FOSDEM 2025: Streaming Schedule

[BiggusDijkus]

Its the 25th anniversary of this volunteer organized event. Potentially Europe's largest open source festival. I feel so darn privileged to attend it in person on the ULB campus.

For those who are curious about what powers streaming from FOSDEM, here are some docs on those [FOSDEM boxes](https://github.com/FOSDEM/video-hardware)

[stavros]

It might be too big. I'm there right now, and the queues are so long that it's put me off from watching a lot of the talks.

[belter]

"The FOSDEM 2025 live streaming box" - https://youtu.be/UcOWAD8b12g

[ghaff]

Kubecon is probably bigger these days but it's much more corporate and expensive.

[nickstinemates]

FOSDEM these days is best experienced online. The streaming is great.

[boomboomsubban]

Looking at the news,

>Treasure hunters, we have an update! Unfortunately, some of our signs have been removed or stolen, but don’t worry—the hunt is still on!

Amuses me. I like to imagine it's black hat treasure hunters trying to hamstring the competition, but I know it's probably the cleaning staff.

[nialv7]

Ooh, that's what those posters are. I saw them and was perplexed. Didn't know there's a treasure hunt.

[Tomte]

Do the Java talks in the video recordings have audio?

The mic in the room isn‘t working (and I find the room too warm), so I have given up. But maybe they are recording a separate audio track using a smartphone or so for later post-processing, so the videos will be good?

[BiggusDijkus]

Room sound issues in the Java Devroom has just been fixed! Thanks to the folks that worked so hard on it since the morning

[ghaff]

Aspects of FOSDEM are really great but there are way too many people and trying to move from room to room is pretty much impossible for the most part. Last couple I went to, I pretty much camped out at a Devroom that interested me and that was much better. Also CfgMgmtCamp in Ghent which is right after FOSDEM holds less interest for me than it used to as that space has changed a lot.

I feel somewhat badly being negative but probably not my thing any longer. I'm very selective about the events I attend and there are probably other ones I prioritize.

[elric]

The combination of very squeaky stairs, a lack of microphone, and hallway noise made it really hard to follow any of the talks. Will have to rewatch some of them later.

[BiggusDijkus]

Yes video stream and recording has proper audio. Always be ready for layering up and down when visiting FOSDEM. Probably not helpful this time but for the next.

[eclipseo76]

It was my first FOSDEM, and I managed to see everything I wanted on my schedule. I met a man from Poland in the tramway the first day and apparently, it's not supposed to be possible (but he was right about there are always two talks you want to see at the same time). I just wish Lennart had enough time to talk about everything he planned, I need to learn more about mkosi.

Anyway, my only regret was not able to stay longer to meet other contributors due to my trains constraints. I didn't plan anything, I need to do better.