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thanks to the FOSDEM team
by Daniel Pocock 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Thanks for putting on another great FOSDEM, there is nothing else like it

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Code contributions during FOSDEM weekend
by Mauro Pompilio 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

On Sunday someone asked during the FOSDEM Lightning Talk QA if there was an increase in contributions during the FOSDEM weekend so I wrote this small script that queries the GitHub Archive and shows the number of PRs opened during each weekend in 2016. Apparently, there **was** an increase in contributions to open source during FOSDEM, well done! :D DATE COUNT 20160109 12260 ######################################## 20160110 12457 ######################################### 20160116 13156 ########################################### 20160117 13015 ########################################### 20160123 13882 ############################################## 20160124 13909 ############################################## 20160130 15579 ################################################### 20160131 14912 ################################################# Happy Hacking. Code: https://github.com/malditogeek/opened_prs Mauro.

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Keysigning: list of participants now available
by Johan van Selst 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

The list of participants for this weekend's keysigning event is now available. If you're taking part in the keysigning event, you should now: o Download the list: https://ksp.fosdem.org/files/ksp-fosdem2016.txt o Optionally, if there is a trust path between your PGP key and mine, verify the integrity of the file using the detached signature: https://ksp.fosdem.org/files/ksp-fosdem2016.txt.sig e.g. using: % gpg --verify ksp-fosdem2016.txt.sig ksp-fosdem2016.txt o Verify that your fingerprint as shown on the list is correct. o Print this list of keys with fingerprints on paper. o Calculate the checksums of the file holding the list of keys. e.g. using: % gpg --print-md RIPEMD160 ksp-fosdem2016.txt % gpg --print-md SHA256 ksp-fosdem2016.txt o Write the checksums you calculated in the designated blanks. o Don't lose the list, and bring it with you on Sunday, along with a pen and appropriate means of identification. See you Sunday! Johan

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IR Codes Proximus Decoder
by Michel Kapel 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

Does someone know if the IR codes of the Proximus decoder can be found somewhere. So I'm looking for the codes used by the IR remote control to control the proximus decoder v5 Michel K.

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N900 app 2016
by Jarek 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Hi, Nokia N900 app works for FOSDEM 2016. The only thing to update on https://fosdem.org/2016/schedule/mobile/ page is the direct deb package link: https://github.com/loomchild/sojourner/releases/download/v0.3.4/sojourner_0… Thanks, Jarek Lipski

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Problems with Penta
by Mario Torre 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

I'm not able to access Penta anymore, I tried to reset the password but it keeps giving me errors and the website seems very very slow. Is this a known problem or perhaps can somebody help me resetting my credentials? I need to cancel a presentation and add a replacement, so it's quite urgent that I get access back to it... Thanks, Mario -- pgp key: http://subkeys.pgp.net/ PGP Key ID: 80F240CF Fingerprint: BA39 9666 94EC 8B73 27FA FC7C 4086 63E3 80F2 40CF Java Champion - Blog: http://neugens.wordpress.com - Twitter: @neugens Proud GNU Classpath developer: http://www.classpath.org/ OpenJDK: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/caciocavallo/ Please, support open standards: http://endsoftpatents.org/

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Advice for SIM cards at airport?
by Michael Downey 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Greetings all, Does anyone on this list have recommendations for purchasing SIM cards at the airport and any recommended providers or plans/promotions? I don't particularly need lots of local calling, but lots of data (especially 4G/LTE) would be nice. Thanks in advance, Michael

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Got a couch in Brussels?
by Mikael Korpela 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hey all, I bet many of you are experiencing "a couch overflow"; so many people coming to the city! Please add yourself to this list if you could host fellow hackers: https://hackercouch.com/ It’s a Github pull request -based system. :-) Spread the word among geeks in Brussels, please. See you! Mikael -- www.mikaelkorpela.fi

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mobile apps for fosdem
by Jozef Mlich 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi, short story: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.mlich.fosdem https://openrepos.net/content/xmlich02/fosdem long story: http://blog.mlich.cz/2016/01/mobile-schedule-for-fosdem/ -- Ing. Jozef Mlích Ph.D. student Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia Faculty of Information Technology Brno University of Technology Božetěchova 2, 612 66 Brno Czech Republic http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~imlich

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more problems with visa letters
by Daniel Pocock 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

On the FOSDEM FAQ[1], it says "If you are attending FOSDEM as part of your involvement with a project represented at our conference, we recommend you get in touch with someone you know locally who is involved in the project and ask them to invite you." One of the projects I'm involved with did that, providing an invitation letter for a developer from India and another developer from China and also arranging their travel and accommodation costs. The developer in India just got a call from the Belgian embassy asking for a second letter from FOSDEM organizers. He has previously had a Schengen visa (from an event in Germany last year) and his travel agent had told him that renewing the visa was just a formality so he already has flight and hotel bookings and he is quite keen to get this sorted out quickly. Can anybody from FOSDEM assist with these requests from the Belgian officials? Given that FOSDEM is a free event and that people don't normally register to attend, would the FOSDEM team consider providing a self-service web-form for guests like this who do need to "register" and obtain their invitation letters on demand? Note that another organization is making the financial sponsorship arrangements, this is not a request for FOSDEM to provide money or guarantees. Regards, Daniel 1. https://fosdem.org/2016/faq/

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