hi *! the linux audio conference 2006, which takes place at the zkm in karlsruhe/germany from april 27 to april 30, will be streamed live for your convenience, inspiration and enjoyment. all presentations (which are listed on http://lac.zkm.de/2006/program.shtml) are covered as ogg vorbis audio streams in two bitrates (one for modem users and one for slightly-more-broadband users) and ogg theora/vorbis a/v streams (for broadband users only). to watch and/or listen, you can use a recent version of mplayer, vlc or curl | theora123, if you prefer. the stream urls are listed at http://lac.zkm.de/2006/streaming.shtml. we will start test streams tomorrow by 12:00 utc+2. as always, there will be chat channels to go with the streams, where you can report problems, discuss the presentations and also ask questions which will be relayed to the live audience by the local chat operators here at zkm. these channels are #lac2006 for general issues and chitchat, and #lac2006-track1 and #lac2006-track2 for questions and remarks about the current presentation, all on irc.freenode.net. you will be able to download the presentation slides in advance to read along as you listen and watch. the quality of the video streams will not be sufficient to read the projections, but you should easily be able to make out which slide is currently up. on behalf of eric rzewnicki (who did most of the streaming work this year) and the rest of the lac organizational team i wish you lots of fun with the streams. kudos again to the icecast team, especially to karl heyes, all the folks at xiph.org who brought us all those great free multimedia codecs, and the crew here at zkm for their great support and cooperation! best, jörn