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Revision as of 16:53, 14 December 2024

See Fedora Discussion topic for comments, questions, and logistics.


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 2025 will be held on 1-2 February 2025.

  • Website: fosdem.org/2025/
  • Location: ULB Campus Solbosch, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Bruxelles
  • Time Zone: Central European Time (CET), or UTC+1
  • Schedule: fosdem.org/2025/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 Solbosch
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:

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 2025 venue in Brussels, Belgium.
Screenshot of Google Maps showing the approximate route from the approved Fedora hotel to the FOSDEM 2025 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

Saturday, 1 February

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

Sunday, 2 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 2025? Add yourself to the table below. Please use the "Comments" column to specify your role in the Fedora community.

No Name FAS Thu, 30 Jan Fri, 31 Jan Sat, 1 Feb Sun, 2 Feb Travel itinerary Languages Comments
1 Fernando F. Mancera ffmancera SVQ <=> BRU en, es Packaging, networking and mentoring.
2 Daniel Milnes thebeanogamer QQS (London) <=> BRU en Package maintainer.
3 Seddik Alaoui Ismaili seddik (saibug) FRA (Paris) <=> BRU en,fr Fedora Infrastructure.
4 Christopher Klooz py0xc3 London or Zurich <=> BRU en,de security SIG, confined users SIG, UK SIG, Discourse mod, kernel & selinux(-policy) tester.
5 Greg Sutcliffe gwmngilfen home -> BRU (wed), BRU -> LON (mon), LON -> home (thu) en CommOps & community data
6 Daniel Mellado dmellado LCG <=> MAD <=> BRU en,es ebpf SIG, rust SIG, Package Maintainer.
7 Artur Frenszek-Iwicki suve MUC <=> BRU en,pl,de Package Maintainer
8 Samyak Jain jnsamyak DEL <=> BRU en,hi Fedora Release Engineer
9 Justin W. Flory jflory7 BER => BRU en (native), es (intermediate) Fedora Community Architect
10 Akashdeep Dhar t0xic0der / gridhead CCU <=> BRU en,hi,bn Advanced Reconnaissance Crew, Fedora Infrastructure, SyncStar
11 Petr Šabata psabata ZRH <=> BRU en,cs Mostly an observer nowadays.
12 Jess Chitas jesschitas DUB <=> BRU en Formerly worked with the Design Team, hoping to rekindle that spark!
13 David Cantrell dcantrell BOS <=> AMS <=> BRU en FESCo member, Fedora Council member, package maintainer, upstream developer on many projects
14 Amy Marrich spotz AUS <=> LHR <=> BRU en CentOS Board, DEI, RDO, OpenStack, OKD
15 Aurélien Bompard abompard FRA (Nantes) <=> BRU en,fr Fedora Infrastructure.
16 Sumantro Mukherjee sumantrom CCU <=> BRU en,hi,bn_in Fedora QA, mentoring, Mindshare member
17 Luis Bazan lbazan PTY <=> BRU en,es Fedora Ambassador, mentoring, Mindshare member, Packager Sponsor/maintainer
18 Jan Kolarik jkolarik VIE <=> BRU en,cs Package Maintainer
19 Mikel Olasagasti mikelo2 BIO <=> BRU en,es,eu Package Maintainer 20 Fabian Arrotin arrfab (local) en,fr CentOS Infrastructure

 : 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 Samyak Jain jnsamyak $0 $0 $0 $0 Estimating
2 Akashdeep Dhar t0xic0der $1400 $1300 $0 $2700 Prices mentioned with a headroom and rates are subjected to change with time. $300 in incidentals covered by Red Hat.
3 Sumantro Mukhherjee sumantrom $1677 $1300 $0 $2977
4 Luis Bazan lbazan $1350 $1300 $0 $2650 I want to use the approved hotel Moxy Brussels City Center If it's cheaper, perfect!
5 Daniel Mellado dmellado $0 $500 USD $150 $650 Flights would be covered by RH, alonside part of the hotel stay at the Moxy
6 Mikel Olasagasti mikelo2 $0 $500 USD $150 $650 Flights would be covered by RH
Total -- -- $0 $0 $0 $0 --

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 TBD Sat, 1 Feb 15:40 – 16:10 TBD TBD TBD TBD

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 41 Changes and talking points

TBD