FOSDEM... the world's best open source conference?

After a 5 year break, I have returned to FOSDEM this year. But... what the heck is FOSDEM?

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00:00 Intro
05:14 The trip there
08:42 What is a devroom?
10:10 First talk!
11:05 Memory Saftey
15:15 Low budget expo hall
19:06 GCC devroom
22:32 A Killer README
23:52 Beer... as in beer
26:52 Club Mate?!?
30:28 Retrocomputing devroom
34:22 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
34:57 Next year?
35:38 Closing words

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Talks and devrooms that I attended:

Enhancing Testing Strategies for Critical Systems: Statistical Path Coverage - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5081-enhancing-testing-strategies-for-critical-systems-statistical-path-coverage/

Incremental Memory Safety in an Established Software Stack: Lessons Learned from Swift - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6176-incremental-memory-safety-in-an-established-software-stack-lessons-learned-from-swift/

GCC Devroom - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/gcc/

How to Write a Killer README - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4990-how-to-write-a-killer-readme/

Retrocomputing devroom - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/retrocomputing/

Raiders of the lost hard drive - https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5479-raiders-of-the-lost-hard-drive/

External image credits:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles

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