#opensourcesummit — Public Fediverse posts

We launched the Sovereign Tech Challenge (“Contribute Back”) in my first month, took the #SovereignTechFellowship from concept to pilot, to now 14 new fellows, and just last month brought the #SovereignTechStandards into the world.

Last year I came up with and developed a talk called “Open Source is a Sewer,” previewing it at #FOSSBackstage before giving it at #MonkiGras (thanks @redmonk!) and @lfeurope's #OpenSourceSummit Europe. The premise: open digital infrastructure deserves the same treatment as physical infrastructure, like water and sewage systems, something governments are expected to build and maintain quietly in the background. It's not just a provocative title!

Somewhere along the way, this stopped feeling only like a job and also like being part of a community. A global group of people who care, often invisibly, about the infrastructure holding up the digital world. We see each other at events like #FOSDEM, and I'm looking forward to #UNOpenSourceWeek in a few days. 2/3

I submitted a conference proposal to the #OpenSourceSummit to talk about fine tuned SLM for a specific task, full open source models (hey @LINAGORA and #LLMFrance), and @silex for your web design vibe coding

https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/

What do you think of the title?

> Local SLMs + No-Code to build websites: where we are, and how to contribute

#foss #openSource #nocode #vibeCoding #llm #slm

Analyst B. Cameron Gain shares a summary of Linus' recent keynote at the Open Source Summit North America. Linus compares recent advances in llm technology to the invention of compilers, in the sense that it's a tool that can increase productivity ten-fold with the right expert guidance.

"Why Linux creator Linus Torvalds gets angry hearing '99% of code is AI'"

https://thenewstack.io/torvalds-ai-programming-productivity/

#programming #linus #llms #ai #linux #opensourcesummit

Day 2 of Open Source Summit and I'm running on no sleep but good conversations!

One of my favorite things about events like this is the hallway track. The talks are great but the people you meet between sessions are something else entirely. If you're here today come find me. I'd love to connect in person.

#OpenSourceSummit #OpenSource #Linux #Community

On my way to #OpenSourceSummit #NorthAmerica in #Minneapolis 🇺🇸 (via New Jersey). Looking forward to attending this conference and see how it aligns with the hot topics in the #TYPO3 world. @typo3

📆 20 May 2026 2:10pm - 2:50pm CDT
"What's the Deal With Human Rights and Technical Standards?" by @torgo at the Open Source Summit North America in Minneapolis, MN, USA 🇺🇸

This talk will seek explore the relationship between technical standards and human rights, and focus on what we're doing in W3C to further the goal of supporting human rights.
https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2026/whats-the-deal-with-human-rights-and-technical-standards/
#WebStandards #HumanRights #OpenSourceSummit

150+ recordings from Open Source Summit + AI_dev + Automotive #Linux Summit Japan 2025 are available now:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pRN6kobVnmu0rY2RLLczAj

Including the newest "Conversation between Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel" (aka the "Dirk & Linus show"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEzdHYjY_RU&list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pRN6kobVnmu0rY2RLLczAj&index=91

#OpenSourceSummit

How and why #Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland
#OpenSourceSummit EU, LWN editor and long-time kernel developer #JonathanCorbet shared a perspective on how and why Linux has thrived for a third of a century.
There aren't that many developers who've been involved that long and of those, few are good communicators who are both able to talk about and actually wanting to do so. It's quite well known that #LinusTorvalds himself doesn't enjoy public speaking.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/three_decades_in_of_linux/

For anyone who wants to take a look at the slides from my talk from #opensourcesummit #OSSSummitEU you can find them uploaded to my space in the schedule and also here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lHxdfmGSxfCgAxkoWMbQJ4XoPjF3YqTZuDRBM-_rEMo/edit?usp=sharing

🇳🇱 @NGICommons joined the #OpenSourceSummit Europe 2025 in Amsterdam yesterday!

🤝 We hosted a panel: “Digital Commons: Technological Building Blocks for European Digital Sovereignty.”

🚀 We talked about initiatives like the #OpenInternetStack
How #DigitalCommons projects foster open design, community governance, and true interoperability?

🔍 Learn more: https://commons.ngi.eu/

📢 Follow us for updates and new projects!

🙏 Thanks to @AdriennLawson, @NicholasGates and @DanielIzquierdoCortázar

Well, #OpenSourceSummit #OSSEU was good fun.

Had the chance to properly chat to @hazelweakly after many times just existing around each other at events. Plus I met some colleagues in person finally.

As usual I have a long list of things to research from the talks and hallway track, but more importantly for positive brain feels I now have more karaoke songs in my repertoire!

I finished my #OpenSourceSummit schedule … 3 days of inspirational talks and discussions nearing an end

#OSSummit

The last panel discussion I'm attending at the #OpenSourceSummit:

"Digital Commons: Technological Building Blocks for European Digital Sovereignty"

by Nick Gates (OpenForum Europe); Adrienn Lawson (The Linux Foundation); Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar, (Bitergia) #OSSummit #osseu

Now the topic will be „formulating continuous compliance for open source“

#OSSummit #OpenSourceSummit

After lunch and a good discussion with some other attendees I’m now in the talk from gitlab on „keeping your software supply chain healthy“

#OpenSourceSummit #OSSummit

Uiteraard is BZK's OSPO bij de Europese #OpenSourceSummit in Amsterdam deze week!

Collega's uit de publieke sector nemen deel aan een interessante panel discussie over "Open Source in the Dutch (semi) Public Sector."

Van links naar rechts: Jonas van den Bogaard (Alliander); Ivonne Jansen (Province of South Holland); Leon Roeleveld (UWV); Marlena van Ooijen (Logius); Koos Steenbergen (CIO Rijk)

https://osseu2025.sched.com/event/c597536d7d893dafdf2d3a85e88edf21

Excited to see my colleagues on stage at the "Open Source in the Dutch (semi) Public Sector" talk! 🔥🔥 #OpenSourceSummit #OSsummit #OSSeu

From left to right: Jonas van den Bogaard (Alliander); Ivonne Jansen (Province of South Holland); Leon Roeleveld (UWV); Marlena van Ooijen (Logius); Koos Steenbergen (CIO Rijk)

https://osseu2025.sched.com/event/c597536d7d893dafdf2d3a85e88edf21

I'm going next to a Panel Discussion: Europe’s Open Source Motivations and Mandate: Findings From the 2025 World of Open Source Survey

#OpenSourceSummit #OSSummit