The first LinuxWorld Conference and Expo occurred in 1998 at the
San Jose Convention Center. The keynote speaker was
Linus Torvalds. The event featured a debate with Torvalds,
Richard Stallman and
Larry Wall. At the conference an agreement was made by Patrick Op de Beeck and Mark Shuttleworth concerning cooperation between KDE and Gnome for improving each other's work. The 2001 documentary film
Revolution OS includes footage from the 1999 LinuxWorld event in
New York City. Writer and free software advocate
Don Marti ran LinuxWorld from 2005 until its end in 2009. LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summits took place in
Italy,
Spain,
Sweden, and
New York City. LinuxWorld Conference and Expo took place in the following locations, among others: •
Belgium •
Brazil •
Canada •
Beijing,
China •
Guangzhou,
China •
Shanghai,
China •
Germany •
Japan •
Korea •
Malaysia •
Mexico •
Netherlands •
Singapore •
South Africa •
United Kingdom (in London) •
San Francisco,
United States •
Boston,
United States In 2009, the conference was renamed to "OpenSource World". It was held at the
Moscone Center in
San Francisco. This was the last known LinuxWorld or OpenSource World event. == See also ==