We want to warmly invite you to the fourth Feminist Linux Meetup of 2026. Check out the announcement for the whole cycle here https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/2025/12/20/save-the-dates-meetup-cycle-2026/

About the talk

This session will focus on the physical and sensory side of programming. Common ways of interacting with computers have been normalized, such as keyboards and using a mouse. We will discuss their historical emergence, how the established keyboard layout QWERTY has persisted in different physical shapes from typewriters to keyboards to mobile touchscreens. I will demo different keyboard layouts, Talon which is a hands-free input mechanism enabling you to control your computer with your voice. 

Schedule

• 17:30 : Arrival and open chatting
• 18:00 : General intro to the Feminist Linux Meetup and intro of participants
• 18:10 : Talk and open space for discussion afterwards

Location information

 at Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, in the room Flux1 on the 3rd floor. The room is in a building of the
University of Applied Arts next to Wien Mitte / The Mall, here on the map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/176477793

(*) Invitation policy and social conduct

The meetup (and workshop) is open to all women*, non-binary*, inter*, and trans* people, who are interested to talk about Linux and related topics. In this case, non-binary does mean that you neither fully identify as „woman“ or „man“. It does not mean, that you only programme in fuzzy-logic and don’t use binary numbers. This would of course be fantasticly queer, but believe us, our computers also work with binary code most of the time.

With the * we mark certain words to point to the fact, that all these categories are socially constructed. That means, that they do not exist „in nature“, but that we humans interpret nature in this specific way. Therefore it is also legitimate, that people choose these categories for themselves in a way that best fits them. If that unsettles you or you want to know more about it, take a look at our article on invitation policy: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/invitation-policy/

Beyond that, we want to create an atmosphere and environment that is encouraging everyone. To do so, we created a Code of Conduct, that describes what we all can do, that no one has to be uncomfortable: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/code-of-conduct/

In order for everyone to feel really welcome and accepted though, we want to be actively aware and foster a social environment that we describe here: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/social-framework/