Packing to go to OLS. At least mulix knows who the people around are. I can count two people who have heard my name at all, and two people I expect to recognize. Muli claims that OLS's social side is much like haifux, but when I think of how long it took me to feel comfortable in haifux, it does not cheer me up at all.

I do not feel comfortable about how deep will my understanding go in the talks themselves. Muli has offered that I read about the Linux kernel on the way. I believe it is a bit too late to become a kernel hacker in a day...

On the other hand, the last time I went to a conference I knew almost nothing when I came, but I knew a lot more when I left, even if I did not understand thing right at the time.