http://goo.gl/maps/wJWrv
- NB: some navigation systems plot a shorter pedestrian route that leads through the woods, but from personal experience I (Stefan) can tell you that you do not want to use that path when carrying luggage, possibly in the dark, when you've never walked it before.
Linuxhotel house rules
The following is an inofficial translation of Linuxhotel's house rules.
The original, German edition can be found here. Note that only the German edition is the legally binding one.
Guidelines for a good working relationship in the Linux Hotel
We want all our guests to remember the Linux Hotel as a friendly professional networking location. This includes ensuring that all guests treat each other in a respectful and kind way during their entire stay with us.
- Regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, appearance, body size, origin or religion no one shall be harassed here.
- We simply do not tolerate harassment of guests of any sorts.
- It's plain and simple: be nice to others. Do not insult other guests and respect their personal dignity. Do not post photos of others without their consent. Remember that offensive, sexist, racist or similar jokes aimed at singling out somebody (or a group) are inappropriate.
- If participants violate these rules, we will take corrective action, which go up to expulsion from the event without refund of the cost.
We hold these rules to be self-evident. And we have the impression that all our guests share this belief. By publishing these rules, we want to prepare ourselves for those situations where it is necessary to defend them.
Cost Overview
| Costs per person when staying in a single-bed bedroom | |
|---|---|
| 15,00 EUR | for conference room use and beverage flat fee on all 3 days. |
| +60,00 EUR | for two nights in a single-bed bedroom |
| +10,00 EUR | for two breakfasts |
| +30,00 EUR | for two lunches |
| + 5,00 EUR | for conference room cleanup on Sunday |
| =120,00 EUR | to be paid to Stefan on Saturday morning |
| Costs per person when staying in a 2-bed/3-bed shared bedroom | |
|---|---|
| 15,00 EUR | for conference room use and beverage flat fee on all 3 days. |
| +30,00 EUR | for two nights in a two-bed/three-bed bedroom |
| +10,00 EUR | for two breakfasts |
| +30,00 EUR | for two lunches |
| + 5,00 EUR | for conference room cleanup on Sunday |
| =90,00 EUR | to be paid to Stefan on Saturday morning |
| Costs per person when sleeping on the conference room floor (please bring your own sleeping bags) | |
|---|---|
| 15,00 EUR | for conference room use and beverage flat fee on all 3 days. |
| +10,00 EUR | for two breakfasts |
| +30,00 EUR | for two lunches |
| + 5,00 EUR | for conference room cleanup on Sunday |
| =60,00 EUR | to be paid to Stefan on Saturday morning |
| Costs per person when just “peeking in” and having breakfast/lunch with us | |
|---|---|
| 5,00 EUR | for conference room use and beverage flat fee per day |
| + 5,00 EUR | for breakfast per day |
| +15,00 EUR | for lunch per day |
| + 5,00 EUR | for conference room cleanup on Sunday |
| =30,00 EUR to 60,00 EUR | to be paid to Stefan upon arrival |
| Costs per person when just “peeking in” and not having breakfast with us | |
|---|---|
| 5,00 EUR | for conference room use and beverage flat fee per day. |
| + 5,00 EUR | for conference room cleanup on Sunday |
| =10,00 EUR to 20,00 EUR | to be paid to Stefan upon arrival |
| Additional costs to expect | |
|---|---|
| ??,?? EUR | Pizza/BBQ on Friday evening |
| 3,95 EUR | Subway/Tram tickets @ Essen |
| 15,90 EUR | for the dinner flatrate at Unperfekthaus on Saturday evening (Mihai might get 20% off, please bring student ID) |
| 4,00 EUR | if you want to extend your stay at Unperfekthaus |
There will be another event in Treuchtlingen later this year that will focus on founding an X2Go foundation/club (“eingetragener Verein” under German law), which will primarily cater to German participants.