Guide to Israeli Free and Open Source Software Resources
Portals, News, etc.
Hamakor - the Israeli Society for Free Software and Open Source Code - an NPO for FOSS in Israel.
whatsup.org.il - Hebrew Open Source News - including a news wire, some forums, a wiki, and an events calendar.
Linmagazine.co.il - a news/blogs site for Hebrew news.
Zulo - A wiki style site for enthusiasts of FOSS and technology - includes an audiocast, a videocast, comments, guides and documents and blogs. (Inactive).
Planet FOSS-IL - a site aggregating Israeli Open Source Blogs.
“Halinkiyah” - a monthly developers’ newsletter in Hebrew by Ynon Perek.
Forums
Linux-related mailing-lists in Israel - index to the mailing lists, with subscription/unsubscription/post/archives information.
Whatsup Forums - various forums in Hebrew for questions.
Clubs and Associations
Haifa Linux Club - bi-weekly meetings, online presentations material, a mailing list, job offers, links, etc.
Tel Aviv Open Source Club - meets every two weeks. The site includes the material for the past online presentations, as well as other information.
Jerusalem Linux Club - organises installation parties. Site inclues a wiki, forums, and other information.
Herzelinux - Linux in Herzeliyah - organises bi-weekly meetings.
Mozilla Israel (mozilla.org.il) - a site for the Mozilla project (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.) in Israel - contains a wiki, a forum, a blog and news.
Red Hat in Israel - a web-site for Linux in Israel and Red Hat in particular.
Hackers-IL - a mailing list and a community site of software enthusiasts (= “Hackers”) dedicated to philosophical discussions of computers, technology, science and other topics.
A Calendar for “All Linux Events” in Israel - currently lacks events from some clubs.
Meetup.com Groups
Open Source and Free Software in Israel - includes the FOSS Monthly meetup.
IL Tech Talks - Israeli tech talks.
PyWeb-IL - about the Python programming language primarily.
Django Israel - a group for the Django web framework.
TLV PHP Meetup - meetups in Tel Aviv about the PHP programming language.
Ansible Israel - about the Ansible platform for configuring and managing computers.
Modiin Tech Talks - tech talks in Modiin, Israel.
Sayeret Lambda - programming languages’ enthusiasts.
Clojure Israel - about the Clojure programming language.
Khronos Tel Aviv Chapter - about the Khronos Group standards.
Conferences
August Penguin - an annual community conference for FOSS in Israel.
Open Source Developers’ Conference in Israel - a conference for developers who use open-source technologies.
Welcome to Linux - an annual series of presentations introducing Linux to beginners.
Software Downloads and Other mirrors
Wikis
Lists of Resources
List of Service Providers on Hamakor’s wiki.
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