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This was my first FOSDEM, in Brussels, and it was a goodie. The Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) was also free as in beer (OK, it was €3 for a beer token), easy to get to and neither outrageously expensive nor twee. Somewhere north of 6,000 attendees, 200+ hours of talks, and other " …

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  1. petur
    Boffin

    Carbon footprint talks

    You clearly missed the Flukso community metering talk in the embedded room (Lameere)

    And next time, El Reg should announce its presence *before* it starts ;)

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  2. Marco van de Voort
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    Orval on campus

    The Orval on Campus was Eur 2 :-)

    Anyway, did you also see the LLVM talk of the BSDs ? (end of saturday, BSD room? Can't remember the exact title). Nice practical information on porting , though the keynote was way more informative.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Pint

    Ah Belgium!

    The Belgians make more different types of beer than any other nation on earth. Yum!

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  4. Nick Kew
    Pint

    No beer

    The beer event is, alas, a no-go area if you can't cope with excessive smoke. That includes outdoor areas.

    But yes, in other ways it's what a geek meet should be. Lots of good contents, connectivity, a keysigning, and a very bare-bones setup with no flab (not even coffee or lunch - you're on your own).

    It can't really be 5km from town ... it was only a half-hour brisk walk when I timed myself on the Saturday ... If it really was that far I'd be looking into Brussels's boris-style bikes.

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    1. petur
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      Pint

      @Nick Kew

      We don't bother to go to the Delirium cafe anymore because (1) it is crowded, (2) full of smoke and (3) expensive.

      There are affordable smoke-free pubs nearby ;)

      But yes, a pitty the Belgian politicians are a spineless bunch of idiots, I'd love to have smoking banned from every public place, not just restaurants.

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  5. maclovinz
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    Simon says...

    Junket time!!!!

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  6. petur
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    downvoting

    Looks like some FOSS hater is downvoting... congrats!

    BTW, While the LLVM talk did sound nice, trying it later on was not. Looks like they aren't able to cross-compile yet, which is pretty essential if you're into embedded :(

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