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## Contents

*   [1 Introduction](#Introduction)
    *   [1.1 LinuxTag](#LinuxTag)
    *   [1.2 FISL](#FISL)
    *   [1.3 FrOSCon](#FrOSCon)
    *   [1.4 FOSDEM](#FOSDEM)
    *   [1.5 Linux Bier Wanderung](#Linux_Bier_Wanderung)
    *   [1.6 Linux-Kongress](#Linux-Kongress)
    *   [1.7 SCaLE](#SCaLE)
*   [2 More Resources](#More_Resources)

# Introduction

This article is part of the [DeveloperWiki](/index.php/DeveloperWiki "DeveloperWiki").

## LinuxTag

| Quote | Europe's leading exhibition on Linux and Open Source |
| Site | [http://www.linuxtag.org/](http://www.linuxtag.org/) |
| Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxTag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxTag) |
| Where | Berlin, Germany (since 2007) |
| When | May, 28th-31th (in 2008) |
| Since | 1996 |
| Arch presence | 2005, 2006, 2007 |

## FISL

| Quote | Biggest Free Software Event on Latin America |
| Site | [http://www.fisl.org.br/](http://www.fisl.org.br/) |
| Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3rum_Internacional_Software_Livre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3rum_Internacional_Software_Livre) |
| Where | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| When | Jun, 24th-21th (in 2009) |
| Since | 1999 |
| Arch presence | 2008, 2009 |
| Pictures | 2009: [http://hugodoria.org/fotos/?Qwd=./fisl10&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M](http://hugodoria.org/fotos/?Qwd=./fisl10&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M) |

## FrOSCon

| Site | [http://www.froscon.org/](http://www.froscon.org/) |
| Where | Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| When | August, 22th-23th (2009); August, 23th-24th (2008); August, 25th-26th (in 2007); June, 24th-25th (2006) |
| Since | 2006 |
| Arch presence | 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Pictures | 2009: [http://ise.net23.net/Froscon_2009/](http://ise.net23.net/Froscon_2009/), [http://dieter.plaetinck.be/files/froscon2009/](http://dieter.plaetinck.be/files/froscon2009/) |

## FOSDEM

| Quote | FOSDEM meetings are recognized as "The best Free Software and Open Source events in Europe" |
| Site | [http://www.fosdem.org/](http://www.fosdem.org/) |
| Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSDEM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSDEM) |
| Where | Brussels, Belgium |
| When | late February |
| Since | 2001 |
| Arch presence | 2010 (finally) |

## Linux Bier Wanderung

| Site | [http://www.linuxbierwanderung.org/](http://www.linuxbierwanderung.org/)
[http://lbw2008.palfreman.com/](http://lbw2008.palfreman.com/)
[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/mediawiki/index.php/Mini_LBW_2008](http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/mediawiki/index.php/Mini_LBW_2008) |
| Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Bier_Wanderung](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Bier_Wanderung) |
| Where | different European country each summer,
in 2008 - Samnaun-Compatsch, Switzerland,
Durham, UK (mini-LBW) |
| When | August, 9th-17th (2008)
September, 26th-28th (2008, mini-LBW) |
| Since | 1999 |
| Arch presence | not yet :( |

## Linux-Kongress

| Quote | Linux-Kongress is by far one of the most traditional Linux conferences with a focus on development and cutting edge topics |
| Site | [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) |
| Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Kongress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Kongress) |
| Where | Hamburg, Germany |
| When | October, 7th-10th (2008) |
| Since | 1997 |
| Arch presence | not yet :( |

## SCaLE

| Site | [http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/) |
| Where | Los Angeles, USA |
| When | February 8th-10th (2008) |
| Since |  ? |
| Arch presence | not yet :( |

# More Resources

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_conference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_conference)