FOSDEM 2024

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About

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. You don't need to register. Just turn up and join in! FOSDEM 2024 will be held on 3-4 February 2024.

• Website: fosdem.org/2024/
• Location: ULB Campus Solbosh, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Bruxelles
• Time Zone: Central European Time (CET), or UTC+1
• Schedule: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/
• Fedora Talks & Speakers: see below
• Format: In-person participation only, live-streaming available

First time at FOSDEM? Read the FOSDEM practical info guide to learn more.

Duration and Location

ULB Campus Solbosh
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50
1050 Bruxelles

Location ULB

ULB campus

The event is easily reachable by public transportation. For details, see below. If you are afraid of getting lost, the following links might help you:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• Map24
• ViaMichelin

Fedora-approved hotel

The approved Fedora hotel is the Moxy Brussels City Center. It is about a 10-20 minute drive or 45 minute walk to the event venue from the approved hotel. See the directions below:

Screenshot of Google Maps showing the approximate route from the approved Fedora hotel to the FOSDEM 2024 venue in Brussels, Belgium.

Visas

Belgium is a Schengen Zone member state. Any person who needs a visa for the European Schengen Zone will also require a visa for Belgium.

Schedule at a glance

• URL: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/

Saturday, 3 February

• 09:30 - 10:00 // Fedora team arrival on-site
• 10:30 - 19:00 // Conference Programming

Sunday, 4 February

• 08:30 - 09:00 // Fedora team arrival on-site
• 09:00 - 17:00 // Conference Programming

Fedora presence

Are you a Fedora contributor attending FOSDEM 2024? Add yourself to the table below. Please use the "Comments" column to specify your role in the Fedora community.

No	Name	FAS	Thu, 1 Feb	Fri, 2 Feb	Sat, 3 Feb	Sun, 4 Feb	Travel itinerary	Languages	Comments
1	Justin W. Flory	jflory7					BER => BRU	en	All things Fedora. Attending as Fedora Community Architect.
2	Bogomil Shopov	bogomil					N/A	bg, en, cz	Ambassador
3	Nikita Tripathi	nekonya3					Roorkee (India) <=> BRU	hi, en	Past Outreachy intern for the Badges Design Project, current design contributor. CFP submitted for Open Source Design Devroom
4	Sandro (Penguinpee)	gui1ty					NL <=> BRU (train)	nl, en	All things Badges, NeuroFedora (I'm not a scientist)
5	Emma Kidney	ekidney					DUB <=> BRU	en	Community designer.
6	Michal Konecny	zlopez					PRG <=> BRU	cs, en	Fedora Infra & Releng Team Lead
7	Jona Azizaj	jonatoni					TIA <=> BRU	sq, en	Fedora DEI Advisor
8	Shaun McCance	shaunm					CVG <=> BRU	en, de	CentOS Community Architect, CentOS Connect organizer
9	Momcilo Medic	fedorauser					SRB <=> BRU	en, rs	Ambassador in Serbia
10	Bojana Medic	littlecat					SRB <=> BRU	en, rs	Contributor in Serbia
11	Peter Boy	pboy					BRE <=> BRU	de, en	Fedora Server Edition Working Group, Fedora Docs board
12	Sumantro Mukherjee	sumantrom					CCU=>BRU	en, hi, bn_in	Fedora QA Team member, Currently in Fedora Council and working on CommOps Init 2.0
13	Tomas	humaton					PRG=>BRU	cz,sk,en	Fedora Release Engineering Team member, submitted talks for distro devroom
14	Aoife Moloney	amoloney					DUB => BRU	en	Fedora Operations Architect
15	Amy Marrich	spotz					AUS => BRU	en	Fedora DEI, Cloud SiG, CentOS
16	Dan Čermák	defolos					NUE <=> BRU	en, de, cz	Presenting in Distribution Devroom & CentOS Connect, Fedora i3 SIG
17	Akashdeep Dhar	t0xic0der					CCU <=> BRU	en, hi, bn	Fedora Infrastructure
18	Vipul Siddharth	siddharthvipul1					--	en	Fedora Family
19	Michel Lind	salimma					ORD <=> AMS <=> BRU	en, id	Presenting at CentOS Connect, EPEL, Python, Rust, Golang
20	Tomáš Hrnčiar	thrnciar					VIE <=> BRU	en, sk	Fedora Python maintainer
21	Julia Bley	jbley					FRA <=> BRU	de, en
22	Carl George	carlwgeorge					SAT <=> ATL <=> JFK <=> BRU	en	EPEL Steering Committee, Python SIG, maintainer of too many packages. Also presenting at CentOS Connect.
23	Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek	zbyszek					WAW <=> BRU	en	FESCo, systemd
24	Davide Cavalca	dcavalca					SFO => FRA => BRU	en, it	Presenting at CentOS Connect, Hyperscale, Asahi, EPEL, Rust, Golang
25	Neil Hanlon	neil					BOS => IAD => BRU	en, bad fr	Packager, EPEL, CentOS Contributor, general menace. Also attending CentOS Connect and SOOCon24.
26	Neal Gompa	ngompa					JFK <=> BRU	en	FESCo, EPSCo, KDE SIG, Asahi SIG, Cloud WG, Workstation WG, etc., doing all the things. Also presenting at CentOS Connect.
27	Daniel Milnes	thebeanogamer					QQS (London) <=> BRU	en	Package Maintainer
28	Lumír Balhar	lbalhar					VIE <=> BRU	en, cz	Python package Maintainer
29	Artur Frenszek-Iwicki	suve					WAW <=> BRU	en, pl	Package maintainer
30	Tomáš Orsava	torsava					PRG <=> BRU	en, cz	Python-maintenance team in Fedora & CentOS
31	Charalampos Stratakis	cstratak					VIE <=> BRU	en, gr	Python-maintenance team in Fedora & CentOS
32	Nicola Sella	nsella					VIE <=> BRU	it, en	Package Maintainer
33	Till Maas	till					Bonn, Germany <-> Brussels by train	de, en	Engineering manager for NetworkManager, Nmstate, Network System Role, Package Maintainer, random contributor
34	David Cantrell	dcantrell					AMS => BRU	en	FESCo member, Fedora Council member, lots of Fedora stuff
35	Robert Wright	rwright					AMS => BRU	en	CommOps + Fedora Pride
36	Alexander Bokovoy	abbra					HEL => BRU	en	FreeIPA and other identity management packages maintainer
37	Christian Glombek	lorbus					HAM => BRU	de, en, es	OKD, CoreOS, CentOS Cloud SIG, GNOME
38	Arthur Bols	principis					BE <=> BRU	nl, en	Package Maintainer
39	Aurélien Bompard	abompard					FRA => BRU	fr,en	Fedora Infrastructure & CPE
40	Fabian Arrotin	arrfab					BE (local) => BRU	fr,en	CentOS Infrastructure & CPE
41	Petr Šabata	psabata					ZRH <=> BRU	cs,en	Package Maintainer

 : present  : absent  : undecided

Budget proposal

This table represents the proposed budget to the Fedora Mindshare Committee. Note that the amount proposed below is final, i.e. you would not be reimbursed for more than what is proposed here.

Please estimate all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from EUR to USD on xe.com.

No	Name	FAS	Airfare and/or rail ($USD)	Hotel ($USD)	Incidentals¹ ($USD)	Total ($USD)	Comments
1	Nikita Tripathi	nekonya3	$1350	$850	$150	$2350	Attending CHAOSScon EU and FOSDEM. Base airport DEL.
2	Jona Azizaj	jonatoni	N/A	$475	N/A	$475	Attending FOSDEM only. Hotel sponsorship only.
3	Nicola Sella	nsella	$200	N/A	N/A	$200	CentOS Connect and FOSDEM. Partial airfare.
4	David Cantrell	dcantrell	$45 (rail)	$701	N/A	$746	Attending FOSDEM only. Hotel and rail sponsorship.
5	Sandro (Penguinpee)	gui1ty	N/A	$550 (incl. train ticket)	N/A	$550	CentOS Connect and FOSDEM. Volunteering at FOSDEM.
Total	--	--	$1595	$2576	$150	$4321	--

¹ — Taxi, meals, visas, travel insurance, other minor incidentals. Confirm other expense types with Community Architect before proposing here.

Speakers

The following is a list of presentations, birds of feathers, workshops, talks and discussions organized by the community members of the Fedora Project. If you are a part of the community and have a subevent that is selected for the event, please feel free to edit the table below to add an entry with all the related details.

Order	Name	Date	Time (CET)	Speaker(s)	Track/DevRoom	Description	URL
1	Orchestrating eBPF Applications in Kubernetes and Fedora	Sat, 3 Feb	15:40 – 16:10	Daniel Mellado, Dave Tucker	Containers	During our discussion, we will delve into the developmental journey of bpfd, tracing its origins from Aya, a Rust library designed for eBPF development. Our exploration will extend to practical aspects such as leveraging the operator, deploying applications, and understanding how Fedora elevates the user experience as a host.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1745-orchestrating-ebpf-applications-in-kubernetes-and-fedora/
2	Adapting Your Project: Making Changes Without Breaking Linux Distributions	Sun, 4 Feb	10:00 - 10:25	Fernando Fernandez Mancera	Distributions	As a member of the NetworkManager team, I understand the impact that changes in a free software project's behavior can have on various setups and environments, especially within the diverse landscape of Linux distributions. In our session, we'll navigate the challenges of evolving software behavior without causing disruptions across different distributions. We'll delve into best practices and strategies that ensure seamless transitions, drawing on real-world use cases to illustrate effective approaches. Whether you're a seasoned developer or an open-source enthusiast, this discussion aims to provide valuable insights into maintaining project stability while embracing necessary changes.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2921-adapting-your-project-making-changes-without-breaking-linux-distributions/
3	Enhancing Linux Accessibility: A Unified Approach	Sun, 4 Feb	10:30 - 11:25	Vojtech Polasek, Lukáš Tyrychtr	Distributions	Join us for a discussion aimed at supporting Linux distribution developers in enhancing accessibility. As blind software engineers, we believe we can bring a unique perspective to this essential endeavor. We'll explore the challenges faced by blind users when using the Linux desktop environment, with a focus on constructive solutions. We will discuss two main topics: lack of preinstalled assistive technologies and accessibility problems of basic components of desktop environments.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2949-enhancing-linux-accessibility-a-unified-approach/
4	Ipa-tuura: FreeIPA connector for Keycloak	Sun, 4 Feb	12:00 - 12:30	Alexander Bokovoy, Francisco Triviño García	Identity & Access Management	The FreeIPA and SSSD teams have collaborated on a project to enable Keycloak to get a unified access for users and groups in FreeIPA/LDAP/Active Directory. It consists of a new Keycloak plugin and a bridge service to access the identity providers (FreeIPA/AD/LDAP). The bridge project, ipa-tuura, is based on the SCIMv2 API and provides an improved integration for classic directory services to cloud environments with an easy deployment. The bridge can also be used in a variety of different scenarios, from migration to synchronization of identities across different providers.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2618-ipa-tuura-freeipa-connector-for-keycloak/
5	mkosi-initrd: Building initrds out of distribution packages	Sun, 4 Feb	12:30 - 12:55	Daan De Meyer, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek	Distributions	In this talk, we'll present mkosi-initrd, a project to build initrds out of distribution packages using mkosi, systemd's image builder sister project.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2888-mkosi-initrd-building-initrds-out-of-distribution-packages/
6	The Monolith versus the Swarm - A Comparison of openSUSE’s and Fedora’s Build Infrastructures	Sun, 4 Feb	13:00 - 13:25	Dan Čermák	Distributions	Even though openSUSE and Fedora are both RPM-based Linux distributions, their respective infrastructures differ significantly. While openSUSE is built entirely using the Open Build Service, Fedora relies on a variety of tools to perform specific tasks of building a full Linux distribution. Both distributions have stood the test of time, and both approaches work for the most part fine for their communities. Yet, the question remains: is one of the approaches better than the other? And what are the advantages and drawbacks for the various contributor roles? The talk answers these and other burning questions and reveals the hidden weaknesses of both setups.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2945-the-monolith-versus-the-swarm-a-comparison-of-opensuse-s-and-fedora-s-build-infrastructures/
7	Upstream and downstream, best friends forever?	Sun, 4 Feb	14:00 - 14:25	František Lachman	Distributions	Integrating the upstream and downstream world is hard. Isn’t it? During the talk, we will go through these and provide suggestions on what you can do in such situations and how to bring the best benefit both to developers and maintainers.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2881-upstream-and-downstream-best-friends-forever-/
8	PipeWire State of the Union	Sun, 4 Feb	14:00 - 14:25	Wim Taymans	Open Media	PipeWire started out as a low-level multimedia transport layer. Services such as screen sharing and later audio routing were added on top of this infrastructure. The recent 1.0 release marked a big milestone in the development. This talk will detail the current state of PipeWire and the plans for the future.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1988-pipewire-state-of-the-union/
9	An introduction to Image Builder: building up-to-date, customised operating system images the easy way	Sun, 4 Feb	15:30 - 15:55	Sanne Raymaekers	Distributions	Image builder is a tool that builds bespoke operating system images in a manner that is reliable and well-defined. Image builder supports the Fedora, CentOS Stream, and RHEL distributions for a host of target platforms such as bare metal, QEMU, vSphere and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure and Google cloud. It can build rpm ostree based images or "plain" dnf. It is shipped in a variety of ways: as a CLI tool, a cockpit plugin or a hosted service. We will take a look at the basic concepts, some of the features, and a new initiative targeted towards the Fedora community.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2678-an-introduction-to-image-builder-building-up-to-date-customised-operating-system-images-the-easy-way/
10	POSIX identities out of OAuth2 identity providers: how to redesign SSSD and Samba?	Sun, 4 Feb	16:35 - 17:00	Alexander Bokovoy, Andreas Schneider	Identity & Access Management	This talk aims to define a common set of requirements and approaches to represent a secure POSIX identity management integration with OAuth 2.0-based identity providers. Aside from requirements towards client software on the Linux platform, we aim to define possible requirements towards other components of the integration, based on our experience developing Samba, SSSD, and FreeIPA for more than 25 years.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2587-posix-identities-out-of-oauth2-identity-providers-how-to-redesign-sssd-and-samba-/
11	It's all about the email. Ugh, what?	Sun, 4 Feb	16:45 - 17:00	Bogomil Shopov - Бого	Modern Email	The session's goal is to enlarge the horizons of the people building the open-source way of email.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1711--ending-it-s-all-about-the-email-ugh-what-/
12	Juggling with UIDs and GIDs: rootless container deployment with Ansible	Sat, 3 Feb	15:00 - 15:10	Nicola Sella	Containers	The session's goal is to show a demo of how to manage a rootless container with Ansible.	https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3412-juggling-with-uids-and-gids-rootless-container-deployment-with-ansible/

Goals & messaging

Fedora 2028 Strategy: “Double the number of Fedora contributors active every week.”

Fedora 2028 Strategy.

• Find it, use it, change it: Linux accessibility (Fedora Docs, Fedora Linux, release engineering tools).
• Be a mentor, have a mentor: Empower a culture of mentoring in Fedora and scale it.
• Release stories: Fedora releases should have a story behind changes in each release.
• Open collaboration: More partnership with peer communities and upstream projects.

Open Source Values messaging: Freedom, Friends, Features, First

• Freedom: We are dedicated to free software and content. (🔗 more)
• Friends: We are a strong, caring community. (🔗 more)
• Features: We care about excellent software. (🔗 more)
• First: We are committed to innovation. (🔗 more)

Fedora Linux 39 Changes and talking points

• Programming language stacks:
  • Golang 1.21: Update of Go (golang package) to the upcoming version 1.21 in Fedora 39.
  • Python 3.12: Update the Python stack in Fedora from Python 3.11 to Python 3.12, the newest major release of the Python programming language.
  • Perl 5.38: A new perl 5.38 version brings a lot of changes done over a year of development. Perl 5.38 was released on July 3rd 2023.
• Package management - Retire Modularity: Fedora will discontinue building modules for Fedora Linux 39 and further in the Fedora infrastructure and shipping modular content to users.
• Apps - LibreOffice 7.6: Update LibreOffice suite to 7.6. At the same time we plan to stop building LibreOffice for i686 architecture.
• Fun & novel - Color Bash Prompt: Introduce a default colored prompt for Fedora's default shell bash.
• Spins:
  • Sericea and Sway Spin Xorg-less: At the moment Sericea and Sway Spin ship with xorg-x11 packages. This proposal removed xorg-x11 packages from such artifacts.
  • Fedora Onyx: Creation of an official Fedora immutable variant with a Budgie Desktop environment, complementing Fedora Budgie Spin and expanding the immutable offerings of Fedora.
• Fonts - FontAwesome 6: Update the FontAwesome package in Fedora to version 6.x, with a compatibility package for packages still needing 4.x.