Linux conference
A Linux conference is a computer conference for people interested in Linux, BSD, free software and open-source software.
List of Linux conferences
Notable grassroots Linux conferences include:
North and South America
- Atlanta LinuxFest September
- Calgary LinuxFest held in Calgary, Canada in October
- FISL - Free Software International Forum, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil (7000+ participants)
- Florida Linux Show, held in Orlando, Florida in October
- Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October
- GCC Summit held in Ottawa, Canada
- Indiana LinuxFest, held in Indianapolis, Indiana in March.
- Linuxfest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington (80 miles north of Seattle) in the spring
- Linux Plumbers Conference in Portland, Oregon in September
- O'Reilly Open Source Convention, held each summer in the US
- Ohio LinuxFest, held in Ohio
- Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn
- Linux Symposium, held in Canada in June or July
- SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) is held in June.[1]
- Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is held in Los Angeles, CA each February
- Texas LinuxFest in Austin, Texas in April.
- USENIX Annual Technical Conference June
- Embedded Linux Conference, San Francisco in April
Europe
- FOSDEM, held in Brussels, Belgium every February
- Linux Bier Wanderung, held in a different European country every summer
- Linux Days Luxembourg, held in Luxembourg every February
- Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn
- LinuxTag, held in Germany every summer
- Chemnitzer Linux-Tage held in Chemnitz, Germany in the spring
- Open Source Days, held in Denmark every autumn
- Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe held in Belarus every summer
- Linux Konferenca, held in Slovenia every September since 2002
- Embedded Linux Conference Europe, held in a different European country every autumn
- Free Software and Linux Days, held in Turkey every April-May since 2002
- FSCons, held in Göteborg, Sweden
- Fosscomm, held annually in a different Greek city
Asia, Australia and Oceania
International
Commercial conferences
Notable commercial Linux conferences include:
- OpenSource World (formerly LinuxWorld Conference and Expo), Brazil / Canada / Beijing, China / Guangzhou, China / Shanghai, China / Germany / Italy / Japan / Korea / Malaysia / Mexico / Poland / Russia / Singapore / South Africa / Spain / Sweden / The Netherlands / United Kingdom / Boston, USA / San Francisco, USA
- OSI Days 2010, September 19-21, Chennai India (formerly known as "LinuxAsia Conference and Expo and "Open Source Week"", held in India)
- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) held in the US every spring
- Open Source in Mobile, held in a different European country every September
See also
Category:Linux conferences
References
External links
- LWN.net - has an "Announcements" section that lists upcoming Linux conferences
- http://www.linux-events.de - continuously updated list of Linux and Open Source conferences