Texas Linux Fest Dead?

JockVSJock · 07-16-2023, 02:25 PM

Don't know any other place to post.

Website hasn't been updated since 2020. Twitter doesn't show any recent traffic for the 2023 event.

I went to the one in Austin in 2018 and Dallas in 2019. I really enjoyed myself, learned alot and kick myself that i didn't go sooner (suffer from imposter syndrome).

Anyone know what is going on?

Is it the same demise that most of the LUGs have faced over time?

pan64 · 07-17-2023, 01:05 AM

I think it was stopped because of the pandemic.

JockVSJock · 07-17-2023, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by pan64

I think it was stopped because of the pandemic.

So its not going to resume now that things are kind of back to normal?

JockVSJock · 07-31-2023, 10:15 PM

Don't see a way to edit my post, but I posted my question to r/austin. Got an answer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comm...57b/?context=3

boughtonp · 08-01-2023, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JockVSJock

Don't see a way to edit my post

There's a limit to how long posts are editable for; I think it's two weeks.

But in any case editing would have been the wrong thing to do, since it wouldn't notify anyone who might have subscribed to the thread - only new posts do that.

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I posted my question to r/austin. Got an answer.

And to save others visiting Reddit, here's what the answer says:

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Originally Posted by https://teddit.hostux.net/r/Austin/comments/15b71ij/texas_linux_fest_status/jtre57b/?context=3

I used to help organize TXLF so I'm happy to see someone ask about it. But the problem is that it's a huge PITA to run a volunteer-based conference. You have to find sponsors to donate tens of thousands of dollars, you have to find a venue, you have to find speakers, you have to find and direct other volunteers, etc etc. Basically hundreds of hours as a labor of love. Everyone who organizes does it for a year or two and burns out, and unless someone else steps up, the conference dies.