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Was my first time as well this year, long time lurker. Especially liked the closing talk of maddog, but it seems it's not available (yet?) on the page.

MayeulC 7y ago
I attended the one that followed (https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/fosdem_at_20/ https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/fosdem_at_20/, no video yet), but the sound quality was atrocious, at least in my (left) part of the amphitheater. So bad that the guy next to me was following the stream with headphones instead. Which is strange, as I attended some other talks at the same place, and they were fine. As a result, I didn't get much of what we were being told at the end. My friends shamed me a bit for complaining about sound quality to the person who gave us delicious cupcakes at the exit. If that was someone here, my apologies! Second time in a row for me, I'm pretty sure I'll attend next year as well. Maybe not so much for the talks, but I had some great fun in BoF rooms as well, and there are a few sprints during the week that I will try to attend next time. Also, going by bus (11h) was a bad idea, I should at least have taken a day off. Last year, I visited building K (with the welcome desk and the information leaflets) near the end of the last day, which I regretted a lot, as it was packed with practical info. If that's your first time as well, maybe start there? Looking forward to an official Matrix room as well as https://nav.fosdem.org https://nav.fosdem.org next year :)
- tsukurimashou 7y ago
  Thanks for the advice! I agree the sound quality was not always the best, especially in small rooms. The Friday before we went to a bar with colleagues, we ended up going back to the hotel around 5AM to wake up at 8AM... And then we had a 3 hours trip to go back, and I was working the next day. I should have taken days off too haha. I was pretty excited during the Linux on Smartphone talk when the guys asked how many people were running Android and almost everybody raised their hands, then he said he would expect most of these people to run Linux at FOSDEM 2021.

MayeulC 7y ago

I attended the one that followed (https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/fosdem_at_20/ https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/fosdem_at_20/, no video yet), but the sound quality was atrocious, at least in my (left) part of the amphitheater. So bad that the guy next to me was following the stream with headphones instead. Which is strange, as I attended some other talks at the same place, and they were fine. As a result, I didn't get much of what we were being told at the end. My friends shamed me a bit for complaining about sound quality to the person who gave us delicious cupcakes at the exit. If that was someone here, my apologies! Second time in a row for me, I'm pretty sure I'll attend next year as well. Maybe not so much for the talks, but I had some great fun in BoF rooms as well, and there are a few sprints during the week that I will try to attend next time. Also, going by bus (11h) was a bad idea, I should at least have taken a day off. Last year, I visited building K (with the welcome desk and the information leaflets) near the end of the last day, which I regretted a lot, as it was packed with practical info. If that's your first time as well, maybe start there? Looking forward to an official Matrix room as well as https://nav.fosdem.org https://nav.fosdem.org next year :)

tsukurimashou 7y ago
Thanks for the advice! I agree the sound quality was not always the best, especially in small rooms. The Friday before we went to a bar with colleagues, we ended up going back to the hotel around 5AM to wake up at 8AM... And then we had a 3 hours trip to go back, and I was working the next day. I should have taken days off too haha. I was pretty excited during the Linux on Smartphone talk when the guys asked how many people were running Android and almost everybody raised their hands, then he said he would expect most of these people to run Linux at FOSDEM 2021.