The Linux Foundation (LF) has confirmed the dates for LinuxCon 2009. The event combines the developer and end user communities, resulting in more than 75 sessions that address “all matters Linux”. The event will take place on September 21-23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront.

LinuxCon represents both community and industry, fielding luminaries such as Mark Shuttleworth and industry experts such as IBM’s Bob Sutor. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier, openSUSE community manager, Novell; Bdale Garbee, open source and Linux chief technologist at Hewlett Packard, well-known kernel developer; Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu distribution and Canonical; and Bob Sutor, vice president of Standards and Open Source at IBM.

Three tracks—developer, business and operations—will provide the foundation for sessions that include tutorials, keynotes, a technology showcase and targeted mini-summits on topics such as mobiles, the desktop, the embedded space, and much more. LinuxCon will be co-located with the annual Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC), which attracts a star-studded pool of technical talent. Registration is now open. Early Bird registration costs $299 per person (until June 1, 2009), and Standard registration costs $399 (until August 14, 2009).