Editing LinuxTag (section)

=== Kaiserslautern ===
The first couple of LinuxTag events were held at the University of Kaiserslautern and organized under the auspices of its Unix-AG PG Linux.<ref>''german'' LinuxTag-Seiten der Unix-AG (PG Linux) https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~linux/linuxtag.html</ref>

==== LinuxTag 1996 ====
The very first LinuxTag in January 1996 was a theme night on Linux attended by 70 participants, comprising six talks and a "Linux install party".<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag">''german'' Geschichte des LinuxTags: https://www.linuxtag.org/2008/de/linuxtag/geschichte.html</ref>

==== LinuxTag 1997/1 and 1997/2 ====
In 1997 was the only year in which two LinuxTag events were organized; the talks of these and consecutive LinuxTag events are still online.

LinuxTag 1997/1<ref>''german'' Vorträge auf dem LinuxTag 1997/1 https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~linux/linuxtag97-1/</ref> was attended by 150 participants, despite being disturbed by [[freezing rain]] which brought most private and public transport to a halt. Hence the LinuxTag team decided to move the LinuxTag events into the summer and to organize another LinuxTag for 1997.<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag" />

LinuxTag 1997/2<ref>''german'' Vorträge auf dem LinuxTag 1997/2 https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~linux/linuxtag97-2/</ref> had a couple of hundred visitors and brought some firsts: Two tracks with talks running in parallel, occupying two days, tutorial sessions for acquiring a deeper understanding of a topic and a small exhibition at which Open Source Software projects presented their goals and achievements.<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag" />

==== LinuxTag 1998 ====
The LinuxTag 1998<ref>''german'' Vorträge auf dem LinuxTag 1998 https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~linux/linuxtag98/</ref> conference and exhibition was attended by circa 3,000 visitors. For the first time external exhibitors were present, e.g., [[KDE|the KDE project]].<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag" />

==== LinuxTag 1999 ====
The LinuxTag 1999<ref>''german'' Vorträge auf dem LinuxTag 1999 https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~linux/linuxtag99/</ref> was announced nation-wide for the first time and hence drew some 7,000 visitors. Due to the ".com" boom which also triggered many major players in the IT industry to embrace Open Source Software, the booths from companies filled a whole building of the university, among then [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], [[SUSE S.A.|SuSE]] etcetera. The booths of non-commercial projects occupied another, smaller building, while the talks used all major lecture rooms. It was also the first time an opportunity to take the LPI Exam 101 was offered. This was the last time LinuxTag was held in [[Kaiserslautern]], because the number of attendees equalled the number of students at this time at the University of Kaiserslautern and there was no space left to grow.<ref group=lower-alpha name="History of LinuxTag" />

In the aftermath of this event, the [[#LinuxTag e.V.|LinuxTag association]] was founded.