2025 02 02 Fosdem Devroom

Image-Based Linux and Boot Integrity Devroom @ FOSDEM 25 #

The UAPI group, a community for people with an interest in innovating how we build, deploy, run, and update modern security-focused Linux operating systems, will host a devroom at FOSDEM 2025. A “devroom” (a FOSDEM term) is a co-located mini-conference with its own separate track.

FOSDEM is an annual free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It takes place on February 1 and 2 at the ULB Solbosch Campus in Brussels, Belgium. Learn more at https://fosdem.org/2025/.

Image-Based Linux and Boot Integrity Devroom

Sunday February 2, 9:00—13:00
Drop in for talks on image-based Linux and secure / attestable systems,
and for a chat with UAPI folks.

The schedule will be available on the FOSDEM website.

Call for Participation

We are looking for your talk proposals!
Talks are 20 minutes (+5 for questions), on-site.
CfP deadline is Sunday, Dec 1, 2024.

Topics include:

  • Image-based Linux distributions: intro, concepts, updates, differences with other distros
  • OS and kernel image formats
  • Cross-distro specifications and standards (e.g.: https://uapi-group.org)
  • Trustable boot, device attestation, TPM usage and tooling
  • A/B update implementations
  • Reproducible builds

as well as topics related to the above.

To apply:

  1. Go to https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025/cfp and fill in the proposal form. If you don’t have an account yet, create one first.
  2. In the submission form, make sure to select
    Track: “Image-Based Linux and Boot Integrity”
    Session type: Talk
  3. Add an abstract to both describe and to promote your talk.

Proposals will be accepted based on your abstract and speaker bio, please make sure both are in good shape!