Houston, TX - March 11, 2009 - Linux Journal, the original magazine of the Linux community, announces "Rebuilding the World with Free Everything", a Linux Journal panel to be presented at SxSW Interactive Tuesday, March 17.

"Free" is the future of business. Steve Larsen says the world has more than 500,000 open-source code bases now -- all free. That's a tall challenge for a huge pile of building material. Linux Journal presents a panel of creative hackers and business crafters to discuss constructing the future.

Panelists include Linux Journal Webmistress and Drupal-advocate Katherine Druckman; Linux Journal Senior Editor Doc Searls, also a fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Information Technology and Society at UC Santa Barbara; Linux Journal columnist and filmBUZZ founder Dave Taylor; as well as Linux Journal friends William "whurley" Hurley, founder and CEO of InvisiSoft Inc., and Chris Anderson, of LongTail fame and Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine.

"Rebuilding the World with Free Everything" will be presented in Room A of the Austin Convention Center at 3:30pm, Tuesday, March 17, 2009 as a part of SxSW Interactive and is open to all SxSW Interactive badge holders. The panel will immediately follow the Chris Anderson/Guy Kawasaki keynote in the same room.

For more information about this panel, please visit http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels?action=show&id=IAP0901400. For more information about the SxSW Interactive conference and trade show, please visit http://www.sxsw.com/interactive.

About Linux Journal
Linux Journal, first published in 1994, is the original publication of the global Linux community, delivering readers the advice and inspiration they need to get the most out of their Linux systems. With its award-winning Linux how-tos, tutorials, reviews, in-depth reporting, tips and tricks, and market analysis, Linux Journal has become well-known as the industry standard. Linux Journal, published by Belltown Media, may be purchased at all major bookstores and newsstands and also may be ordered by calling 1-888-66-LINUX or visiting www.LinuxJournal.com.