Below are presentations and videos of speakers from DLS 2006. Click here to see the show's agenda, or here to see speaker descriptions. ( * indicates video).

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Migrating 20,000 PCs: It Takes a Plan
Luis Aguilar, Vice President of Technology, Alacos

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Jeff Bailey, Ubuntu  *

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The $100 Media Center Device
Joe Born, CEO, Neuros Technology

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The Linux Desktop and 1:1 Computing in the School
Niel Bornstein, Senior Architect, Novell

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Is Linux Gaming Worth the Effort for Game Developers?
Benjamin Bradley, PR Gaming Guru, GarageGames

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The Open and Closed Case for Linux Adoption *
Kevin Carmony, CEO, Linspire

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Reclaiming Digital Freedoms Using Open Source Software
Brenno de Winter, Owner, De Winter Information Solutions

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Why the Hardware OEMs Won't Do Desktop Linux *
Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst, Enderle Group

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Changing the World with Alternative Desktop Approaches *
Michael Evans, Vice President of Corporate Development, Red Hat

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Demos of the Latest Novell Linux Desktop *
Nat Friedman, Vice President of Linux Desktop Engineering, Novell

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Barriers to Mass Adoption *
Marcel Gagné, Canada's Linux Guru

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Linux is not a Penguin, it's a Puppy Dog!
Laurent Gharda, COO, Open Country

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The New Face of Linux
Patrick Green, President, Silver Strand Solutions

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The $15 PC: Full-Powered Linux Workstations for the price of a video card
Timothy Griffin, President, Userful

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Cedega: The Future of Linux Gaming
Vikas Gupta, CEO, Transgaming

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: Under the Hood
Ted Haeger, Director of User Communities, Novell

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Harnessing the Mozilla Platform
Brian King, COO and Senior Software Developer, Mozdev Group

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Linux as a Media Center
Mike Machado, CEO, SageTV

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Linux Desktop for the Business User -- What Will It Take To Succeed, and How Will We Measure Success?
Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, Director of Linux and Open Source Marketing, Novell

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Dealing with Darwin: Evolving Linux *
Geoffrey Moore, Author and Managing Director, TCG Advisors

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The Linux Standard Base: Movin' On Up (the Software Stack) *
Ian Murdock, CTO, Free Standards Group

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The Sky is the Limit: Enabling Universal Media for Linux Desktops
Scott Nelson, Director of Helix Business Development, RealNetworks, Inc. &
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Open Source and the Future of Linux Printing
John Oleinik, Linux Printing Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard

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Marketing Concepts and Applicability to Open Source Projects
Wade Olson, Marketing Working Group, KDE

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Using Openoffice for Manuscripts
Stephen Oualline, Lead Software Design Engineer, St. Bernard Software

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How to End the Linux Software Drought
Geoff Perlman, President and CEO, REAL Software

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UNDO PC Disasters:Personal Disaster Recovery Solutions for the Desktop
Jerry Puda, Director of Business Development, FarStone

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Leveraging AJAX to Make the Most of a Linux Desktop
John Robb, Vice President of Product Management, Zimbra

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The AJAX OS *
Michael Robertson, CEO, Ajax13

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Linux on the Desktop: If We Build It, Will They Come? *
Dave Rosenberg, Principal Analyst, Open Source Development Labs

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Plug 'n' Pray to Plug 'n' Play: What's it Going to Take? *
Doc Searls, Senior Editor, Linux Journal

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Practical Approach to Make a $99 PC Using Multi-User Desktop Streaming Technology
Young Song, CEO and Co-Founder, NComputing

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50 Top Open Source Business Applications
David Uhlman, CEO, Uversa

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"Change Comes From Within" - A Lesson in Zen
Peter van der Linden, Software Engineering Manager and Linux Book Author

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Open Source Software Economics in One Lesson
Stephen Walli, Vice President of Open Source Development Strategy, Optaros

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Pleasing Most of the People, Most of the Time *
Malcolm Yates, Business Development Manager, Ubuntu/Canonical

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