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
  • 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[1]
  • LinuxFest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington in the spring since 2000
  • SouthEast LinuxFest, held annually in June since 2009.[2]
  • Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles each year since 2002

Europe
  • Chaos Communication Congress, held in Germany in the period between Christmas and New Year since 1984
  • Chemnitz Linux Days, held in Chemnitz, Germany since 1999
  • 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
  • FrOSCon, held in Sankt Augustin (near Bonn), Germany since 2006
  • Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005

Asia and Australia
  • FOSSASIA, held annually in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, India or China since 2009
  • COSCUP, held annually in Taiwan since 2006
  • linux.conf.au, held in Australia or New Zealand in the (Southern Hemisphere) summer since 1999

International
  • Open Source Summit, known before 2017 as "LinuxCon", held several times each year in various continents since 2009
  • Software Freedom Day, international observance since 2004

Defunct
  • Africa Source, held in 2004 and 2006
  • Asia Source, held in 2005, 2007 and 2009
  • August Penguin, held annually in Israel from 2004 to 2018
  • FOSS.IN, first known as "Linux Bangalore", held from 2001 to 2012
  • Fórum Internacional Software Livre (FISL) – International Free Software Forum, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil (with 7000+ participants) from 2000 to 2018
  • Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October from 2001 to 2018
  • FSCONS, held every autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2007 to 2019
  • Libre Software Meeting, French name "Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre", held every July in France or surrounding countries from 2000 to 2018
  • Linux Bier Wanderung, informal event held in a different European country every summer from 1999 to 2019
  • Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn from 2007 to 2009
  • Open Source Day, conference held annually in Warsaw, Poland from 2008 to 2019
  • Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held annually in various countries from 2004 to 2015
  • Solutions Linux, a trade show and conference with 10,000 visitors held every year in Paris from 1999 to 2014[3]
  • O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held each summer in the US from 1999 to 2019.
  • 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 from 1996 to 2014

Events for specific free software

Operating systems

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

Defunct
  • 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
  • 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
  • Joomla World Conference – event for the Joomla content management system, held frequently around the from 2011 to 2019
  • 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
  • Libre Graphics Meeting, held yearly in May in Europe or Canada from 2006 to 2021

References
  1. "Feeling generous? Open source software community gives shelter to code". JAXenter. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. LinuxFest to highlight open-source software GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009
  3. Impressions du Salon Solutions Linux 2010
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