Hacking contest

Competition terms:

Competition will take place within an internal network with an access to the Internet. A direct access to Linux box from the Internet won't be possible. You will need your own computer with any programme equipment, a mouse and a keyboard and, of course, a network card. We will provide the monitors.

The exact instructions with basic directions about which safety holes were made and a with a task description, will be announced on the Internet at the beginning of the competition. Only successfully made tasks, done in whichever way (hack) will be taken into consideration.

Prize:

A competitor, who is first to solve a task successfully, will receive a Linux box.

Conditions for the competition:

Competitors should participate in the competition with their own computers in which they have installed optional graphical system. Competitors can prepare all desktop solutions, based on the open source (GPL, LGPL, BSD) programme equipment - kde, gnome, blackbox, afterstep and various hybrids of these environments.

A computer with a visible desktop solution, keyboard and mouse is needed for a participant to be able to take part in the competition (we will provide the monitors!)

A jury of three members (computer science expert, designer and art director) will choose a winner with regard to the appearance and desktop functionality.

Prize:

The main prize for the winner of the best Linux desktop is a graphical card GeforceMX-4, 64 mb ram, donated by Mentis company from Dravograd.

Linux install workshop


Within the festival KIBLIX (10.00am - 18.00pm), you will have an opportunity to attend a three-day Linux Install workshop in the demonstrational room. Our experts will be glad to help you to install the Linux operational system in your personal computer.

There will be several OS Linux distributions available and together we will choose the most appropriate according to your needs and desires.

Cooperation conditions:

A computer (including a keyboard and a mouse) in which you would like to install the Linux operational system or add it to the already existing operational system.

Monitors will be provided!



EMMA (European Multimedia Accelerator in the San Francisco Bay Area)

EMMA: http://www.ubique.org/emma



EMMA's mission is to encourage and support the successful market entry of European multimedia companies in the USA.
Sponsored by Europe's leading multimedia trade associations and supported by the European Commission, EMMA provides a range of services to assist eligible firms in pursuing new business opportunities in the vast, dynamic US market for multimedia and information technology.

EMMA has been launched by the European Multimedia Forum and its partners with the following goals:

ACCELERATE the market entry of European multimedia companies in the U.S.
BUILD awareness and market share of European multimedia products and.services in the U.S.
CONNECT European multimedia companies with U.S. partners
DEVELOP international business for the European multimedia industry
ENABLE business and technology cooperation between Europe and U.S

CHECK-OUT-EUROPE.COM:
http://www.check-out-europe.com,



CHECK-IN-USA.COM:
http://www.check-in-usa.com,


More information:

REVOLUTION OS
Movie premiére will be at the KIBLIX festival
(November 7 and 9, 2002)

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against Microsoft and created GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

REVOLUTION OS features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda.

To view the trailer or the first eight minutes go to the ifilm website for REVOLUTION OS: http://www.revolution-os.com/

Story:

This 90-minute film begins with Richard Stallman's quest to create a free operating system. It then follows the movement through its two-decades-long evolution in interviews with Stallman, Linus Torvalds (creator of the open-source operating system Linux), Eric Raymond (author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar), Bruce Perens (author of the Open Source Definition), Brian Behlendorf (leader of the Apache Web server project), Michael Tiemann (founder of the first open source company) and Larry Augustin (founder of VA Linux Systems). Revolution OS also depicts the culture of the open source movement by documenting the Installfest parties where people can bring their computers to get free, expert Linux tech support; and the Refund Day protest marches, where Linux users demand
reimbursement of the extra fees that get tacked onto the purchase price of new computers for pre-installed Microsoft applications.

Direction:

Revolution OS was the brainchild of J.T.S. Moore, who was totally unfamiliar with the open source community when he started the project. To capture what he saw as the epic nature of open source's ideas and struggle, Moore worked with the old Hollywood epic format of anamorphic 35mm film (Cinemascope). Most documentaries are shot in a square format to fit TV screens, but Revolution OS is shot in the wide, rectangle format of the movie theater and the effect is striking. Back to the subject matter: ultimately Moore has Revolution OS end on a high note. With the market valuations of Linux-based companies near their peak, each of the interviewees stated that while the enormous success of Linux came as a great surprise to them, it hadn't really changed what they would've done in the first place. And Moore, should he direct another documentary, shouldn't change the format of what he's done in his first one.

Bottom Line:

Revolution OS enlightens and informs, but sometimes gets bogged down in the technical jargon a little too much. However, a documentary is meant to be a snapshot of a specific slice of life, and Moore achieves this admirably.

VIP CLUB

Every night from 8 till 12 Party with hostesses

Thursday, November 7, 2002
Canadian Club party

Friday, November 8, 2002
Shark & vodka party

Saturday, November 9, 2002
Heineken party

Musical and Entertaining events - Satchmo and Štuk


Friday, November 8th, 2002 at Satchmo Club DÄLEK (USA) at 9pm.

Jazz klub Satchmo, Strossmayerjeva 6, Maribor

Organisation and production : MMC KIBLA, Ul. Kneza Koclja 9, Maribor

DÄLEK (USA)

MC Dälek ./vocals DJ Still ./turntables Oktopus ./sampler Satchmo's stage will be taken by the 100% hip-hop collective from New Yersey; Dälek (pronounce: die-ah-lect), which stretches all musical barriers. Breathtaking beats, intelligent lyrics, but no gold chains and no ťMTV gangsta rapŤ; after almost 20 years Dälek have taken hip-hop to its roots, to the well of creativity, the trans-cultural sound experience and the "we are all one people" principles.

Rapper Dälek grew along old-school hip-hip such as Public Enemy or Ice T, as well as Ravi Shankar and Black Sabbath; the result is a rhythmic sound orgy, "black ezthetics & street credibility included"! Their collaborations are just as diverse: De La Soul, DJ Spooky, Mike Patton (ex-Faith no more), krautrock legends Faust and electro manipulators The Sofa Surfers. Several magazines declared them to be one of the best hip-hop groups on the scene, their November European tour was named "one of the hottest stage acts in 2002". Serves you right if you miss their stage explosions!

Saturday, November 9th, 2002 at Štuk: DJ party at 9pm.

ŠTUK - Študentski prireditveni center Maribor, Gosposvetska cesta 86, Maribor

Big final event, that will relieve your departure from the 1st International festival KIBLIX - till next year! Many-coloured music of best DJs (dj Shocker D, dj Goody, dj Sanjin, dj Mahmud Meteor, dj Splinter).