I'm researching conferences and VSLive looks to be the largest, but I'm wondering if it's the best. It used to be that WinDev East/West was the most technically deep conference, but without the likes of Box, Gudgin, et al. I'm not too enthused about it - unless I hear otherwise. I'm looking for 3 things - ASP.NET, C# and SQL details (more Yukon than 2000). Anyone have any preferences or insights?
Bob Marr wrote an interesting editorial on Linux code-bloat. I've been seeing people blogging their moves to dust off the old machines and put linux on them. With the latest distributions, they're recommending 256MB and a minimum 800mhz processor. I remember when I could run linux on my old 32MB P166 with KDE! I haven't installed the latest distribution in a long time - I didn't realize this was happening to Linux.