[$] Rusty's reminiscences

Rusty Russell was one of the first developers paid to work on the Linuxkernel and the founder of the conference now known as linux.conf.au (LCA); he isone of the most highly respected figures in the Australian free-softwarecommunity. The 2019 LCA was the20th edition of this long-lived event; the organizers felt that it was anappropriate time to invite Russell to deliver the closing keynote talk.He used the opportunity to review his path into free software and thecreation of LCA, but first a change of clothing was required.