FOSDEM
Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open-source software development. It is aimed at developers and anyone interested in the free and open-source software movement. It aims to enable developers to meet and to promote the awareness and use of free and open-source software.
FOSDEM is held annually, usually during the first weekend of February, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Solbosch campus in the southeast of Brussels, Belgium.
History
FOSDEM was started in 2000 under the name Open Source Developers of Europe Meeting by Raphael Bauduin. Bauduin said that since he felt he lacked the brains to properly contribute to the open-source community, he wanted to contribute by launching a European event in Brussels. Bauduin teamed up with Damien Sandras.The team repeated the event. The F was added at the request of Richard Stallman.
The event has been annually in February since then, with growing numbers of visitors, talks and tracks. It is organized thanks to the help of many volunteers.
The meeting hosted about 4,000 visitors every year by 2011.
Conference history
- 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, FSF
- *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, FSF
- *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, FSF
- *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, Liberating Java
- *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", How a large scale opensource project works, Status update of Software Patents
- *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?", Debian, Google Summer of Code: A behind the scenes look at a large scale community
- *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", "LLVM and Clang", "How kernel development goes wrong and why you should be a part of it anyway"
- * 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, certifications, beer drinking, etc.
- 2012
- * Keynotes: "Free Software: A viable model for Commercial Success", "A new OSI for a new decade", "Re-thinking system and distro development", "Freedom, out of the box!"
- * 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", "The Devil is in the Details", "The Keeper of Secrets"
- * 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?, "What is wrong with Operating Systems", "Living on Mars: A Beginner's Guide".
- 2016
- * Keynotes: "systemd and Where We Want to Take the Basic Linux Userspace in 2016", "Ian Murdock – In Memoriam", and "Putting 8 Million People on the Map – Revolutionizing crisis response through open mapping tools".
- * 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 ; 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", "Software Heritage", "Understanding The Complexity of Copyleft Defense", "Using Linux in Air Traffic Control"
- * DevRooms: BSD; Backup and Disaster Recovery; Community; Config management; Decentralised Internet; Desktops; Distributions; Electronic Design Automation ; 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", "Next Generation Internet Initiative", "Exploiting modern microarchitectures".
- *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", "FLOSS, the Internet and the Future", "Blockchain: The Ethical Considerations", "The Cloud is Just Another Sun", "2019 – Fifty years of Unix and Linux advances".
- *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 ; 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", "FOSSH - 2000 to 2020 and beyond! - maddog continues to pontificate", "FOSDEM@20 - A Celebration - The cliché of constant change"
- *DevRooms: Free Java; Software Defined Networking; DNS; Web Performance; Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design; MySQL and Friends; 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; 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; 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
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