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List of free software events

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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).

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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 and South America

  • FISL - Free Software International Forum, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil (7000+ participants)
  • Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October since 2001
  • Linuxfest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington in the spring since 2000
  • O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held each summer in the US since 1999
  • Ohio LinuxFest, held annually in Ohio since 2003
  • SouthEast LinuxFest, held every June since 2009.
  • Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles, CA each year since 2002.
  • FLISOL - Latin American free software install fest held each year in all Latinamerica the same day, on the last Sunday of April
  • LibrePlanet - Organized annually by the Free Software Foundation in or around Boston, Massachusetts since 2006

    • Europe

  • 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
  • FSCONS, held every autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden since 2007
  • Libre Software Meeting, French name "Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre", held every July in France or surrounding countries since 2000.
  • Linux Bier Wanderung, informal event held in a different European country every summer since 1999
  • Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005
  • Open Source Day, conference held annually in Warsaw, Poland since 2008

    • Asia and Australia

  • COSCUP, held annually in Taiwan since 2006
  • FOSSASIA, held annually since 2010 in Southeast Asia
  • linux.conf.au, held in Australia or New Zealand in the (Southern Hemisphere) summer since 1999
  • Open Source Software World Challenge, held annually in Korea

    • Middle East

  • August Penguin, held annually in Israel since 2004

    • International

  • Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held annually in various countries since 2004

    • Defunct

  • Africa Source, held in 2004 and 2006
  • Asia Source, held in 2005, 2007 and 2009
  • eLiberatica, held from 2007 to 2009
  • FOSSAP, held in 2004 and 2005
  • FOSS.IN, first known as "Linux Bangalore", held from 2001 to 2012
  • GOSCON, held annually in the United States from 2005 to 2011
  • Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn from 2007 to 2009
  • LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, briefly also known as "OpenSource World", from 1998 to 2009
  • Wizards of OS, held in Berlin every two years from 1999 to 2006
  • LinuxTag, held in Germany every summer since 1996

    • Operating systems

  • BeGeistert - conference for the Haiku operating system, held annually in Europe since 1998 (originally a BeOS conference)
  • DebConf - conference for the Debian operating system, held annually since 2000
  • LinuxCon, conference held several times each year in various continents since 2009
  • Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001
  • Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice a year (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases) since 2004, to date alternating between Europe and North America.

    • 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

  • Akademy - conference for the KDE desktop environment, held annually in Europe since 1997
  • ApacheCon - conference for the Apache HTTP Server, held once or twice each year since 2000
  • DjangoCon - conference for the Django web framework, held twice a year (once in Europe and once in the U.S.) since 2008
  • DrupalCon - conference for the Drupal content management framework, held twice a year (once in Europe and once in North America) since 2007
  • Joomla World Conference - event for the Joomla content management system, held frequently around the world since 2011
  • GNOME Users And Developers European Conference – conference for the GNOME desktop environment, held annually in Europe since 2000
  • Libre Graphics Meeting, held each year in May in Europe or Canada since 2006
  • WordCamp - event for the WordPress content management system, held frequently around the world since 2007
  • X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) and X Developers' Summit (XDS), annual events since 2005 organized by X.Org Foundation

    • Defunct

  • Desktop Developers' Conference, held from 2004 to 2006
  • Desktop Linux Summit, held in San Diego, California from 2003 to 2006
  • GCC Summit, held in Ottawa, Canada from 2003 to 2010
  • Gelato ICE, held each year in the US or Italy by the Gelato Federation from 2001 to 2007
  • Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn from 1994 to 2010
  • Linux Symposium, held in Canada in the summer from 1999 to 2014

    • References

    List of free-software events Wikipedia
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