Despite the proliferation of LinuxWorld and other commercial open source shows, several regional Linux organizations continue to hold their own conferences and expos. Right now, for example, a group of open sourcers in California is readying SCALE (Southern California Linux Expo) 5x, an event slated to take place in Los Angeles on February 9 to 11 of next year.
Although the five-year-old conference focuses mainly on Linux, participation isn't limited just to the Linux community, said Orv Beach, a member of the dot org's public relations committee, in an interview with LinuxPlanet.
More information: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale5x/