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Re: [FOSDEM] For FOSDEM 2020 Virtualization Devroom (very sad event and a proposal)
by Piotr Kliczewski 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

All, I know it is very lake but we would like to update vrit room schedule and add Lars memoir. How can we make it happen? Would it be enough to create a new event? Thanks, Piotr On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:27 PM Piotr Kliczewski <pkliczew(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Dario, > > It is very sad news and it would be great if Ian could do it. What would > be the best time to do it? > > Thanks, > Piotr > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:22 PM Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli(a)suse.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> This is Dario, from SUSE. I have a talk accepted at the Virt&IaaS >> Devorom @ FOSDEM 2020. >> >> I am writing to you because I think you are running the Devroom itself. >> If that is not the case, sorry for the noise (and if you happen to know >> who else I can contact, would you please tell me?). >> >> A terrible thing happened yesterday: Lars Kurth, from the Xen-Project, >> passed away. I think you must know Lars, because of his role in the >> project, in the Open Source virtualization community as a whole and >> because he's helped organizing the FOSDEM Virt Devroom since something >> like 10 years. >> >> I personally don't have many more details about what happened, and the >> information is still being kept a little quiet for now, but The Xen- >> Project will make a public announcement/blog post, probably later >> today. >> >> Anyway, we thought that it would be nice if someone would say a few >> words, at the Virtualization Devroom, in Lars' memory. If you also >> think it could be a good idea, Ian Jackson, Cc-ed, also from the Xen- >> Project and Lars' colleague at Citrix, told me he would be up for >> standing up and speaking a little about him. >> >> Let us know what your thoughts. >> >> Thanks in advance and Regards, >> Dario >> -- >> Dario Faggioli, Ph.D >> http://about.me/dario.faggioli >> Virtualization Software Engineer >> SUSE Labs, SUSE https://www.suse.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> <<This happens because _I_ choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) >> >>

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Re: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM Digest, Vol 128, Issue 26
by Erin Whelton 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Stop On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:10 AM <fosdem-request(a)lists.fosdem.org> wrote: > Send FOSDEM mailing list submissions to > fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fosdem-request(a)lists.fosdem.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fosdem-owner(a)lists.fosdem.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FOSDEM digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Coronavirus (hostilius) > 2. NAM-IP computer museum in Belgium (Christophe Ponsard) > 3. Re: Coronavirus (Gerry Demaret) > 4. Re: Coronavirus (Daniel Pocock) > 5. Re: Coronavirus (Jasper Nuyens) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:51:28 +0000 > From: hostilius <hostilius(a)protonmail.ch> > To: "fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org" <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org> > Subject: [FOSDEM] Coronavirus > Message-ID: > > <r-ZoeyJkNtNje_9bEeu-bU6VIN0yNuvk75xle4Tcvpoi92z2IaQU32iSsLGryaFhcxHg_t1o-qkDu-vJePgVvDZzATWeuJ6yYJj87pu-gms=@ > protonmail.ch> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > > Fosdem brings together people from many places all over the world, > which is awesome. But the timing of this year's Fosdem is unfortunate. > > I suggest to discuss the potential effect of the Coronavirus (2019nCov) > on Fosdem, and potential measures. > > The new virus appears to be transmittable from person to person, even by > people not showing any symptoms yet (this is different from the SARS > 2002 virus). > > Based on today's reports from Hong Kong university, the virus might have > an incubation period around 10 days. Currently 44000 people are > estimated to be infected (not yet sick), and that number might double > every 6 days. > > The city of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) was put under lockdown on > Jan 23. However, it is estimated that 5 million people were able to > leave the city prior to the lockdown. > > I think this means, it's currently unknown how successful the quarantine > effort is. > > Another developer conference by a large Telco, that was originally > planned to take place mid February in Shenzen (more than 1000 km away > from Wuhan), was already canceled. > > How likely is it that the virus might already be spreading > internationally, with the majority of cases still being unnoticed, > because of the long incubation period? > > How likely is it that the virus reaches the Fosdem venue and that many > attendees will catch it, thereby putting themselves at risk, > and further contributing to a quick international distribution? > > Kind Regards, > a regular Fosdem visitor. > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. >

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FOSDEM 2020 Call for Volunteers
by Emanuil Tolev 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hello everyone, FOSDEM's 20th edition is happening in about 3 weeks. We look forward to seeing you all in Brussels! Come help us out, it'll be fun! Plus of course, it would be literally impossible to make this community event happen without all the wonderful people who volunteer. See https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-12-31-call-for-volunteers/ for details. Kind regards, The FOSDEM Volunteers Team

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NAM-IP computer museum in Belgium
by Christophe Ponsard 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

dear FOSDEM visitors if you plan to come to FOSDEM (very soon now) and are still looking for interesting & computer related things to do, you can consider visiting NAM-IP, a recent computer museum near Namur (about 50km South of Brussels) NAM stands for "Numerical Artifact Museum" but is close to name of the hosting city featuring a rare Hollerith tabulator (1890), Bull mecanography, mainframes from the 60's (temporary exposition) and computer evolution until now warning for us, software guys: no historical software running in the current exhibitions (some mecanography demo possible though) there are also some artefacts related to Multics website: http://www.nam-ip.be/ opening hours & how to reach: http://www.nam-ip.be/NAM-IP-InfPrat.html website is only French and Dutch but English booklets are available with QR code scanning guided tours may also be organised (contact animation(a)nam-ip.be or me to see if possible) I also plan to attend FOSDEM (the history track among others ;--) Happy FOSDEM for those attending (physically or remotely) ! Christophe -- *Christophe PONSARD* NAM-IP Volunteer *NAM-IP* email: info(a)nam-ip.be http://www.nam-ip.be/ Rue Henri Blès 192A B5000 Namur (Salzinnes) - Belgium

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Fosdem schedule
by Peter Mathijssen 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hi, We made a Fosdem schedule app to show case what you can do with App Inventor. It can be found here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_pmathijssen.fo… Regards, Peter Mathijssen

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Mobile apps for Sailfish OS
by Neter 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Hi folks, I just saw that there is a list with mobile apps for the schedule on fosdem.org and I know two apps for Sailfish OS that were updated for 2020. Maybe most of the Sailfish users already saw them, but it will be cool to have them on the list. I have installed them, they look good, but I have no experience as a visitor on FOSDEM (I'm one of the bulgarian guys in the video team), so can't tell if they are good enough. 1. FOSDEM QML, a fork of Ubuntu Phone's version for Sailfish. Just the schedule in a pretty list with favorites option and a map of the buildings. Available in Sailfish Store (there's no web version of the store, so no URL, but all Sailfish phones have it). Source code of the app: https://gitlab.com/fabrixxm/harbour-fosdem-qml 2. SailMe, a travel guide for a few cities, one of them is Brussels and there is FOSDEM guide and schedule in it. I can't find its source code. There is SailMe in Sailfish Store, but it is currently outdated. The recent version is in Storeman (unofficial store, gets apps from openrepos.net, maybe all Sailfish users have it) or can be downloaded directly from openrepos.net. Links to SailMe and Storeman at openrepos.net: https://openrepos.net/content/netvandal/sailme https://openrepos.net/content/osetr/storeman That's it. See ya next week :)

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offered: hitch/ride from south of .nl to brussels, thu jan 30, morning
by Joost van Baal-Ilić 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Hi, I'm driving a car on thursdaymorning jan 30 from tilburg, .nl to brussels. I'm willing to make a detour and go via e.g. Eindhoven. I can take 1 or 2 hitchhikers with me. On Thu 30 and Fri 31 Brussels is almost as good as on FOSDEM-sat and sun: there is an awesome offer of independent events this year, listed at https://fosdem.org/2020/fringe/ . (My personal highlights are https://ps.zoethical.org/t/why-offdem/2867 and https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2020/MiniDebCamp .) Interested? Please reply by email. Bye, Joost -- Syndicalism objects to a large union treasury [...] If the labor movement in this country were not backed by such large funds, it would not be as conservative as it is, nor would the leaders be so readily corrupted. [...] Large treasuries [...] create class distinctions and jealousies within the ranks of labor, so detrimental to the spirit of solidarity. The worker whose organization has a large purse considers himself superior to his poorer brother [...] -- Emma Goldman, Syndicalism: the modern menace to capitalism, 1913

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Little late, since it's almost the date, but... I am looking for accomodation preferably with a FOSDEMer
by Robert Cezary Kujawa 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Hello everybody, I will attend my first FOSDEM this year and one thing I would like to ask you about: Does anybody have some floor to spare for 3-4 nights? Or is there somebody also looking for accomodation so we can join and rent some space together? I'd love to spend this time with people with the same state of mind. If you know about something/somebody please let me know :) Here's my CS profile, just so you know I'm not such a stranger - https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/kujaw Serdecznie pozdrawiam, Robert Cezary Kujawa Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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FOSDEM 2020 - Schedule complete!
by FOSDEM 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

Dear FOSDEM visitors, We look forward to welcoming all of you at the 20th FOSDEM edition. We have now completed our schedule <https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/> which has over 400 hours of content and is once again a new record! To ensure everyone feels safe and welcome at our conference, as always, we have our Code of Conduct in place, which you can find at <https://fosdem.org/practical/conduct/> Should you have any questions during the event, feel free to walk up to the nearest infodesk or ask any member of staff (yellow T-shirts) or our volunteers (orange T-shirts). Wishing you safe travels to Brussels and don't forget to have a drink and socialise at our beer event on Friday! The FOSDEM Team

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matching bounty offer
by Randy Smith 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

I'm with George Orwell, I'm willing to offer a matching bounty to the person releases a pig in the community devroom Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

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