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Ohio Linuxfest Corporation

Ohio LinuxFest promotes Free and Open Source software through community engagement, educational events, and collaboration. Their annual conference fosters knowledge sharing and networking among enthusiasts and professionals in the Linux and open source communities.

The first OLF Conference in 2003 (then called Ohio LinuxFest) was held on the Ohio State University campus. In subsequent years, we moved to hotels in downtown Columbus. We are excited to announce that for 2026, we are coming back to where it all started! Thanks to the collaboration of the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://activities.osu.edu/involvement/student_organizations/find_a_student_org?i=1042" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Open Source Club</a> and <a fr-original-style="" href="https://osucyber.club/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">OSU Cyber</a> we have been able to reserve space at OSU&rsquo;s Dreese Laboratories. This is located <a fr-original-style="" href="https://maps.osu.edu/#widget_135=active_datasource_id:dataSource_22,center:-9241276.46225%2C4866260.369350008%2C102100,scale:2256.9943525&zoom_to_selection=true" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">on campus near the football stadium</a>.&nbsp; For OSU students, we will begin the festivities with you in the lobby of Dreese Labs with Linux demos during the school day, 9am to 5pm. A schedule of talks to begin for the preview evening, Friday 5pm to 8pm with a pizza party immediately to follow. Saturday we will resume the program at 9am and close about 7pm with an afterparty immediately to follow. Save the dates of Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 on your calendar. You can expect to see presentations, workshops, and exhibitors, all organized around OLF&rsquo;s mission of Free and Open Source software. Keep an eye on <a fr-original-style="" href="https://olfconference.org/news/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">our news page</a> for more announcements as details are worked out.We look forward to seeing you there!

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