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Hm. The #FOSDEM site seems down to me now.

Pro tips for #FOSDEM first-timers!
1. Don't make too many plans! First time can be overwhelming, so go with the flow!
2. Pick maybe a couple talks you want to attend, and try to get into that room at latest before the preceding talk, because the most popular talks are near-impossible to get in to. Do this only for the talks where you wish to actively contribute (e.g. ask questions) o…

Folks: Aral, you’re all about free and open technology, why won’t you speak at #FOSDEM?
Me: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115697202966701085
Also, I’m actually all about this:

I am so impatient what will happen with my #FOSDEM proposals.

11. Public transportation stops a little after midnight. If you want to stay up late (e.g. at party at Cafe Delirium on Friday), then get a hotel in a walking distance from there.
12. Weather is usually cool-ish and wet (~5-10 °C). Bring a travel umbrella.
If you have stickers, bring them!
If you know a community there, hang out with them.
13. Have fun! #FOSDEM is about

I've finally booked my tickets for #FOSDEM, after some delays due to decision paralysis.
Once again it will be bus Helsinki-Warsaw and #NightTrain Berlin-Bruxelles (#EuropeanSleeper), because I don't…

Q: How do you convince people to use privacy respecting technologies for communication?
I am looking for real life use-cases to include into my #FOSDEM talk and beyond.
If you have encouraged someone to switch to say Signal, or Sessions, or XMPP or some other tool/protocol, please share here or via DM.
Anonymity is guaranteed. You can use also my Sessions messenger session: 0531634…

Today one more talk for #FOSDEM was accepted: What translating Thunderbird taught me.
It's in the #translation room at Sunday.

FOSDEM 2026 - What translating Thunderbird taught me

In the spirit of #FOSDEM2026 being sponsored by Google, I hope HackerTrain is brought to you by Ryanair.
#google #surveillanceCapitalism

Once again I met some ULB students in a sauna in #Helsinki and they were shocked to learn what happens at their campus every first weekend of February. #FOSDEM

You’re not an ally if your freedom/privacy/human rights/democracy event is sponsored by surveillance capitalists like Google that are complicit in Israel’s genocide and pose an existential threat to human rights and democracy.
#FOSDEM #etc

See you all at #fosdem

#today I (just) sketched out a talk proposal for the #Energy track at #FOSDEM and will get on with some other admin while waiting for comments...

I just submitted a talk for the Geospatial room at #FOSDEM. It's about #OSM. Do you think this would be interesting for the audience?

My #FOSDEM schedule is locked - 50% talks and 50% volunteering. I just don't know what to do with my evenings :)

I'm finally going to FOSDEM next year!
#fosdem2026

RE: #FOSDEM

Hello #FOSDEM crowd. If you know someone attending 2026 who creates some form of an #openart - under a free license, let them know that there could be a small community gathering for them. Theater producers, visual artists, actors, musicians, painters, photographers and more and more are welcomed.

FOSSArt
artists who create under a free license @FOSDEM

I will be speaking in one room with the legends @… and @… at #FOSDEM. You should not miss that!

Wow! Some #FOSDEM rooms don't even bother to send rejection emails :) You need to go to the interface and see the truth :)

F*** ,I submitted 5 talk for #FOSDEM to the rooms i can add value to. Let's see how much will be approved.