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 and South America

• FISL - Free Software International Forum, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil (7000+ participants)
• Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October since 2001^[1]
• 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^[2]
• Ohio LinuxFest, held annually in Ohio since 2003
• Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), held in the US every spring^[3]
• SouthEast LinuxFest, held every June since 2009.^[4]
• Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles, CA each February since 2002
• Fossetcon - Free and Open Source Software Expo and Technology Conference held each year in Orlando, Florida since Sept 11, 2014

Europe

• Fosscomm, held annually in a different Greek city since 2008^[5]
• FOSDEM, held in Brussels, Belgium every February since 2001^[6]
• Free Software and Linux Days, held in Turkey every April–May since 2002
• FSCONS, held every autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden since 2007^[7]
• Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005
• LinuxTag, held in Germany every summer since 1996
• Open Source Days, held in Denmark every autumn^[8]
• Open Source in Mobile, held in a different European country every September
• OpenFest Bulgaria, held in Bulgaria (normally Sofia) each autumn since 2012^[9]
• GUADEC – GNOME-related
• QtDev – Qt (software)-related
• DevConf.cz, held annually in Brno, Czech Republic since 2009^[10]

Asia and Australia

• FOSSASIA, held irregularly since 2010 in Southeast Asia
• Indonesia Linux Conference (ILC) held in Indonesia since 2002 (www.linuxconf.web.id)
• linux.conf.au, held in Australia or New Zealand in the (Southern Hemisphere) summer since 1999
• OSI Days, formerly known as "LinuxAsia Conference and Expo" and "Open Source Week", held annually in India since 2004
• GNUnify, Organised by Pune Linux Users group (www.plug.org.in) and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research,(www.sicsr.ac.in) held annually in Pune, India since 2003.

International

• CloudOpen, annual conference co-located with LinuxCon since 2012
• Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held annually in various countries since 2004
• X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) or X Developers' Summit (XDS), annual organized by X.Org Foundation
• Linux Audio Conference (LAC) http://lac.linuxaudio.org/, annual and worldwide organized by ?

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
• Freed.in, held from 2007 to 2009
• Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn from 2007 to 2009
• OpenSource World (formerly LinuxWorld Conference and Expo), from 1998 to 2009
• OpenWeekend, held from 2001 to 2005
• Wizards of OS, held in Berlin every two years from 1999 to 2006
• Jornadas de Software Libre (JSL), Colombia, annually, from 2008 to 2012 {http://www.jslcolombia.info/}

Linux-only events

Notable conferences and events that are focused mostly or exclusively on Linux itself include:

North and South America

• Indiana LinuxFest, held in Indianapolis, Indiana in March since 2011
• Linux Plumbers Conference, held annually since 2008
• Linux Symposium, held in Canada in June or July since 1999
• Texas LinuxFest in Austin, Texas in June since 2010

Europe

• Linux Bier Wanderung, held in a different European country every summer since 1999
• Linux Konferenca, held in Slovenia every September since 2002
• Chemnitzer Linux-Tage held in Chemnitz, Germany in the spring since 1999

International

• Automotive Linux Summit, held since 2012
• Embedded Linux Conference, held twice a year, alternately in the US and Europe since 2005 (Europe since 2007)^[11]
• LinuxCon, conference held several times each year in various continents since 2009
• Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001

Defunct

• Atlanta LinuxFest, held in September in 2008 and 2009
• Desktop Developers' Conference, held from 2004 to 2006
• Florida Linux Show, held in Jacksonville, Florida and Orlando, Florida from 2008 to 2009
• Gelato ICE, held each year in the US or Italy by the Gelato Federation from 2001 to 2007
• LinuxDays Luxembourg, held in Luxembourg from 2002 to 2008
• Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn from 1994 to 2010

Conferences for other specific free software

• 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^[12]
• BeGeistert - conference for the Haiku operating system, held annually in Europe since 1998 (originally a BeOS conference)
• DebConf - conference for the Debian operating system, held annually 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 2008
• KVM Forum, held each year in a different location since 2007
• Libre Graphics Meeting, held each year in May in Europe or Canada since 2006
• PyCon - conference for the Python programming language, held several times a year in different locations since 2003
• RailsConf - conference for the Ruby on Rails programming language, held once a year in different locations since 2006
• RubyConf - conference for the Ruby programming language, held once a year in different locations since 2002
• Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice a year (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases) since 2004, to date alternating between Europe and North America.
• WordCamp - event for the WordPress content management system, held frequently around the world since 2007
• Yet Another Perl Conference - conference for the Perl programming language, held several times a year since 1999

Defunct

• GCC Summit, held in Ottawa, Canada from 2003 to 2010

References

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