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Robert Riemann 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/@blog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blog</span></a></span> I find <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> inspiring. My impression on how people at <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> interacted with it is also different, more positive.</p><p>It's difficult to know what the majority of fosdem attendees thinks of matrix until you run proper statistics.</p>
joeldn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> so sorry to hear there's spam on matrix. it's been safe so far for me since 2019. i've enjoyed using it to tempt loved ones towards the idea of respectful technology, and found it useful at <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> when one of our speakers left their spectacles in a devroom; the next session used our matrix area to contact us and reunite said glasses with their eyes. i really like it for voice and video calls, and not sure what else to use? for chat @delta is v nice.</p>
Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻<p>Hi <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lproven</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kleisli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kleisli</span></a></span>,<br>but self-operated!</p><p>Elaborated a bit at <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> in "Emancipated Social Web for the Unprivileged" <a href="https://mro.name/offdem/slides.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mro.name/offdem/slides.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Markus Feilner<p>We were at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> 2025, didnt do any talks this year, but it was awesome. no other conference this year so far... :-)</p>
Matthias Kirschner<p>It's never too early to start thinking about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a>! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bkuhn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@karen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>karen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@lexelas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lexelas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@richardfontana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>richardfontana</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tmarble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tmarble</span></a></span> and I would like to submit a proposal for the "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> Devroom" to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fosdem</span></a></span> as soon as they open the CfP. Like last year we would like get feedback by you, our community:</p><p>* What did you especially like in 2025 <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/legal-and-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track</span><span class="invisible">/legal-and-policy/</span></a> ?</p><p>* What would you like to see improved?</p><p>* What topics would you like to see in our devroom (permitted that we would be accepted again)?</p>
joostruis<p>In 2010 I went to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> on behalf of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sabayon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sabayon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro I was working on back then. It was a great inspiring experience! Meeting up with upstream <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gentoo</span></a> developers. Talking with people working on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> projects. Best talk IMHO was this one.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3KuE7UjGA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=bx3KuE7UjGA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lorenzo Miniero<p>I haven't given up on the idea yet of trying to propose a music-related <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/devroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devroom</span></a> at the next <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> in 2026. I'm wondering what name could be used, though? Just "Music production" may be limiting, as that would cover, e.g., projects like Ardour or DrumGizmo, but not the likes of Faircamp, which helps musicians self-host their work. Finding the right scope (and abstract) for such a devroom might be challenging, but not impossible IMO. Any feedback/idea?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MusicProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicProduction</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musicians</span></a></p>
Shin.Ice :debian:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@thibaultamartin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thibaultamartin</span></a></span> well, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> is also an option and I could join the gathering too 😇</p>
Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻<p>Hi <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span>,<br>I still remember your refreshing <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> talk. But with due respect, I find it disconcerting to use size to <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/advertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertise</span></a> in an environment based on <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> and to subordinate personal rights to this. I understand that newsrooms and advertising agencies feel this way. But that's not what the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> as I understand it has set out to do.</p>
Transitous<p>To get an overview on what Transitous is, check the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> talk by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Jbb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jbb</span></a></span>, Felix and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mlundblad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mlundblad</span></a></span>: <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4105-gnome-maps-meets-transitous-meets-motis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event</span><span class="invisible">/fosdem-2025-4105-gnome-maps-meets-transitous-meets-motis/</span></a></p>
Kurt Kremitzki<p>Is it ridiculous that I would like to travel to next year's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> on a transatlantic ship?</p>
ChrisChinchilla<p>The latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techlounge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techlounge</span></a> is packed with great interviews with great people from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> back in February.</p><p>We have Rebecca Rumbul from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> Foundation<br>A whole bunch of people from Sysdig talking about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stratoshark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stratoshark</span></a><br>Frank Karlitschek of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a> <br>And… <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andypiper</span></a></span> from Mastodon</p><p>Put up with the background noise, there's some great content!</p><p>Search for "Tech Lounge" wherever you get podcasts or listen here: <a href="https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/voices-from-fosdem-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrischinchilla.com/podcast/vo</span><span class="invisible">ices-from-fosdem-2025</span></a></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> Thanks for your post &amp; your counter 😆</p><p>I'm curious: you characterize the EU <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/CRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRA</span></a> as requiring <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/SBOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SBOM</span></a>'s *specifically*. I know the License Compliance Industrial Complex wants it to be true, but I researched this issue for my <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> 2025 talk…<br><a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6155-is-there-really-an-sbom-mandate-/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event</span><span class="invisible">/fosdem-2025-6155-is-there-really-an-sbom-mandate-/</span></a><br>… &amp; IIUC CRA *doesn't* specify SBOMs specifically.<br>IMO, if the vendor gives the customer complete, Corresponding Source &amp; a 100% <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@reproducible_builds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>reproducible_builds</span></a></span> they've complied with CRA. No one has shown me anything that disproves that.</p>
Terence Eden<p>Call for Papers for Open Source Summit Japan 2025 is open - and I've just submitted a session!</p><p><a href="https://sessionize.com/ossjapanai2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sessionize.com/ossjapanai2025/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a></p>
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann<p>Opening talk of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/confconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confconf</span></a> !</p><p>Two more structured talks: about the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> video box and what <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/eventinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eventinfra</span></a> is. Then, unconference!</p>
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann<p>Dinner and a walk through a park festival at day 0 of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/confconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confconf</span></a> in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a></p><p>Just in those photos you see people who made <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DENOG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DENOG</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DebConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebConf</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PromCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PromCon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GrafanaCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrafanaCon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCC</span></a> / <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/38c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>38c3</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WHY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHY2025</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IndiaFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiaFOSS</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/COSCUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COSCUP</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSSASIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSASIA</span></a>, and others happen. And more people will come tomorrow.</p><p>We're looking to have a packed agenda over this coming weekend, and I will try and do my best to update this thread with tidbits and information.</p>
Laurent Cheylus<p>Made by Woz: how Apple-1 operating system works? Brilliant Steve Wozniak’s code every software engineer should know - Talk by Sergey Panarin at <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> 2022 conference <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/retro_apple1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedu</span><span class="invisible">le/event/retro_apple1/</span></a></p>
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@j12t Despite its past friendliness to the open-source community, I’ve been hearing that #gitlab now has a stronger commercial focus.

While #activitypub doesn’t align with that revenue growth, AI integration does:
https://about.gitlab.com/direction/ai-powered/ai_framework/

At #fosdem 2025, I heard many communities appreciate #forgejo and #codeberg as embodying what the open-source world had hoped to get from #gitlab and #gitea.

As far as I know, #forgejo is committed to implementing federation, which is already a feature in development:
https://forgejo.org/faq/#is-there-a-roadmap-for-forgejo
https://forgefed.org/

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