If you take just one thing away from #FOSDEM this is it.
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“If we lose our democracies, Open Source is irrelevant and goes away”
or putting it another way:
If we don’t apply, enforce, adopt and embrace Open Source in our public and government institutions we risk to lose our democracies.
#OpenSource #SaveDemocracy
Boost if you agree!
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Some interesting (to me) stats from #FOSDEM
Talks about NFTs: 0.
Presentations about the Metaverse: None.
Cryptobros inviting me to a party in order to schill their coin: Zip.
Really enthusiastic LLM users describing how AI has improved their OSS codebase: Zilch.
People complaining about pronouns and codes of conduct: Nada.
"Ironic" hats saying "Make xyz Great Again": Conspicuous by their absence.
What did *you* think was missing from FOSDEM?
Our free stickers went like hot cakes yesterday at #FOSDEM. The new "My friends are not for sale" ones are all gone, they were an experimental last-minute print of a new design (which is coming soon as a t-shirt, by the way!). The less stuff for us to carry back home, the better. I wish people would grab the leaflets too!
Please help @bagder with his sticker problem #curl #fosdem #fosdem2026 #fosdem26
(location: chez theo cafeteria)
We are having a great time at #FOSDEM and we only have three enamel “Live Laugh Federate” pins left! (Two just got sold!)
Dear Fedi friends,
Good morning from #FOSDEM!
Yesterday was pure magic: I loved every single presentation in the Social Web devroom, with devs and Fediverse champions sharing their inspiring work.
I didn’t post anything because I was so absorbed in all the talks (plus @liaizon and @Sascha did a fantastic job chronicling the event).
I can’t stop thinking about one of @benpate’s closing slides:
“Every single thing you do to improve the Fediverse is a win for humanity”
YES! 🙌
My #fosdem learning today: #Linux on phones has made huge progress since I last checked.
The fact that non-techy people can buy Linux phones off the shelve that just work *and* are really slick devices is 🤩🤩
It's crucial for us to be ready as a community when #Google finally takes away #AOSP from us.
Pssstttt... We got some invites left from the first day at #fosdem
boxybsd-fosdem2026-5839471620
boxybsd-fosdem2026-7492063815
boxybsd-fosdem2026-3168952047
boxybsd-fosdem2026-9284501763
boxybsd-fosdem2026-6047389125
boxybsd-fosdem2026-1752840936
boxybsd-fosdem2026-8610394752
boxybsd-fosdem2026-9305741862
boxybsd-fosdem2026-2378456901
boxybsd-fosdem2026-9506172843
First come, first serve.
cc: @gyptazy
#fosdem is fading out IPv4 in favor of #ipv6, great initiative 👍
I'm thinking maybe we could also try this at other occasions, maybe #40c3?
