Capitole du Libre 2019

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Hi !

The Capitole Du Libre is a french event that takes place at INP-ENSEEIHT in Toulouse. It is an event dedicated to free and open source softwares. The Capitole Du Libre 2019 will happen this weekend on 16th-17th November.

There will be a Debian booth with the DebianFrance team, I will be there to help them. A lot of interesting talks will be presented, see the schedule here.

Viveris, my company, is a gold sponsor this year. During the year, some of my contributions are sponsorised by my company. Viveris also sponsorised the demo I am going to present at the Debian booth, many thanks to her !

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