March 18 & 19 was a weekend packed full of events and get-togethers,
where people gathered for the Free Software Foundation's (FSF)
fifteenth edition of its annual LibrePlanet conference. This
year's theme was "Charting the Course." The talks addressed questions
such as where we are now with regard to software freedom, where we are
going, and how to achieve common goals. Both days featured a wide
range of speakers. Read our blog posts reporting back from day
one and day two of the conference to learn more about the
highlights. In addition, you can now relive LibrePlanet: Charting the
Course and catch up on the talks you missed with video and audio
versions.
This year's videos
The LibrePlanet 2023 program page now has links to all recorded
videos, audio, and accompanying slides. You can watch them in the
LibrePlanet archives on MediaGoblin, as well as on the FSF's
PeerTube channel.
This year's LibrePlanet, the very first hybrid version of the
conference, consisted of three sessions running simultaneously in
different rooms. One of the rooms featured in-person speakers only,
another track had only remote speakers, and the third mixed both
formats. Every session was conducted, recorded, and livestreamed with
a free "as in freedom" software stack, down to the BIOS
level. The livestream setup was similar to the one used in the last
three years, except that the streaming desktop either received the
presenter stream from ffmpeg or tuned into a BigBlueButton
session with OBS.
Our advice is to take time to watch all the fantastic talks and
speakers that joined us for the conference. However, if you are
looking for advice where to start and want to experience the variety
of the talks and how nearly every topic you can think of relates to
free software, we recommend starting with the following picks:
Erin Rose Glass, our Saturday keynote, who shared with us how
to chart the course for free software in education;
Elizabeth Chamberlain, our Sunday keynote, who spoke on the
future of right to repair and free software;
Aaron Wolf, who illustrated, together with his son, ways in
which to engage children with free software using plain old
command-line tools;
Denis Carikli, whose talk demonstrated how to free the lowest
levels of computer's software/firmware and why doing so is
important for one's freedom;
The lightning talks, which brought together in-person and
remote speakers to talk about their passion projects.
These are just a few of the interesting and varied subjects discussed
at this year's LibrePlanet. Please have a look at the entire
collection of 2023 videos and photos for hours of viewing pleasure.
And if you really can't get enough, you can scroll down to the
archives, where you can revisit the videos, photos, and much more from
years 2022 and before.
Audio
If you prefer listening over viewing, then fire up your favorite free
podcasting app, and listen to LibrePlanet!
The audio from this year's informative and inspirational talks is now
available. We have uploaded the sessions to an RSS feed you can import
into your favorite podcasting app or RSS reader, enabling you to
listen using a free podcast app like AntennaPod via Android, or
gPodder, if you are on a desktop computer.
We're so grateful for the participation of all of our speakers and
attendees. It was a pleasure to learn, discuss, debate, and chart the
course to software freedom together with you.
More workshops and talks in the upcoming weeks
Do you want more? Then we have good news for you! The FSF is hosting a
series of live online talks and workshops related to LibrePlanet 2023:
Charting the Course over the coming weeks:
