FYI: If anyone is interested in doing a talk or demo about FreeDOS at FOSDEM (Retrocomputing Devroom) the deadline to submit your proposal is a few days away (Dec 1).
FOSDEM is Feb 1-2 in Brussels, and the Retrocomputing Devroom is Feb 2 in the afternoon. Here's a copy/paste of the announcement: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003591.html > * Retrocomputing Devroom - WHAT > > FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, > share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer-oriented, > the event brings together some 8500+ participants from all over the world. > > The twenty-fourth edition will take place Saturday 01st and Sunday 02nd > February 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. > > The Retrocomputing DevRoom will welcome your talks about usage of older > computing hardware and software in modern times. > > * Presentation topics may include, but are not limited to: > - Emulation of old systems (i.e. to run videogames, legacy software, > etc.); > - New software, hardware or related to be used with classic systems; > - Open source software emulation/simulation; > - Open hardware; > - Operating systems for retrocomputers & retrosystems; > - Uses of retrocomputing today; > - Other retrocomputing topics; > > FOSDEM is an open source conference, therefore commercial and/or marketing > presentations are not allowed. > > > * Timeline - WHEN > > - Deadline submission of your talk proposal: December 01st 2024; > - Accepted talks to be notified by December 15th, 2024; > - FOSDEM dates 01st & 02nd February 2025; > - Retrocomputing devroom: February 02nd, 2025 (afternoon). > > > * Submission of proposal - practicalities - HOW > > We are accepting talks of 20-30 minutes, with time for Q&A's afterwards. > Should you need less or more time, please let us know in your submission. > The conference language is English. > Talks will be delivered live, no pre-recorded talks!! > All submissions have to be made in the pretalx event planning tool: > https://fosdem.org/submit > > While creating your proposal, please provide the title of your talk, > a short abstract (one or two paragraphs), and some information about > yourself (name, bio, and photo). > > If you used Pentabarf for a previous FOSDEM edition, we are sorry to > inform you the data wasn't migrated. > > Make sure you select "Retrocomoputing" Devroom!! > > > * Recording Permission - CONSENT > > All FOSDEM talks will be recorded; this requires speakers to consent to > being recorded and streamed. > > Therefore, should you wish to be a speaker, please note you implicitly > give consent for your talk to be recorded and streamed. The recordings > will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). > > > * Volunteering - SUPPORT > > A couple of volunteers would be welcome to support during the afternoon > session, ie.: pass the mic. around the room; control room attendance > capacity; technical setup; etc. > > Please reach out if you want to contribute in that sense. > > > * Contact > > retrocomputing-devroom-manager at fosdem.org > > > * See you at FOSDEM! > > FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and > collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source > software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. > > https://fosdem.org/2024/ > > By participating to the FOSDEM, you are required to adhere to the Code > of Conduct: https://fosdem.org/2025/practical/conduct/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
