i survived (again). #fosdem gave me some hope for society again. besides #learning an uncountable amount of things. it started right away meeting @_elena finally #irl , a very crowded #mastodon stand with an amazing team behind the desk. ran into @Sascha directly after. thanks to @evan to organise the amazing #devroom for the #socialweb

i attended as many sessions as i was able to ;) from #UN #IDG to @matrix . where i was even invited to have an hour at their stand.

we got also some interest for @haufegroup and also the @acccgn by @micheal who had also his first #fosdem #fosdem25

https://videos.librescrum.org/w/cgUEqAUEMzQNBTKYfkcYNd

Service announcement about the #devroom Funding the FOSS Ecosystem in room K.3.601.
The schedule has changed: the talks of Emmy Tsang and Amy Parker have been swapped.
So now it's at 11.50 - 12.20 Storytelling, networking, and strategy: three keys to successful fundraising by Amy and the talk Funding the FOSS Ecosystem is at 12.30 - 13.00.
#FOSDEM

Hurts to see so many friendly faces in that video stream and to have to follow it remotely

Talk by Ilya Zverev about #15minutesCities

Being able to do most of your things in a 15 minutes transit distance from your home is a great quality of life and environment indicator for a city.
He talks about how to measure this metric and identify which cities and neighborhoods are 15-minutes compatible.

By @zverik at #fosdem in the #geospatial devroom.

Talk by Maxim Van de Wynckel about #indoorMapping problems: #positioningSystem #beacons
and tools #OpenHPS #SemBeacon
By @maximvdw at #fosdem in the #geospatial devroom.

End Of 10 at #FOSDEM!

#KDEEco 's Call To Action against #eWaste driven by Windows

BoF *Sun 2 Feb 14:00* Room H.3242

Global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of #Windows 10 EoL and how independent software keeps devices in use & out of the landfill!

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6779-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

Same day just before, learn how #FOSS enables a circular digital economy *11:55-12:05* #Energy #DevRoom H.2214

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5431-software-licensing-for-a-circular-economy-how-foss-reduces-the-energy-consumption-and-carbon-footprint-of-ict/

#EndOf10 #OptGreen #KDE #OpenSource #Sustainability #Environment

@kde

The schedule for the "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom at FOSDEM is live!
With 11 interesting talks we cover a broad spectrum exploring how to ensure the longevity and security of FOSS projects. There are talks about funding strategies, mechanisms & reflections on the funding ecosystem. Here you can have a look at the lineup: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/

We hope to see you at #FOSDEM !

The #devroom is organized by @sovtechfund @fsfe @linuxfoundation @PrototypeFund Probabl & NLnet.
#FOSS

The Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM is back after a hiatus! We're gathering your geospatial insights for talks on 1-2 February 2025 in Brussels. Whether it's FOSS GIS, geodata visualization, OpenStreetMap, or urban planning, we want to hear from you.

Spread the word, and let's bring the geospatial community together.

Submit your proposals by 1 December 2024!

Details and submission info here: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003597.html

Call for Participation!
We're happy to announce the first "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" #devroom at #FOSDEM 2025.
The goal of this devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies and to engage more #FOSS users like companies & governments in FOSS funding.
Submission deadline for the #CfP: December 1.

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003579.html

Devroom's handle: @FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding

Organized by @sovtechfund @fsfe @linuxfoundation Probabl @autkin @PrototypeFund & yours truly.

I did a talk at #FrOSCon #LinuxMobile #devroom today, about those Weekly Updates I have been doing for a while.

(There's no official recording, and I forgot to do audio recoding, so here are the slides https://linmob.net/media/2024/20240817-four-years.pdf, and unfortunately just those)