List of free-software events

The following is a list of computer conferences and other events focused on the development and usage of free and open-source software (FOSS).

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, Central and South America

Fórum Internacional Software Livre (FISL) - International Free Software Forum, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil (7000+ participants)
FOSSCON, held each August in Philadelphia
Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October since 2001
KW Linuxfest, held in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario since 2016
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
Seattle GNU/Linux Conference (SeaGL), held annually in October or November since 2013
SouthEast LinuxFest, held every June since 2009.^[1]
Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles each year since 2002.
FLISOL - Latin American free software install fest held each year in all Latin America the same day, on the last Sunday of April
LibrePlanet - Organized annually by the Free Software Foundation in or around Boston, Massachusetts since 2006
Encuentro Centroamericano de Software Libre (ECSL)- held each year in one country of Central America since 2009

Europe

OSCAL, held in Tirana, Albania since 2014 ^[2]
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
foss-north, held in Gothenburg, Sweden since 2016
FrOSCon, held in Sankt Augustin (near Bonn), Germany since 2006
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
OpenFest, held annually in Sofia, Bulgaria

Asia and Australia

COSCUP, held annually in Taiwan since 2006
MOPCON, held annually in Southern Taiwan since 2012
FOSSASIA Summit, 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 Summit, known before 2017 as "LinuxCon", held several times each year in various continents since 2009

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
Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held annually in various countries from 2004 to 2015
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

Events for specific free software

Operating systems

DebConf - conference for the Debian operating system, held annually since 2000
Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001

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
GNOME Users And Developers European Conference – conference for the GNOME desktop environment, held annually in Europe since 2000
Joomla World Conference - event for the Joomla content management system, held frequently around the world since 2011
Libre Graphics Meeting, held each year in May in Europe or Canada since 2006
OSBConf Open Source Backup Conference (with focus on Bareos), annual event in Cologne, Germany since 2009 (until 2012 as Bacula Conference)^[3]
RedisConf - conference for the Redis user community, held annually in San Francisco since 2015
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

Atlanta Linux Showcase, later known as the Annual Linux Showcase, held from 1996 to 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia and Oakland, California.
BeGeistert - conference for the Haiku operating system, held annually in Europe from 2006 to 2016(originally a BeOS conference, from 1998 to 2005)
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, Ontario, 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
Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice a year (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases), alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004 to 2015

References

↑ LinuxFest to highlight open-source software GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009
↑ OSCAL official website
↑ http://www.admin-magazin.de/News/Open-Source-Backup-Conference-2017-lockt-Ende-September-nach-Koeln German Admin-Magazine, July 24 2017

External links

LWN.net Community Calendar - lists upcoming Linux and free/open source software conferences
Linux Magazin events calendar - continuously updated list of Linux and Open Source conferences

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[1] LinuxFest to highlight open-source software GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009

[2] OSCAL official website

[3] ttp://www.admin-magazin.de/News/Open-Source-Backup-Conference-2017-lockt-Ende-September-nach-Koeln German Admin-Magazine, July 24 2017