The European Laboratory for Particle Physics, usually just called CERN, is not only the birthplace of the World Wide Web, it is home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. As such, its computing environment is both truly unique and of great interest to people outside of CERN who hope to find lessons applicable to their own computing needs. The upcoming migration of some of CERN's systems from CentOS Linux to Debian, which was the topic of a talk at the recent MiniDebConf Winterthur 2026, is of particular interest.

Hi all Pythonistas! 👋 EuroPython 2026 took over the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków from 13 - 19 July and it wouldn’t have been possible without all of our attendees, speakers, volunteers, and sponsors. You allowed us to showcase the Python community at its best once again, and the conference truly

On September 17, 1966, the first German science fiction series premiered. “Raumpatrouille Orion” only has seven episodes, and is in black and white.

Our litigation against Apple in front of the European Court of Justice, pushing for sustainable long term funding for Free Software in the EU and member states, "Public Money? Public Code!", Device Neutrality, Router Freedom, Free Your Android, assistance with licensing questions, a European coding competition for teenagers, and a tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream. These are some of the activities by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which this year celebrates its 25 anniversary in empowering users to control technology. How would the world like in our area in 2048, if the FSFE has been successful? This talk will give an overview of the FSFE's vision and invite participants to give feedback on the next decades of our journey.

This weekend — at FOSSY 2026, Software Freedom Conservancy honored Mark J. Wielaard — decades-long GNU contributor, Valgrind and Elfutils maintainer, and Sourceware volunteer with the second annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom. The award included a laser-etched lucite trophy and a cash award of one billion binary USD (US$1,024 for those who prefer decimal).

One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability—that is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service. Interoperability allows users, and not the manufacturers of their devices or largest player in a market, to decide what application best serves them....

This year, the FSFE turns 25 and we will celebrate it. On 18 and 19 July we will spend the weekend in Kraków filled with talks, networking, and plenty of f...