FreedomHEC (a
play
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on
WinHEC) was an "
unconference
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" for
computer hardware engineers and
device driver
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developers that ran from 2006 to 2012. It focused on making computer hardware interoperate with
free software
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and
open source
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operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
s, especially
Linux
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.
The idea of FreedomHEC “unconference” was first proposed by writer
Don Marti on a Linux-related mailing list.
The first FreedomHEC conference was held May 26–27, 2006, in
Seattle
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and was attended by around 30 people. The second was held May 18–19, 2007 in
Los Angeles
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. These two events were scheduled immediately after WinHEC—and in the same city—to make it easier for developers to attend both.
The third FreedomHEC was held November 20–21, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. The fourth was held June 10–11, 2009, in Taipei.
The fourth and last FreedomHEC conference was held on June 12–13, 2012, again in Taipei.
References
External links
*
FreedomHEC 2007 wikiFreedomHEC Taipei
Free-software conferences
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