Hello, Virtualization would be the best fit:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2015-October/002197.html But do not hesitate to try Desktops, too, as VirtualBox is often used to run desktop applications on other systems. From what you say, Distributions does not seem to be a good fit but maybe I am missing context. On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Michael Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Pau, > > Not quite relevant to the Desktops room, but I was thinking of giving a > fifteen minute talk on the VirtualBox Guest Additiosn and "why > upstreaming is not quite that simple" (basic answer: we want to keep > updating our drivers and tools after the distributions they will run on > have gone into maintenance mode). Any ideas where that would be best, > assuming I am not entirely too late? Distributions would be my first > guess, but again the drivers are more of a kernel thing. > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > Michael > > On 02.11.2015 20:50, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > > > FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation > > > > FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in > > the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). One > > of the tracks will be the Desktops DevRoom (formerly known as > > “CrossDesktop DevRoom”), which will host Desktop-related talks. > > > > We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source > > Software on the topics of Desktop development, Desktop applications and > > interoperability amongst Desktop Environments. This is a unique > > opportunity to show novel ideas and developments to a wide technical > > audience. > > > > Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: > > > > * Open Desktops: Gnome, KDE, Unity, Enlightenment, XFCE, Razor, MATE, > > Cinnamon, ReactOS, etc > > > > * Closed desktops: Windows, Mac OS X, CDE, MorphOS, etc (when talking > > about a FLOSS topic) > > > > * Software development for the desktop > > > > * Development tools > > > > * Applications that enhance desktops > > > > * General desktop matters > > > > * Cross-platform software development > > > > * Web > > > > > > Talks can be very specific, such as the advantages/disadvantages of > > development with Qt on Wayland over X11/Mir; or as general as > > predictions for the fusion of Desktop and web in 5 years time. Topics > > that are of interest to the users and developers of all desktop > > environments are especially welcome. The FOSDEM 2015 schedule[1] might > > give you some inspiration. > > > > > > Submissions > > > > Please include the following information when submitting a proposal: > > > > * Your name > > > > * The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be > > listed with around 400 from other projects) > > > > * Short abstract of one or two paragraphs > > > > * Short bio (with photo) > > > > * Requested time: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 > > minutes. Longer duration requests must be properly justified. You > > may be assigned LESS time than you request. > > > > > > How to submit > > > > All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool: > > > > https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 > > > > When submitting your talk, make sure to select the "Desktops" devroom as > > the "Track". Otherwise your talk will not be even considered for any > > devroom. > > > > If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous year, even if > > your talk was not accepted, please reuse it. Create an account if, and > > only if, you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues > > with Pentabarf, please contact pgquiles at elpauer dot org. > > > > > > Deadline > > > > The deadline for submissions is December 6th 2015. > > > > FOSDEM will be held on the weekend of January 30th and 31st 2015 and the > > Desktops DevRoom will take place on Sunday, January 31st 2015. > > > > We will contact every submitter with a "yes" or "no" before December > > 18th 2015. > > > > > > Recording permission > > > > The talks in the Desktops devroom will be audio and video recorded, and > > possibly streamed live too. > > > > By submitting a proposal you consent to be recorded and agree to license > > the content of your talk under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. > > > > If you want us to stop the recording in the Q & A part (should you have > > one), please tell us. We can do that but only for the Q & A part. > > > > > > More information > > > > The official communication channel for the Desktops DevRoom is its > > mailing list [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > > > Use this page to manage your subscription: > > > > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom > > > > > > Organization > > > > The Desktops DevRoom 2016 is managed by a team representing the most > > notable open desktops: > > > > * Pau Garcia i Quiles, KDE > > > > * Christophe Fergeau, Gnome > > > > * Michael Zanetti, Unity > > > > * Philippe Caseiro, Enlightenment > > > > * Jérome Leclanche, Razor > > > > > > If you want to join the team, please contact pgquiles at elpauer dot org > > > > -- > > Pau Garcia i Quiles > > http://www.elpauer.org > > (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > VBox-users-community mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > > -- > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Michael Thayer > Werkstrasse 24 VirtualBox engineering > 71384 Weinstadt, Germany mailto:[email protected] > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister > der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
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