Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe

Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe (LVEE) is an annual international conference of developers and users of free and open source software. It takes place in the end of June – beginning of July in Belarus, near the Hrodna city.[1][2]

Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe
GenreFree and open-source software development conference
Location(s)Hrodna
CountryBelarus
Inaugurated2005 (2005)
Websitelvee.org

The event is aimed at combining both professional communication and leisure activities for the free software professionals and enthusiasts.[3] LVEE organizers are Minsk Linux Users Group and open source community active members from Hrodna and Brest. Recommended languages are Belarusian, English and Russian.

History

The first LVEE conference took place in 2005.[4] It was inspired by a Russian LinuxFest event, after the large Minsk delegation had taken part in it in 2004. This visit resulted in a decision to organise a similar event in a slightly more official setting for free software enthusiasts and professionals from Belarus and neighbouring countries.[5] The format of LVEE includes presentations and lightning talks as well as workshops and round table discussions.

Currently LVEE is the only general-topic open source conference held in Belarus (according to interview with the conference organisers[6] and claims on its official website). Despite its historically formed naming, conference is not limited to GNU/Linux operating system, but also covers a wide range of platforms: from workstations and servers to embedded systems and mobile devices.[7] The presentation topics are normally focused on the design, development, and maintenance of free software, adoption and administration of FOSS-based solutions, making business based on open technologies, licensing, legal and policy issues.[8]

The conference has been sponsored by Belarusian and foreign IT companies involved with open source projects and communities: Altoros, Collabora, EPAM Systems, Promwad, SaM Solutions, etc.

Photos
In the conference hall (2006)
Workshop speech (2008)
Conference participants (2008)

References
  1. Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe 2009: registration started
  2. "Grodno to host Linux Vacation/Eastern Europe 2009 International Conference". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  3. Linux community second international meeting in Belarus
  4. First LVEE-2005 in Belarus
  5. LVEE: вождей у нас нет The Network Solutions, a printed magazine in Belarus, writes about how LVEE was launched (in Russian)
  6. LVEE press secretary's interview to the TUT.by Web portal Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  7. History of the conference
  8. Подведены итоги LVEE Winter 2012 TUT.by reports from LVEE Winter 2012 (in Russian)
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