DebConf25 in Brest: Credativ as a Sponsor and On-Site
From July 14 to 19, 2025, this year’s Debian Conference (DebConf25) is taking place in Brest, Western France, with over 450 participants – the central meeting of the global Debian community. The DebConf annually brings together developers, maintainers, contributors, and enthusiasts to collaboratively work on the free Linux distribution Debian and exchange ideas on current developments.
credativ is once again participating as a sponsor this year – and is also represented on-site by several employees.
A Week Dedicated to Free Software
DebConf25 offers a diverse program with over 130 sessions: technical presentations, discussion panels, workshops, and BoF sessions (“Birds of a Feather”) on a wide variety of topics from the Debian ecosystem. Some key topics this year:
- Progress surrounding Debian 13 “Trixie”, whose release is currently being actively worked on
- Reproducible Builds, System Integration, and Security Topics
- Debian in Cloud Environments and Container Contexts
- Improved CI/CD Infrastructure and New Tools for Maintainers
Many of the presentations will, as always, be recorded and are publicly available on video.debian.net, or can be viewed live via https://debconf25.debconf.org/.
Credativ’s Commitment – not just On-Site
As a long-standing part of the Debian community, it is natural for credativ to contribute as a sponsor to DebConf again in 2025. Furthermore, our colleagues Bastian, Martin, and Noël are on-site to exchange ideas with other developers, attend presentations or BoFs, and experience current trends in the community.
Especially for companies focused on professional open-source services, Debian remains a cornerstone – whether in data centers, in the embedded sector, or in complex infrastructure projects.
Debian Remains Relevant – both Technically and Culturally
Debian is not only one of the most stable and reliable Linux distributions but also represents a special form of community and collaboration. The open, transparent, and decentralized organization of the project remains exemplary to this day.
For us at credativ, the Debian project has always been a central element of our work – and at the same time, a community to which we actively contribute through technical contributions, package maintenance, and long-term commitment.
Thank You, DebConf Team!
Heartfelt thanks go to the DebConf25 organizing team, as well as to all helpers who made this great conference possible. Brest is a beautiful and fitting venue with fresh Atlantic air, a relaxed atmosphere, and ample space for exchange and collaboration.
Outlook for 2026
Planning for DebConf26 is already underway. We look forward to the next edition of DebConf, which will take place in Santa Fe, Argentina – and to continuing to be part of this vibrant and important community in the future.
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Martin Zobel-Helas
Technischer Leiter Betrieb
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Als einer der technischen Leiter unterstützt Martin Zobel-Helas unsere Kunden bei der Konzeption und Integration von Open Source Software in komplexen IT-Infrastrukturen. Martin arbeitet schon seit 2005 bei credativ und übernimmt dort ebenfalls die Rolle des Open Source-Beauftragten. Gleichzeitig ist er ein sehr bekanntes und geschätztes Mitglied der internationalen Debian Community. Seine langjährige Mitarbeit als Entwickler und Sysadmin des Debian-Projektes zeichnen Ihn genauso aus, wie seine Tätigkeit im Vorstand der gemeinnützigen Open Source Organisation „Software in the Public Interest, Inc.“.