[NeutralForest]

It was fun but indeed, I spent a lot of time waiting in line for talks and in some rooms I couldn't even enter at all.

[jzwinck]

For talks which will obviously be popular, go to the talk before it even if it's not as interesting. It's not common to have two super-popular talks in a row in the same room.

[NeutralForest]

Yeah ofc but I also like to walk around, I might just camp in a room next year.

[weinzierl]

That is how it's supposed to be. You can watch the talks at home at any time but the opportunity to meet random yet like-minded people from all over Europe is unique.

[greatgib]

On my side, I had the feeling that there was less room/talk full to the point you can't enter compared to previous years.

Except in the H building.

[gunalx]

Agree, felt a little less packed than before. H building was brutal though.

[AlexeyBrin]

Not the same experience of course, but I think you can watch the presentations you've missed https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/streaming/

[NeutralForest]

Indeed! It's the 3-4x times I'm going to FOSDEM so I'm mainly looking to connect with people doing cool stuff tbh, otherwise I can just watch stuff online for sure.