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1: This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about 2: some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here, 3: [contact us.](http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi) 4: 5: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our 6: [presentation pages](http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/). 7: 8: Future Events 9: ------------- 10: 11: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 12: 13: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 14: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 15: 16: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 17: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there will be a NetBSD 18: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 19: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 20: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 21: 22: 23: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 24: 25: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 26: 27: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 28: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 29: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 30: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 31: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 32: 33: Past Events 34: ----------- 35: 36: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 37: 38: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 39: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 40: Japan* 41: 42: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 43: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 44: for meeting information and 45: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 46: 47: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 48: 49: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 50: 51: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 52: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 53: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 54: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 55: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 56: 57: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 58: 59: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 60: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 61: Okinawa, Japan* 62: 63: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 64: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 65: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 66: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 67: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 68: 69: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 70: 71: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 72: 73: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 74: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD 75: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 76: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 77: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 78: 79: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 80: 81: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 82: 83: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 84: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 85: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 86: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 87: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 88: 89: 90: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 91: 92: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 93: 94: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 95: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD 96: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 97: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 98: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 99: 100: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 101: 102: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 103: 104: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 105: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 106: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 107: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 108: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 109: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 110: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 111: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 112: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 113: 114: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 115: 116: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 117: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 118: 119: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 120: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD 121: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 122: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 123: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 124: 125: 126: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 127: 128: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 129: 130: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 131: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 132: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 133: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 134: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 135: 136: 137: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 138: 139: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 140: 141: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 142: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 143: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 144: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 145: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 146: 147: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 148: 149: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 150: 151: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 152: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 153: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 154: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 155: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 156: 157: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 158: 159: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 160: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 161: 162: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 163: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 164: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 165: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 166: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 167: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 168: 169: 170: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 171: 172: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 173: 174: A primeira edição da [BSDCon Brasil](http://2015.bsdcon.com.br/) ocorreu em 2003. Durante todos esses anos que se passaram, o Brasil ainda não tinha reunido sua comunidade com tanta força como agora. Todos os envolvidos na conferência terão contato direto com o mundo dos usuários, entusiastas e desenvolvedores, o que lhes permitirá melhor compreender sistemas FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD e outros sistemas de linhagem BSD UNIX. 175: 176: 177: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 178: 179: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 180: 181: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 182: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 183: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 184: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 185: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 186: 187: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 188: 189: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 190: 191: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 192: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 193: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 194: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 195: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 196: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 197: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 198: 199: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 200: 201: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 202: 203: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 204: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 205: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 206: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 207: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 208: 209: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 210: 211: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 212: 213: On September 11-13, 2015 at the Sheraton in Reston, Virginia for the second biennial [vBSDCon](http://vbsdcon.com) event. This exciting weekend will bring together members of the BSD community for a series of roundtable discussions, educational sessions, best practice conversations, and exclusive networking opportunities. 214: 215: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 216: 217: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 218: 219: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 220: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 221: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users' 222: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 223: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 224: 225: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 226: 227: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 228: 229: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 230: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 231: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 232: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 233: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 234: 235: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 236: 237: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 238: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 239: Okinawa, Japan* 240: 241: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 242: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 243: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 244: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 245: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 246: 247: 248: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 249: 250: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 251: 252: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 253: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 254: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 255: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 256: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 257: 258: 259: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 260: 261: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 262: 263: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 264: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 265: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 266: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 267: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 268: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 269: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 270: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 271: 272: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 273: 274: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 275: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 276: 277: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 278: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 279: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 280: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 281: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 282: 283: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 284: 285: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 286: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 287: 288: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 289: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 290: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 291: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 292: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 293: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 294: 295: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 296: 297: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 298: 299: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 300: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 301: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 302: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 303: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 304: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 305: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 306: 307: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 308: 309: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 310: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 311: Japan* 312: 313: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 314: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 315: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 316: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 317: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 318: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 319: 320: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 321: 322: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 323: 324: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 325: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 326: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 327: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 328: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 329: 330: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 331: 332: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 333: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 334: 335: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 336: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 337: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 338: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 339: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 340: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 341: 342: 343: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 344: 345: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 346: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 347: Okinawa, Japan* 348: 349: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 350: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 351: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 352: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 353: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 354: 355: 356: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 357: 358: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 359: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 360: 361: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 362: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 363: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 364: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 365: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 366: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 367: 368: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 369: 370: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 371: 372: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 373: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 374: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 375: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 376: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 377: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 378: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 379: 380: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 381: 382: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 383: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 384: 385: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 386: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 387: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 388: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 389: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 390: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 391: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 392: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 393: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 394: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 395: 396: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 397: 398: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 399: 400: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 401: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 402: 403: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 404: 405: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 406: 407: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 408: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 409: 410: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 411: 412: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 413: 414: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 415: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 416: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 417: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 418: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 419: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 420: 421: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 422: 423: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 424: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 425: 426: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 427: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 428: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 429: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 430: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 431: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 432: 433: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 434: 435: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 436: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 437: 438: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 439: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 440: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 441: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 442: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 443: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 444: 445: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 446: 447: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 448: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 449: 450: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 451: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 452: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 453: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 454: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 455: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 456: 457: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 458: 459: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 460: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 461: , Hiroshima, Japan* 462: 463: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 464: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 465: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 466: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 467: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 468: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 469: 470: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 471: 472: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 473: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 474: 475: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 476: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 477: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 478: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 479: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 480: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 481: 482: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 483: 484: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 485: Campus 486: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 487: Germany* 488: 489: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 490: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 491: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 492: answering users' questions. 493: 494: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 495: 496: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 497: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 498: 499: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 500: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 501: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 503: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 504: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 505: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 506: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 507: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 508: hardfloat 509: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 510: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 511: 512: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 513: 514: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 515: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 516: 517: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 518: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 519: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 520: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 521: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 522: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 523: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 524: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 525: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 526: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 527: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 528: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 529: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 530: 531: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 532: 533: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 534: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 535: Japan* 536: 537: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 538: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 539: for meeting information.[more detail on 540: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 541: 542: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 543: 544: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 545: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 546: Okinawa, Japan* 547: 548: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 549: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 550: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 551: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 552: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 553: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 554: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 555: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 556: 557: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 558: 559: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 560: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 561: Japan* 562: 563: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 564: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 565: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 566: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 567: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 568: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 569: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 570: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 571: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 572: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 573: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 574: vs 6.0.2 animation on 575: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 576: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 577: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 578: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 579: 580: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 581: 582: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 583: 584: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 585: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 586: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 587: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 588: cases or notebooks. 589: 590: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 591: more information. 592: 593: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 594: 595: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 596: 597: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 598: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 599: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 600: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 601: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 602: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 603: 604: See [the call for 605: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 606: for details. 607: 608: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 609: 610: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 611: 612: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 613: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 614: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 615: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 616: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 617: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 618: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 619: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 620: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 621: these. 622: 623: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 624: 625: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 626: 627: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 628: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 629: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 630: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 631: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 632: 633: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 634: 635: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 636: 637: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 638: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 639: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 640: BSD related talks. 641: 642: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 643: information. 644: 645: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 646: 647: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 648: 649: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 650: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 651: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 652: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 653: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 654: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 655: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 656: 657: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 658: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 659: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 660: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 661: Japan NetBSD Users 662: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 663: 664: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 665: 666: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 667: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 668: 669: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 670: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 671: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 672: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 673: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 674: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 675: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 676: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 677: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 678: 679: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 680: 681: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 682: 683: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 684: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 685: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 686: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 687: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 688: [NetBSD/KOBO and 689: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 690: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 691: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 692: 693: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 694: 695: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 696: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 697: 698: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 699: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 700: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 701: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 702: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 703: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 704: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 705: 706: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 707: 708: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 709: 710: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 711: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 712: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 713: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 714: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 715: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 716: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 717: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 718: 719: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 720: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 721: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 722: 723: Please see [this 724: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 725: for details. 726: 727: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 728: 729: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 730: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 731: 732: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 733: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 734: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 735: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 736: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 737: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 738: 739: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 740: 741: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 742: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 743: 744: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 745: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 746: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 747: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 748: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 749: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 750: 751: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 752: 753: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 754: 755: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 756: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 757: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 758: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 759: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 760: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 761: 762: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 763: 764: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 765: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 766: Japan* 767: 768: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 769: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 770: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 771: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 772: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 773: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 774: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 775: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 776: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 777: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 778: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 779: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 780: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 781: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 782: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 783: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 784: found at OSC booth" by 785: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 786: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 787: 788: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 789: 790: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 791: 792: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 793: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 794: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 795: 796: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 797: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 798: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 799: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 800: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 801: 802: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 803: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 804: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 805: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 806: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 807: regular meeting. 808: 809: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 810: 811: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 812: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 813: Okinawa, Japan* 814: 815: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 816: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 817: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 818: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 819: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 820: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 821: 822: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 823: 824: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 825: 826: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 827: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 828: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 829: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 830: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 831: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 832: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 833: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 834: [NetBSD/KOBO and 835: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 836: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 837: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 838: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 839: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 840: 841: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 842: 843: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 844: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 845: 846: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 847: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 848: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 849: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 850: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 851: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 852: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 853: 854: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 855: 856: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 857: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 858: 859: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 860: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 861: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 862: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 863: demonstrations ( 864: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 865: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 866: 867: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 868: 869: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 870: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 871: San Diego, California, USA* 872: 873: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 874: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 875: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 876: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 877: on day one of the conference. 878: 879: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 880: 881: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 882: Augustin, Germany* 883: 884: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 885: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 886: 887: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 888: 889: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 890: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 891: 892: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 893: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 894: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 895: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 896: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 897: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 898: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 899: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 900: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 901: SHARP,X68K on 902: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 903: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 904: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 905: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 906: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 907: updates presetation by 908: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 909: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 910: 911: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 912: 913: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 914: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 915: 916: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 917: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 918: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 919: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 920: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 921: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 922: 923: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 924: 925: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 926: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 927: Japan* 928: 929: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 930: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 931: for meeting information. 932: 933: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 934: 935: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 936: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 937: 938: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 939: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 940: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 941: release branch. 942: 943: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 944: 945: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 946: 947: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 948: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 949: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 950: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 951: with [Building NetBSD on 952: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 953: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 954: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 955: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 956: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 957: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 958: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 959: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 960: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 961: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 962: 963: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 964: 965: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 966: 967: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 968: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 969: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 970: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 971: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 972: 973: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 974: more information. 975: 976: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 977: 978: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 979: 980: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 981: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 982: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 983: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 984: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 985: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 986: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 987: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 988: 989: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 990: 991: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 992: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 993: Japan* 994: 995: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 996: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 997: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 998: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 999: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1000: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1001: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1002: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1003: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1004: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1005: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1006: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1007: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1008: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1009: 1010: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1011: 1012: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1013: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1014: 1015: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1016: 1017: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1018: 1019: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1020: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1021: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1022: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1023: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1024: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1025: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1026: demonstrations. 1027: 1028: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1029: 1030: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1031: 1032: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1033: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1034: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1035: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1036: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1037: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1038: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1039: 1040: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1041: 1042: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1043: 1044: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1045: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1046: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1047: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1048: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1049: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1050: port history by 1051: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1052: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1053: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1054: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1055: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1056: [[ustream live 1057: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1058: 1059: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1060: 1061: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1062: 1063: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1064: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1065: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1066: talks. 1067: 1068: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1069: information. 1070: 1071: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1072: 1073: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1074: 1075: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1076: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1077: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1078: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1079: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1080: [WZero3 live 1081: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1082: [Zaurus live 1083: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1084: [Translate NetBSD man with 1085: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1086: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1087: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1088: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1089: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1090: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1091: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1092: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1093: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1094: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1095: 1096: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1097: 1098: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1099: 1100: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1101: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1102: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1103: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1104: with hpcsh { [Persona 1105: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1106: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1107: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1108: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1109: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1110: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1111: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1112: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1113: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1114: i386 { [aspire 1115: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1116: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1117: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1118: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1119: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1120: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1121: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1122: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1123: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1124: 1125: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1126: 1127: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1128: 1129: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1130: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1131: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1132: necessary. 1133: 1134: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1135: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1136: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1137: for details. 1138: 1139: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1140: 1141: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1142: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1143: Fukuoka, Japan* 1144: 1145: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1146: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1147: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1148: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1149: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1150: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1151: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1152: 1153: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1154: 1155: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1156: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1157: 1158: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1159: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1160: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1161: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1162: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1163: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1164: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1165: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1166: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1167: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1168: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1169: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1170: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1171: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1172: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1173: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1174: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1175: 1176: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1177: 1178: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1179: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1180: 1181: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1182: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1183: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1184: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1185: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1186: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1187: 1188: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1189: 1190: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1191: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1192: 1193: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1194: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1195: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1196: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1197: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1198: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1199: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1200: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1201: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1202: enigmatic machines by 1203: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1204: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1205: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1206: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1207: 1208: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1209: 1210: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1211: 1212: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1213: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1214: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1215: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1216: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1217: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1218: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1219: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1220: university students to work with BSD systems. 1221: 1222: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1223: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1224: 1225: For more information please visit the website 1226: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1227: 1228: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1229: 1230: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1231: 1232: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1233: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1234: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1235: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1236: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1237: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1238: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1239: 1240: For more information please visit the website 1241: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1242: 1243: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1244: 1245: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1246: 1247: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1248: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1249: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1250: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1251: Netherlands. 1252: 1253: For more information please visit the website 1254: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1255: 1256: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1257: 1258: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1259: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1260: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1261: 1262: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1263: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1264: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1265: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1266: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1267: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1268: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1269: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1270: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1271: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1272: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1273: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1274: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1275: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1276: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1277: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1278: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1279: 1280: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1281: 1282: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1283: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1284: Okinawa, Japan* 1285: 1286: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1287: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1288: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1289: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1290: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1291: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1292: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1293: 1294: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1295: 1296: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1297: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1298: Fukushima, Japan* 1299: 1300: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1301: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1302: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1303: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1304: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1305: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1306: 1307: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1308: 1309: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1310: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1311: Japan* 1312: 1313: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1314: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1315: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1316: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1317: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1318: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1319: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1320: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1321: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1322: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1323: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1324: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1325: 1326: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1327: 1328: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1329: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1330: 1331: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1332: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1333: 1334: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1335: 1336: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1337: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1338: 1339: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1340: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1341: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1342: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1343: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1344: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1345: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1346: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1347: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1348: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1349: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1350: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1351: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1352: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1353: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1354: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1355: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1356: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1357: will never die! 1358: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1359: and 1360: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1361: by tsutsui. 1362: 1363: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1364: 1365: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1366: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1367: Japan* 1368: 1369: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1370: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1371: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1372: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1373: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1374: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1375: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1376: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1377: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1378: keysign party by soda. 1379: 1380: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1381: 1382: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1383: 1384: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1385: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1386: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1387: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1388: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1389: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1390: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1391: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1392: 1393: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1394: 1395: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1396: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1397: 1398: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1399: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1400: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1401: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1402: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1403: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1404: 1405: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1406: 1407: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1408: 1409: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1410: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1411: May 2011. 1412: 1413: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1414: 1415: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1416: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1417: 1418: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1419: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1420: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1421: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1422: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1423: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1424: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1425: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1426: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1427: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1428: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1429: 1430: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1431: 1432: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1433: 1434: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1435: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1436: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1437: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1438: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1439: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1440: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1441: 1442: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1443: 1444: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1445: Oita, Japan* 1446: 1447: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1448: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1449: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1450: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1451: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1452: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1453: 1454: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1455: 1456: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1457: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1458: 1459: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1460: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1461: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1462: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1463: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1464: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1465: 1466: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1467: 1468: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1469: Belgium* 1470: 1471: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1472: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1473: 1474: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1475: in the BSD devroom 1476: 1477: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1478: 1479: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1480: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1481: Japan* 1482: 1483: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1484: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1485: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1486: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1487: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1488: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1489: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1490: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1491: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1492: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1493: 1494: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1495: 1496: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1497: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1498: 1499: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1500: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1501: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1503: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1504: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1505: 1506: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1507: 1508: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1509: 1510: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1511: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1512: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1513: focused. 1514: 1515: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1516: 1517: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1518: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1519: 1520: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1521: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1522: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1523: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1524: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1525: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1526: 1527: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1528: 1529: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1530: 1531: [The New York City BSD Conference 1532: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1533: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1534: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1535: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1536: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1537: 1538: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1539: 1540: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1541: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1542: 1543: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1544: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1545: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1546: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1547: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1548: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1549: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1550: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1551: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1552: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1553: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1554: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1555: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1556: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1557: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1558: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1559: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1560: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1561: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1562: tsutsui) 1563: 1564: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1565: 1566: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1567: 1568: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1569: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1570: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1571: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1572: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1573: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1574: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1575: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1576: 1577: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1578: 1579: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1580: 1581: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1582: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1583: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1584: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1585: 1586: For more information please visit the website 1587: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1588: 1589: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1590: 1591: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1592: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1593: Okinawa, Japan* 1594: 1595: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1596: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1597: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1598: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1599: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1600: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1601: 1602: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1603: 1604: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1605: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1606: 1607: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1608: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1609: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1610: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1611: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1612: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1613: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1614: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1615: 1616: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1617: 1618: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1619: 1620: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1621: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1622: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1623: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1624: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1625: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1626: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1627: 1628: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1629: 1630: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1631: 1632: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1633: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1634: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1635: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1636: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1637: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1638: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1639: 1640: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1641: 1642: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1643: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1644: Japan* 1645: 1646: See [this 1647: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1648: for meeting information. 1649: 1650: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1651: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1652: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1653: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1654: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1655: 1656: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1657: 1658: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1659: 1660: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1661: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1662: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1664: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1665: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1666: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1667: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1668: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1669: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1670: 1671: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1672: 1673: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1674: 1675: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1676: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1677: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1678: in a shared BSD booth. 1679: 1680: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1681: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1682: 1683: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1684: 1685: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1686: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1687: 1688: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1689: 1690: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1691: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1692: 1693: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1694: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1695: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1696: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1697: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1698: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1699: 1700: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1701: 1702: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1703: 1704: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1705: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1706: 1707: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1708: 1709: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1710: 1711: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1712: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1713: May 2010. 1714: 1715: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 1716: 1717: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1718: 1719: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1720: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1721: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1722: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1723: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1724: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1725: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1726: 1727: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 1728: 1729: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 1730: 1731: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1732: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1733: 1734: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1735: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1736: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1737: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1738: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 1739: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 1740: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1741: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1742: 1743: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 1744: 1745: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 1746: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1747: 1748: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1749: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1750: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1751: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 1752: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1753: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1754: 1755: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 1756: 1757: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 1758: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 1759: 1760: The [February 2010 1761: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 1762: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 1763: 1764: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 1765: 1766: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 1767: Belgium* 1768: 1769: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 1770: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1771: 1772: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 1773: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 1774: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 1775: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 1776: 1777: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 1778: 1779: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1780: Oita, Japan* 1781: 1782: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1783: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 1784: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1785: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1786: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1787: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1788: 1789: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 1790: 1791: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 1792: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1793: 1794: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1795: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1796: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1797: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1798: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1799: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1800: 1801: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 1802: 1803: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 1804: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 1805: 1806: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1807: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1808: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1809: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 1810: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 1811: demonstration. 1812: 1813: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 1814: 1815: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 1816: 1817: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 1818: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 1819: major BSDs. 1820: 1821: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 1822: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 1823: 1824: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 1825: 1826: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1827: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1828: 1829: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 1830: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1831: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1832: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 1833: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 1834: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 1835: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 1836: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1837: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 1838: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 1839: 1840: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 1841: 1842: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 1843: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1844: 1845: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1846: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1847: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1848: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 1849: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 1850: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 1851: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 1852: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1853: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 1854: demonstration and BSD BOF. 1855: 1856: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 1857: 1858: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 1859: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1860: Okinawa, Japan* 1861: 1862: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1863: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1864: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1865: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 1866: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1867: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1868: 1869: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 1870: 1871: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 1872: 1873: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 1874: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 1875: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 1876: the conference on Sept 18th. 1877: 1878: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 1879: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1880: 1881: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 1882: 1883: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1884: 1885: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1886: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1887: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1888: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1889: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1890: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1891: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1892: 1893: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 1894: 1895: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 1896: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 1897: 1898: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1899: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1900: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1901: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1902: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 1903: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1904: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1905: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1906: 1907: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 1908: 1909: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1910: 1911: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1912: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1913: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1914: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1915: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 1916: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 1917: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 1918: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 1919: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 1920: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1921: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1922: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 1923: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 1924: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 1925: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 1926: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 1927: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 1928: 1929: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1930: 1931: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 1932: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1933: Japan* 1934: 1935: See [this 1936: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 1937: for meeting information. 1938: 1939: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 1940: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 1941: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 1942: party. 1943: 1944: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 1945: 1946: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 1947: 1948: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 1949: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1950: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 1951: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1952: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 1953: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 1954: 1955: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 1956: 1957: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 1958: 1959: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 1960: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 1961: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 1962: systems at the exhibition. 1963: 1964: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 1965: 1966: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1967: 1968: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1969: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1970: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1971: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 1972: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 1973: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1974: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 1975: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 1976: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 1977: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 1978: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 1979: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 1980: 1981: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 1982: 1983: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 1984: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1985: 1986: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1987: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1988: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1989: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 1990: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 1991: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 1992: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1993: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1994: 1995: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 1996: 1997: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 1998: 1999: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2000: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2001: May 2009. 2002: 2003: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2004: 2005: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2006: 2007: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2008: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2009: Hannover, Germany. 2010: 2011: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2012: 2013: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2014: 2015: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2016: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2017: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2018: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2019: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2020: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2021: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2022: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2023: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2024: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2025: and [NetBSD 2026: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2027: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2028: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2029: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2030: 2031: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2032: 2033: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2034: 2035: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2036: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2037: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2038: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2039: 2040: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2041: 2042: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2043: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2044: 2045: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2046: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2047: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2048: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2049: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2050: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2051: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2052: 2053: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2054: 2055: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2056: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2057: the community. 2058: 2059: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2060: 2061: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2062: 2063: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2064: 2065: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2066: 2067: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2068: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2069: 2070: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2071: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2072: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2073: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2074: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2075: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2076: 2077: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2078: 2079: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2080: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2081: Fukuoka, Japan* 2082: 2083: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2084: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2085: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2086: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2087: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2088: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2089: 2090: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2091: 2092: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2093: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2094: 2095: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2096: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2097: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2098: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2099: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2100: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2101: 2102: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2103: 2104: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2105: 2106: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2107: 2108: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2109: 2110: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2111: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2112: 2113: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2114: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2115: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2116: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2117: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2118: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2119: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2120: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2121: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2122: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2123: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2124: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2125: 2126: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2127: 2128: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2129: 2130: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2131: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2132: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2133: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2134: 2135: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2136: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2137: 2138: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2139: 2140: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2141: 2142: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2143: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2144: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2145: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2146: 2147: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2148: 2149: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2150: 2151: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2152: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2153: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2154: 2155: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2156: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2157: 2158: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2159: 2160: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2161: 2162: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2163: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2164: 2165: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2166: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2167: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2168: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2169: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2170: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2171: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2172: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2173: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2174: [Itojun Service 2175: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2176: 2177: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2178: 2179: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2180: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2181: 2182: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2183: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2184: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2185: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2186: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2187: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2188: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2189: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2190: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2191: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2192: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2193: 2194: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2195: 2196: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2197: 2198: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2199: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2200: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2202: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2203: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2204: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2205: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2206: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2207: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2208: 2209: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2210: 2211: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2212: 2213: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2214: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2215: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2216: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2217: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2218: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2219: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2220: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2221: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2222: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2223: all BSD machines. 2224: 2225: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2226: 2227: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2228: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2229: Japan* 2230: 2231: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2232: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2233: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2234: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2235: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2236: 2237: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2238: 2239: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2240: 2241: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2242: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2243: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2244: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2245: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2246: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2247: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2248: 2249: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2250: 2251: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2252: 2253: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2254: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2255: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2256: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2257: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2258: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2259: 2260: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2261: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2262: 2263: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2264: 2265: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2266: 2267: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2268: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2269: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2270: novices to advanced developers. 2271: 2272: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2273: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2274: 2275: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2276: 2277: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2278: Spain* 2279: 2280: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2281: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2282: 2283: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2284: 2285: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2286: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2287: 2288: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2289: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2290: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2291: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2292: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2293: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2294: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2295: 2296: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2297: 2298: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2299: 2300: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2301: technologies and IT security. 2302: 2303: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2304: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2305: 2306: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2307: 2308: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2309: 2310: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2311: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2312: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2313: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2314: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2315: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2316: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2317: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2318: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2319: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2320: 2321: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2322: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2323: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2324: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2325: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2326: 2327: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2328: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2329: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2330: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2331: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2332: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2333: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2334: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2335: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2336: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2337: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2338: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2339: 2340: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2341: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2342: networking and virtualisation. 2343: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2344: 2345: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2346: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2347: 2348: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2349: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2350: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2351: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2352: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2353: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2354: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2355: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2356: 2357: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2358: 2359: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2360: 2361: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2362: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2363: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2364: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2365: 2366: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2367: 2368: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2369: 2370: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2371: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2372: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2373: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2374: 2375: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2376: 2377: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2378: 2379: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2380: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2381: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2382: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2383: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2384: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2385: 2386: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2387: 2388: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2389: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2390: Japan* 2391: 2392: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2393: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2394: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2395: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2396: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2397: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2398: 2399: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2400: 2401: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2402: 2403: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2404: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2405: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2406: 2407: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2408: 2409: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2410: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2411: 2412: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2413: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2414: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2415: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2416: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2417: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2418: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2419: 2420: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2421: 2422: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2423: Niigata, Japan* 2424: 2425: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2426: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2427: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2429: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2430: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2431: 2432: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2433: 2434: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2435: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2436: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2437: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2438: 2439: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2440: 2441: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2442: Turkey* 2443: 2444: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2445: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2446: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2447: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2448: 2449: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2450: 2451: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2452: 2453: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2454: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2455: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2456: information, see the [event's 2457: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2458: 2459: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2460: 2461: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2462: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2463: 2464: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2465: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2466: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2467: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2468: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2469: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2470: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2471: Presentation by 2472: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2473: 2474: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2475: 2476: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2477: 2478: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2479: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2480: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2481: 2482: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2483: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2484: 2485: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2486: 2487: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2488: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2489: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2490: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2491: 2492: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2493: 2494: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2495: 2496: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2497: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2498: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2499: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2500: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2501: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2502: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2503: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2504: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2505: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2506: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2507: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2508: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2509: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2510: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2511: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2512: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2513: ). 2514: 2515: [A report with some 2516: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2517: available. 2518: 2519: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2520: 2521: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2522: 2523: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2524: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2525: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2526: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2527: Switzerland. 2528: 2529: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2530: report was posted to the 2531: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2532: mailing list. 2533: 2534: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2535: 2536: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2537: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2538: Japan* 2539: 2540: See [this 2541: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2542: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2543: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2544: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2545: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2546: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2547: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2548: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2549: sign party. 2550: 2551: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2552: 2553: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2554: 2555: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2556: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2557: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2558: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2559: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2560: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2561: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2562: 2563: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2564: 2565: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2566: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2567: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2568: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2569: at the 2570: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2571: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2572: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2573: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2574: 2575: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2576: information. 2577: 2578: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2579: 2580: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2581: 2582: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2583: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2584: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2585: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2586: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2587: 2588: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2589: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2590: 2591: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2592: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2593: 2594: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2595: 2596: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2597: 2598: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2599: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2600: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2601: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2602: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2603: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2604: welcome to attend. 2605: 2606: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2607: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2608: 2609: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2610: 2611: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2612: 2613: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2614: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2615: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2616: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2617: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2618: 2619: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2620: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2621: 2622: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2623: 2624: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2625: 2626: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2627: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2628: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2630: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2631: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2632: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2633: 2634: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2635: 2636: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2637: 2638: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2639: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2640: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2641: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2642: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2643: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2644: widest possible audience. 2645: 2646: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2647: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2648: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2649: 2650: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2651: 2652: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2653: 2654: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2655: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2656: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2657: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2658: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2659: 2660: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2661: 2662: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2663: 2664: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2665: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2666: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2667: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2668: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2669: 2670: More information can be found at 2671: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2672: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2673: German language article can be found at: 2674: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2675: 2676: Ignatios also 2677: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2678: his [slides (german 2679: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2680: 2681: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2682: 2683: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2684: 2685: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2686: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2687: Brussels, Belgium. 2688: 2689: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2690: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2691: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2692: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2693: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2694: 2695: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2696: 2697: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2698: 2699: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2700: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2701: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2702: booth at this event; see the reports by 2703: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2704: and 2705: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2706: 2707: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2708: 2709: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2710: 2711: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2712: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2713: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 2714: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 2715: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 2716: 2717: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 2718: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 2719: and Solaris. 2720: 2721: For more information, please [visit the 2722: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 2723: 2724: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 2725: 2726: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 2727: 2728: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 2729: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 2730: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2731: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2732: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2733: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2734: 2735: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 2736: 2737: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 2738: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 2739: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 2740: 2741: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 2742: 2743: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 2744: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 2745: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 2746: if you have any questions or want to help out. 2747: 2748: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 2749: 2750: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 2751: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 2752: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 2753: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 2754: 2755: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 2756: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 2757: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 2758: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 2759: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 2760: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 2761: NetBSD Network Appliances 2762: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 2763: for BSD TCP/IP 2764: 2765: Registration is open now. Please [see the 2766: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 2767: 2768: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 2769: 2770: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 2771: 2772: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 2773: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 2774: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 2775: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 2776: about NetBSD-related topics. 2777: 2778: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 2779: 2780: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 2781: 2782: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2783: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 2784: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2785: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2786: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2787: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2788: 2789: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 2790: 2791: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 2792: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 2793: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 2794: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 2795: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2796: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 2797: 2798: A report on the event is available 2799: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 2800: 2801: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 2802: 2803: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 2804: 2805: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 2806: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 2807: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 2808: booth. 2809: 2810: A report of the event can be found 2811: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 2812: 2813: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 2814: 2815: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 2816: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 2817: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 2818: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 2819: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 2820: 2821: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 2822: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 2823: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 2824: information. 2825: 2826: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 2827: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 2828: 2829: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 2830: 2831: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 2832: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 2833: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 2834: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 2835: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 2836: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 2837: the booth. 2838: 2839: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 2840: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 2841: about the event. 2842: 2843: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 2844: 2845: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 2846: 2847: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 2848: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 2849: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2850: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2851: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2852: 2853: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 2854: 2855: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 2856: 2857: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2858: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2859: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2860: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2861: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2862: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 2863: 2864: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 2865: 2866: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 2867: 2868: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 2869: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 2870: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 2871: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 2872: 2873: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 2874: FreeBSD Project 2875: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 2876: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 2877: Ensure Technology Ltd 2878: . 2879: - BSD Usergroup activity: 2880: Echigo BSD Users Group 2881: , T.Tamura@EBUG 2882: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 2883: 2884: \> See [program for 2885: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 2886: 2887: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 2888: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 2889: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 2890: 2891: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 2892: 2893: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 2894: 2895: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 2896: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 2897: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 2898: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 2899: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 2900: developers. 2901: 2902: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 2903: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 2904: during May 10-14th. 2905: 2906: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 2907: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 2908: 2909: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 2910: 2911: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 2912: 2913: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 2914: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 2915: conference on their campus. 2916: 2917: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 2918: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 2919: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 2920: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 2921: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 2922: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 2923: 2924: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 2925: presentation proposal, please visit 2926: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 2927: 2928: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 2929: 2930: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 2931: 2932: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 2933: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 2934: tutorials. 2935: 2936: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 2937: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 2938: 2939: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 2940: 2941: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 2942: 2943: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 2944: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 2945: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 2946: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 2947: URL above. 2948: 2949: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2950: 2951: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 2952: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 2953: 2954: See [this 2955: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 2956: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 2957: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 2958: Codeblog. 2959: 2960: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 2961: 2962: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 2963: 2964: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 2965: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 2966: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 2967: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 2968: gmail.com). 2969: 2970: For more information about this event see 2971: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 2972: 2973: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 2974: 2975: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 2976: 2977: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 2978: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 2979: Cons in Germany. 2980: 2981: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 2982: 2983: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 2984: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 2985: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 2986: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 2987: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 2988: 2989: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 2990: net-tex.de\>. 2991: 2992: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 2993: 2994: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 2995: 2996: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 2997: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 2998: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 2999: 3000: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3001: 3002: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3003: 3004: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3005: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3006: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3007: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3008: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3009: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3010: 3011: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3012: 3013: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3014: 3015: [German Unix User Group 3016: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3017: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3018: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3019: 3020: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3021: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3022: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3023: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3024: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3025: 3026: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3027: 3028: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3029: 3030: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3031: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3032: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3033: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3034: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3035: Europe. 3036: 3037: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3038: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3039: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3040: 3041: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3042: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3043: 3044: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3045: 3046: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3047: 3048: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3049: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3050: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3051: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3052: if you would like to help. 3053: 3054: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3055: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3056: 3057: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3058: 3059: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3060: 3061: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3062: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3063: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3064: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3065: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3066: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3067: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3068: 3069: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3070: 3071: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3072: 3073: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3074: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3075: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3076: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3077: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3078: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3079: 3080: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3081: 3082: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3083: 3084: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3085: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3086: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3087: conference venue and registration. present. 3088: 3089: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3090: 3091: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3092: 3093: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3094: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3095: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3096: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3097: Lockhoff. 3098: 3099: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3100: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3101: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3102: 3103: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3104: 3105: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3106: 3107: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3108: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3109: others) will be presented. 3110: 3111: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3112: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3113: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3114: 3115: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3116: 3117: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3118: especially showing NetBSD! 3119: 3120: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3121: 3122: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3123: 3124: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3125: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3126: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3127: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3128: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3129: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3130: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3131: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3132: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3133: 3134: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3135: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3136: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3137: 3138: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3139: 3140: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3141: 3142: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3143: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3144: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3145: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3146: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3147: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3148: 3149: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3150: 3151: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3152: 3153: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3154: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3155: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3156: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3157: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3158: 3159: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3160: 3161: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3162: 3163: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3164: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3165: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3166: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3167: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3168: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3169: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3170: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3171: on netbsd-advocacy. 3172: 3173: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3174: 3175: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3176: 3177: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3178: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3179: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3180: group page for more information. 3181: 3182: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3183: 3184: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3185: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3186: 3187: See [this 3188: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3189: meeting information. 3190: 3191: A 3192: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3193: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3194: 3195: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3196: 3197: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3198: 3199: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3200: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3201: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3202: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3203: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3204: organization. 3205: 3206: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3207: 3208: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3209: 3210: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3211: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3212: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3213: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3214: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3215: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3216: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3217: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3218: for more details. 3219: 3220: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3221: 3222: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3223: 3224: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3225: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3226: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3227: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3228: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3229: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3230: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3231: 3232: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3233: 3234: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3235: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3236: 3237: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3238: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3239: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3240: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3241: 3242: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3243: 3244: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3245: 3246: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3247: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3248: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3249: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3250: groups. 3251: 3252: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3253: 3254: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3255: 3256: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3257: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3258: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3259: venue and registration. 3260: 3261: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3262: 3263: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3264: 3265: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3266: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3267: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3268: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3269: 3270: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3271: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3272: Live performance 3273: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3274: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3275: 3276: See [program for 3277: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3278: 3279: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3280: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3281: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3282: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3283: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3284: clients,[BSD-BOF-LOG](http://motoyuki.bsdclub.org/boflog/NI2005-BSD-BOF-LOG.txt),[BSD-BOF-QA](http://motoyuki.bsdclub.org/boflog/NI2005-BSD-BOF-QA.txt)). 3285: 3286: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3287: 3288: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3289: 3290: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3291: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3292: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3293: 3294: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3295: 3296: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3297: 3298: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3299: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3300: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3301: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3302: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3303: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3304: [slides for this 3305: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3306: 3307: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3308: 3309: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3310: 3311: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3312: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3313: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3314: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3315: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3316: 3317: More information is at 3318: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3319: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3320: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3321: 3322: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3323: 3324: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3325: 3326: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3327: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3328: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3329: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3330: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3331: solutions and fresh ideas. 3332: 3333: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3334: 3335: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3336: 3337: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3338: 3339: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3340: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3341: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3342: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3343: 3344: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3345: 3346: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3347: 3348: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3349: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3350: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3351: 3352: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3353: 3354: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3355: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3356: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3357: 3358: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3359: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3360: 3361: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3362: 3363: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3364: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3365: 3366: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3367: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3368: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3369: 3370: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3371: 3372: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3373: 3374: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3375: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3376: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3377: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3378: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3379: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3380: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3381: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3382: 3383: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3384: 3385: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3386: 3387: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3388: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3389: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3390: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3391: 3392: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3393: 3394: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3395: 3396: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3397: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3398: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3399: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3400: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3401: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3402: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3403: available. 3404: 3405: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3406: 3407: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3408: 3409: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3410: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3411: program, conference venue and registration. A 3412: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3413: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3414: 3415: A brief report from the conference is available 3416: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3417: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3418: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3419: 3420: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3421: 3422: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3423: 3424: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3425: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3426: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3427: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3428: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3429: 3430: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3431: 3432: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3433: 3434: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3435: 3436: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3437: 3438: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3439: 3440: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3441: 3442: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3443: 3444: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3445: 3446: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3447: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3448: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3449: 3450: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3451: 3452: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3453: 3454: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3455: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3456: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3457: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3458: conference. 3459: 3460: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3461: 3462: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3463: 3464: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3465: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3466: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3467: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3468: for details. 3469: 3470: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3471: 3472: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3473: 3474: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3475: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3476: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3477: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3478: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3479: 3480: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3481: 3482: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3483: 3484: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3485: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3486: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3487: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3488: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3489: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3490: 3491: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3492: 3493: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3494: 3495: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3496: 3497: [BOF 3498: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3499: 3500: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3501: 3502: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3503: 3504: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3505: 3506: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3507: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3508: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3509: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3510: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3511: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3512: of the BSD 3513: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3514: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3515: conference. 3516: 3517: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3518: 3519: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3520: 3521: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3522: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3523: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3524: in helping out. 3525: 3526: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3527: 3528: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3529: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3530: 3531: See [this 3532: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3533: meeting information. 3534: 3535: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3536: 3537: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3538: 3539: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3540: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3541: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3542: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3543: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3544: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3545: 3546: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3547: 3548: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3549: 3550: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3551: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3552: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3553: NetBSD-BR. 3554: 3555: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3556: 3557: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3558: 3559: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3560: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3561: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3562: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3563: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3564: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3565: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3566: 3567: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3568: 3569: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3570: 3571: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3572: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3573: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3574: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3575: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3576: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3577: [this message to the netbsd-news 3578: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3579: for more information. 3580: 3581: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3582: 3583: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3584: 3585: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3586: [GUUG 3587: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3588: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3589: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3590: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3591: 3592: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3593: 3594: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3595: 3596: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3597: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3598: 3599: - \`\` 3600: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3601: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3602: - \`\` 3603: Introduction to NetBSD 3604: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3605: - \`\` 3606: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3607: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3608: 3609: Please see the 3610: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3611: details. Photos are available at [this 3612: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3613: found on the [Linux-Tag 3614: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3615: 3616: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3617: 3618: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3619: 3620: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3621: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3622: France. 3623: 3624: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3625: 3626: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3627: 3628: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3629: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3630: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3631: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3632: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3633: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3634: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3635: 3636: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3637: 3638: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3639: 3640: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3641: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3642: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3643: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3644: for Details. If you're interested in the 3645: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3646: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3647: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3648: MailingList useful. 3649: 3650: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3651: 3652: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3653: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3654: 3655: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3656: details. 3657: 3658: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3659: 3660: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3661: 3662: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3663: 3664: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3665: 3666: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3667: 3668: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3669: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3670: administration. See 3671: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3672: for details. 3673: 3674: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3675: 3676: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3677: 3678: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3679: 3680: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3681: 3682: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3683: 3684: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3685: 3686: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3687: 3688: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3689: 3690: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3691: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3692: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3693: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3694: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3695: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3696: information. 3697: 3698: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3699: 3700: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3701: 3702: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3703: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3704: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3705: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3706: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3707: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3708: is available online. 3709: 3710: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3711: 3712: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3713: 3714: A lot of photos are available 3715: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 3716: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 3717: 3718: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 3719: 3720: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3721: 3722: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 3723: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 3724: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 3725: 3726: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 3727: Dolecek. See the [full 3728: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 3729: for details and pictures. 3730: 3731: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 3732: 3733: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 3734: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 3735: 3736: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 3737: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 3738: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 3739: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 3740: 3741: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 3742: 3743: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3744: 3745: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 3746: 3747: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 3748: 3749: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3750: 3751: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3752: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3753: 3754: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 3755: 3756: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 3757: 3758: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 3759: 3760: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3761: 3762: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 3763: 3764: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 3765: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 3766: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 3767: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 3768: see 3769: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 3770: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3771: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 3772: 3773: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 3774: here](events/usenix2003/). 3775: 3776: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 3777: 3778: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 3779: 3780: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 3781: holding the [BSDay 3782: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 3783: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 3784: for more information. 3785: 3786: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 3787: 3788: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 3789: 3790: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 3791: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 3792: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 3793: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 3794: 3795: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 3796: 3797: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 3798: 3799: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 3800: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 3801: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 3802: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 3803: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 3804: 3805: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 3806: 3807: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 3808: 3809: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 3810: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 3811: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 3812: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 3813: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 3814: 3815: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 3816: 3817: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 3818: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 3819: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 3820: 3821: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 3822: 3823: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 3824: 3825: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 3826: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 3827: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 3828: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 3829: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 3830: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 3831: 3832: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3833: 3834: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 3835: 3836: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3837: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3838: administration. See 3839: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3840: for details. 3841: 3842: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3843: 3844: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 3845: 3846: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3847: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 3848: events including several pictures is available online at 3849: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 3850: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 3851: from: 3852: 3853: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 3854: [ 3855: mp3 3856: ] 3857: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 3858: [ 3859: mp3 3860: ] 3861: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 3862: mit NetBSD 3863: [ 3864: mp3 3865: ] 3866: 3867: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 3868: 3869: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 3870: 3871: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 3872: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 3873: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 3874: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 3875: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 3876: 3877: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 3878: 3879: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 3880: 3881: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 3882: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 3883: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 3884: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 3885: activities will be the: 3886: 3887: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3888: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3889: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 3890: 3891: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 3892: 3893: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 3894: 3895: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 3896: 3897: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 3898: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3899: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 3900: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 3901: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 3902: a [short 3903: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 3904: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 3905: available online. 3906: 3907: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 3908: 3909: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 3910: 3911: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 3912: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3913: from December 27th to 29th. 3914: 3915: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 3916: 3917: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 3918: 3919: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3920: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3921: administration. 3922: 3923: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 3924: 3925: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3926: 3927: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 3928: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 3929: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 3930: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 3931: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 3932: for details. 3933: 3934: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 3935: 3936: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 3937: 3938: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 3939: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 3940: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 3941: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 3942: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 3943: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 3944: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 3945: 3946: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 3947: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 3948: Germany. See 3949: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 3950: for more information. 3951: 3952: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 3953: 3954: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 3955: 3956: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 3957: 3958: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 3959: 3960: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 3961: 3962: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 3963: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 3964: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 3965: 3966: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 3967: 3968: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 3969: 3970: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 3971: 3972: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 3973: 3974: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 3975: 3976: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 3977: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 3978: College. 3979: 3980: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 3981: 3982: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 3983: 3984: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 3985: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 3986: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 3987: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 3988: rendering cluster done with 3989: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 3990: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 3991: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 3992: available from [Hubert's 3993: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 3994: 3995: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 3996: 3997: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 3998: 3999: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4000: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4001: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4002: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4003: online. 4004: 4005: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4006: 4007: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4008: 4009: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4010: 4011: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4012: 4013: *July 22, 2002* 4014: 4015: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4016: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4017: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4018: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4019: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4020: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4021: 4022: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4023: 4024: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4025: 4026: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4027: 4028: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4029: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4030: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4031: 4032: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4033: 4034: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4035: 4036: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4037: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4038: here](events/usenix2002/). 4039: 4040: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4041: 4042: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4043: 4044: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4045: 4046: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4047: 4048: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4049: 4050: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4051: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4052: available. 4053: 4054: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4055: 4056: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4057: 4058: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4059: 4060: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4061: 4062: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4063: 4064: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4065: 4066: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4067: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4068: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4069: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4070: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4071: 4072: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4073: 4074: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4075: 4076: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4077: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4078: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4079: chance to prove their value. 4080: 4081: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4082: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4083: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4084: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4085: 4086: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4087: 4088: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4089: 4090: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4091: 4092: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4093: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4094: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4095: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4096: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4097: is available. 4098: 4099: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4100: 4101: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4102: 4103: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4104: 4105: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4106: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4107: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4108: 4109: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4110: 4111: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4112: USA* 4113: 4114: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4115: 4116: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4117: 4118: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4119: 4120: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4121: 4122: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4123: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4124: 4125: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4126: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4127: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4128: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4129: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4130: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4131: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4132: 4133: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4134: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4135: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4136: Emulation. 4137: 4138: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4139: 4140: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4141: 4142: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4143: 4144: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4145: 4146: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4147: 4148: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4149: 4150: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4151: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4152: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4153: 4154: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4155: 4156: *September 13, 2001* 4157: 4158: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4159: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4160: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4161: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4162: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4163: 4164: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4165: 4166: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4167: 4168: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4169: 4170: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4171: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4172: NetBSD booth at 4173: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4174: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4175: from Japan. 4176: 4177: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4178: 4179: *July 11, 2001* 4180: 4181: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4182: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4183: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4184: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4185: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4186: 4187: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4188: 4189: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4190: Tokyo, Japan* 4191: 4192: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4193: 4194: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4195: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4196: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4197: 4198: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4199: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4200: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4201: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4202: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4203: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4204: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4205: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4206: 4207: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4208: 4209: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4210: 4211: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4212: 4213: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4214: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4215: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4216: 4217: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4218: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4219: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4220: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4221: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4222: slides from this talk are available at 4223: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4224: 4225: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4226: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4227: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4228: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4229: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4230: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4231: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4232: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4233: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4234: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4235: web site. 4236: 4237: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4238: 4239: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4240: 4241: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4242: 4243: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4244: 4245: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4246: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4247: 4248: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4249: 4250: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4251: 4252: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4253: 4254: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4255: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4256: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4257: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4258: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4259: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4260: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4261: 4262: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4263: 4264: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4265: 4266: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4267: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4268: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4269: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4270: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4271: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4272: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4273: 4274: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4275: 4276: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4277: 4278: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4279: 4280: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4281: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4282: Spring is available. 4283: 4284: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4285: 4286: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4287: 4288: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4289: 4290: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4291: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4292: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4293: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4294: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4295: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4296: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4297: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4298: 4299: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4300: 4301: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4302: 4303: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4304: 4305: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4306: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4307: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4308: other swag. 4309: 4310: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4311: 4312: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4313: 4314: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4315: 4316: There was a [BSD BoF 4317: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4318: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4319: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4320: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4321: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4322: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4323: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4324: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4325: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4326: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4327: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4328: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4329: BSD activity in Japan. 4330: 4331: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4332: 4333: *December 6, 2000* 4334: 4335: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4336: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4337: public. 4338: 4339: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4340: 4341: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4342: 4343: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4344: 4345: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4346: 4347: *November 25, 2000* 4348: 4349: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4350: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4351: announced to the public. 4352: 4353: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4354: 4355: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4356: 4357: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4358: 4359: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4360: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4361: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4362: 4363: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4364: Mission. 4365: 4366: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4367: 4368: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4369: 4370: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4371: 4372: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4373: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4374: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4375: 4376: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4377: David Maxwell. 4378: 4379: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4380: 4381: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4382: 4383: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4384: 4385: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4386: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4387: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4388: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4389: 4390: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4391: 4392: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4393: 4394: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4395: 4396: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4397: spotlighting NetBSD. 4398: 4399: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4400: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4401: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4402: 4403: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4404: is available at 4405: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4406: 4407: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4408: 4409: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4410: 4411: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4412: 4413: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4414: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4415: fixed onsite. 4416: 4417: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4418: 4419: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4420: 4421: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4422: 4423: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4424: 4425: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4426: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4427: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4428: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4429: 4430: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4431: 4432: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4433: 4434: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4435: 4436: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4437: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4438: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4439: 4440: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4441: 4442: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4443: 4444: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4445: 4446: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4447: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4448: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4449: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4450: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4451: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4452: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4453: 4454: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4455: Mission and David Maxwell. 4456: 4457: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4458: 4459: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4460: 4461: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4462: 4463: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4464: followed. 4465: 4466: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4467: 4468: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4469: 4470: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4471: 4472: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4473: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4474: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4475: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4476: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4477: giving a talk. 4478: 4479: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4480: 4481: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4482: 4483: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4484: 4485: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4486: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4487: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4488: gave a [technical session on 4489: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4490: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4491: session on 4492: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4493: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4494: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4495: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4496: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4497: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4498: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4499: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4500: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4501: 4502: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4503: The NetBSD Mission. 4504: 4505: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4506: 4507: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4508: 4509: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4510: 4511: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4512: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4513: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4514: 4515: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4516: 4517: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4518: 4519: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html) 4520: 4521: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4522: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4523: \*BSD followed. 4524: 4525: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4526: 4527: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4528: 4529: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4530: 4531: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4532: Mission. 4533: 4534: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4535: 4536: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4537: 4538: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4539: 4540: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4541: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4542: snapshot CDs were available. 4543: 4544: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4545: 4546: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4547: 4548: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4549: 4550: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4551: 4552: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4553: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4554: 4555: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4556: 4557: *March 19, 2000* 4558: 4559: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4560: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4561: announced to the public. 4562: 4563: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4564: 4565: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4566: 4567: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4568: 4569: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4570: 3rd. 4571: 4572: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4573: 4574: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4575: 4576: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4577: 4578: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4579: 4580: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4581: Dec 18. 4582: 4583: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4584: 4585: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4586: 4587: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4588: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4589: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4590: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4591: 4592: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4593: 4594: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4595: 4596: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4597: 4598: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4599: 4600: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4601: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4602: 4603: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4604: Mission. 4605: 4606: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4607: 4608: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4609: 4610: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4611: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4612: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4613: 4614: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4615: 4616: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4617: 4618: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4619: 4620: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4621: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4622: 4623: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4624: 4625: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4626: 4627: *October 9-10, 1999* 4628: 4629: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4630: 4631: *August 26, 1999* 4632: 4633: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4634: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4635: announced to the public. 4636: 4637: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4638: 4639: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4640: 4641: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4642: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4643: 4644: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4645: 4646: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4647: 4648: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4649: 4650: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4651: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4652: package system. 4653: 4654: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4655: 4656: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4657: 4658: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4659: 4660: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4661: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4662: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4663: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4664: 4665: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4666: 4667: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4668: 4669: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4670: 4671: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4672: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4673: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4674: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4675: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4676: checkpointing in userspace. 4677: 4678: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4679: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4680: answered general NetBSD questions. 4681: 4682: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4683: 4684: *May 12, 1999* 4685: 4686: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4687: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4688: public. 4689: 4690: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4691: 4692: *December 23, 1998* 4693: 4694: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4695: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4696: announced to the public. 4697: 4698: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4699: 4700: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4701: 4702: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4703: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4704: in San Jose, CA. 4705: 4706: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4707: 4708: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4709: 4710: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4711: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4712: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4713: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 4714: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 4715: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 4716: 4717: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 4718: 4719: *May 29, 1998* 4720: 4721: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4722: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4723: announced to the public. 4724: 4725: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 4726: 4727: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 4728: 4729: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 4730: 4731: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 4732: 4733: *March 9, 1998* 4734: 4735: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4736: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4737: released. 4738: 4739: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 4740: 4741: *January 4, 1998* 4742: 4743: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 4744: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4745: public. 4746: 4747: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 4748: 4749: *May 20, 1997* 4750: 4751: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4752: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 4753: announced to the public. 4754: 4755: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 4756: 4757: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 4758: 4759: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 4760: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 4761: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 4762: 4763: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 4764: 4765: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 4766: 4767: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 4768: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 4769: 4770: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 4771: 4772: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 4773: 4774: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 4775: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 4776: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 4777: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 4778: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.