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title: Newline.gent - A yearly hacker conference
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markdown_url: https://0110.be/posts/Newline.gent_-_A_yearly_hacker_conference.md
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published_at: '2025-05-24T00:00:00Z'
updated_at: '2025-06-03T13:53:12Z'
author: Joren
tags:
- name: Hackerspace Ghent
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- name: UGent
  markdown_url: https://0110.be/tags/UGent.md
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# Newline.gent - A yearly hacker conference

This weekend the - more-or-less - yearly conference of [Hackerspace Ghent](https://hackerspace.gent/) took place: [Newline.gent](https://newline.gent/). Hackers, makers, and curious minds gathered to share ideas, tools, experiments and a few beers.

I had a small contribution with a short  [lecture-performance](https://0110.be/attachment/presentations/2025.05.newline-ghent/index.html)  which covered [how to control your computer with a flute]( https://0110.be/posts/Making_a_flute_controlled_mouse). The lecture part covered the technical part of the build, the performance part included playing Flappy Bird with a flute. A third significant part of the talk — arguably the main focus — was devoted to bragging about the global attention the project received.

Other highlights of the Newline conference included talks on Home Assistant, 3D design, BTRFS and workshops that invited everyone to get involved.

Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined. I’m already looking forward to the next one!