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I went to my first FOSDEM this year. It was quite an experience with hoards of people and loads of interesting sessions. I was impressed that wifi held up hopef
by amirmc 13y ago
I went to my first FOSDEM this year. It was quite an experience with hoards of people and loads of interesting sessions. I was impressed that wifi held up hopefully the videos mean I can catch up on the sessions that filled up.
If you're in Europe and can get to Brussels for the weekend (next year), I really recommend it.
- ruiseal 13y agoI think it's outgrown the university though. It's practically impossible to get into the developer rooms unless you arrive early and camp there all day.
- ocharles 13y agoI agree. It was my first FOSDEM, but I was a little frustrated that I caught maybe 20% of the talks I actually wanted to see. I didn't even get into the PostgreSQL room, despite turning up 15 minutes early for one of the talks. That said, just complaining about a free conference on Hacker News won't help. I'd like to do my part and help by donating, but only accepting wire transfers is a lot more friction that it should be :(
- justincormack 13y agoThey take cash there in person I think.
- jcla1 13y agoYeah, when I was trying to get out of the Go dev room on Sun, I was nearly pushed back in by the hoards that were trying to get into it.
- pjmlp 13y agoBrussels is around 3h train travel from here I live. I have attended a few ones already, sadly this year it wasn't possible. I was looking forward to attend the D and ART sessions, as well as the usual Java and X Windows ones I tend to attend. Thanks to the live streaming this year, I could at least watch some parts of them. The ART one is still not available, though.