--- title: DebConf comes to Montreal! | daily.dev description: Collabora is a Gold Sponsor of DebConf17, the annual Debian developer conference held August 6–12 at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal. Several Collabora... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/debconf-comes-to-montreal--91xmeoatf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DebConf comes to Montreal! | daily.dev og:description: Collabora is a Gold Sponsor of DebConf17, the annual Debian developer conference held August 6–12 at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal. Several Collabora... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/debconf-comes-to-montreal--91xmeoatf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/91xmEOatF.png og:image:alt: DebConf comes to Montreal! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DebConf comes to Montreal! **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora is a Gold Sponsor of DebConf17, the annual Debian developer conference held August 6–12 at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal. Several Collabora engineers will attend and give talks covering Debian community organization for newcomers, Flatpak sandboxing and its role in the Debian ecosystem, and the Apertis automotive infotainment platform's use of OBS and Jenkins for CI and package builds. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Flatpak and how does it compare to apt or Docker for distributing Linux desktop apps? Flatpak uses unprivileged Linux containers to install and sandbox desktop applications. It addresses distribution and sandboxing concerns that apt and Docker do not fully cover for desktop apps. Flatpak complements existing Debian tooling rather than replacing it — apt and Docker remain better choices in scenarios outside desktop app sandboxing and cross-distro distribution. _Developers weighing Flatpak against traditional packaging tools find ongoing coverage of the Linux desktop ecosystem on daily.dev._ ### What is Apertis and what build tools does it use for CI? Apertis is a Debian-derived platform for infotainment systems in automotive vehicles. Because it diverges from standard Debian infrastructure, it relies on Open Build System (OBS) and Jenkins to handle continuous integration, package builds, and image builds rather than typical Debian tooling. _Teams building embedded or automotive Linux platforms track tooling decisions like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Debian -- News -- DebConf26 closes in Santa Fe and DebConf27 announced](https://daily.dev/posts/debian----news----debconf26-closes-in-santa-fe-and-debconf27-announced-hzd1uf8tg) · Debian · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Open Source in Prague: A week of talks, hands-on demos, and community\!](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-in-prague-a-week-of-talks-hands-on-demos-and-community--w2mxqffp2) · Collabora Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/debconf-comes-to-montreal--91xmeoatf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DebConf comes to Montreal!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/debconf-comes-to-montreal--91xmeoatf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/debconf-comes-to-montreal--91xmeoatf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:21.880Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:21:59.386Z","description":"Collabora is a Gold Sponsor of DebConf17, the annual Debian developer conference held August 6–12 at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal. 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