Software Freedom Day 2025

workshops & talks
, 11:00 to 20:00
@ HSBXL

Price: Free

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Principle

During Software Freedom Day, we’ll be celebrating the merits of Free software (free as in Freedom, we ask you to pay for your food and drinks).

Live stream

There will be a live stream on peerTube for those who can’t make it. Try to come over though. There’s more interaction, and loads of cool people to meet.

FOOD

at the end of the day we will have a a dinner together, if weather permits it will be a BBQ, if the weather is difficult we will think of something else there will of course be a vegitarian and vegan option please check this space later for more info and a registration form

Program

Content

Come back for more details on the events during this event!

Free software in robotics: build your own autonomous systems (Arne Baeyens)

  • Prior knowledge: None needed
  • Format: Presentation
  • Language: English

Robotics software progressed by leaps and bounds over the past years and now is an excellent time to build your own intelligent physical systems, from autonomous lawnmowers to aerial vehicles. In this talk, Arne introduces relevant robotics concepts and discusses several robotics free software projects, covering topics such as intra- and inter-robot communication, control and behavior, simulation as well as development tooling. By the end of this talk, you will have a good idea what software to use in your robotics projects.

Permanent activities

🎨 Artists challenge

For participants of Software Freedom Day, Huion is challenging you to create a digital artwork using FOSS software (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, FreeCAD, MyPaint, Tux Paint, …) expressing the joys or importance of Software Freedom. More details and submissions on the Digital Freedoms website!

Notice: age is taken in account. Contributions of all ages are welcomed!

🍟 Food and drinks

  • Over noon, we’ll order out for some local cuisine
  • In the evening there will be a dinner at tha space prepared by some of the HSBXL members
  • There is a wide range of drinks available during the whole of the day

💡 Demonstration of small projects in the electronics lab

Visit the hackerspace electronics lab to see some cool projects in the works

🕹 Play a FOSS arcade game

Play Tux Racer, SuperTux or one of the other cool FOSS games on our arcade box.

Software Freedom Day Official Websites

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Contact us

For any questions you can reach out to us over Matrix at #hsbxl:matrix.org.