KERNEL RECIPES

It’s about sharing, learning, contributing since 2012

21-23 SEPTEMBER 2026 | PARIS

Videos

Speakers on stage

That's all for the 2026 edition!

Videos and slides will be available on line soon

ABOUT EVENT

The 13th edition of KR will take place in Paris from 21 to 23 September 2026. We’re incredibly honored that Jonathan Corbet has agreed to be this year’s patron. He’ll also be helping shape the program for this edition — so yeah, it’s safe to say it’s going to be awesome.

SCHEDULE

Meet the 2026 Kernel Recipes mascot

Curious, optimistic, and very much in tune with the world around it.

This year, our little penguin is thinking beyond code. From sustainability to responsible tech, it reflects values that have always been close to the open source community.

With the devastating wildfires affecting France this summer, it also reminds us that technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The challenges we face are shared—and so is the responsibility to build a better future.

See you at Kernel Recipes 2026 !

This year’s auction proceeds go, fittingly, to the Software Freedom Conservancy.

Artwork by Emma Tizzoni – licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

Free to reuse, share and adapt for non-commercial purposes with credit to the author.

SPEAKER'S

TALKS

EDITIONS

SKETCHES

WHAT IS KERNEL RECIPES

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TOP SPEAKERS

Deep technical talks from maintainers and engineers running Linux at scale. Less hype, more traces, numbers, and hard-earned lessons.

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KERNEL NEWS (DEEP DIVE)

High-level technical updates on what’s happening upstream: key patches, design debates, regressions, and performance trends. A fast way to stay current — with maintainer-grade context, not headlines.

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MEET MAINTAINERS

Discuss design, APIs, and review expectations with the people who merge the code. Great for feedback, tricky edge-cases, and unblocking reviews maybe!

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SOCIAL EVENTS

Keep the discussions going after hours — casually, with the right people. Because a lot of kernel progress happens in the hallway track.

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CONTRIBUTOR ON-RAMP

A friendly on-ramp to upstream: tooling, etiquette, review cycles, and best practices. Bring questions, leave with momentum.

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NETWORKING

Meet kernel maintainers, contributors, and in-house kernel experts. Real conversations that move patches, ideas, and roadmaps forward.

They liked Kernel Recipes

Thara Gopinath

Thank you very much for inviting me and it was indeed a great conference with lots of interesting talks and a close community.

Dorinda Bassey

It was a pleasure speaking and connecting with other like minds at kernel recipes, it was very rich indeed and a warm atmosphere.

Andrea Righi

I’ve always been a huge fan of Kernel Recipes, so I was really excited to receive the invitation to speak at this amazing conference.

I’ve always been a huge fan of Kernel Recipes, so I was really excited to receive the invitation to speak at this amazing conference. And I’m even more excited to talk bout virtme-ng there! Kernel Recipes is such an amazing conference, I’m feeling really honored to have had the opportunity to participate as a speaker… and I also have a sketch from Frank!

This conference is made possible

thanks to our sponsors

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