OggCamp 2026
by Steven Maddox
Lo!
Just giving you all a heads up in case you didn't know... Oggcamp is
back for this year!
(they skipped last year... some of us in the LUG went in 2024 & 2019 though)
https://www.oggcamp.org/
It's a 2 day event on the weekend of April 25th and 26th at the Pendulum
Hotel in Manchester (same venue as the last two times)... which is only
a short walk from the train station in Manchester.
Usually people make their own way up by just hopping on a train at Stoke
station which are very regular... and it's a good opportunity to take in
some interesting talks and it's highly recommended.
We don't get a lot of things like this which happen so close to us!
Usually you have to go much further south (e.g. London) or even Brussels
(e.g. like FOSDEM which is happening today and tomorrow actually!..
although there are some people in the LUG interested in doing that next
year with cheap flights... let me know if that interests you too)
So don't miss your chance, you'll be in good company if you do come with
plenty of familiar faces.
Hope to see you there!
Oh... and your ticket (buy them online) covers you for both days... but
people in the LUG just seem to normally go on the first day only... it's
up to you. Actually this year I'll be stopping overnight in the hotel
itself (it's half price if you use the code DELEGATE) and doing the
second day too. Alternatively it's not exactly difficult to get another
very short and cheap train the next day.
I'll try and remember to send another reminder closer to... but don't
wait too long to get your tickets!
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Steven Maddox
Lantizia
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Fwd: [FSFE Potteries] ILoveFS Day 2026 event - Tuesday 10th February!
by Steven Maddox
Hello!
The lovely people at FSFE Potteries are holding their annual "I Love
Free Software Day" event for 2026
It's an annual tradition of free food and drink over at the KPA pub up
in Keele (details below).
Don't forget just how valuable free/libre software is to the Linux
ecosystem! (and other open source OS's like BSD derived!)
Hope to see you there!
Steven Maddox
Lantizia
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Subject: [FSFE Potteries] ILoveFS Day 2026 event - Tuesday 10th February!
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:15:40 +0000
From: Steven Maddox <s.maddox(a)lantizia.me.uk>
To: potteries(a)lists.fsfe.org
Hello!
Once again we and other Free Software enthusiast will be celebrating "I
Love Free Software Day" on the Keele University campus in Staffordshire.
Every year, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) celebrates ‘I
Love Free Software Day’ together with many other organisations,
companies and people. On this day, we thank all supporters of Free
Software. Together we put the spotlight on their work on Free Software.
Our celebrations for "I Love Free Software Day" will be on the 10th of
February, at the marvellous KPA Clubhouse. We'll have free hot food and
snacks (inc. vegan and gluten friendly), soft drinks, and a few laptops
running Free Software applications and games, so you can give them a spin!
Everyone is welcome, so bring along your friends, significant other, or
family of all ages! Even if they've never heard of Free Software before,
it'll be a good way to introduce them to the topic.
📅 Tuesday 10th February
⏰ 6:30pm onwards
📍 The KPA Clubhouse, 97 Horwood Road, Keele University, Keele,
Staffordshire, ST5 5DY, United Kingdom
🌐 Latitude: 53.00137 Longitude: -2.26971
Directions:
🛈 It's on the Keele University campus just off the M6 in Staffordshire,
just west of Stoke-on-Trent. The building is shown on the Keele campus
map as building number 9.
🚗 Use the university's visitor parking which is free in the evenings
and weekends as seen on this map.
🚪 Enter the clubhouse as normal, come up the stairs opposite the bar
area and you'll find us all up there, as we've hired the room!
You want to read more about the Potteries celebrations? Here is a great
interview you can read and get an impression about the celebrations in
England:https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250827-01.html
Best regards,
Steven
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Steven Maddox
Lantizia
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