The Fedora Project community officially invites you from your localization communities to join us in Prague this June 14th–16th, 2026, for a cross-community workshop on the State of Open Source Localization.
Our l10n community has been processing localization statistics for the entire Linux operating system ecosystem over the last 20 years. The preliminary data reveals some serious challenges regarding the health and velocity of our language communities.
While Flock to Fedora is traditionally our distribution’s annual contributor conference, these translation challenges cannot be solved in a silo. We need the shared experience, knowledge, and perspectives of allies from Mozilla, Weblate, LibreOffice, Wikimedia, Localization Lab, and others to truly analyze this data.
Flock 2026 content dedicated on this subject:
- An introductory talk presenting the 20-year statistical analysis and its limitations. Languages in Floss - What's the Linux OS status? :: Flock to Fedora 2026 :: pretalx
- An extended, collaborative workshop focused on interpreting the data and brainstorming ecosystem-wide improvements. Languages in Floss - How could Fedora innovate in localization? :: Flock to Fedora 2026 :: pretalx
Your free registration includes conference attendance, meals, evening social events, and access to our negotiated hotel block rates. Please note that we are unable to offer travel sponsorship at this time. You will need to secure your own travel and lodging.
We have 20 years of data to review, and we would love for you to come to Prague and share your experience with us. If you have any questions, you can reach Jean-Baptiste/Jibec on the Fedora Matrix server in the #l10n:fedoraproject.org channel.
We look forward to hearing from you!