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==== LinuxTag 2003 ====
[[Image:Novell SuSE.jpg|thumb|Novell/SuSE at the LinuxTag 2004]]
LinuxTag 2003 was titled ''Open Horizons'' and was held from 10 to 13 July 2003 at Messe Karlsruhe.<ref>''german'' [[Heise online]] LinuxTag 2003 https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/LinuxTag-2003-mit-Coding-Marathon-81739.html</ref><ref>''german'' Golem.de https://www.golem.de/0306/25911.html</ref> Along the admission ticket for €&nbsp;10, visitors received the LinuxTag edition of the initial release of the [[Knoppix]] DVD and a [[Tux (mascot)|Tux pin]]. With 19,500 visitors, the number of visitors increased by 40 percent over the previous year.

Circa 150 exhibitors, both businesses and non-profit groups were represented. Apple showed [[Mac OS X]] running [[Open-source software|Open Source Software]]. Other highlights included the release of [[OpenGroupware.org]], [[OpenOffice.org]], a conversion to run Linux of several dozen [[Xbox|Xboxes]], some by a hardware modification by two solder points, some by utilizing so-called MechInstallers.

There was also a Programming Competition and on Sunday, 13 July 2003 from 13 to 14 o'clock a world record attempt took place: On a server 100 Linux desktop sessions with [[Gnome]] and [[K Desktop Environment|KDE]] were simultaneously running, which could be used by everyone on the Internet.

Besides the exhibition also sub-conferences were held at which renowned experts discussed a subject. There was, for example, a [[Debian]] conference and on Sunday there was a lecture on [[Trusted Computing Platform Alliance|TCPA]], followed by a discussion. The Business and Government sub-conference with 400 participants grew by about 60% compared to 2002. The free lecture program was opened on Friday by the Parliamentary State Secretary, [[Ministry of Economics (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour]], Rezzo Schlauch. Keynote speaker was [[Jon Maddog Hall|Jon "Maddog" Hall]].<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag" />

With [[Webcam|Webcams]] one could take a virtual visit of the fair. The "Pingu-Cam" recorded pictures of [[Penguins|Penguin]] in the [[Karlsruhe Zoo]], which is located right next to the location of the Messe Karlsruhe at that time.