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
 - End Summer Camp, held in Italy every summer since 2005
 
Asia and Australia
- 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
- DebConf – conference for the Debian operating system, held annually since 2000
 - Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001
 
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
- 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
 - 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 2007
 - GNOME Users And Developers European Conference – conference for the GNOME desktop environment, held annually in Europe since 2000
 - GNUHealthCon – conference for the GNU Health hospital management and digital health ecosystem, held annually since 2010
 - WordCamp – event for the WordPress content management system, held frequently around the world since 2007
 - X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) and X Developers' Summit (XDS), annual events since 2005 organized by X.Org Foundation
 
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
- ↑ "Feeling generous? Open source software community gives shelter to code". JAXenter. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
 - ↑ LinuxFest to highlight open-source software GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009
 - ↑ Impressions du Salon Solutions Linux 2010
 
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
 - // foss.events – upcoming and past Free and Open Source Software events in Europe
 - FOSS Events in Europe
 
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