Events in room UA4.218

RVPC is an open-source hardware and free/libre open-source software EUR 1.00 retro-style computer project built around the CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller. It has 16 KB of Flash, 2 KB of RAM, a buzzer, and VGA and PS/2 interfaces.

The software is developed by the community and includes a Woz-like monitor, Tiny BASIC, Towers of Hanoi, Tetris, Invaders, and other games.

At FOSDEM 2026, you will have the opportunity to build your own RVPC computer during the soldering workshop, which will take place on Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00. We will have 12 seats equipped with soldering irons and tools.

Participation is free of charge, and you can take the RVPC you build home with you.

Are you interested in talking about how to build sustainable businesses around open source projects without sacrificing the ideals of the free open source movement? The non-profit association behind Open Source Founders Summit wants to invite those with an interest in financing open source projects with services, support and/or associated commercial products to join us! We'll talk about how to balance developing the project versus developing the commercial offering, go to market motions, product strategy, and more.

The FOSS Community in India has been growing over the last decade[0]. This BoF is to discuss how to grow and nurture it further. The organizers are the folks behind the FOSS United + FLOSS/fund booth, and we'd love to talk about what's happening in the space (including the amazing IndiaFOSS conference).

[0]: > India alone added more than 5 million developers on GitHub this year (over 14% of all new accounts) and is on track to account for one in every three new developers on GitHub by 2030.

The paradigm we have been using for decades is HCI (Human Computer Interaction) it talks about the computer as the interface. We already know this is broken and not compatible with the enshittified data world we live in now. HDI (Human Data Interaction) provides a better methodology and should be applied by designers, policy makers and developers. Lets learn and discuss together...

This session brings together TiDB community members to share the latest updates on the TiDB project and the community. There will also be an open Q&A, giving attendees an opportunity to ask questions, and provide feedback directly to the TiDB team and community members.

The Free Software Foundation Europe's "Software Freedom Podcast" is at FOSDEM and doing an on sight recording! You can join us and be part of the upcoming SFP episode. For this episode we will talk with Dr. Lucas Lasota from the Just Transition Center of the Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, about, "can the Digital Markets Act (DMA) help to protect Free Software developers working with AOSP?".

We are happy to welcome everybody interested in the topic to the recording of the Software Freedom Podcast!