Talk:FOSDEM

There is also a couchsufing group for accommodation
See here : http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16380 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.16.10.128 (talk) 22:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

great!!!
i've finaly found a decent page on the fosdem2006 event
 * Can you add more info about FOSDEM 2006? Gronky 12:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Need a better pic
A picture of some guy who gave one keynote at FOSDEM (among other conferences), with a plain background, is not one bit descriptive of FOSDEM. A picture of the organisers hosting the ending thank you ceremony would be best. 2nd best would be a picture of Richard Stallman speaking - since he's keynoted at all or almost all FOSDEMs so far. Gronky 13:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed, why not this one : http://fosdem.3ti.be/preaching_to_the_converted.jpg ?


 * That's not bad, although the shape is a bit hard to slot into the article. Gronky 19:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Well Fosdem in 2007 was an RMS free zone, there is now talk of renaming it back to OSDEM, however there is not yet a consensus amoung the organisers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.162.211.197 (talk • contribs).
 * There has never been a discussion about renaming the conference back to OSDEM. Christophe Vandeplas FOSDEM Staff 28 Jan 2009 —Preceding undated comment was added at 10:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC).

On Portal:Free software, FOSDEM is currently the selected article
(2007-02-13) Just to let you know. The purpose of selecting an article is both to point readers to the article and to highlight it to potential contributors. I'm hoping this will attract some contributors to this important article. It will remain on the portal for a week or so. The previous selected article was X Window System. Gronky 12:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The selected article box has been updated again, FOSDEM has been replaced by CUPS. Gronky 04:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Refreshing an out of date fosdem entry?
Little contribution for a great event. 2007 subsection ALWAYS poor but up to date! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NGHL (talk • contribs) 22:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

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Move content from main page
This really needs secondary sources.

Conference history
PhotographyEdits (talk) 16:44, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 2001 – Event named OSDEM, started by a team of five people. Organized in two months.
 * 2002 – Event renamed to FOSDEM, at the request of Richard Stallman. Attendance grew to a few thousand.
 * 2003
 * Keynotes: The History of Free Software (Jon 'Maddog' Hall), FSF (Richard Stallman)
 * Tracks: databases, desktop, education, multimedia, security, toolkit, tutorials
 * Developer rooms: embedded software, gnome developers, GNUstep, KDE, Mozilla, PostgreSQL
 * 2004
 * Keynotes: The open source paradigm shift (Tim O'Reilly), FSF (Richard Stallman)
 * Tracks: accessibility, Java, Linux kernel, Scripting languages, security, X&Co
 * Developer rooms: Debian, Java, OpenMosix, MySQL, Embedded software, KDE, Mozilla, Tcl
 * Tutorials, unofficial talks'' served as a platform for ad hoc talks.
 * 2005
 * Keynotes: Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales), FSF (Richard Stallman)
 * Tracks: Desktop, Development tools, GRID/Clusters, Linux kernel, Packaging tools, security
 * Developer rooms: Calibre, Clustering, Dokeos, Embedded software, Gnome, GNU Hurd, KDE, Opengroupware, PHP/Pear, GNU Classpath, Debian, Drupal, Gentoo, GNUstep, Jabber, Mozilla, Perl, Tcl
 * Unofficial talks were again present.
 * 2006
 * Keynotes: Richard Stallman, GPLv3 discussion
 * Tracks: Desktop, Development, Security, Systems, Voice over IP, Web 2.0
 * Developer rooms: Ada, GNU Classpath, Embedded software, Gnome, Jabber, Linux on Laptops, Opengroupware, Tcl/Tk, Calibre, Debian, Gentoo, GNUstep, KDE, Mozilla, openSUSE, X.org
 * 2007
 * Keynotes: OLPC (Jim Gettys), Liberating Java (Simon Phipps)
 * Tracks:
 * main tracks: Opening/closing talks, Security, Desktop applications, Development and languages, Kernel, Web, Internet Services
 * side tracks: Lightning Talks, Key signing party
 * Developer rooms: CrossDesktop, KDE, Gnome, openSUSE, Mozilla, GNU Classpath+OpenJDK DevJam, CentOS+Fedora, Jabber, OpenGroupware+GNUstep, Python, Research Room, X.org, Gentoo, Debian, Embedded
 * 2008
 * Keynotes: "Tux with Shades, Linux in Hollywood" (Robin Rowe), How a large scale opensource project works (Robert Watson), Status update of Software Patents (Pieter Hintjens)
 * Tracks: Opening/Closing talks, Languages, Build Systems, Games, Packaging, Virtualization, Web
 * Developer rooms: BSD+PostgreSQL, CentOS+Fedora, CrossDesktop, Debian, Drupal, Embedded, Free Java, GNOME, JBoss, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, openSUSE, Research Room, Ruby on Rails, X.org
 * There were lightning talks about miscellaneous subjects.
 * 2009
 * Keynotes: "Free. Open. Future?" (Mark Surman), Debian (Bdale Garbee), Google Summer of Code: A behind the scenes look at a large scale community (Leslie Hawthorn)
 * Tracks: Distributions, Languages, Security, Systems, Collaboration, Kernel
 * Developer rooms: Ada, BSD+PostgreSQL, CentOS+Fedora, CrossDesktop, Debian, Drupal, Embedded, Free Java, GNOME, GNUStep+Groupware, Jabber+XMPP, KDE, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, openSUSE, Ruby on Rails, X.org
 * There were lightning talks about miscellaneous subjects.
 * Various activities: Key Signing Party, Open Source Initiative special session, etc.
 * 2011
 * Keynotes: "Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom More Than Ever" (Eben Moglen), "LLVM and Clang" (Chris Lattner), "How kernel development goes wrong and why you should be a part of it anyway" (Jonathan Corbet)
 * Tracks: Systems, Web browsing, Cloud, Languages, Office, Web frameworks
 * Developer rooms: Crossdesktop, Data analytics, Cross distro, Embedded, Free Java, GNU, Jabber & XMPP, Mono, Mozilla, MySQL & friends, Security & hardware crypto, World of GNUstep, Accessibility, Configuration & Systems management, LibreOffice, New challenges in virtualization, Open source telephony, Perl, PostgreSQL
 * There were lightning talks about miscellaneous subjects.
 * Various activities: PGP key signing, certification exams, beer drinking, and other social events.
 * 2012
 * Keynotes: "Free Software: A viable model for Commercial Success" (Robert Dewar), "A new OSI for a new decade" (Simon Phipps), "Re-thinking system and distro development" (Lars Wirzenius), "Freedom, out of the box!" (Bdale Garbee)
 * Tracks: Future of UI, Hypervisors, Network and IO, System, Community, Development
 * Developer rooms: Ada, CrossDesktop, CrossDistribution, Embedded, Free Java, GNUstep, Hardware Cryptography, JBoss.org, Jabber and XMPP, Legal Issues, LibreOffice, Mono, Mozilla, Open Mobile Linux, PostgreSQL, Virtualization and Cloud, X.Org+OpenICC, Configuration and Systems Management, Graph Processing, Microkernel OS, MySQL and friends, Open Source Game Development, Perl, Security, Smalltalk, Telephony and Communications,
 * There were lightning talks about miscellaneous subjects.
 * 2013
 * Keynotes: "How we made the Jenkins community" (Kohsuke Kawaguchi), "The Devil is in the Details" (Amelia Andersdotter), "The Keeper of Secrets" (Leslie Hawthorn)
 * Tracks: Graphics hardware and FOSS
 * 2014
 * Developer rooms: Ada, Automotive development, BSD, Configuration management, Desktops, Distributions, Embedded, Energy-efficient computing, Game development, Go, Graph processing, Graphics, High-performance computing and computational science, Internet of things, Java, JavaScript, Legal issues, LLVM, Microkernel and component-based operating systems, Mozilla, MySQL, NoSQL, Open document editors, Perl, PostgreSQL, Python, Smalltalk, Software-defined radio, Testing and automation, Valgrind, Virtualisation, Wikis, Wine.
 * 2015
 * Keynotes: "Identity Crisis: Are we who we say we are? (Karen Sandler), "What is wrong with Operating Systems" (Antti Kantee), "Living on Mars: A Beginner's Guide" (Ryan MacDonald).
 * 2016
 * Keynotes: "systemd and Where We Want to Take the Basic Linux Userspace in 2016" (Lennart Poettering), "Ian Murdock – In Memoriam" (Martin Michlmayr), and "Putting 8 Million People on the Map – Revolutionizing crisis response through open mapping tools" (Blake Girardot).
 * DevRooms: Ada; BSD; Coding for Language Communities; Configuration Management; Containers and Process Isolation; Desktops; Distributions; EDA; Embedded, Mobile and Automotive; Free Java; GNU Guile; Geospatial; Go; Graph Processing; Graphics; high-performance computing, big data and data science; Internet of things (IoT); LLVM toolchain; Legal and Policy Issues; Lua; Microkernels; Mozilla; MySQL and Friends; Open Document Editors; Open Game Development; Open Media; Open Source Design; PHP and Friends; Perl; PostgreSQL; Python; Real Time; Ruby; SDN and NFV; Security; Software Defined Radio; Testing and Automation; Virtualisation and IaaS.
 * 2017
 * Keynotes: "Kubernetes on the road to GIFEE" (Brandon Philips), "Software Heritage" (Stefano Zacchiroli, Roberto Di Cosmo), "Understanding The Complexity of Copyleft Defense" (Bradley M. Kuhn), "Using Linux in Air Traffic Control" (Gerolf Ziegenhain)
 * DevRooms: BSD; Backup and Disaster Recovery; Community; Config management; Decentralised Internet; Desktops; Distributions; Electronic Design Automation (EDA); Embedded, mobile and automotive; Free Java; GNU Guile; Geospatial; Go; Graph; HPC, big data and data science; oT; LLVM toolchain; Legal and Policy Issues; Linux Containers and Microservices; Lua; Microkernels and Component-based OS, Monitoring and Cloud; Mozilla; MySQL and Friends; Open Document Editors; Open Game Development; Open Media; Open Source Design; PHP and Friends; Perl; PostgreSQL; Python; Real Time Communications; Ruby; SDN and NFV; Security; Software Defined Radio; Software Defined Storage; Testing and Automation; Valgrind; Virtualisation and IaaS.
 * 2018
 * Keynotes: "Consensus as a Service" (Simon Phipps), "Next Generation Internet Initiative" (Rob van Kranenburg, Michiel Leenaars, Marietje Schaake, Georgios Tselentis), "Exploiting modern microarchitectures" (Jon Masters).
 * DevRooms: Ada; BSD; CAD and Open Hardware; Community; Config Management; Containers; DNS; Debugging tools; Decentralised Internet and Privacy; Distributions; Embedded, mobile and automotive; Free Java; Geospatial; Go; Graph Processing; Graphics; HPC, Big Data, and Data Science; Hardware Enablement; Identity and Access Management; Internet of Things; LLVM Toolchain; Legal and Policy Issues; Microkernels; Monitoring and Cloud; Mozilla; MySQL and Friends; Open Document Editors; Open Media; Open Source Design; Package Management; Perl Programming Languages; PostgreSQL; Real Time Communications; Retrocomputing; Rust; SDN and NFV; Software Defined Radio; Software Defined Storage; Source Code Analysis; Testing and automation; Tool the Docs; Virtualization and IaaS.
 * 2019
 * Keynotes: "Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software" (Bradley M. Kuhn, Karen Sandler), "FLOSS, the Internet and the Future" (Mitchell Baker), "Blockchain: The Ethical Considerations" (Deb Nicholson), "The Cloud is Just Another Sun" (Kyle Rankin), "2019 – Fifty years of Unix and Linux advances" (Jon 'maddog' Hall).
 * DevRooms: .NET and TypeScript; Ada; BSD; Blockchain and Crypto Currencies; CAD and Open Hardware; Collaborative Information and Content Management Applications; Community devroom; Containers; DNS; Decentralized Internet and Privacy; Distributions; Free Java; Free Software Radio; Free Tools and Editors; Geospatial; Go; Graph Processing; Graphics; HPC, Big Data and Data Science; Hardware Enablement; Infra Management; Javascript; LLVM; Legal and Policy Issues; ML on Code; Microkernels and Component-based OS; Minimalistic Languages; Monitoring and Observability; Mozilla; MySQL, MariaDB and Friends; Open Document Editors; Open Media; Open Source Design; PHP & Friends; PostgreSQL; Python; Quantum Computing; RISC-V; Real Time Communications (RTC); Retrocomputing; Rust; Search; Security; Software Defined Networking; Software Defined Storage; Tool the Docs; Virtualization and IaaS.
 * 2020
 * Keynotes: "The Linux Kernel: We have to finish this thing one day ;) - Solving big problems in small steps for more than two decades" (Thorsten Leemhuis), "FOSSH - 2000 to 2020 and beyond! - maddog continues to pontificate" (Jon 'maddog' Hall), "FOSDEM@20 - A Celebration - The cliché of constant change" (Steven Goodwin)
 * DevRooms: Free Java; Software Defined Networking; DNS; Web Performance; Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design; Collaborative Information and Content Management Applications; Coding for Language Communities; Erlang, Elixir and Friends; Graph Processing; Ada; Open Research Tools and Technologies; Open Source Game Development; RISC-V; Retrocomputing; LLVM toolchain; X.Org/Graphics; Hardware-aided Trusted Computing; Confidential Consortium Framework; Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader; Security; Quantum Computing; Legal and Policy Issues; Testing and Automation; Python; Open Document Editors; Backup and Recovery; Dependency Management; Infra Management; Containers; Embedded; JavaScript; Software Defined Storage; Virtualization and IaaS; Open Source Design; PostgreSQL; Software Defined Radio; BSD; Minimalistic Languages; Geospatial; Distributions; Rust; Debugging tools; Hardware Enablement; Microkernels and Component-based OS; Mozilla; MySQL, MariaDB and Friends; Kotlin; Decentralized Internet and Privacy; Open Media; Go; Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment; HPC and computational science; Community Development; Free Tools and Editors; Monitoring and Observability; Real Time Communications; Internet of Things
 * 2021 Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this event was held online over Matrix.
 * 2022 Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this event was held online over Matrix.
 * 2023 Scheduled for 4–5 February 2023.