DebConf26 is already in the air in Argentina. Organizing DebConf26 give us the

opportunity to talk about Debian in our country again. This is not the first

time that Debian has come here, previously Argentina has hosted DebConf 8 in Mar

del Plata.

In August, Nattie Mayer-Hutchings and Stefano Rivera from DebConf Committee

visited the venue where the next DebConf will take place. They came to Argentina

in order to see what it is like to travel from Buenos Aires to Santa Fe (the

venue of the next DebConf). In addition, they were able to observe the layout

and size of the classrooms and halls, as well as the infrastructure available at

the venue, which will be useful for the Video Team.

But before going to Santa Fe, on the August 27th, we organized a meetup in

Buenos Aires at GCoop, where we hosted some talks:

¿Qué es Debian? - Pablo Gonzalez (sultanovich) / Emmanuel Arias

Cooperativismo y Software Libre - Osiux (gcoop)

Debian and DebConf (Stefano Rivera)

On August 28th, we had the opportunity to get to know the Venue. We walked around

the city and, obviously, sampled some of the beers from Santa Fe.

On August 29th we met with representatives of the University and local government

who were all very supportive. We are very grateful to them for opening

their doors to DebConf.

In the afternoon we met some of the local free software community at an event we

held in ATE Santa Fe. The event included several talks:

¿Qué es Debian? - Pablo (sultanovich) / Emmanuel Arias

Ciberrestauradores: Gestores de basura electrónica - Programa RAEES Acutis

Debian and DebConf (Stefano Rivera/Nattie Mayer-Hutchings)

Thanks to Debian Argentina, and all the people who will make DebConf26

possible.

Thanks to Nattie Mayer-Hutchings and Stefano Rivera for reviewing an earlier

version of this article.