travel to oldenburg, and the event itself
this is an attempt to supply some more information about the
oldenburg linux developers meeting and the d-i event.
i did not talk to joey, he is busy. but i talked to people who
were there allready and most of the following info is from them.
it is not the most reliabel, though. handle with care!
the events starts on friday, but one can show up and use the
rooms allready on thurday evening. it usually ends on sunday
noon/afternoon. (plan to leave the uni around 13.00?)
untill now there were two seminar rooms at the oldenburger uni,
one for hacking one for sleeping. you should bring your own
box/notebook. there are computer pools nearby, but it is
doubtfull that you get a login or even permisson to test d-i on
one of those boxes.
breakfast will be provided, for lunch there is the cafeteria of
the uni (which is one of the three best in germany!), which is
open at least on friday, most likely on saturday.
if you come by plane, there are three airports that you might
want to use: hamburg, bremen, and from the UK with ryanair:
groningen. transportation from groningen takes three hours, which
is longer then 1.5h from hamburg, even if it is only a fraction
of the distance.
joey did pick up people at bremen airport in the past, and it can
be expected that he does so this year, too. of cause it makes
sense to coordinate travels so that he can pick up several people
at once. you could make arrangements to arrive at bremen
international airport around 16.00, perhaps.
an other option is to use the train from bremen or hamburg to
oldenburg. but there you should probably try to be picked up by
joey (or someone else, there is an active lug there)
websites to use for train tavel is www.bahn.de. you can book
tickets there, if you want and make reservations.
Oldenburg is a beautifull town, and i recommend the cafeteria.
there are lovly pubs and restaurants where you can eat and drink
close by (from the uni). the whole event was not geared towards
international attendance up untill now (which explains the sparse
website). but those who were there describe it as "really relaxed
and cool, not so organized".
please contact me if you need more info, i try to collect the
questions and answers.
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