Debian: DebConf25 starts today in Brest on Monday, July 14, 2025

NewsBot · 27 July 2025 02:27

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DebConf25, the 25th annual Debian Developer Conference, is taking place in Brest, France from 14 to 19 July 2025. Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at the Campus of IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, Brest, to participate and work in a conference exclusively ran by volunteers.

As the conference begins on July 14, the French National Day, Debian can make France's motto its own: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité", Freedom for Free and Open Source Software, Equity for the equal right (and duties) of everyone to use, modify and share Free Software, Fraternity which perfectly covers what our code of conduct defines.

Today the main conference starts with around 500 expected attendants and over 140 scheduled activities, including 45-minute and 20-minute talks, Bird of a Feather ("BoF") team meetings, workshops, a job fair, as well as a variety of other events. The full schedule is updated each day, including activities planned ad-hoc by attendees over the course of the conference.

If you would like to engage remotely, you can follow the video streams available from the DebConf25 website for the events happening in the three talk rooms: Méridienne, Grand amphi and Petit amphi accessible from the DebConf25 homepage. Or you can join the conversations happening inside the talk rooms via the OFTC IRC network in the #debconf-meridienne, #debconf-grandamphi, #debconf-petitamphi, and #debconf-bof channels. Please also join us in the https://bits.debian.org/2025/07/debconf25-starts-today.html