2018 Linuxhotel Hackathon and DevSummit
There will be a Hackathon / DevSummit 10 - 12th of August 2018 in the Linuxhotel Villa Vogelsang in Essen, Germany. This event is conveniently placed before BSDCam, so developers who are travelling to Europe can come a few days earlier, spend the weekend hacking, and then head to Cambridge. Note that this is optional and each event can be visited separately or just one of them.
Contents
Schedule
Day |
Morning |
Lunch |
Afternoon |
Dinner |
Evening |
Fr 10th |
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Developers arrive, Setup, Informal Dinner/Barbecue in the Park |
Hacker Lounge |
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Sa 11th |
Breakfast, Hacking Groups |
Pizza |
Hacking Groups |
Prob. BBQ |
Hacker Lounge |
Su 12th |
Breakfast, Hacking Groups |
Social Event |
Hacking Groups |
On-site |
Developers depart |
Detailed Schedule
Aug 10th (Friday)
Track |
General |
08:00-18:00 |
Individual Arrival |
18:00-20:00 |
Dinner, Setup, Get together |
20:00-Open End |
Hacker Lounge |
Aug 11th (Saturday)
Track |
General |
08:00-09:00 |
Breakfast, Setup / Late Arrivals |
09:30-09:45 |
Short Introductions, finding common interests to work on |
10:00-12:30 |
Short talks, discussions, hacking |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-14:30 |
- empty slot - |
14:30-19:00 |
Hacking |
19:00-21:00 |
Dinner (TBD) |
21:00-??:?? |
Late night hacking (open end) |
Aug 12th (Sunday)
Track |
General |
08:00-09:00 |
Breakfast, Check out of the rooms, Setup |
09:00-12:00 |
Morning hack session |
12:30-12:45 |
Walking to the social event |
13:00-14:30 |
Social Event |
14:30-??:?? |
Afternoon hacking / individual departure |
Short Talks
TBD
Title |
Speaker |
Description |
Slides, Notes |
Working Groups
If you would like to run a working group, please add your name below:
Large Working Groups
Title |
Organizer |
Brief description |
Misc |
Interest in knowledge transfer
What |
Interest from |
Maps
Map of Linuxhotel and surrounding area.
Linuxhotel
Linuxhotel Villa Vogelsang is a hotel inside of a historical mansion. It is regarded as "one of the most unusual hotels in the Ruhr area". The nine guest rooms and suites as well as two meeting and seminar rooms are equipped with extensive technical facilities to conduct meetings and seminars on the topics of Linux and free software. The hotel and seminar rooms and the surrounding park are networked via Ethernet and wireless LAN.
During work days the Linuxhotel offers Linux and free software courses (e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, pf, etc).
The venue and surrounding area offers a lot of activities for partners and children, so consider bringing them along to spend the weekend there.
Logistics
The Linuxhotel is located in the city of Essen. The next airports are Düsseldorf (DUS), Köln/Bonn (CGN) and Dortmund (DTM). Frankfurt/Main (FRA) is also an option, although a bit further south. From there you can reach Essen by train. Use this page (Google translate) to check how to get there. Contact lme@ for details.
A note on trains: Avoid the Cologne area, especially the Fair (German: Köln Messe). Many (but not all) trains from FRA go this way, but the ticket prices are astronomically high during this season. Try a route via Dortmund and take another train from there to Essen. Check the map on the Deutsche Bahn website to see which route the train is taking.
Accommodation
The Linuxhotel offers a maximum of 27 beds for accommodation. There are some single rooms but there are also double rooms for share.
Item |
Price |
Single room |
35 € per person and day |
Double room |
20 € per person and day |
Breakfast |
5 € per person and day |
Dinner |
5 € per person and day (but let's rather go to a nearby restaurant) |
Leaving cleaning |
5 € per person |
Sauna |
5 € per person |
Camping in the park is also possible for a small fee.
Proposed room occupancy plan
TBD
Social Event on Saturday Evening
TBD
Weekend activities
Non-exhaustive list of some non-FreeBSD activities (for families, significant others):
Zoo Gelsenkirchen - Bleckstraße 64, 45889 Gelsenkirchen
Kettlerhof - leisure park for kids - Rekener Str. 234, 45721 Haltern am See
Grugapark - garden and animals - Virchowstraße 167, 45147 Essen
Schloss Beck - leisure park - Am Dornbusch 39, 46244 Bottrop
Network access
Wireless all around the hotel and park, wired Ethernet in all hotel rooms, seminar rooms and even in the park. 
Power
Germany uses CEE 7 standards and Europlug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#CEE_7_standards_and_Europlug
Munch, Munch
Breakfast
Available at the hotel from 09:00 to 10:00.
Lunches
On Saturday and Sunday we can order pizza or Doener for lunch or have barbecue in the park if the weather is good.
Dinner places
Depending on the arrival time of the participants we plan to do a welcome BBQ in the park when the weather is good on Friday evening.
In case of bad weather there's a restaurant which offers home cooking (i.e., solid, plain, but tasty meals like Schnitzel, etc.): http://www.hausgrossjung.de/
Most people seem to leave on Sunday afternoon, but we'll make sure that you get some kind of lunch before leaving.
Links
VRR - Train and Bus (bus)
Düsseldorf Airport (airports)
Dortmund Airport (airports)
- Deutsche Bahn (railway)
Travel coordination / Attendee list
Registration is closed. Enter yourself here as well for travel coordination to and from the event. Deadline for registration is July 30th, 2018.
Name |
Login |
Aug 10th |
Aug 11th |
Aug 12th |
Breakfast Sat. |
Breakfast Sun. |
Social Event |
Meal Requests |
Notes |
Brad Davis |
brd |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
TBD |
Anna Eneland |
Guest of zeising |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Tourist track |
Julius Flohr |
guest |
Yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Local |
Stefan Grönke |
Guest of bcr |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
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sevan |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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|
allanjude |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
meat |
Aug. 10, AC 872 YYZ->FRA, ICE 614 FRA->Essen |
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Raichoo Ketchum |
Guest of bcr |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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rene |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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train, 12:16 Essen Hbf, leaving Sunday 14:44 |
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Alexander Leidinger |
netchild |
late (21h-22h)) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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0mp |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Aug. 10, LO 409 WAW->DUS; Aug. 12, LO 408 DUS->WAW |
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pizzamig |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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kp |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Driving, ETA: 21:00 on Friday |
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bcr |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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Aug. 10, ICE 614 FRA->Essen; Aug. 12 ICE727 Essen->FRA |
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oshogbo |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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TBD |
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zeising |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Vegetarian |
Aug. 10, Deutche Bahn RE 10121 to Essen |
Developers are welcome to invite guests to attend the developer summit, subject to their tolerance for ceaseless hours of kernel-hacking and availability of space at the venue.
Note: the rooms will be available at 6pm on Friday. If you arrive early, you can spend the time either in the park or in the chimney room. Power outlets and Wifi are available.
Room coordination
There are only a limited number of rooms, mostly twin and 3 bed rooms. The following is a preliminary room list.
Room |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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3 |
Raichoo Ketchum |
Raichoo Ketchum |
4 |
Kristof Provost |
Kristof Provost |
11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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Anna |
Anna |
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14 |
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Martyna |
Martyna |
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21 |
rene |
rene |
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22 |
Wolfram Schneider |
Wolfram Schneider |
Wolfram's GF |
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Keller/Cellar |
Brad Davis |
Brad Davis |
102 |
Alexander Leidinger |
Alexander Leidinger |
WG |
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Benedict Reuschling |
Benedict Reuschling |
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Stefan Grönke |
Stefan Grönke |
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Etherpad
Coming soon