FLOSS @ Oxford
Free, Libre and Open Source Software Events in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Except where otherwise specified:
Open to anyone in the city, technical or not, whether a free software expert or newbie.
Just turn up; no registration required!
Wherever possible, in-person events should also be streamed online; see their pages below.

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Events Jan-Mar 2026 organised by Laura Fortunato and Oliver Geer

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A poster for Tech Rescue, "2nd Sunday of every month". Two questions are asked: 1. "Does your IT need some love? We'll help you fix it" 2. "Ready to pass it on? We'll help clear it to donate to others" At the bottom are the logos of SHARE Oxford and Getting Oxfordshire Online. The background is a close-up picture of a computer motherboard.

[External] Tech Rescue
Monday, Feb 09, 11:00 AM-03:30 PM Monday 9 February 15:30
Makespace
Makespace, Aristotle Lane, OX2 6TP
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[External; ox.ac.uk Members Only] Digital Scholarship Open Source Initiative

[External; ox.ac.uk Members Only] Digital Scholarship Open Source Initiative
Tuesday, Feb 10, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM Tuesday 10 February 11:30
Visiting Scholars Centre, Weston Library
Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG
externalopen-levelsocialtalk
A grid of logos with the phrase "Free Software" in green in the central square. Logos include: Firefox, Blender, Linux, Filezilla, Ubuntu, GIMP, Tor, 7-Zip, Darktable, Debian, VLC, Conversations XMPP client, DavX5, openSUSE, F-Droid, Linux Mint, LibreOffice, KDE, Python, Inkscape, Raspberry Pi, Krita, GNOME, Gentoo...

Contribute to FLOSS projects (non-programmers and programmers welcomed) & #ILoveFS Social - Oliver Geer
Saturday, Feb 14, 02:00 PM-04:00 PM Saturday 14 February 16:00
Bill Roscoe Lecture Theatre (enter at 7 Keble Road), Computer Science
Enter at e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, OX1 3QG
open-levelsocialworkshop
The Software Freedom Conservancy logo: a vector image of a physical tree with a data structure tree inside of it.

Copyleft and Protecting Users’ Right to Repair - Karen Sandler, Software Freedom Conservancy
Friday, Feb 20, 06:00 PM GMT-07:00 PM Friday 20 February 19:00
online
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open-leveltalk
The Bioconductor logo, with the tagline "Open source software for bioinformatics". It depicts a musical crotchet note with a double helix from the top of it, travelling to the right.

Software Engineering for Bioinformatics: a Bioconductor Perspective - Kevin Rue-Albrecht, Software Sustainability Institute Fellow
Tuesday, Feb 24, 02:00 PM-03:00 PM Tuesday 24 February 15:00
The Community Works & online
Adjacent to Lula’s Ethiopian and Eritrean Cuisine, 21 Frideswide Square, OX1 1HU
open-leveltalk
A wordmark for OxFOS, mostly in dark blue on a white background, then a horizontal line and the phrase "Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship" below it. The first "O" has a keyhole in it, and the second "O" is a padlock being unlocked with rays coming our of it for effect. The line and second "O" as well as the phrase "Open Scholarship" are all in orange.

[External] OxFOS: Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (Online Events)
Monday, Mar 02, 12:00 AM GMT → Friday, Mar 06 Friday 6 March 23:55
online
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A wordmark for OxFOS, mostly in dark blue on a white background, then a horizontal line and the phrase "Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship" below it. The first "O" has a keyhole in it, and the second "O" is a padlock being unlocked with rays coming our of it for effect. The line and second "O" as well as the phrase "Open Scholarship" are all in orange.

[External] OxFOS: Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (In-Person Conference)
Wednesday, Mar 04, 12:00 AM-11:55 PM Wednesday 4 March 23:55
Weston Library
Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG
external
A screenshot of Emacs with a yellowish light theme. An editor panel is open at the top, and a calendar panel at the bottom, showing University of Oxford week names alongside the dates for three months. The editor panel contains a comment describing the use of the calendar (it's Prot's oxford-calendar package).

Computing in freedom with GNU Emacs - Protesilaos Stavrou
Thursday, Mar 12, 06:00 PM GMT-07:00 PM Thursday 12 March 19:00
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