Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

Distributions


09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Sunday Distributions DevRoom: Opening Remarks
The Varlink IPC System
Commoditizing the Build: How Containers Save Our Contributor Base
Packaging eBPF Programs in a Linux Distribution: Challenges & Solutions
From Code to Distribution: Building a Complete Testing Pipeline
Relying on more transparent & trustworthy sources for Arch Linux packages
Building ISOs from OCI containers
What Image-Based Systems Taught Us About Linux Distributions: Lessons From Kairos and Why We Built Hadron
The saga of official binary packages for Gentoo Linux
CentOS MythBusters
Distributing Rust in RPMs for fun (relatively speaking) and profit
The road ahead to post-quantum cryptography for Fedora
Error recovery at boot with MicroOS and systemd-bless-boot
ParticleOS, from Fedora to Feast: Stirring Traditional Distros into Immutable Delights
Forging Fedora Project’s Future With Forgejo
32 years of Debian: how a do-ocracy keeps evolving

Read the Call for Papers at https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003684.html.

Event Speakers Start End

Sunday

  Distributions DevRoom: Opening Remarks
Justin Wheeler, Shaun McCance, Mauro Gaspari, Lucas Kanashiro 09:00 09:05
  The Varlink IPC System
Lennart Poettering 09:05 09:55
  Commoditizing the Build: How Containers Save Our Contributor Base
Dan Čermák 10:00 10:25
  Packaging eBPF Programs in a Linux Distribution: Challenges & Solutions
Daniel Mellado, Mikel Olasagasti 10:30 10:55
  From Code to Distribution: Building a Complete Testing Pipeline
František Lachman, Cristian Le 11:00 11:25
  Relying on more transparent & trustworthy sources for Arch Linux packages
Robin Candau 11:30 11:55
  Building ISOs from OCI containers
Ondřej Budai 12:00 12:25
  What Image-Based Systems Taught Us About Linux Distributions: Lessons From Kairos and Why We Built Hadron
Mauro Morales, Dimitris Karakasilis 12:30 12:55
  The saga of official binary packages for Gentoo Linux
Andreas K. Hüttel, Sam James 13:00 13:25
  CentOS MythBusters
Carl George 13:30 13:55
  Distributing Rust in RPMs for fun (relatively speaking) and profit
Fabio Valentini 14:00 14:25
  The road ahead to post-quantum cryptography for Fedora
Clemens Lang 14:30 14:55
  Error recovery at boot with MicroOS and systemd-bless-boot
Danilo Spinella 15:00 15:25
  ParticleOS, from Fedora to Feast: Stirring Traditional Distros into Immutable Delights
Luca Boccassi 15:30 15:55
  Forging Fedora Project’s Future With Forgejo
Akashdeep Dhar, Tomáš Hrčka 16:00 16:30
  32 years of Debian: how a do-ocracy keeps evolving
Andreas Tille 16:30 16:55