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The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE ) is an annual Linux , open source and free software conference held in Los Angeles , California , since 2002. Despite having Linux in its name, SCALE covers all open source operating systems and software. It is a volunteer-run event.
The event features an expo floor with both commercial and non-profit exhibitors, as well as 4 days of seminars on the topic of Linux and Open Source software. Sessions and presentations cover a broad spectrum of topics and technical levels.
SCALE grew out of a series of LUGFests put on by the Simi Conejo Linux Users Group in the late 90s. There were four of them, held every 6 months at the Nortel development facility in Simi Valley, California. They ended when Nortel closed that facility in 2001. Subsequently, members from SCLUG, USCLUG and UCLALUG organized to create a more regional event, which they named the Southern California Linux Expo.
Companies, organizations and projects represented at SCALE include Linux-based projects such as Debian , Gentoo Linux , the Fedora Project , KDE and GNOME , other open-source operating systems including NetBSD and FreeBSD , software projects such as Django , open-source database systems such as MySQL and PostgreSQL , other open-source applications such as Drupal , Inkscape , MythTV and The Document Foundation , activist organizations such as Software Freedom Law Center and the Electronic Frontier Foundation , major technology companies such as IBM , HP and Sharp , web companies including Google , Facebook and eHarmony , and internet projects including OpenStreetMap .
Event
Year
Date
Venue
Keynote Speakers
SCALE 1x 2002
December 2
University of Southern California Davidson Conference CenterFile:SCALE1X-031.jpg
SCALE 2x 2003
November 22
Los Angeles Convention Center File:SCALE2X-057.jpg
SCALE 3x 2005
February 12–13
Los Angeles Convention Center File:SCALE3x.jpg
SCALE 4x 2006
February 10–12
Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Airport File:Southern California Linux Expo entrance 20060211.jpg
Janinne Brunyee, Dan Kegel
SCALE 5x 2007
February 9–11
Westin Los Angeles Airport File:Westin hotel.jpg
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SCALE 6x 2008
February 8–10
Westin Los Angeles Airport File:SCALE6x.jpg
Jono Bacon , Stormy Peters
SCALE 7x 2009
February 20–22
Westin Los Angeles Airport File:SCALE7x TryIt Lab.jpg
Bradley Kuhn , Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
SCALE 8x 2010
February 19–21
Westin Los Angeles Airport File:SCALE8x.jpg
Karsten Wade, Tarus Balog
SCALE 9x 2011
February 25–27
Hilton Los Angeles AirportFile:SCALE9x (Southern California Linux Expo 2011) logo.jpg
Leigh Honeywell, Jane Silber
SCALE 10x 2012
January 20–22
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Greg DeKoenigsberg, Selena Deckelmann
SCALE 11x 2013
February 22–24
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Kyle Rankin, Matthew Garrett
SCALE 12x 2014
February 21–23
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Lawrence Lessig , Leslie Hawthorne , Brendan Gregg
SCALE 13x 2015
February 19–22
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Ruth Suehle , Monty Taylor
SCALE 14x 2016
January 21–24
Pasadena Convention Center Sage Sharp , Mark Shuttleworth , Cory Doctorow
SCALE 15x 2017
March 2–4
Pasadena Convention Center Christine Corbett Moran, Karen Sandler
SCALE 16x 2018
March 8–11
Pasadena Convention Center John Gossman, Zaheda Bhorat
SCALE 17x 2019
March 7–10
Pasadena Convention Center File:The Seventeenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 17x) entrance banner, March 2019.jpg Mitchell Hashimoto, Colin Charles
SCALE 18x 2020
March 5–8
File:SCaLE 18x Welcome Banner.jpg Pasadena Convention Center Paul Vixie , Sha Stepter, Jessica McKellar
SCALE 19x
2022
(2021 edition suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic )
July 28–31
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Aeva Black , Demetris Cheatham, Vint Cerf
SCALE 20x
2023
March 9–12
Pasadena Convention Center
Arun Gupta, Dr. Kitty Yeung, Ken Thompson
SCaLE 21x
2024
March 14-17
Pasadena Convention Center
Bill Cheswick , Casey Handmer, Viral B. Shah
SCaLE 22x
2025
March 6-9
Pasadena Convention Center
Solomon Hykes, Denver Gingerich, Leslie Lamport
SCaLE 23x
2026
March 5-8
Pasadena Convention Center
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