GNOME.Asia Summit 2009
November 20­22, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Mario Behling, Chair GNOME.Asia Summit 2009
Hong Phuc Dang, Head of Organization

Why GNOME.Asia
* Companies need more developers
* Consumers need better, faster and energy-
saving software
* Emerging countries like Vietnam should be
independent from global monopolies

Goals
* To attract more young people to become
developers, designers and translators
* To support the Open Source community in
Vietnam
* To support software and hardware education
projects

Introducing Projects
Software for more energy efficient and
faster computing

LXDE Start up Times
Tests on eeepc 900
Fred Chien, Andrew Lee (Taiwan)
lxde.org

One Laptop per Child and Freifunk

Freifunk.net – Local Mesh Network
in Berlin with 700 nodes since 2003
Google Summer of Code Project 2009

Extending routers to become miniservers
for schools, business and home networks
Freedom Box is a energy saving miniserver that
can be many devices with Freifunk plugin Open
Source Software
• Local search box
• OpenVPN box
• Content box
• Security box
• Krypto box
• Phone box

Lighter and Faster Computing with
128 MB RAM and 500 Mhz CPU
Tobias Gruetzmacher
(Germany)
Thin Clients
Power Requirement & Management:
+5V @2A (10 Watts), w/ ACPI
function Support
Weight: 505g
Dimensions: 115 x 115 x 35 mm

Keynotes and Presentations

Workshops and How tos

Installation Fest for new software

Event with developers from all over the world

Free short course and certificate for students

Meeting Spaces for Participants

Companies & Projects Booths

Quang Trung Software City
Plans for the future: More events for
developers and companies to foster economic
exchange

Website: www.gnome.asia
Please Register. Thank You.
November 20­22, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam