List of free-software events

Some general-purpose free-software events have Linux in their name, often because they began as Linux-only events before broadening their focus.

• Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (FLISOL) – Latin American free software install fest held yearly in all Latin America the same day, on the last Sunday of April
• LibrePlanet – Organized yearly by the Free Software Foundation in or around Boston, Massachusetts since 2006{{Cite web|url=https://jaxenter.com/open-source-communities-152269.html|title=Feeling generous? Open source software community gives shelter to code|date=2018-11-23|website=JAXenter|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-07}}
• LinuxFest Northwest, held in Bellingham, Washington in the spring since 2000
• SouthEast LinuxFest, held yearly in June since 2009.[http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090612/ARTICLES/906121015/1083/ARTICLES?Title=LinuxFest-to-highlight-open-source-software LinuxFest to highlight open-source software] GoUpstate.com, June 12, 2009
• Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), held in Los Angeles yearly since 2002

• Chaos Communication Congress, held in Germany in the week between Christmas and New Year since 1984
• Chemnitz Linux Days, held in Chemnitz, Germany since 1999
• DevConf.cz, held yearly in Brno, Czech Republic since 2009
• Fosscomm, held yearly in a different Greek city since 2008
• FOSDEM, held in Brussels, Belgium every February since 2001
• FrOSCon, held in Sankt Augustin (near Bonn), Germany since 2006
• Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe, held in Belarus every summer since 2005
• SFSCON, held in Bolzano, Italy since 2004

• FOSSASIA, held yearly in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, India or China since 2009
• COSCUP, held yearly in Taiwan since 2006
• linux.conf.au, held in Australia or New Zealand in the (Southern Hemisphere) summer since 1999

• Open Source Summit, known before 2017 as "LinuxCon", held several times yearly on various continents since 2009
• Software Freedom Day, international observance since 2004
• [https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/ Open Forum Academy Symposium], academic conference covering questions related to the social, political and economic impact of Open Source

• Africa Source, held in 2004 and 2006
• Asia Source, held in 2005, 2007 and 2009
• August Penguin, held yearly in Israel from 2004–2018
• FOSS.IN, first known as "Linux Bangalore", from 2001–2012{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• Fórum Internacional Software Livre (FISL) – International Free Software Forum, held yearly in Porto Alegre, Brazil (with 7000+ visitors) from 2000–2018
• Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), held at Seneca College, Toronto each October from 2001–2018
• FSCONS, held every autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2007–2019
• Libre Software Meeting, French name "Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre", held every July in France or surrounding countries from 2000–2018
• Linux Bier Wanderung, informal event held in a different European country every summer from 1999–2019
• Ontario Linux Fest, held in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn from 2007–2009
• Open Source Day, conference held yearly in Warsaw, Poland from 2008–2019
• Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), held yearly in various countries from 2004–2015{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• {{ill|Solutions Linux|fr}}, a trade show and conference with 10,000 visitors held every year in Paris from 1999–2014[https://www.oezratty.net/wordpress/2010/impressions-du-salon-solutions-linux/ Impressions du Salon Solutions Linux 2010]
• O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held each summer in the US from 1999–2019.
• LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, briefly also known as "OpenSource World", from 1998–2009{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• Wizards of OS, held in Berlin every two years from 1999–2006
• LinuxTag, held in Germany every summer from 1996–2014

• DebConf – conference for the Debian operating system, held yearly since 2000
• Linux Kernel Developers Summit, annual conference since 2001

• PyCon – conference for the Python programming language, held several times yearly in various locations since 2003
• RubyConf – conference for the Ruby programming language, held once yearly in various locations since 2002
• Yet Another Perl Conference – conference for the Perl programming language, held several times yearly since 1999

• Akademy – conference for the KDE desktop environment, held yearly in Europe since 1997
• ApacheCon – conference for the Apache HTTP Server, held once or twice yearly since 2000
• DjangoCon – conference for the Django web framework, held twice yearly (once each in Europe or the U.S.) since 2008
• DrupalCon – conference for the Drupal content management framework, held twice yearly (once each in Europe or North America) since 2007
• GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) – conference for the GNOME desktop environment, held yearly in Europe since 2000
• GNUHealthCon – conference for the GNU Health hospital management and digital health ecosystem, held yearly since 2010
• WordCamp – event for the WordPress content management system, held often around the world since 2007
• X.Org Developers' Conference (XDC) and X Developers' Summit (XDS), annual events since 2005 organized by X.Org Foundation
• Libre Graphics Meeting, held yearly in May in Europe or Canada since 2006

• BeGeistert – conference for the Haiku operating system, held yearly in Europe from 2006–2016 (originally a BeOS conference, from 1998–2005)
• Desktop Developers' Conference, from 2004–2006{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• GCC Summit, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2003–2010{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• Gelato ICE, held yearly in the US or Italy by the Gelato Federation from 2001–2007{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
• Joomla World Conference – event for the Joomla content management system, held often around the world from 2011–2019
• Linux Kongress, held in Germany in the autumn from 1994–2010
• Linux Symposium, held in Canada in the summer from 1999–2014
• Ubuntu Developer Summit, held twice yearly (timed with respect to Ubuntu releases), alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004–2015

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• [https://lwn.net/Calendar/ LWN.net Community Calendar] – lists upcoming Linux and free/open source software conferences
• [http://www.linux-magazin.de/Events Linux Magazin events calendar] – continuously updated list of Linux and Open Source conferences
• [https://foss.events FOSS.events] – upcoming and past Free and Open Source Software events in Europe
• [https://calendify.com/@blinkenweb/foss-events FOSS Events in Europe]

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