https://fosdem.org/ FOSDEM 2016 News Feed 2016-01-27 00:00:00 +0100 2016-01-27 00:00:00 +0100 1800 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-27-roadworks-buyl/ 2016-01-27 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-27-roadworks-buyl/ Like last year, there are roadworks on Av Buyl near the ULB Solbosch campus. This affects travellers coming by car or public transport. By car Please be aware that the entrance to the campus on Av Buyl is completely blocked due to roadworks: the only access to and from the parking is via Av Roosevelt. Also note that this means the narrow and steep ramp is now two-way traffic so be very careful, especially in bad weather. Public transport Like last year, buses and trams will avoid Av Buyl. When coming by tram line 25 or 94 you can switch舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-26-last-set-of-speaker-interviews/ 2016-01-26 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-26-last-set-of-speaker-interviews/ We proudly present the last set of speaker interviews. See you at FOSDEM this weekend! Blake Girardot: Putting 8 Million People on the Map:. Revolutionizing crisis response through open mapping tools Holger Levsen: Beyond reproducible builds. Making the whole free software ecosystem reproducible and then… James Bottomley: How containers work in Linux. an introduction to NameSpaces and Cgroups Langdon White: Re-thinking Linux Distributions. ... separate the operating system from the content Michael Meeks: Scaling and Securing LibreOffice Online. caging, taming and go-faster-striping a big beast of an office suite If you haven't read our previous interviews with main track speakers舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-19-third-set-of-speaker-interviews/ 2016-01-19 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-19-third-set-of-speaker-interviews/ We have added a whole lot of new interviews with some of our main track speakers, with topics varying from systemd through the Vulkan graphics API, live migration of virtual machines and code reviews to the future of OpenDocument: Adrien Béraud and Guillaume Roguez: Building a peer-to-peer network for Real-Time Communication. Can a true peer-to-peer architecture, with no central point of control, be a universal and secure solution? Alberto Bacchelli: What Do Code Reviews at Microsoft and in Open Source Projects Have in Common? Amit Shah: Live Migration of Virtual Machines From the Bottom Up Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy: Rearchitecting舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-11-second-set-of-speaker-interviews/ 2016-01-11 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-11-second-set-of-speaker-interviews/ We have just published the second batch of interviews with our main track speakers. The following interviews give you a lot of interesting reading material about various topics: Dan McDonald: illumos at 5. An overview of illumos five years later Daniel Pocock: Free communications with Free Software. Is there any credible way to build a trustworthy communications platform without using free software? Dave Neary: How to run a telco on free software. The network transformation with OPNFV Leah Woods: Libreboot - free your BIOS today Frank Ch. Eigler: Applying band-aids over security wounds with systemtap. A data-modification-based approach for fixing舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-10-beerevent/ 2016-01-10 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-10-beerevent/ Looking for something to do the evening before FOSDEM? Like every year, many FOSDEM attendees are planning to enjoy some beers at the Delirium Café, in a beautiful alley near the Grand Place in Brussels. We have reserved most of the bar (most of the alley in fact!) again this year. Come and join us at the eve of FOSDEM, on Friday the 29th of January. You are welcome as of 16h00. Read the beer event page for all the details! If the beer event is very busy or if you would like dinner before heading over (Delirium Café舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-10-work-for-us-for-free/ 2016-01-10 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-10-work-for-us-for-free/ Are you coming to FOSDEM? Would you like to meet some crazy energetic smart friendly people? Have you got some time to spare before, during or after FOSDEM? Come work for us FOR FREE! Volunteer! HOW? Subscribe to volunteers.fosdem.org. Pick your tasks. WHERE? Come meet us at infodesk K. WHEN? 10 minutes before the first task you picked, for a short briefing. WHAT? Buildup on Friday. Infodesk, video, and heralding during FOSDEM. Teardown on Sunday evening. CONTACT? Mark, mvandenborre@fosdem.org (preferred), or +32 486 961726 (emergencies only) WHO? You, together with us other volunteers. Remember, staff are volunteers too, just the舰 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-06-first-fosdem-2016-speaker-interviews/ 2016-01-06 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-06-first-fosdem-2016-speaker-interviews/ Just like previous editions we have performed some interviews with our main track speakers. To get up to speed with the various topics discussed in the main track talks, you can start reading the following interviews: Alexander Bokovoy: Enterprise desktop at home with FreeIPA and GNOME Carsten Agger: Baobáxia - the Galaxy of Baobab Trees. Connecting off-line Afro-Brazilian communities with free software Cliff Click: H2O: An Open-Source Platform for Machine Learning and Big Data/Big Math Michael Kerrisk: How to design a Linux kernel API Stef Walter: Cockpit: A Linux Session in your Browser https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-04-sightseeing/ 2016-01-04 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2016-01-04-sightseeing/ If you intend to bring your non-geek partner and/or kids to FOSDEM, they may be interested in exploring Brussels while you attend the conference. Like previous years, FOSDEM is organising sightseeing tours. https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-12-05-keysigning-submit-your-keys/ 2015-12-05 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-12-05-keysigning-submit-your-keys/ Our keyserver is now accepting submissions for the FOSDEM 2016 keysigning event. The annual PGP keysigning event at FOSDEM is one of the largest of its kind. With more than one hundred participants every year, it is an excellent opportunity to strengthen the web of trust. For instructions on how to participate in this event, please see the keysigning page on our website. https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-11-23-certification-exams/ 2015-11-23 00:00:00 +0100 https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-11-23-certification-exams/ The Linux Professional Institute, the BSD Certification Group and The Document Foundation will offer exam sessions at FOSDEM 2016. Interested candidates can now register for exams with the respective organisations. Further details are available on the certification page.