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==From the community==
==From the community==
===Linuxtag===
===LinuxTAG===
Once again, a team of FlightGear enthusiasts operated a booth during the four days of this year's [http://www.linuxtag.org/ LinuxTAG], the most important place for Linux and open source software in Europe. Besides to it's main purpose of presenting FlightGear to a public audience, LinuxTag becomes more and more '''the''' place for a meeting of core FlightGear developers and users. A technical discussion between James, Alex and Matthias has the potential to become a ''FlightGear legend'' and will probably lead to a multithreaded processing within the simulator's core. Alex also held a public presentation about the integration of [http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/en/program/free-conference/all-events/details.html?talkid=329 "Android for pilots"] with fgfs. [http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/fileadmin/www.linuxtag.org/slides/Alex%20Perry%20-%20Android%20for%20Pilots%20-%20Integration%20with%20the%20FlightGear%20Flight%20Simulator.pdf]
 
An exciting first contact was initiated between FlightGear team members and a hardware vendor resulting in an idea to operate a shared presentation of powerful hardware running a powerful flight simulator at the next year's LinuxTAG - to proof the claim "where .com meets .org".
 


===FlightGear on YouTube===
===FlightGear on YouTube===