##Description
[IndiaFOSS 5.0](https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/2025) is happening in Bangalore, India from 19-21 September 25. IndiaFOSS is an annual Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Conference. It will attract a lot of opensource enthusiasts, developers and maintainers from all over India.
##Goals
* Promote the use of KDE Software to 250 attendees.
* Recruit contributors and testers.
* Showcasing Plasma 6 on low end devices.
* Raise awareness about conf kde india, held annually in India.
* Showcasing Plasma 6 support on drawing tablets.
###How to achieve this
* Demoing widely used kde software as alternative for proprietary softwares.
* Pitch mentorship programs SoK and GSoC to students and help them getting started with contributions.
* Showcasing Plasma 6 on Raspberry Pi and EEE PC (old netbook).
* Showcasing Plasma 6 support on drawing tablets like Huion Inspiroy H420x.
##TODOs
* [] Request a booth
* [] Get a confirmation of booth
* Hardware available
** [] Lg gram with KDE Plasma
** [] SteamDeck
** [] Thinkpad with KDE Plasma
** [] Rasberry pi
** [] EEE PC (old netbook)
** [] Huion Inspiroy H420x
##Budget
**Costs**
* Booth TV Screen - It was suggested to make use of TV Screen with a video on loop to attract attendees similar to how GNOME folks did it at last IndiaFOSS 4.0.
* Volunteer Sponsor - Travel Sponsorship (Accomodation arranged)
**Estimated Costs**
|**Item**|**Amount**|**Est. Cost**|**Cost**|
|Booth TV Screen|1|Rs 5900|-|
|Stickers| 100 each kde eco, konqi, krita and kdenlive | INR 4200/- |-|
|Volunteer Travel|1|Rs 15000|-|
|**TOTAL**|-|**-*|**-**|
##Attendees
* Aakarsh MJ
* Rishi Kumar
* Advaith Madhukar (From Suse Community)
* Bushan Shah (tentative)
##Miscellaneous
* Submitted a talk proposal for KDE Eco: https://fossunited.org/c/indiafoss/2025/cfp/7j92qccg9h