Contribute to FLOSS projects (non-programmers and programmers welcomed) & #ILoveFS Social - Oliver Geer

Happy #ILoveFS day 2026! It's a great time to get involved with and help out the FLOSS communities that develop projects in the interest of everyday people, by everyday people. Whether you write code, build communities, translate, report or prioritise bugs, or want to do so, we can guide you to do so. Contribute to FLOSS you are already involved in, software you use on a daily basis (like Zotero, Anki, Thunderbird, or Moodle), or learn about fascinating new FLOSS to contribute to.

This should be a welcoming and social but also collaborative and helpful event. You can also come just for the atmosphere, which should be present on this I Love Free Software day (you may end up contributing in a way you didn't even know was possible)!

Attending

Open to anyone in the city, technical or not, whether a free software expert or newbie.
Just turn up; no registration required!

Host Bio

Oliver Geer (he/they) is a student in Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He maintains a small-to-medium-sized FLOSS JavaScript library and has done so for 4 years with 9 other code contributors. He has also made very small contributions to several other projects, like code for KDE Plasma, bug fixing for Mobilizon, and translations for Faircamp. In 2025, he sent the first email to start this series of talks.

Attribution

Cover image CC-BY-SA 4.0 MotionEnsemble.de for FSFE

Venue

Coming soon, including accessibility information and directions. To be confirmed:

The Lecture Theatre where the event is should be accessible via ramps (no lifts, or stairs, needed). One door may be too narrow so I will measure it before next Monday. More information is at https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/8-11-keble-road-and-wolfson-building. Accessible toilets are roughly 10m from the entrance and 50m from the room, on the same floor.