OLF returns to The Ohio State University November 20 and 21, 2026

Back where it all began, we are pleased to hold our inter-usergroup gathering in Dreese Labs of The Ohio State University.

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Register and Book Your Hotel for OLF 2026

Registration has opened for the 2026 Ohio LinuxFest. We are delighted to announce that we are able to return to making attendance totally free of cost for this year! Of course, if you wish to help fund OLF, you can buy the Supporter Pass. The Supporter Pass includes...

OLF Appears on Hacker Public Radio

You might be familiar with Hacker Public Radio (HPR). It is a podcast dedicated to topics, including Free and Open Source Software, that are of interest to hackers (in the sense of people who investigate and build things with technology). Two of our OLF Conference...

OLF Returns to OSU in 2026

The first OLF Conference in 2003 (then called Ohio LinuxFest) was held on the Ohio State University campus. In subsequent years, we moved to hotels in downtown Columbus. We are excited to announce that for 2026, we are coming back to where it all started! Thanks to...