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The Italian Linux Society, non-profit association, promoting Free and Open Source Software since 1994 and with 400+ voting members, is glad to present AGAIN the…
Italian Axe Throwers
FOSDEM 2026 Fringe \o/
What:
Collaborative “Axe Throwing” (yes! literally! it’s a positive sport! Axe throwing - Wikipedia )
Are you able to defeat “PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE”? Uh?
Join this SAFE SPACE where everyone can finally throw an axe (provided by us) to hit proprietary targets (provided by us) and make the year of GNU/Linux on desktop with your hands ![]()
When:
Friday 30th January @ 5:50 P.M
Where:
Bruxelles \o/
- OpenStreetMap link
↑ open in OsmAnd, OrganicMaps, from F-Droid … - GEO coordinates:
Planet: Earth
50.843 4.350 - Complete street address:
Woodcutter Brussels
rue des Alexiens, 37
1000 Bruxelles
PRICE
The participation fee is €21.00 (P.S. our association does NOT get this money) and includes one hour to spend trying to throw an axe at a target as many times as possible and a drink to consume AFTERWARDS…
Thanks to the contribution of the Italian Linux Society, the cost of the T-shirt is only €1.00 (one euro) instead of €10.00; the T-shirts are already available at the Woodcutter in Brussels;
the cost of the bottle opener is €5.00 each, extra.
CONTACT
Join this Telegram group:
P.S. please avoid Telegram from Play Store. Install from F-Droid.
Best photos will be shared there under a Free/Libre license (CC Zero, CC BY-SA, or CC BY-SA)!
DIRECT CONTACT
Direct Contact: Marcello “The Viking” - noble Master of FLOSS and Axes from Palermo (Free Circle user group).
IMPORTANT: LIMITED SEATS
Everybody can join the Telegram group but - sadly - not everybody would be able to attend and throw the axes! Mandatory registration! See updates in the footer. Contact the group.
LANGUAGE
Most people speak Italian here. But if you don’t know Italian, you can just join, throw axes, smile, and throw axes again in your native language and everything will be OK. As soon as you do not endorse proprietary software on pizza, or pineapple on pizza, or similar illegal activities.
HOW TO JOIN
Contact Marcello “The Viking” ASAP! LIMITED SEATS!
Telegram: Contact @Vichingux (or email: ilvichingo linux it)
UPDATES
Still 50 48 40 34 19 18 11 5 3 1 0 seat available anymore ![]()
PHOTOS
The event is now concluded! Here some pictures!
Please share photos on social networks! (Mastodon / ActivityPub)
Hashtags: #fosdem_axe #AxeThrowing #fosdem26


