[2] The first LinuxWorld Conference and Expo occurred in 1998 at the San Jose Convention Center.
At the conference an agreement was made by Patrick Op de Beeck and Mark Shuttleworth concerning cooperation between KDE and Gnome for improving each other's work.
The 2001 documentary film Revolution OS includes footage from the 1999 LinuxWorld event in New York City.
Writer and free software advocate Don Marti ran LinuxWorld from 2005 until its end in 2009.
LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summits took place in Italy, Spain, Sweden, and New York City.