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FUDCon: Fedora Users and Developers 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, workshops, and hackfests in which 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 LATAM 2010 - Locatoin TBD - Date TBD
- FUDCon Pune 2010 - Pune, India - Date TBD
Past FUDCons
2009
- FUDCon Toronto 2009 - Toronto, Canada - December 5 - 7, 2009
- FUDCon Berlin 2009 - Berlin, Germany - June 26 - 28, 2009
- FUDCon Porto Alegre 2009 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - June 24 - 27, 2009
- FUDCon Boston 2009 - Boston, MA - January 9 - 11, 2009
2008
- 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 - January 11 - 13, 2008
2007
- FUDCon Online 2007 - A virtual FUDCon - August 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 - February 2 - 4, 2007
2006
- FUDCon Boston 2006 - Boston, MA - April 7, 2006
- FUDCon Delhi 2006 - Delhi, India - February 9, 2006
2005
- FUDCon London 2005 - London, UK - October 6, 2005
- FUDCon Karlsruhe 2005 - Karlsruhe, Germany - June 24 - 25, 2005
- FUDCon Boston 2005 - Boston, MA - February 18, 2005
Organizing a FUDCon
For organizers, we have an information page with tips on how to plan a FUDCon.
For a list of information about potential locations, please see (and/or edit) this page.