Ohio Linuxfest 2018 Scheduled

The Ohio LinuxFest is pleased to announce that our event for 2018 is planned for Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13! We are looking forward to hosting outstanding presentations, professional training at an incredible value, an expo hall filled with...

2017 Video Available

Video of some presentations from 2017 is now available at this YouTube playlist. Thanks to Ohio LinuxFest volunteer Ernie Parke and other attendees for taking these and making them available! If you have another video that you would like to submit for consideration to...

One Good Turn Deserves Another!

Thank you to all who supported the fund raising raffle at Ohio LinuxFest 2017. As a raffle sales person I was amazed at the generosity of most of the attendees. The prize sponsors and volunteers also made it happen. A variety of great runner up prizes were donated by...

Google Summer of Code BoF

On Friday night at 8:00pm, one of our birds-of-a-feather sessions will cover Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a program which pays students a stipend during the summer to work on a free software project. Swati Lodha, a two-year GSoC participant working on digiKam with...

Register Online Now!

The Fifteenth Annual Ohio LinuxFest will start this Friday at 9:00AM. The Midwest’s Largest Open Source and Free Software Conference and Exposition is being held September 29-30, 2017 on the second floor the Hyatt Regency hotel in Downtown Columbus Ohio.We are...

Career Track Schedule is Published!

  Available to all registration tiers, the Career Track is a day-long collection of speakers sharing their insights and experience in the technology sector as it relates to “softer” skills. In an industry where hard skills in frameworks and tech stacks are valued...

Announcing Cyber Security Track

So many leaks and hacks in the news!  Cyber Security has turned into it’s own career.  This year, one of the tracks is devoted to this topic.  Join us in the Franklin Room, Saturday from 10:15am until 6pm for the Security Track.  (See Schedule for topics and...

Diversity and Inclusion in Open Source

Getting involved in the world of Open Source can open career doors and completely change someone’s life for the better. Help get that opportunity into the hands of someone who could benefit from it. Share this website with anyone you know who could use guidance...

2017 OLF T-shirts are now on sale

Help support the Midwest’s oldest and largest Free and Open Source Software conference by purchasing our 2017 limited edition T-shirt. Available in Men’s and Women’s sizes. A portion of your purchase supports The Ohio LinuxFest Corporation, a 501(c)(3)...