In both cases independent reviews of each paper and evaluation of the session as a whole will be used to select sessions. Proposals for Special Topic Sessions should be submitted along with abstracts of the papers to be included in the session and should include the session's theme. Talks can be geared towards the new Linux user, the business community, Linux developers, system administrators, and anyone else who may have an interest in the Linux operating systems and free software in general. LINC will accept abstracts that have previously been published or submitted to other conferences, and may be subsequently submitted to other conferences. LINC requests, but does not require permission to publish the paper in any possible conference proceedings.
Abstracts are solely to judge the content and quality of the talk.