This was way more than unexpected, but I’m going to attend Gnome’s GUADEC conference this year!
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GUADEC brings together Free Software enthusiasts and professionals from all over the world. Join us for six days of talks, demos, discussion, parties, games and more.
Being just a kind of hobbyist contributor, I wasn’t thinking about joining any conference. I mean, dreaming about it yes, but not actually planning for it.
My gratitude goes to Canonical and the Ubuntu Community that sponsored me for this awesome opportunity, I never expected that the Yaru project would have given me more than a wonderful looking desktop 😉.
This year, GUADEC is held in Thessaloniki, Greece, between the 23rd and 28th of August, with the usual three days of conferences, followed by three other days of workshops.
I will be an enthusiast guest most of the time, but I’ll also participate in the Vendor Themes workshop the 27th.
I’m looking forward to meet - finally in person - the many people that helped me online during these years and some new ones.
See you there!
Carlo