December 2010 - FOSDEM - lists.fosdem.org

LPI Exam
by Jorge Rúa 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Hi, i've just registered in this mailing list i was trying to register in the LPI site (http://lpievent.lpice.eu/) but it seems full, anybody could confirm this? Regards.

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Have Main Track Speakers been notified?
by Tom Marble 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Organizers: According to [0] the acceptance of main tracks was on 23 Oct. I'm wondering if, indeed, that was completed... And, if so, if even speakers that were not accepted were also notified? I think everyone is impatient to make travel plans! Regards, --Tom [0] http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_main_speakers

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FOSDEM DevRoom speakers wanted
by Florian Effenberger 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Hello, LibreOffice has its own DevRoom at this years' FOSDEM in Brussels. Our Call for Papers is still open. :-) Do you want to share your experience in starting to hack the code, or tell about the tweaks in your build environment, talk about the code changes you have done or those that you prepare, or do you want to share insight on your QA work? Or what you have plan to do for translation or infrastructure? Simply submit your proposal at this page. We really like you to share in the way that fits you best, be it 5, 10 or up to 30 minutes :-) It might well be that we'll have to choose between the various proposals, after all FOSDEM is only two days ;-) So please give a clear description of your talk, goals and target audience. For details, see the outline that is provided at the wiki. Details at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2011 Florian -- Florian Effenberger <floeff(a)documentfoundation.org> Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff

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Embedded devroom cfp
by Philippe De Swert 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi all, Seems I missed this so fixing it. FOSDEM embedded and mobile devroom CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOSDEM will be held the February 5 and 6, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. For the seventh time, FOSDEM will also feature an embedded and mobile room. We are looking for people who would like to do a presentation about a project in the realm of embedded or mobile that has some bearing on Free Software or Open Source. Some example projects are Arduino, MeeGo, Yocto, Beagleboard and its decendants, Openembedded, Android, Qt, OpenWrt, NetBSD... We are looking for short tutorials, feature presentations, project overviews, talks about achievements or failures, hardware and hardware hacking, real life deployments, and more... All submissions will be reviewed by our panel. Good proposals consist of an abstract of the talk and a short speaker biography. They should be submitted to fosdem.embedded(a)gmail.com. before January 5, 2011. We will confirm to the speakers no later than January 10, 2011. The review panel consists of: Philippe De Swert, Nokia Peter De Schrijver, Nokia Klaas Van Gend, MontaVista Software Dave Neary, Neary Consulting Michael Opdenacker, Free Electrons and Linaro Thanks! Philippe

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Embedded devroom canceled?
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi, I noticed that there is no CFP (yet?) for the Embedded devroom according to http://www.fosdem.org/2011/call_for_participation . We (coreboot/flashrom) would like to participate in the Embedded devroom, but if that devroom is not going to happen, we will have to apply for a stand and that deadline is pretty soon. Regards, Carl-Daniel

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Participation, update
by Mattias 'Tias' Guns 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

The call for stands officially ends tomorrow, Monday the 6th of December. The submission form will remain open for about a day and a half, so this is your last chance to propose manning a stand at FOSDEM [1]. The call for lightning talks is extended till Sunday 19th of December [2]. This is to allow projects that can not get a stand at FOSDEM to apply for a lightning talk. It also spreads the load of the review commission a bit more evenly. Note that most devroom calls also have a deadline in the last two weeks of December, so there is still plenty of opportunity to participate in FOSDEM by speaking about your favorite open source project! See the list of devrooms at FOSDEM 2011 [3]. Kind regards, The FOSDEM Organizers [1] http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_stands [2] http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_lightningtalks [3] http://fosdem.org/2011/call_for_participation

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CFP Now Open: Free Java @ FOSDEM 2011
by Tom Marble 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

All: Join us at FOSDEM 2011 to be part of our sessions where we'll discuss the state of Free Java! http://wiki.debian.org/Java/DevJam/2011/Fosdem Our theme is "Java Sans Frontières" * Why Free Java technology is awesome * Standing on the Shoulders of Free Java * The future of Free Java The Call For Participation is OPEN NOW, but closes on the 3rd of December... So send in a talk proposal today and join us in Brussels 5-6 February! Why FOSDEM? * Engage in scintillating discussions with smart hackers over world famous Belgian Beer * Join the Web of Trust by getting your strong new key signed * Indulge in exquisite chocolate * Visit historic Brussels within walking distance Why the Free Java DevJam? * This is the most significant non-commercial, neutral environment for Java developers to meet * Learn how to get involved in technical Free Java projects * We will not shy away from politics (especially this year)! * We will get together for an awesome dinner * You will meet historic hackers in the evolution of Free Java Please join the freejava-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org list for general discussion about the event. http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/freejava-devroom To submit a formal Talk Proposal follow the guidelines at http://wiki.debian.org/Java/DevJam/2011/Fosdem/CallForParticipation Respectfully, Andrew Haley GCJ Maintainer, GNU Classpath, IcedTea & OpenJDK Developer. Andrew John Hughes IcedTea Maintainer, GNU Classpath Maintainer, OpenJDK & GCJ Developer Christian Thalinger OpenJDK developer, former CACAO Maintainer Mark Wielaard GNU Classpath Maintainer, GCJ, IcedTea & OpenJDK contributor. Tom Marble Java Libre hacker, Former OpenJDK Ambassador

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CFP: Security / hardware crypto & FOSS
by Martin Paljak 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

CFP: Security / hardware crypto AKA "Protect your privates!" FOSDEM 2011 will [1] take place in Brussels, the heart of EU. In 2011, as almost all EU countries have either ongoing rollouts of national eID cards or are planning it, many people will find yet another smartcard in their wallet. Cards that don't contain virtual credit but private keys and certificates that can be used for many purposes in the online world. FOSS has an important role in the overall eID infrastructure, either on the server side inside Apache's mod_ssl, on the client computer inside Firefox as OpenSC PKCS#11 module or hidden in the infrastructure, issuing the certificates from an EJBCA server, which is administered over SSH. Security in the online world matters and one the most common tools for it is cryptography and PKI. The chain is as strong as its weakest link and for PKI, the security of private keys matters. The integrated and widespread nature of PKI implementation makes it difficult to get it perfect, but one must not stop trying. Do you develop software that uses HTTPS protocol? Can it use keys and certificates on a smart card? Does your service use RSA keys for signing? Can it work with hardware keys? Are you interested in protecting your private keys like Three Letter Organizations or do you want to roll your own proper PKI with a smaller than five or six digit budget? How can we make cryptographic hardware Just Work with any application that uses crypto? The devroom is the place to share experiences and learn. This is the call for talks and presentations that will take place in the Security devroom at FOSDEM 2011. Security / hardware crytpo devroom will take place on Saturday, 05.02.2011, in room AW1.105 with 48 seats. The expected audience will range from crypto library developers to desktop GUI creators, from hardware driver makers to business software providers. Two main themes are cross-application (hardware) interoperability and user awareness/education, but if you have anything interesting to share that deals with security or cryptography, don't be bounded by the main topic. Don't be limited with a traditional "presentation and questions" format, hands-on workshop format is also welcome. HOWTO: * Subscribe to security-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org [2] * Send a short talk description, its duration, your bio/affiliation and contact information to the list and/or add it directly to the OpenSC wiki [3]. * There are 5 up to 1 hour slots (with 10 minutes for Q&A and 5 minutes for organizational time included, so 45 minutes max for a talk) * You don't have to fill the entire slot, 30 minute slots with ~20+5+5 minutes format are also OK * FOSDEM is for FOSS developers, keep this in mind when planning your talk. * The deadline for submissions is 21.12.2010 23:00 UTC * The final schedule for the day will be fixed no later than 04.01.2011 * If there will be more submissions than there are time slots, then * a) you may be asked to jam your presentation into a shorter (20 minutes) format * b) the final list will be fixed by subscribers of security-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org list I kindly ask you to forward this announcement to any relevant FOSS project mailing list. [1] http://fosdem.org/2011/ [2] http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/security-devroom [3] http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/FOSDEM2011 -- @MartinPaljak.net +3725156495

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