Special events



The Bad Voltage team return for their fourth show...

SCALE: The Next Generation a youth focused STEM event will return to Pasadena on March 9th. This is an event where the free & open source community leaders of tomorrow will be able to spotlight their ideas, projects and talents! This year's program will include sessions on everything from...

Master new cyber security skills at our two-day SCaLE 17x Capture The Flag competition.  Whether you're a beginner who's never tried a CTF before, an experienced competitor looking for an energizing challenge, or a professional who just wants to have fun, this event is for you.  This...

Join your fellow SCaLE attendees for drinks, games, food and fun at our Game Night reception on Saturday!

 

Escape Rooms

There's no way any single attraction could top last year's NASA-themed Escape Room...So, this year we are bringing in TWO brand new...

Join the OpenEmbedded community for two days of workshops and presentations held along side SCALE 17x.
 
OpenEmbedded is a build framework for embedded Linux. OpenEmbedded offers a best-in-class cross...

Kubeflow Day LA is a Kubeflow Community sponsored Machine Learning Day at SCaLE 17x. Kubeflow Day LA is a one day conference targeted at Business Leaders and Machine Learning Professionals: Data Scientists, Software and Data Engineers, and the DevOps...

This year at SCALE 17x, the ALE team is presenting two sets of tutorials: E-ALE, with embedded topics focused on Linux, and I-ALE, which presents IOT-oriented subjects.

ALE, the Apprentice...

FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as “Berkeley Unix.” It’s known for its reliability, stability, and advanced networking and performance. Join us for a full day workshop that will teach you how to...

Linux Professional Institute is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 600,000 exams delivered, it's the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in...

UpSCALE is a set of lightening talks held at SCALE in partnership with OpenSource.com, in the style of Ignite presentations. Speakers will get 5 minutes to enlighten the audience. Slides will auto-advance while chosen speakers deliver their message, a brief story of open source deliciousness....

We are proud to announce 9th Annual DevOps Day LA, to be held Friday, March 8, 2019. Venue space for DevOpsDay is kindly donated to our community by with SCALE 17x, at the Pasadena...

PostgreSQL @ SCaLE is a two day, two track event which takes place on March 7-8, 2019, at Pasadena Convention Center, ahead of SCALE 17x. PostgreSQL @ SCaLE will present talks designed for a general audience of web developers, sysadmins, DBAs and open source users. Talks will have significant...

Have a passion you'd like to share? Is there a community you want to connect with at SCaLE? Want some open discussion on a topic?

If so, create or join a BoF as SCaLE 17x continues the tradition of providing space for groups to meet and discuss their common interests.

BoFs will run...

UbuCon return to SCALE in 2019 to celebrate all things Ubuntu! We have speakers from the Ubuntu community to talk about the state of the art and future of Ubuntu, how it has evolved, new technologies and the exciting things you can do with an OS that is growing more each day. If you use Ubuntu,...

Linux is a robust and secure operating system with a rich array of applications. SCALE is once again providing those who want to start using Linux an opportunity to learn how. SCALE will provide an installfest + basic system administration class to...

openSUSE will have an summit at SCaLE17x on March 8, 2019, at the 17th annual Southern California Linux Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center. openSUSE will have a dedicated room to provide talks about openSUSE and open-source related topics....

By popular demand, returning for the third year, SCALE is offering amateur radio, or HAM license exams. The exams will be held on 10 March, Sunday, from 08:30 to 15:00, walk-in's welcome. You will need to bring a Government issued photo-id, an FRN (this page is your friend: ...