The GNOME Project had a strong showing at FOSDEM 2012. The booth was well-staffed throughout the weekend, allowing everyone a chance to see at least some of the talks they wanted to. The GNOME devroom was well received with a variety of talks on GNOME and related technologies. Highlights included Allan Day's talk on "Every Detail Matters", the status update and roadmap for WebKitGTK+ given by Mario Sanchez Prada and David King's "Getting into GNOME: Impressions of a new Maintainer". A few other GNOME-related talks and round tables were held in various other devrooms as well, including a round table on legal issues co-chaired by Karen Sandler.

Saturday night saw the annual GNOME Beer event held at La Bécasse, which was a success and allowed GNOME developers, contributors and users alike to interact in a relaxed environment.