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The following is a list of computer
conferences and other events focused on the development and usage of
free and open-source software (FOSS).
General free-software events
Some events with "Linux" in their name are in fact general-purpose free-software events, often because they began as Linux-only events before broadening their focus.
North, Central and South America
Europe
Chaos Communication Congress , held in
Germany in the period between Christmas and New Year since 1984
Chemnitz Linux Days , held in
Chemnitz ,
Germany since 1999
DevConf.cz , held annually in
Brno ,
Czech Republic since 2009
Fosscomm , held annually in a different
Greek city since 2008
FOSDEM , held in
Brussels, Belgium every February since 2001
FrOSCon , held in
Sankt Augustin (near
Bonn ),
Germany since 2006
Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe , held in
Belarus every summer since 2005
Asia and Australia
International
Defunct
Africa Source , held in 2004 and 2006
Asia Source , held in 2005, 2007 and 2009
August Penguin , held annually in
Israel from 2004 to 2018
FOSS.IN , first known as "Linux Bangalore", held from 2001 to 2012[
citation needed ]
Fórum Internacional Software Livre (FISL) – International Free Software Forum, held each year in
Porto Alegre ,
Brazil (with 7000+ participants) from 2000 to 2018
Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at
Seneca College ,
Toronto each October from 2001 to 2018
FSCONS , held every autumn in
Gothenburg ,
Sweden from 2007 to 2019
Libre Software Meeting , French name "Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre", held every July in France or surrounding countries from 2000 to 2018
Linux Bier Wanderung , informal event held in a different European country every summer from 1999 to 2019
Ontario Linux Fest , held in
Toronto , Ontario in the autumn from 2007 to 2009
Open Source Day , conference held annually in
Warsaw ,
Poland from 2008 to 2019
Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held annually in various countries from 2004 to 2015[
citation needed ]
Solutions Linux [
fr ] , a trade show and conference with 10,000 visitors held every year in
Paris from 1999 to 2014
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O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held each summer in the US from 1999 to 2019.
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo , briefly also known as "OpenSource World", from 1998 to 2009[
citation needed ]
Wizards of OS , held in Berlin every two years from 1999 to 2006
LinuxTag , held in
Germany every summer from 1996 to 2014
Events for specific free software
Operating systems
Programming languages
PyCon – conference for the
Python programming language, held several times a year in different locations since 2003
RubyConf – conference for the
Ruby programming language, held once a year in different locations since 2002
Yet Another Perl Conference – conference for the
Perl programming language, held several times a year since 1999
Other
Defunct
BeGeistert – conference for the
Haiku operating system, held annually in Europe from 2006 to 2016 (originally a
BeOS conference, from 1998 to 2005)
Desktop Developers' Conference , held from 2004 to 2006[
citation needed ]
GCC Summit , held in
Ottawa, Ontario , Canada from 2003 to 2010[
citation needed ]
Gelato ICE , held each year in the US or Italy by the
Gelato Federation from 2001 to 2007[
citation needed ]
Joomla World Conference – event for the
Joomla content management system, held frequently around the from 2011 to 2019
Linux Kongress , held in
Germany in the autumn from 1994 to 2010
Linux Symposium , held in
Canada in the summer from 1999 to 2014
Ubuntu Developer Summit , held twice a year (timed with respect to
Ubuntu releases), alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004 to 2015
Libre Graphics Meeting , held yearly in May in Europe or Canada from 2006 to 2021
References
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