Linux Challenge Belgium 2019
FPS Finance
11/03/2019 to 26/04/2019
15 minutes
18
Belgium

1st Pro & 1st Student: 500€ Voucher (MediaMarkt)

2nd Pro & 2nd Student: 400€ Voucher (MediaMarkt)

3rd Pro & 3rd Student: 300€ Voucher (MediaMarkt)

Other Finalists: 30€ Voucher (MediaMarkt)

Do you think you are capable of becoming Belgium’s champion in Linux?

The first round is played online from the 11th of March to the 26th of April. The finals will take place on the 14th of May at FPS Finance HQ. At the end of the online round, 60 players (30 Professionals + 30 Students) will be invited for the finals.

Jury and ambassadors

Sébastien Combéfis
Lecturer
Haute École Provinciale de Hainaut - Condorcet
Ludovic Gasc
IT Senior Solution Architect Web
Orange
Olivier Joveneau
Systems Architect
FPS Finance
Patrick Syemons
Information Architect
FPS Finance
Thierry Verheggen
Director ICT
FPS Finance
Kurt Van Brandt
Technical Service Manager Infrastructure
FPS Finance
Dirk De Backer
Technical Service Manager Middleware
FPS Finance
Martijn Cielen
Specialised in Red Hat based solutions & Technical Business Developer
Piros
Laurent Mathy
Professor
University of Liège
Daan Pareit
Lecturer
Howest - Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Jan Guldentops
CEO / Open Source and Security consultant
B.A.
Jean Bekale
IT System and Project Management
FPS Finance

How to participate?

Everyone can participate but only belgian residents over 18 years old are eligible to take part at the finals and win the prizes. One registration per person is authorized. The participant can only compete in his own name and not for someone else. Personal information of the participant may be checked through different sources. Personal information must be accurate. Inaccurate or false information given by the participant will invalid the registration or entail the loss of the Prize.

Scores calculation and Jokers

You will have 15 minutes to give the correct answer to 18 questions. The questions will be multiple-choice with  only one good answer. The questions will be provided by specialised academics and professionals, who will also be the jury of the Challenge.

The online test contains a maximum of 18 questions with 3 levels of difficulty and an associated score of 1, 2 or 3 points, if answered correctly.

  • 7 easy questions, 1 point
  • 7 medium questions, 2 points
  • 4 difficult questions, 3 points

A wrong answer results in a score of minus 1, irrespective of the level of the question. When you skip a question, you win nor lose points. The total score will be the cumulative score of all questions answered within the set timeframe of 15 minutes.

The contest allows the usage of three ‘jokers’

  • The "50/50", forcing the online test to take out half of the possible answers to a question
  • The "Ask the challengers", where the percentage of the other challengers choosing each answer is displayed to you and
  • The "Bonus question/Ask a friend", in which the challenger sends a bonus question (after the regular 15 minutes) to a friend in the course of the 6-week Challenge. The friend provides the answer and the score is adapted with the result.

Data privacy

In the context of this competition, the following data about the participants will be collected and processed: name, address, date of birth, email address, telephone number and possibly Linkedin profile. The organizers’ servers will automatically save specific data such as: adress, date and time. Personal data are collected and processed for the following uses:

  • To enable and oversee the correct competition process
  • To analyze and optimize EDITx
  • To set up the Statboard & Leaderboard at the end of the challenge

EDITx shares the personal information of the participants with and only with the FPS Finance and with any governmental agency or Authority at their request (in case of irregularities).

The FPS Finance, owner of this challenge will use this information for the following purposes:

  • To contact all participants to share challenge results
  • To contact the top participants to invite them for the finals
  • To contact the participants to ask them for a feedback about the challenge
  • To contact participants about future intern or job opportunities at FPS