1. Open Source
Communities in Hong
Kong and Asia
(2012 updates)
Sammy Fung
sammy.hk, opensource.hk
Summer BarCampHK 2012

2. Why ME ?
● Linux users since 1997.
● Co-founder and Founding Chairman of Hong
Kong Linux User Group (HKLUG).
● Webmaster of opensource.hk.
● Advisor of Opensource Application
Knowledge Association (OAKA)
● etc......

3. Most Active Opensource
Communities in Hong Kong (1/3)
● With online communities and monthly
meetups
● Hong Kong Linux User Group
○ https://www.facebook.com/groups/hklug/
○ http://www.linux.org.hk
● Open Source Hong Kong
○ http://www.opensource.hk

4. Most Active Opensource
Communities in Hong Kong (2/3)
● Monthly: Open Source Workshops
(opensource.hk + HKLUG)
● Bi-Weekly: Hacking Thursday Hong Kong
(HKLUG)

5. Most Active Opensource
Communities in Hong Kong (3/3)
● 8/4: Open Source Workshop #8
● 8/18-19: Taiwan COSCUP
● 8/23: Talk given by Dirk
● 9/15: Software Freedom Day 2012
● 10/6: (Workshop?)
● 10/??: (Another BarCampHK?)
● 11/??: HTML5 (Open Source) Conference

6. Other Open Source Communities in
Hong Kong
● drupal
● fedora?
● node.js
● python
● ruby on rail
● ubuntu

7. Open Source Conferences in Taiwan
in 2012
● COSCUP
● OSDC (Open Soruce Developer
Conference)
● Python Conf
● DrupalCamp
● javascripter Conf
● and more..........

8. COSCUP 開源人年會
● www.coscup.org
● Conference for Open Source Coders, Users
and Promoters.
● Largest Conference in Taiwan as well as the
Greater China.
● Over 1.5 thousand participants in 2011.

9. COSCUP 2012 開源人年會 2012
● www.coscup.org
● Aug 18-19, 2012. (Sat-Sun)
● VIP Registration: register NOW! TODAY!
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