Linux Game Coders Wanted

Vaibhav Goel wrote in to let us know that John Carmack, a name that all geeks know, as the following currently in his .plan file:

"A small public announcement:
The Linux Expo is looking for:
1. People that develop games or game servers in *nix, and
2. People interested in learning how to develop games in *nix.
Either one should give a write to [e-mail].
"

I really want to go to Linux Expo this year. Sounds like so much cool stuff is going to be happening. Hope I can afford it, and not take classes during it.