Linuxwochen Wien 2008
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Venerdì, 23 Maggio 2008
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The Linuxwochen (translated "Linux-Weeks") are Austria's biggest GNU/Linux-related conference/exhibition. This year, they take place in six austrian cities, naturally including Vienna. So last week, from Thursday to Saturday our Vienna Fellowship Group was present at the Linuxwochen Wien 2008.
We had a booth with the typical Fellowship/FSFE merchandise and most of the flyers available from http://www.fsfeurope.org/documents/leaflets/. We also adapted the flyer from the Berlin Fellowship Group to our needs. The result can be found here (German).
This time, we had a really hard job, because this year the Linuxwochen Wien were aimed at beginners and people who want to switch to GNU/Linux. Convincing a GNU/Linux-nerd that it is good when he can use/study/share/improve the source is much easier than explaining the advantages or importance of Free Software to somebody who has just started exploring "the computer". However, I think we did a pretty good job, because we had many interesting and profitable discussions. We even had a few people that stayed for hours at our booth!
You can see some photos of our booth here, however, I soon got tired of making photos, so one only gets a glimpse of the event...
Last but not least we organised a talk, which was held by two Fellows and was specially aimed at beginners
and people new to the idea of Free Software. Though we had the most difficult slot, namely the last one, where people tend to be tired and unreceptive, the feedback was really great, so the talk was definitely a success! You can download the slides (German) here.
Though those three days were really exhausting and stressful, we all enjoyed our time at the Linuxwochen and we are definitely looking forward to the next event!
