FUDCon

FUDCon: Fedora User and Developer Conference

FUD: An acronym for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A typical tactic used by the opponents of open source to prevent its widespread adoption.

Con: In opposition or disagreement with; against.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, and workshops, and hackfests in which community contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.

FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.

Upcoming FUDCons

• FUDCon Boston 2009 - Boston, MA - January 9 - 11, 2009
• FUDCon EMEA 2009 planning page
• FUDCon Brazil 2009 planning page

Past FUDCons

• FUDCon Brno 2008 - Brno, Czech Republic - September 5 - 7, 2008
• FUDCon Boston 2008 - Boston, MA - June 19 - 21, 2008
• FUDCon Berlin 2008 - Berlin, Germany - May 30, 2008
• FUDCon Raleigh 2008 - Raleigh, NC - Jan. 11 - 13, 2008
• FUDCon Online 2007 - A virtual FUDCon - Aug. 11 - 15, 2007
• FUDCon Berlin 2007 - Berlin, Germany - May 31, 2007
• FUDCon Brussels 2007 - Brussels, Belgium - February 23 - 24, 2007
• FUDCon Boston 2007 - Boston, MA - Feb. 2 - 4, 2007
• FUDCon Boston 2006 - Boston, MA - Apr. 7, 2006
• FUDCon Delhi 2006 - Delhi, India - Feb. 9, 2006
• FUDCon London 2005 - London, UK - Oct. 6, 2005
• FUDCon Karlsruhe 2005 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Jun. 24 - 25, 2005
• FUDCon Boston 2005 - Boston, MA - Feb. 18, 2005

Organizing a FUDCon

For organizers, we have an informational page with tips on how to plan a FUDCon, as well as optional follow-up surveys.