Linux Town Hall August

Tuesday, 4th August 2026
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
In-person: Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Carlton VIC (2nd floor lobby for pre-activity, then the training and learning room) Online: Electron eVenue
A speaker presenting at a recent Linux Victoria Town HallA speaker presenting at June's Town HallA speaker presenting at Hardware Freedom Day

Join us for the Linux Town Hall August meeting for hardware, books, community discussion, and two featured talks.

Featured Talk

Finding Linux: Why Nothing Else Comes Close

Astha Adhikari

Astha Adhikari is an AI Engineer in Melbourne with 4+ years of experience in software development, Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Generative AI. Currently looking for full-time opportunities and will share her personal journey from Windows frustration to full-time Linux.

Featured Talk

Porting Debian 13 to LoongArch

Wencey Wang

For upcoming events, we welcome more talks, demos, lightning talk, and presentations:
https://linuxvictoria.org/submissions/

Pre-Activity: Hardware Exchange & Book Circulation

From 6pm, drop by the 2nd floor lobby (kettle's on for tea and biscuits) for two ongoing community swaps:

  • Hardware Exchange: bring along second-hand hardware you no longer need; take home whatever someone else has brought
  • Book Circulation: bring books to lend, borrow one that catches your eye

No obligation either way. Come for one, both, or just the tea.

Join In Person

From 7pm, the Town Hall proper moves to the training and learning space (the upstairs room with the computers) at Kathleen Syme Library, for community discussion points and lightning talks (always welcome, always impromptu).

Maps Link for Kathleen Syme Library:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FhSaC53ERfJYRaBC7

How To Join Online

Link to join:
https://electronworkshop.com.au/goto/venue

We use a self-hosted Big Blue Button instance (aka BBB) for this meeting, managed by Electron Workshop and hosted by Serversaurus.

Schedule

  • 18:00 Pre-activity - 2nd floor lobby: tea & biscuits, Hardware Exchange, Book Circulation
  • 19:00 Meet and greet
  • 19:30 Opening - community discussion points
  • 19:45 Featured Talk - Finding Linux: Why Nothing Else Comes Close with Astha Adhikari
  • 20:05 Featured Talk - Porting Debian 13 to LoongArch with Wencey Wang
  • 20:20 Lightning talks (impromptu, all welcome)
  • 20:30 Closure - then pizza at Papa Gino's nearby for anyone keen

The Community That Shows Up

Beyond the talks, Town Hall is tea and biscuits, hardware swaps, book circulation, and pizza afterwards — here's the crowd from June and July.

june two members in conversationjune members laughing in the lobbyjune sharing an idea with the groupjune mingling before the meetingjune around the computersjuly two members comparing laptopsjuly member mid conversationjuly sharing something on a phonejuly chatting by the bookshelvesjuly catching up outsidejune members listening to a talkjune the room during a presentationjune members following alongjune a row of attentive facesjuly in the training roomjune the room watching a talkwalking to dinner after the meetingjune ordering at papa ginosjuly reading the menu togetherjune around the tablesharing pizza after town halljuly conversation over dinnerjuly catching up at the tabletalking over drinks outsidejune good company after hourslaughing over a late drink june two members in conversationjune members laughing in the lobbyjune sharing an idea with the groupjune mingling before the meetingjune around the computersjuly two members comparing laptopsjuly member mid conversationjuly sharing something on a phonejuly chatting by the bookshelvesjuly catching up outsidejune members listening to a talkjune the room during a presentationjune members following alongjune a row of attentive facesjuly in the training roomjune the room watching a talkwalking to dinner after the meetingjune ordering at papa ginosjuly reading the menu togetherjune around the tablesharing pizza after town halljuly conversation over dinnerjuly catching up at the tabletalking over drinks outsidejune good company after hourslaughing over a late drink
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