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Treasure hunters, we have an update! Unfortunately, some of our signs have been removed or stolen, but don't worry-the hunt is still on! To ensure everyone can continue, we will be posting all signs online so you can still access the riddles and keep progressing. However, there is one exception: the 4th riddle must still be heard in person at Building H, as it includes an important radio message. Keep your eyes on our updates, stay determined, and don't let a few missing signs stop you from cracking the code! Good luck, and see you at Infodesk K with舰

31 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

Are you ready for a challenge? We're hosting a treasure hunt at FOSDEM, where participants must solve six sequential riddles to uncover the final answer. Teamwork is allowed and encouraged, so gather your friends and put your problem-solving skills to the test! The six riddles are set up across different locations on campus. Your task is to find the correct locations, solve the riddles, and progress to the next step. No additional instructions will be given after this announcement, it's up to you to navigate and decipher the clues! To keep things fair, no hints or tips will be given舰

29 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

The regular FOSDEM lightning talk track isn't chaotic enough, so this year we're introducing Lightning Lightning Talks (now with added lightning!). Update: we've had a lot of proposals, so submissions are now closed! Thought of a last minute topic you want to share? Got your interesting talk rejected? Has something exciting happened in the last few weeks you want to talk about? Get that talk submitted to Lightning Lightning Talks! This is an experimental session taking place on Sunday afternoon (13:00 in k1105), containing non-stop lightning fast 5 minute talks. Submitted talks will be automatically presented by our Lightning舰

26 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

As in previous years, some small rooms will be available for Birds of a Feather sessions. The concept is simple: Any project or community can reserve a timeslot (30 minutes or 1 hour) during which they have the room just to themselves. These rooms are intended for ad-hoc discussions, meet-ups or brainstorming sessions. They are not a replacement for a developer room and they are certainly not intended for talks. Schedules: BOF Track A, BOF Track B, BOF Track C. To apply for a BOF session, enter your proposal at https://fosdem.org/submit. Select any of the BOF tracks and mention in舰

17 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

If your non-geek partner and/or kids are joining you to FOSDEM, they may be interested in spending some time exploring Brussels while you attend the conference. Like previous years, FOSDEM is organising sightseeing tours. UPDATE: The tour is now fully booked.

16 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

With FOSDEM just a few days away, it is time for us to enlist your help. Every year, an enthusiastic band of volunteers make FOSDEM happen and make it a fun and safe place for all our attendees. We could not do this without you. This year we again need as many hands as possible, especially for heralding during the conference, during the buildup (starting Friday at noon) and teardown (Sunday evening). No need to worry about missing lunch at the weekend, food will be provided. Would you like to be part of the team that makes FOSDEM tick?舰

16 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

We were made aware of planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 in response to a scheduled talk which is causing controversy. The talk in question is claimed to be on the schedule for sponsorship reasons; additionally, some of the speakers scheduled to speak during this talk are controversial to some of our attendees. To be clear, in our 25 year history, we have always had the hard rule that sponsorship does not give you preferential treatment for talk selection; this policy has always applied, it applied in this particular case, and it will continue to apply in the future.舰

15 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

FOSDEM Junior is a collaboration between FOSDEM, Code Club, CoderDojo, developers, and volunteers to organize workshops and activities for children during the FOSDEM weekend. These activities are for children to learn and get inspired about technology. This year's activities include microcontrollers, embroidery, game development, music, and mobile application development. Last year we organized the first edition of FOSDEM Junior. We are pleased to announce that we will be back this year. Registration for individual workshops is required. Links can be found on the page of each activity. The full schedule can be viewed at the junior track schedule page. You舰

07 Jan 2025 11:00pm GMT

The deadline for talk submissions is rapidly approaching! If you are interested in talking at FOSDEM this year (yes, I'm talking to you!), it's time to polish off and submit those proposals in the next few days before the 1st: Devrooms: follow the instructions in each cfp listed here Main tracks: for topics which are more general or don't fit in a devroom, select 'Main' as the track here Lightning talks: for short talks (15 minutes) on a wide range of topics, select 'Lightning Talks' as the track here For more details, refer to the previous post.

26 Nov 2024 11:00pm GMT

With great pleasure we can announce that the following projects will have a stand at FOSDEM 2025 (1st & 2nd February). This is the list of stands (in alphabetic order): 0 A.D. Empires Ascendant AlekSIS and Teckids AlmaLinux OS CalyxOS Ceph Chamilo CISO Assistant Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Codeberg and Forgejo coreboot / flashprog / EDKII / OpenBMC Debian DeepComputing's DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard with Framework Laptop 13 DevPod Digital Public Goods Dolibarr ERP CRM Drupal Eclipse Foundation Fedora Project FerretDB Firefly Zero FOSSASIA Free Software Foundation Europe FreeBSD Project FreeCAD and KiCAD Furi Labs Gentoo Linux & Flatcar舰

15 Nov 2024 11:00pm GMT