Escape The Java Trap!

Free Software solutions at FOSDEM

21 & 22 February, 2004

Room 1302, “Depage”, Building H

Université Libre de Bruxelles
Campus du Solbosch
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50
B-1050 Bruxelles

Saterday afternoon

14h00 - 14h50

GNU Classpath -- Core Classes for a Diversity of Free Java Virtual Machines

GNU Classpath overview and free applications/runtimes show.
Sascha Brawer and Mark Wielaard

15h00 – 15h50

SableVM - the Apache of Java Virtual Machines
On technical solutions and motivation behind the SableVM Project.

Grzegorz B. Prokopski

16h00 – 16h50

fbAWT - Direct to your buffer
Slim Abstract Window Toolkit implementation written in java that
doesn't use any peer widget library, but has direct access to
either a linux framebuffer or a VNC server backend.

Stephane Meslin-Weber

Sunday morning (Debian talks)

10:00-11:00 Fabio Massimo Di Nito: Packaging Apache for Debian
11:00-12:00 Wouter Verhelst: A practical guide to using buildd
12:00-13:00 Martin Michlmayr: Dak, the Debian Archive Kit

Also Sunday morning - Official java tracks on JOnAS, GCJ and NetBeans
See http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/schedule.

Sunday afternoon
14h00 - 15h50

Packaging Free Java Applications For Free Operating Systems
Comparing different packaging projects like Debian, Gentoo, RHUG/Naoko and JPackage, and .deb best practises. See also the Wiki: http://java.debian.net/index.php/CommonJavaPackaging
Dalibor Topic and Arnaud Vandyck

15h00 - 17h00

Open discussions/Free slots/Combined talks
- GNU Classpath 1.0 Roadmap
- Free VM/Compiler integration/cooperation
- Standardization and compatibility issues

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