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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: ### `Sep 2017 - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France` ### 11: 12: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France* 13: 14: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 15: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 16: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 17: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 18: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 19: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 20: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 21: 22: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada 23: 24: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada* 25: 26: BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based 27: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event is held over a 28: four day period at the University of Ottawa. 29: 30: Please see 31: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/) 32: for details. 33: 34: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017 35: 36: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 37: 38: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) is a 39: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 40: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 41: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 42: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best 43: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 44: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest 45: possible audience. 46: 47: 48: Past Events 49: ----------- 50: 51: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 52: 53: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium* 54: 55: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a 56: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 57: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 58: free and open source software from all over the world gather 59: at the event in Brussels. 60: 61: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 62: operating systems and their talks. 63: 64: Please see 65: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html) 66: for details. 67: 68: 69: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 70: 71: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 72: 73: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 74: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 75: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 76: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 77: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 78: 79: 80: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane 81: 82: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 83: 84: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 85: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 86: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 87: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 88: demonstrations. 89: 90: 91: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 92: 93: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 94: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 95: 96: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 97: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 98: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 99: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 100: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 101: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html). 102: 103: 104: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 105: 106: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 107: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 108: Japan* 109: 110: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 111: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 112: for meeting information and 113: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 114: 115: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 116: 117: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 118: 119: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 120: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 121: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 122: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 123: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 124: 125: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 126: 127: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 128: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 129: Okinawa, Japan* 130: 131: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 132: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 133: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 134: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 135: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 136: 137: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 138: 139: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 140: 141: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 142: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), 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/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 146: 147: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 148: 149: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 150: 151: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 152: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 153: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 154: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 155: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 156: 157: 158: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 159: 160: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 161: 162: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 163: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), 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: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 167: 168: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 169: 170: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 171: 172: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 173: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 174: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 175: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 176: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 177: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 178: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 179: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 180: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 181: 182: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 183: 184: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 185: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 186: 187: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 188: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD 189: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 190: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 191: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 192: 193: 194: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 195: 196: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 197: 198: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 199: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 200: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 202: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 203: 204: 205: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 206: 207: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 208: 209: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 210: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 211: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 212: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 213: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 214: 215: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 216: 217: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 218: 219: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 220: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 221: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 222: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 223: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 224: 225: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 226: 227: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 228: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 229: 230: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 231: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 232: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 233: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 234: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 235: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 236: 237: 238: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 239: 240: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 241: 242: 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. 243: 244: 245: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 246: 247: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 248: 249: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 250: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 251: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 252: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 253: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 254: 255: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 256: 257: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 258: 259: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 260: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 261: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 262: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 263: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 264: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 265: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 266: 267: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 268: 269: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 270: 271: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 272: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 273: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 274: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 275: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 276: 277: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 278: 279: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 280: 281: 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. 282: 283: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 284: 285: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 286: 287: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 288: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 289: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users' 290: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 291: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 292: 293: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 294: 295: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 296: 297: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 298: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 299: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 300: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 301: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 302: 303: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 304: 305: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH 306: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 307: 308: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 309: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 310: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 311: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 312: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). 313: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html). 314: 315: 316: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 317: 318: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 319: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 320: Okinawa, Japan* 321: 322: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 323: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 324: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 325: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 326: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 327: 328: 329: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 330: 331: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 332: 333: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 334: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 335: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 336: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 337: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 338: 339: 340: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 341: 342: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 343: 344: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 345: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 346: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 347: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 348: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 349: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 350: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 351: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 352: 353: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 354: 355: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 356: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 357: 358: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 359: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 360: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 361: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 362: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 363: 364: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 365: 366: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 367: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 368: 369: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 370: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 371: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 372: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 373: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 374: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 375: 376: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 377: 378: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 379: 380: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 381: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 382: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 383: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 384: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 385: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 386: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 387: 388: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 389: 390: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH 391: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 392: 393: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 394: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 395: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 396: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 397: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 398: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html). 399: 400: 401: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 402: 403: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 404: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 405: Japan* 406: 407: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 408: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 409: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 410: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 411: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 412: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 413: 414: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 415: 416: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 417: 418: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 419: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 420: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 421: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 422: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 423: 424: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 425: 426: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 427: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 428: 429: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 430: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 431: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 432: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 433: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 434: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 435: 436: 437: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 438: 439: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 440: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 441: Okinawa, Japan* 442: 443: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 444: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 445: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 446: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 447: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 448: 449: 450: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 451: 452: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 453: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 454: 455: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 456: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 457: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 458: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 459: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 460: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 461: 462: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 463: 464: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 465: 466: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 467: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 468: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 469: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 470: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 471: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 472: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 473: 474: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 475: 476: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 477: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 478: 479: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 480: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 481: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 482: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 483: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 484: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 485: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 486: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 487: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 488: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 489: 490: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 491: 492: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 493: 494: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 495: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 496: 497: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 498: 499: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 500: 501: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 502: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 503: 504: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 505: 506: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 507: 508: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 509: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 510: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 511: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 512: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 513: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 514: 515: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 516: 517: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 518: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 519: 520: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 521: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 522: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 523: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 524: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 525: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 526: 527: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 528: 529: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 530: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 531: 532: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 533: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 534: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 535: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 536: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 537: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 538: 539: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 540: 541: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 542: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 543: 544: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 545: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 546: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 547: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 548: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 549: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 550: 551: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 552: 553: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 554: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 555: , Hiroshima, Japan* 556: 557: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 558: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 559: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 560: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 561: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 562: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 563: 564: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 565: 566: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 567: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 568: 569: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 570: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 571: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 572: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 573: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 574: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 575: 576: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 577: 578: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 579: Campus 580: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 581: Germany* 582: 583: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 584: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 585: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 586: answering users' questions. 587: 588: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 589: 590: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 591: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 592: 593: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 594: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 595: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 596: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 597: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 598: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 599: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 600: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 601: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 602: hardfloat 603: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 604: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 605: 606: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 607: 608: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 609: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 610: 611: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 612: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 613: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 614: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 615: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 616: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 617: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 618: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 619: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 620: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 621: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 622: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 623: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 624: 625: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 626: 627: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 628: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 629: Japan* 630: 631: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 632: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 633: for meeting information.[more detail on 634: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 635: 636: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 637: 638: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 639: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 640: Okinawa, Japan* 641: 642: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 643: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 644: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 645: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 646: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 647: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 648: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 649: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 650: 651: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 652: 653: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 654: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 655: Japan* 656: 657: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 658: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 659: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 660: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 661: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 662: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 663: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 664: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 665: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 666: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 667: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 668: vs 6.0.2 animation on 669: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 670: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 671: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 672: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 673: 674: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 675: 676: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 677: 678: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 679: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 680: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 681: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 682: cases or notebooks. 683: 684: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 685: more information. 686: 687: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 688: 689: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 690: 691: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 692: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 693: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 694: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 695: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 696: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 697: 698: See [the call for 699: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 700: for details. 701: 702: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 703: 704: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 705: 706: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 707: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 708: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 709: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 710: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 711: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 712: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 713: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 714: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 715: these. 716: 717: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 718: 719: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 720: 721: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 722: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 723: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 724: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 725: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 726: 727: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 728: 729: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 730: 731: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 732: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 733: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 734: BSD related talks. 735: 736: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 737: information. 738: 739: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 740: 741: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 742: 743: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 744: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 745: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 746: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 747: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 748: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 749: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 750: 751: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 752: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 753: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 754: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 755: Japan NetBSD Users 756: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 757: 758: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 759: 760: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 761: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 762: 763: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 764: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 765: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 766: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 767: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 768: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 769: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 770: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 771: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 772: 773: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 774: 775: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 776: 777: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 778: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 779: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 780: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 781: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 782: [NetBSD/KOBO and 783: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 784: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 785: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 786: 787: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 788: 789: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 790: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 791: 792: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 793: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 794: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 795: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 796: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 797: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 798: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 799: 800: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 801: 802: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 803: 804: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 805: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 806: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 807: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 808: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 809: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 810: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 811: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 812: 813: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 814: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 815: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 816: 817: Please see [this 818: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 819: for details. 820: 821: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 822: 823: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 824: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 825: 826: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 827: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 828: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 829: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 830: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 831: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 832: 833: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 834: 835: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 836: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 837: 838: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 839: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 840: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 841: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 842: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 843: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 844: 845: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 846: 847: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 848: 849: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 850: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 851: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 852: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 853: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 854: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 855: 856: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 857: 858: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 859: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 860: Japan* 861: 862: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 863: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 864: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 865: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 866: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 867: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 868: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 869: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 870: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 871: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 872: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 873: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 874: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 875: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 876: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 877: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 878: found at OSC booth" by 879: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 880: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 881: 882: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 883: 884: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 885: 886: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 887: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 888: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 889: 890: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 891: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 892: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 893: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 894: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 895: 896: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 897: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 898: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 899: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 900: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 901: regular meeting. 902: 903: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 904: 905: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 906: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 907: Okinawa, Japan* 908: 909: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 910: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 911: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 912: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 913: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 914: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 915: 916: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 917: 918: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 919: 920: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 921: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 922: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 923: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 924: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 925: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 926: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 927: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 928: [NetBSD/KOBO and 929: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 930: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 931: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 932: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 933: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 934: 935: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 936: 937: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 938: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 939: 940: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 941: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 942: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 943: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 944: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 945: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 946: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 947: 948: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 949: 950: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 951: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 952: 953: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 954: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 955: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 956: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 957: demonstrations ( 958: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 959: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 960: 961: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 962: 963: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 964: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 965: San Diego, California, USA* 966: 967: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 968: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 969: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 970: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 971: on day one of the conference. 972: 973: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 974: 975: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 976: Augustin, Germany* 977: 978: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 979: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 980: 981: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 982: 983: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 984: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 985: 986: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 987: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 988: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 989: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 990: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 991: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 992: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 993: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 994: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 995: SHARP,X68K on 996: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 997: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 998: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 999: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 1000: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 1001: updates presetation by 1002: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 1003: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 1004: 1005: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 1006: 1007: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 1008: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1009: 1010: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1011: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1012: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1013: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1014: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1015: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1016: 1017: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1018: 1019: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1020: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1021: Japan* 1022: 1023: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 1024: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 1025: for meeting information. 1026: 1027: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 1028: 1029: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 1030: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1031: 1032: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 1033: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 1034: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 1035: release branch. 1036: 1037: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 1038: 1039: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1040: 1041: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1042: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1043: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1044: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 1045: with [Building NetBSD on 1046: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 1047: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 1048: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 1049: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 1050: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 1051: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 1052: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 1053: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 1054: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 1055: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 1056: 1057: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 1058: 1059: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 1060: 1061: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 1062: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 1063: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 1064: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 1065: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 1066: 1067: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 1068: more information. 1069: 1070: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 1071: 1072: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 1073: 1074: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 1075: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 1076: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 1077: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 1078: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 1079: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 1080: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 1081: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 1082: 1083: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 1084: 1085: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 1086: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1087: Japan* 1088: 1089: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1090: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1091: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1092: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 1093: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1094: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1095: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1096: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1097: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1098: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1099: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1100: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1101: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1102: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1103: 1104: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1105: 1106: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1107: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1108: 1109: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1110: 1111: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1112: 1113: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1114: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1115: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1116: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1117: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1118: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1119: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1120: demonstrations. 1121: 1122: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1123: 1124: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1125: 1126: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1127: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1128: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1129: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1130: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1131: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1132: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1133: 1134: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1135: 1136: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1137: 1138: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1139: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1140: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1141: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1142: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1143: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1144: port history by 1145: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1146: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1147: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1148: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1149: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1150: [[ustream live 1151: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1152: 1153: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1154: 1155: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1156: 1157: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1158: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1159: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1160: talks. 1161: 1162: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1163: information. 1164: 1165: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1166: 1167: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1168: 1169: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1170: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1171: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1172: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1173: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1174: [WZero3 live 1175: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1176: [Zaurus live 1177: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1178: [Translate NetBSD man with 1179: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1180: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1181: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1182: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1183: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1184: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1185: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1186: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1187: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1188: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1189: 1190: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1191: 1192: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1193: 1194: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1195: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1196: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1197: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1198: with hpcsh { [Persona 1199: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1200: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1201: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1202: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1203: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1204: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1205: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1206: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1207: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1208: i386 { [aspire 1209: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1210: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1211: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1212: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1213: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1214: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1215: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1216: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1217: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1218: 1219: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1220: 1221: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1222: 1223: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1224: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1225: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1226: necessary. 1227: 1228: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1229: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1230: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1231: for details. 1232: 1233: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1234: 1235: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1236: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1237: Fukuoka, Japan* 1238: 1239: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1240: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1241: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1242: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1243: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1244: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1245: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1246: 1247: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1248: 1249: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1250: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1251: 1252: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1253: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1254: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1255: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1256: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1257: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1258: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1259: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1260: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1261: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1262: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1263: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1264: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1265: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1266: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1267: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1268: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1269: 1270: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1271: 1272: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1273: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1274: 1275: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1276: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1277: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1278: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1279: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1280: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1281: 1282: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1283: 1284: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1285: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1286: 1287: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1288: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1289: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1290: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1291: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1292: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1293: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1294: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1295: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1296: enigmatic machines by 1297: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1298: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1299: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1300: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1301: 1302: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1303: 1304: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1305: 1306: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1307: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1308: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1309: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1310: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1311: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1312: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1313: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1314: university students to work with BSD systems. 1315: 1316: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1317: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1318: 1319: For more information please visit the website 1320: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1321: 1322: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1323: 1324: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1325: 1326: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1327: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1328: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1329: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1330: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1331: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1332: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1333: 1334: For more information please visit the website 1335: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1336: 1337: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1338: 1339: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1340: 1341: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1342: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1343: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1344: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1345: Netherlands. 1346: 1347: For more information please visit the website 1348: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1349: 1350: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1351: 1352: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1353: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1354: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1355: 1356: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1357: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1358: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1359: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1360: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1361: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1362: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1363: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1364: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1365: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1366: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1367: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1368: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1369: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1370: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1371: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1372: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1373: 1374: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1375: 1376: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1377: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1378: Okinawa, Japan* 1379: 1380: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1381: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1382: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1383: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1384: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1385: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1386: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1387: 1388: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1389: 1390: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1391: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1392: Fukushima, Japan* 1393: 1394: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1395: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1396: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1397: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1398: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1399: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1400: 1401: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1402: 1403: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1404: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1405: Japan* 1406: 1407: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1408: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1409: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1410: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1411: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1412: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1413: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1414: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1415: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1416: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1417: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1418: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1419: 1420: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1421: 1422: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1423: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1424: 1425: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1426: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1427: 1428: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1429: 1430: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1431: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1432: 1433: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1434: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1435: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1436: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1437: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1438: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1439: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1440: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1441: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1442: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1443: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1444: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1445: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1446: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1447: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1448: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1449: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1450: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1451: will never die! 1452: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1453: and 1454: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1455: by tsutsui. 1456: 1457: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1458: 1459: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1460: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1461: Japan* 1462: 1463: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1464: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1465: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1466: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1467: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1468: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1469: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1470: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1471: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1472: keysign party by soda. 1473: 1474: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1475: 1476: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1477: 1478: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1479: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1480: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1481: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1482: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1483: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1484: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1485: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1486: 1487: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1488: 1489: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1490: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1491: 1492: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1493: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1494: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1495: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1496: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1497: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1498: 1499: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1500: 1501: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1502: 1503: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1504: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1505: May 2011. 1506: 1507: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1508: 1509: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1510: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1511: 1512: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1513: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1514: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1515: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1516: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1517: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1518: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1519: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1520: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1521: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1522: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1523: 1524: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1525: 1526: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1527: 1528: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1529: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1530: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1531: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1532: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1533: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1534: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1535: 1536: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1537: 1538: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1539: Oita, Japan* 1540: 1541: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1542: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1543: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1544: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1545: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1546: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1547: 1548: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1549: 1550: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1551: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1552: 1553: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1554: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1555: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1557: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1558: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1559: 1560: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1561: 1562: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1563: Belgium* 1564: 1565: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1566: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1567: 1568: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1569: in the BSD devroom 1570: 1571: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1572: 1573: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1574: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1575: Japan* 1576: 1577: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1578: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1579: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1580: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1581: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1582: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1583: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1584: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1585: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1586: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1587: 1588: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1589: 1590: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1591: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1592: 1593: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1594: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1595: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1596: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1597: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1598: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1599: 1600: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1601: 1602: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1603: 1604: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1605: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1606: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1607: focused. 1608: 1609: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1610: 1611: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1612: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1613: 1614: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1615: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1616: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1617: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1618: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1619: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1620: 1621: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1622: 1623: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1624: 1625: [The New York City BSD Conference 1626: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1627: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1628: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1629: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1630: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1631: 1632: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1633: 1634: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1635: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1636: 1637: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1638: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1639: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1640: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1641: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1642: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1643: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1644: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1645: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1646: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1647: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1648: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1649: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1650: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1651: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1652: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1653: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1654: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1655: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1656: tsutsui) 1657: 1658: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1659: 1660: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1661: 1662: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1663: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1664: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1665: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1666: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1667: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1668: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1669: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1670: 1671: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1672: 1673: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1674: 1675: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1676: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1677: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1678: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1679: 1680: For more information please visit the website 1681: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1682: 1683: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1684: 1685: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1686: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1687: Okinawa, Japan* 1688: 1689: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1690: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1691: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1692: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1693: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1694: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1695: 1696: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1697: 1698: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1699: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1700: 1701: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1702: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1703: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1704: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1705: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1706: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1707: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1708: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1709: 1710: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1711: 1712: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1713: 1714: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1715: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1716: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1717: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1718: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1719: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1720: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1721: 1722: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1723: 1724: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1725: 1726: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1727: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1728: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1729: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1730: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1731: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1732: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1733: 1734: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1735: 1736: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1737: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1738: Japan* 1739: 1740: See [this 1741: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1742: for meeting information. 1743: 1744: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1745: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1746: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1747: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1748: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1749: 1750: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1751: 1752: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1753: 1754: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1755: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1756: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1757: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1758: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1759: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1760: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1761: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1762: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1763: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1764: 1765: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1766: 1767: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1768: 1769: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1770: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1771: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1772: in a shared BSD booth. 1773: 1774: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1775: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1776: 1777: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1778: 1779: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1780: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1781: 1782: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1783: 1784: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1785: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1786: 1787: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1788: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1789: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1790: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1791: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1792: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1793: 1794: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1795: 1796: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1797: 1798: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1799: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1800: 1801: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1802: 1803: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1804: 1805: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1806: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1807: May 2010. 1808: 1809: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 1810: 1811: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1812: 1813: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1814: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1815: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1816: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1817: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1818: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1819: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1820: 1821: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 1822: 1823: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 1824: 1825: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1826: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1827: 1828: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1829: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1830: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1831: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1832: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 1833: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 1834: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1835: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1836: 1837: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 1838: 1839: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 1840: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1841: 1842: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1843: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1844: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1845: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 1846: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1847: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1848: 1849: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 1850: 1851: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 1852: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 1853: 1854: The [February 2010 1855: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 1856: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 1857: 1858: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 1859: 1860: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 1861: Belgium* 1862: 1863: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 1864: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1865: 1866: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 1867: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 1868: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 1869: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 1870: 1871: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 1872: 1873: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1874: Oita, Japan* 1875: 1876: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1877: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 1878: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1879: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1880: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1881: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1882: 1883: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 1884: 1885: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 1886: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1887: 1888: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1889: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1890: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1891: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1892: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1893: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1894: 1895: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 1896: 1897: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 1898: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 1899: 1900: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1901: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1902: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1903: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 1904: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 1905: demonstration. 1906: 1907: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 1908: 1909: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 1910: 1911: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 1912: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 1913: major BSDs. 1914: 1915: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 1916: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 1917: 1918: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 1919: 1920: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1921: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1922: 1923: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 1924: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1925: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1926: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 1927: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 1928: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 1929: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 1930: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1931: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 1932: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 1933: 1934: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 1935: 1936: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 1937: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1938: 1939: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1940: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1941: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1942: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 1943: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 1944: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 1945: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 1946: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1947: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 1948: demonstration and BSD BOF. 1949: 1950: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 1951: 1952: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 1953: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1954: Okinawa, Japan* 1955: 1956: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1957: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1958: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1959: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 1960: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1961: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1962: 1963: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 1964: 1965: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 1966: 1967: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 1968: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 1969: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 1970: the conference on Sept 18th. 1971: 1972: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 1973: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1974: 1975: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 1976: 1977: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1978: 1979: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1980: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1981: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1982: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1983: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1984: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1985: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1986: 1987: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 1988: 1989: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 1990: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 1991: 1992: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1993: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1994: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1995: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1996: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 1997: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1998: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1999: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 2000: 2001: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 2002: 2003: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2004: 2005: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2006: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2007: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2008: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2009: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 2010: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 2011: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 2012: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 2013: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 2014: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2015: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2016: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2017: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 2018: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 2019: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 2020: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 2021: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 2022: 2023: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2024: 2025: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 2026: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2027: Japan* 2028: 2029: See [this 2030: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 2031: for meeting information. 2032: 2033: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 2034: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 2035: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 2036: party. 2037: 2038: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 2039: 2040: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 2041: 2042: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 2043: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2044: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 2045: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2046: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 2047: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 2048: 2049: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 2050: 2051: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 2052: 2053: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 2054: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 2055: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 2056: systems at the exhibition. 2057: 2058: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 2059: 2060: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2061: 2062: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2063: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2064: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2065: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 2066: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 2067: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2068: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 2069: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 2070: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 2071: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 2072: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 2073: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 2074: 2075: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 2076: 2077: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 2078: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2079: 2080: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2081: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2082: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2083: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2084: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 2085: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2086: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2087: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2088: 2089: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 2090: 2091: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 2092: 2093: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2094: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2095: May 2009. 2096: 2097: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2098: 2099: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2100: 2101: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2102: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2103: Hannover, Germany. 2104: 2105: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2106: 2107: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2108: 2109: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2110: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2111: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2112: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2113: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2114: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2115: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2116: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2117: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2118: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2119: and [NetBSD 2120: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2121: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2122: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2123: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2124: 2125: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2126: 2127: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2128: 2129: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2130: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2131: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2132: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2133: 2134: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2135: 2136: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2137: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2138: 2139: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2140: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2141: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2142: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2143: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2144: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2145: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2146: 2147: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2148: 2149: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2150: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2151: the community. 2152: 2153: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2154: 2155: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2156: 2157: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2158: 2159: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2160: 2161: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2162: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2163: 2164: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2165: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2166: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2167: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2168: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2169: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2170: 2171: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2172: 2173: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2174: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2175: Fukuoka, Japan* 2176: 2177: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2178: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2179: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2180: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2181: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2182: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2183: 2184: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2185: 2186: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2187: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2188: 2189: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2190: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2191: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2192: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2193: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2194: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2195: 2196: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2197: 2198: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2199: 2200: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2201: 2202: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2203: 2204: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2205: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2206: 2207: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2208: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2209: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2210: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2211: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2212: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2213: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2214: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2215: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2216: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2217: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2218: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2219: 2220: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2221: 2222: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2223: 2224: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2225: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2226: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2227: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2228: 2229: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2230: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2231: 2232: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2233: 2234: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2235: 2236: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2237: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2238: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2239: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2240: 2241: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2242: 2243: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2244: 2245: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2246: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2247: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2248: 2249: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2250: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2251: 2252: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2253: 2254: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2255: 2256: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2257: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2258: 2259: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2260: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2261: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2262: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2263: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2264: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2265: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2266: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2267: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2268: [Itojun Service 2269: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2270: 2271: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2272: 2273: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2274: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2275: 2276: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2277: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2278: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2279: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2280: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2281: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2282: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2283: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2284: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2285: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2286: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2287: 2288: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2289: 2290: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2291: 2292: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2293: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2294: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2295: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2296: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2297: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2298: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2299: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2300: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2301: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2302: 2303: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2304: 2305: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2306: 2307: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2308: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2309: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2310: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2311: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2312: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2313: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2314: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2315: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2316: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2317: all BSD machines. 2318: 2319: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2320: 2321: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2322: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2323: Japan* 2324: 2325: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2326: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2327: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2328: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2329: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2330: 2331: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2332: 2333: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2334: 2335: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2336: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2337: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2338: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2339: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2340: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2341: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2342: 2343: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2344: 2345: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2346: 2347: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2348: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2349: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2350: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2351: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2352: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2353: 2354: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2355: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2356: 2357: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2358: 2359: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2360: 2361: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2362: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2363: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2364: novices to advanced developers. 2365: 2366: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2367: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2368: 2369: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2370: 2371: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2372: Spain* 2373: 2374: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2375: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2376: 2377: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2378: 2379: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2380: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2381: 2382: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2383: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2384: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2385: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2386: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2387: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2388: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2389: 2390: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2391: 2392: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2393: 2394: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2395: technologies and IT security. 2396: 2397: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2398: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2399: 2400: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2401: 2402: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2403: 2404: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2405: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2406: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2407: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2408: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2409: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2410: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2411: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2412: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2413: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2414: 2415: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2416: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2417: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2418: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2419: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2420: 2421: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2422: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2423: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2424: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2425: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2426: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2427: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2428: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2429: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2430: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2431: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2432: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2433: 2434: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2435: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2436: networking and virtualisation. 2437: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2438: 2439: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2440: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2441: 2442: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2443: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2444: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2445: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2446: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2447: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2448: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2449: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2450: 2451: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2452: 2453: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2454: 2455: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2456: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2457: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2458: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2459: 2460: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2461: 2462: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2463: 2464: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2465: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2466: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2467: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2468: 2469: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2470: 2471: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2472: 2473: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2474: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2475: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2476: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2477: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2478: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2479: 2480: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2481: 2482: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2483: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2484: Japan* 2485: 2486: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2487: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2488: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2489: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2490: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2491: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2492: 2493: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2494: 2495: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2496: 2497: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2498: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2499: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2500: 2501: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2502: 2503: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2504: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2505: 2506: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2507: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2508: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2509: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2510: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2511: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2512: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2513: 2514: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2515: 2516: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2517: Niigata, Japan* 2518: 2519: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2520: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2521: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2522: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2523: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2524: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2525: 2526: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2527: 2528: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2529: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2530: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2531: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2532: 2533: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2534: 2535: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2536: Turkey* 2537: 2538: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2539: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2540: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2541: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2542: 2543: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2544: 2545: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2546: 2547: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2548: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2549: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2550: information, see the [event's 2551: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2552: 2553: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2554: 2555: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2556: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2557: 2558: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2559: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2560: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2561: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2562: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2563: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2564: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2565: Presentation by 2566: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2567: 2568: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2569: 2570: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2571: 2572: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2573: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2574: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2575: 2576: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2577: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2578: 2579: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2580: 2581: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2582: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2583: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2584: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2585: 2586: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2587: 2588: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2589: 2590: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2591: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2592: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2593: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2594: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2595: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2596: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2597: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2598: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2599: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2600: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2601: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2602: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2603: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2604: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2605: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2606: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2607: ). 2608: 2609: [A report with some 2610: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2611: available. 2612: 2613: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2614: 2615: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2616: 2617: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2618: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2619: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2620: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2621: Switzerland. 2622: 2623: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2624: report was posted to the 2625: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2626: mailing list. 2627: 2628: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2629: 2630: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2631: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2632: Japan* 2633: 2634: See [this 2635: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2636: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2637: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2638: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2639: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2640: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2641: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2642: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2643: sign party. 2644: 2645: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2646: 2647: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2648: 2649: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2650: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2651: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2652: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2653: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2654: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2655: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2656: 2657: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2658: 2659: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2660: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2661: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2662: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2663: at the 2664: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2665: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2666: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2667: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2668: 2669: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2670: information. 2671: 2672: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2673: 2674: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2675: 2676: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2677: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2678: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2679: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2680: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2681: 2682: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2683: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2684: 2685: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2686: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2687: 2688: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2689: 2690: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2691: 2692: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2693: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2694: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2695: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2696: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2697: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2698: welcome to attend. 2699: 2700: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2701: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2702: 2703: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2704: 2705: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2706: 2707: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2708: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2709: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2710: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2711: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2712: 2713: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2714: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2715: 2716: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2717: 2718: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2719: 2720: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2721: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2722: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2723: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2724: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2725: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2726: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2727: 2728: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2729: 2730: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2731: 2732: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2733: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2734: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2735: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2736: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2737: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2738: widest possible audience. 2739: 2740: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2741: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2742: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2743: 2744: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2745: 2746: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2747: 2748: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2749: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2750: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2751: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2752: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2753: 2754: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2755: 2756: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2757: 2758: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2759: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2760: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2761: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2762: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2763: 2764: More information can be found at 2765: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2766: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2767: German language article can be found at: 2768: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2769: 2770: Ignatios also 2771: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2772: his [slides (german 2773: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2774: 2775: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2776: 2777: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2778: 2779: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2780: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2781: Brussels, Belgium. 2782: 2783: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2784: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2785: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2786: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2787: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2788: 2789: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2790: 2791: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2792: 2793: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2794: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2795: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2796: booth at this event; see the reports by 2797: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2798: and 2799: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2800: 2801: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2802: 2803: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2804: 2805: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2806: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2807: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 2808: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 2809: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 2810: 2811: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 2812: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 2813: and Solaris. 2814: 2815: For more information, please [visit the 2816: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 2817: 2818: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 2819: 2820: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 2821: 2822: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 2823: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 2824: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2825: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2826: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2827: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2828: 2829: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 2830: 2831: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 2832: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 2833: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 2834: 2835: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 2836: 2837: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 2838: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 2839: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 2840: if you have any questions or want to help out. 2841: 2842: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 2843: 2844: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 2845: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 2846: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 2847: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 2848: 2849: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 2850: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 2851: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 2852: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 2853: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 2854: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 2855: NetBSD Network Appliances 2856: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 2857: for BSD TCP/IP 2858: 2859: Registration is open now. Please [see the 2860: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 2861: 2862: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 2863: 2864: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 2865: 2866: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 2867: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 2868: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 2869: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 2870: about NetBSD-related topics. 2871: 2872: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 2873: 2874: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 2875: 2876: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2877: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 2878: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2879: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2880: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2881: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2882: 2883: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 2884: 2885: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 2886: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 2887: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 2888: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 2889: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2890: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 2891: 2892: A report on the event is available 2893: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 2894: 2895: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 2896: 2897: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 2898: 2899: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 2900: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 2901: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 2902: booth. 2903: 2904: A report of the event can be found 2905: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 2906: 2907: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 2908: 2909: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 2910: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 2911: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 2912: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 2913: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 2914: 2915: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 2916: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 2917: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 2918: information. 2919: 2920: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 2921: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 2922: 2923: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 2924: 2925: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 2926: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 2927: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 2928: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 2929: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 2930: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 2931: the booth. 2932: 2933: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 2934: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 2935: about the event. 2936: 2937: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 2938: 2939: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 2940: 2941: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 2942: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 2943: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2944: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2945: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2946: 2947: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 2948: 2949: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 2950: 2951: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2952: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2953: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2954: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2955: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2956: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 2957: 2958: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 2959: 2960: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 2961: 2962: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 2963: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 2964: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 2965: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 2966: 2967: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 2968: FreeBSD Project 2969: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 2970: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 2971: Ensure Technology Ltd 2972: . 2973: - BSD Usergroup activity: 2974: Echigo BSD Users Group 2975: , T.Tamura@EBUG 2976: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 2977: 2978: \> See [program for 2979: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 2980: 2981: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 2982: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 2983: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 2984: 2985: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 2986: 2987: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 2988: 2989: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 2990: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 2991: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 2992: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 2993: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 2994: developers. 2995: 2996: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 2997: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 2998: during May 10-14th. 2999: 3000: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 3001: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 3002: 3003: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 3004: 3005: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 3006: 3007: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 3008: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 3009: conference on their campus. 3010: 3011: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 3012: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3013: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 3014: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 3015: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 3016: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 3017: 3018: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 3019: presentation proposal, please visit 3020: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 3021: 3022: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 3023: 3024: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 3025: 3026: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 3027: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 3028: tutorials. 3029: 3030: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 3031: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 3032: 3033: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 3034: 3035: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 3036: 3037: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 3038: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 3039: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 3040: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 3041: URL above. 3042: 3043: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3044: 3045: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3046: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3047: 3048: See [this 3049: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 3050: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 3051: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 3052: Codeblog. 3053: 3054: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 3055: 3056: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 3057: 3058: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 3059: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 3060: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 3061: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 3062: gmail.com). 3063: 3064: For more information about this event see 3065: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 3066: 3067: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 3068: 3069: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 3070: 3071: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 3072: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 3073: Cons in Germany. 3074: 3075: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 3076: 3077: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 3078: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 3079: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 3080: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 3081: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 3082: 3083: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 3084: net-tex.de\>. 3085: 3086: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 3087: 3088: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 3089: 3090: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 3091: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 3092: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 3093: 3094: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3095: 3096: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3097: 3098: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3099: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3100: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3101: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3102: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3103: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3104: 3105: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3106: 3107: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3108: 3109: [German Unix User Group 3110: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3111: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3112: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3113: 3114: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3115: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3116: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3117: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3118: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3119: 3120: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3121: 3122: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3123: 3124: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3125: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3126: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3127: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3128: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3129: Europe. 3130: 3131: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3132: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3133: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3134: 3135: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3136: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3137: 3138: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3139: 3140: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3141: 3142: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3143: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3144: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3145: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3146: if you would like to help. 3147: 3148: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3149: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3150: 3151: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3152: 3153: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3154: 3155: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3156: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3157: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3158: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3159: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3160: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3161: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3162: 3163: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3164: 3165: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3166: 3167: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3168: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3169: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3170: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3171: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3172: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3173: 3174: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3175: 3176: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3177: 3178: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3179: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3180: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3181: conference venue and registration. present. 3182: 3183: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3184: 3185: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3186: 3187: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3188: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3189: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3190: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3191: Lockhoff. 3192: 3193: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3194: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3195: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3196: 3197: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3198: 3199: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3200: 3201: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3202: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3203: others) will be presented. 3204: 3205: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3206: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3207: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3208: 3209: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3210: 3211: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3212: especially showing NetBSD! 3213: 3214: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3215: 3216: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3217: 3218: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3219: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3220: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3221: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3222: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3223: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3224: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3225: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3226: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3227: 3228: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3229: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3230: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3231: 3232: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3233: 3234: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3235: 3236: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3237: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3238: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3239: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3240: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3241: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3242: 3243: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3244: 3245: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3246: 3247: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3248: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3249: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3250: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3251: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3252: 3253: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3254: 3255: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3256: 3257: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3258: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3259: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3260: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3261: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3262: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3263: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3264: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3265: on netbsd-advocacy. 3266: 3267: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3268: 3269: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3270: 3271: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3272: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3273: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3274: group page for more information. 3275: 3276: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3277: 3278: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3279: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3280: 3281: See [this 3282: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3283: meeting information. 3284: 3285: A 3286: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3287: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3288: 3289: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3290: 3291: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3292: 3293: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3294: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3295: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3296: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3297: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3298: organization. 3299: 3300: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3301: 3302: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3303: 3304: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3305: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3306: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3307: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3308: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3309: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3310: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3311: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3312: for more details. 3313: 3314: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3315: 3316: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3317: 3318: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3319: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3320: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3321: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3322: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3323: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3324: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3325: 3326: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3327: 3328: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3329: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3330: 3331: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3332: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3333: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3334: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3335: 3336: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3337: 3338: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3339: 3340: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3341: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3342: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3343: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3344: groups. 3345: 3346: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3347: 3348: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3349: 3350: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3351: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3352: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3353: venue and registration. 3354: 3355: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3356: 3357: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3358: 3359: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3360: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3361: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3362: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3363: 3364: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3365: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3366: Live performance 3367: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3368: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3369: 3370: See [program for 3371: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3372: 3373: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3374: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3375: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3376: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3377: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3378: 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)). 3379: 3380: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3381: 3382: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3383: 3384: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3385: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3386: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3387: 3388: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3389: 3390: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3391: 3392: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3393: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3394: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3395: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3396: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3397: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3398: [slides for this 3399: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3400: 3401: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3402: 3403: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3404: 3405: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3406: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3407: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3408: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3409: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3410: 3411: More information is at 3412: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3413: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3414: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3415: 3416: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3417: 3418: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3419: 3420: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3421: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3422: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3423: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3424: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3425: solutions and fresh ideas. 3426: 3427: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3428: 3429: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3430: 3431: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3432: 3433: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3434: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3435: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3436: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3437: 3438: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3439: 3440: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3441: 3442: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3443: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3444: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3445: 3446: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3447: 3448: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3449: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3450: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3451: 3452: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3453: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3454: 3455: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3456: 3457: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3458: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3459: 3460: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3461: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3462: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3463: 3464: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3465: 3466: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3467: 3468: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3469: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3470: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3471: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3472: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3473: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3474: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3475: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3476: 3477: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3478: 3479: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3480: 3481: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3482: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3483: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3484: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3485: 3486: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3487: 3488: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3489: 3490: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3491: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3492: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3493: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3494: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3495: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3496: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3497: available. 3498: 3499: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3500: 3501: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3502: 3503: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3504: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3505: program, conference venue and registration. A 3506: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3507: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3508: 3509: A brief report from the conference is available 3510: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3511: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3512: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3513: 3514: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3515: 3516: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3517: 3518: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3519: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3520: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3521: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3522: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3523: 3524: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3525: 3526: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3527: 3528: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3529: 3530: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3531: 3532: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3533: 3534: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3535: 3536: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3537: 3538: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3539: 3540: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3541: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3542: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3543: 3544: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3545: 3546: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3547: 3548: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3549: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3550: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3551: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3552: conference. 3553: 3554: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3555: 3556: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3557: 3558: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3559: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3560: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3561: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3562: for details. 3563: 3564: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3565: 3566: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3567: 3568: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3569: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3570: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3571: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3572: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3573: 3574: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3575: 3576: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3577: 3578: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3579: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3580: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3581: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3582: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3583: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3584: 3585: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3586: 3587: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3588: 3589: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3590: 3591: [BOF 3592: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3593: 3594: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3595: 3596: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3597: 3598: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3599: 3600: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3601: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3602: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3603: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3604: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3605: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3606: of the BSD 3607: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3608: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3609: conference. 3610: 3611: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3612: 3613: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3614: 3615: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3616: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3617: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3618: in helping out. 3619: 3620: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3621: 3622: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3623: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3624: 3625: See [this 3626: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3627: meeting information. 3628: 3629: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3630: 3631: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3632: 3633: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3634: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3635: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3636: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3637: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3638: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3639: 3640: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3641: 3642: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3643: 3644: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3645: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3646: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3647: NetBSD-BR. 3648: 3649: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3650: 3651: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3652: 3653: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3654: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3655: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3656: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3657: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3658: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3659: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3660: 3661: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3662: 3663: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3664: 3665: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3666: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3667: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3668: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3669: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3670: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3671: [this message to the netbsd-news 3672: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3673: for more information. 3674: 3675: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3676: 3677: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3678: 3679: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3680: [GUUG 3681: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3682: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3683: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3684: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3685: 3686: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3687: 3688: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3689: 3690: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3691: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3692: 3693: - \`\` 3694: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3695: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3696: - \`\` 3697: Introduction to NetBSD 3698: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3699: - \`\` 3700: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3701: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3702: 3703: Please see the 3704: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3705: details. Photos are available at [this 3706: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3707: found on the [Linux-Tag 3708: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3709: 3710: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3711: 3712: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3713: 3714: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3715: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3716: France. 3717: 3718: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3719: 3720: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3721: 3722: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3723: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3724: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3725: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3726: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3727: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3728: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3729: 3730: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3731: 3732: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3733: 3734: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3735: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3736: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3737: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3738: for Details. If you're interested in the 3739: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3740: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3741: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3742: MailingList useful. 3743: 3744: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3745: 3746: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3747: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3748: 3749: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3750: details. 3751: 3752: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3753: 3754: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3755: 3756: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3757: 3758: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3759: 3760: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3761: 3762: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3763: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3764: administration. See 3765: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3766: for details. 3767: 3768: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3769: 3770: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3771: 3772: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3773: 3774: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3775: 3776: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3777: 3778: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3779: 3780: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3781: 3782: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3783: 3784: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3785: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3786: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3787: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3788: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3789: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3790: information. 3791: 3792: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3793: 3794: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3795: 3796: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3797: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3798: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3799: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3800: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3801: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3802: is available online. 3803: 3804: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3805: 3806: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3807: 3808: A lot of photos are available 3809: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 3810: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 3811: 3812: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 3813: 3814: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3815: 3816: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 3817: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 3818: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 3819: 3820: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 3821: Dolecek. See the [full 3822: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 3823: for details and pictures. 3824: 3825: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 3826: 3827: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 3828: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 3829: 3830: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 3831: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 3832: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 3833: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 3834: 3835: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 3836: 3837: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3838: 3839: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 3840: 3841: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 3842: 3843: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3844: 3845: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3846: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3847: 3848: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 3849: 3850: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 3851: 3852: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 3853: 3854: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3855: 3856: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 3857: 3858: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 3859: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 3860: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 3861: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 3862: see 3863: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 3864: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3865: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 3866: 3867: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 3868: here](events/usenix2003/). 3869: 3870: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 3871: 3872: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 3873: 3874: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 3875: holding the [BSDay 3876: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 3877: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 3878: for more information. 3879: 3880: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 3881: 3882: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 3883: 3884: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 3885: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 3886: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 3887: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 3888: 3889: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 3890: 3891: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 3892: 3893: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 3894: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 3895: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 3896: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 3897: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 3898: 3899: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 3900: 3901: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 3902: 3903: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 3904: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 3905: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 3906: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 3907: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 3908: 3909: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 3910: 3911: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 3912: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 3913: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 3914: 3915: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 3916: 3917: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 3918: 3919: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 3920: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 3921: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 3922: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 3923: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 3924: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 3925: 3926: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3927: 3928: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 3929: 3930: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3931: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3932: administration. See 3933: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3934: for details. 3935: 3936: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3937: 3938: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 3939: 3940: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3941: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 3942: events including several pictures is available online at 3943: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 3944: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 3945: from: 3946: 3947: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 3948: [ 3949: mp3 3950: ] 3951: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 3952: [ 3953: mp3 3954: ] 3955: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 3956: mit NetBSD 3957: [ 3958: mp3 3959: ] 3960: 3961: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 3962: 3963: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 3964: 3965: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 3966: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 3967: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 3968: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 3969: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 3970: 3971: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 3972: 3973: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 3974: 3975: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 3976: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 3977: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 3978: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 3979: activities will be the: 3980: 3981: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3982: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3983: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 3984: 3985: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 3986: 3987: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 3988: 3989: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 3990: 3991: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 3992: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3993: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 3994: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 3995: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 3996: a [short 3997: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 3998: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 3999: available online. 4000: 4001: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 4002: 4003: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 4004: 4005: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 4006: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 4007: from December 27th to 29th. 4008: 4009: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 4010: 4011: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 4012: 4013: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4014: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4015: administration. 4016: 4017: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 4018: 4019: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 4020: 4021: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 4022: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 4023: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 4024: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 4025: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 4026: for details. 4027: 4028: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 4029: 4030: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 4031: 4032: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 4033: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 4034: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 4035: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 4036: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 4037: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 4038: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 4039: 4040: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 4041: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 4042: Germany. See 4043: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 4044: for more information. 4045: 4046: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 4047: 4048: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 4049: 4050: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 4051: 4052: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 4053: 4054: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 4055: 4056: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 4057: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 4058: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 4059: 4060: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 4061: 4062: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 4063: 4064: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 4065: 4066: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 4067: 4068: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 4069: 4070: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 4071: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 4072: College. 4073: 4074: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 4075: 4076: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 4077: 4078: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 4079: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 4080: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 4081: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 4082: rendering cluster done with 4083: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 4084: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 4085: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 4086: available from [Hubert's 4087: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 4088: 4089: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 4090: 4091: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 4092: 4093: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4094: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4095: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4096: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4097: online. 4098: 4099: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4100: 4101: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4102: 4103: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4104: 4105: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4106: 4107: *July 22, 2002* 4108: 4109: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4110: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4111: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4112: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4113: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4114: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4115: 4116: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4117: 4118: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4119: 4120: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4121: 4122: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4123: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4124: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4125: 4126: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4127: 4128: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4129: 4130: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4131: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4132: here](events/usenix2002/). 4133: 4134: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4135: 4136: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4137: 4138: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4139: 4140: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4141: 4142: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4143: 4144: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4145: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4146: available. 4147: 4148: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4149: 4150: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4151: 4152: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4153: 4154: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4155: 4156: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4157: 4158: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4159: 4160: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4161: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4162: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4163: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4164: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4165: 4166: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4167: 4168: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4169: 4170: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4171: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4172: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4173: chance to prove their value. 4174: 4175: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4176: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4177: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4178: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4179: 4180: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4181: 4182: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4183: 4184: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4185: 4186: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4187: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4188: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4189: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4190: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4191: is available. 4192: 4193: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4194: 4195: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4196: 4197: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4198: 4199: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4200: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4201: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4202: 4203: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4204: 4205: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4206: USA* 4207: 4208: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4209: 4210: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4211: 4212: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4213: 4214: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4215: 4216: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4217: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4218: 4219: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4220: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4221: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4222: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4223: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4224: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4225: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4226: 4227: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4228: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4229: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4230: Emulation. 4231: 4232: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4233: 4234: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4235: 4236: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4237: 4238: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4239: 4240: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4241: 4242: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4243: 4244: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4245: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4246: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4247: 4248: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4249: 4250: *September 13, 2001* 4251: 4252: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4253: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4254: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4255: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4256: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4257: 4258: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4259: 4260: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4261: 4262: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4263: 4264: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4265: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4266: NetBSD booth at 4267: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4268: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4269: from Japan. 4270: 4271: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4272: 4273: *July 11, 2001* 4274: 4275: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4276: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4277: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4278: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4279: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4280: 4281: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4282: 4283: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4284: Tokyo, Japan* 4285: 4286: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4287: 4288: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4289: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4290: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4291: 4292: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4293: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4294: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4295: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4296: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4297: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4298: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4299: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4300: 4301: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4302: 4303: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4304: 4305: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4306: 4307: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4308: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4309: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4310: 4311: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4312: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4313: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4314: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4315: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4316: slides from this talk are available at 4317: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4318: 4319: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4320: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4321: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4322: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4323: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4324: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4325: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4326: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4327: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4328: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4329: web site. 4330: 4331: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4332: 4333: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4334: 4335: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4336: 4337: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4338: 4339: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4340: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4341: 4342: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4343: 4344: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4345: 4346: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4347: 4348: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4349: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4350: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4351: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4352: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4353: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4354: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4355: 4356: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4357: 4358: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4359: 4360: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4361: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4362: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4363: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4364: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4365: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4366: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4367: 4368: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4369: 4370: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4371: 4372: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4373: 4374: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4375: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4376: Spring is available. 4377: 4378: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4379: 4380: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4381: 4382: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4383: 4384: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4385: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4386: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4387: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4388: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4389: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4390: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4391: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4392: 4393: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4394: 4395: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4396: 4397: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4398: 4399: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4400: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4401: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4402: other swag. 4403: 4404: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4405: 4406: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4407: 4408: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4409: 4410: There was a [BSD BoF 4411: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4412: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4413: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4414: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4415: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4416: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4417: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4418: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4419: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4420: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4421: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4422: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4423: BSD activity in Japan. 4424: 4425: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4426: 4427: *December 6, 2000* 4428: 4429: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4430: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4431: public. 4432: 4433: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4434: 4435: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4436: 4437: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4438: 4439: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4440: 4441: *November 25, 2000* 4442: 4443: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4444: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4445: announced to the public. 4446: 4447: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4448: 4449: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4450: 4451: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4452: 4453: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4454: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4455: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4456: 4457: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4458: Mission. 4459: 4460: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4461: 4462: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4463: 4464: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4465: 4466: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4467: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4468: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4469: 4470: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4471: David Maxwell. 4472: 4473: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4474: 4475: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4476: 4477: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4478: 4479: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4480: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4481: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4482: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4483: 4484: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4485: 4486: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4487: 4488: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4489: 4490: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4491: spotlighting NetBSD. 4492: 4493: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4494: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4495: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4496: 4497: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4498: is available at 4499: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4500: 4501: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4502: 4503: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4504: 4505: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4506: 4507: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4508: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4509: fixed onsite. 4510: 4511: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4512: 4513: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4514: 4515: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4516: 4517: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4518: 4519: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4520: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4521: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4522: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4523: 4524: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4525: 4526: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4527: 4528: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4529: 4530: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4531: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4532: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4533: 4534: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4535: 4536: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4537: 4538: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4539: 4540: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4541: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4542: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4543: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4544: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4545: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4546: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4547: 4548: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4549: Mission and David Maxwell. 4550: 4551: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4552: 4553: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4554: 4555: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4556: 4557: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4558: followed. 4559: 4560: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4561: 4562: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4563: 4564: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4565: 4566: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4567: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4568: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4569: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4570: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4571: giving a talk. 4572: 4573: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4574: 4575: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4576: 4577: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4578: 4579: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4580: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4581: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4582: gave a [technical session on 4583: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4584: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4585: session on 4586: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4587: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4588: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4589: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4590: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4591: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4592: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4593: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4594: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4595: 4596: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4597: The NetBSD Mission. 4598: 4599: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4600: 4601: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4602: 4603: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4604: 4605: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4606: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4607: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4608: 4609: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4610: 4611: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4612: 4613: [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) 4614: 4615: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4616: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4617: \*BSD followed. 4618: 4619: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4620: 4621: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4622: 4623: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4624: 4625: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4626: Mission. 4627: 4628: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4629: 4630: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4631: 4632: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4633: 4634: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4635: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4636: snapshot CDs were available. 4637: 4638: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4639: 4640: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4641: 4642: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4643: 4644: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4645: 4646: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4647: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4648: 4649: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4650: 4651: *March 19, 2000* 4652: 4653: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4654: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4655: announced to the public. 4656: 4657: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4658: 4659: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4660: 4661: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4662: 4663: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4664: 3rd. 4665: 4666: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4667: 4668: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4669: 4670: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4671: 4672: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4673: 4674: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4675: Dec 18. 4676: 4677: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4678: 4679: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4680: 4681: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4682: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4683: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4684: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4685: 4686: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4687: 4688: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4689: 4690: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4691: 4692: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4693: 4694: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4695: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4696: 4697: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4698: Mission. 4699: 4700: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4701: 4702: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4703: 4704: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4705: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4706: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4707: 4708: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4709: 4710: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4711: 4712: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4713: 4714: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4715: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4716: 4717: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4718: 4719: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4720: 4721: *October 9-10, 1999* 4722: 4723: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4724: 4725: *August 26, 1999* 4726: 4727: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4728: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4729: announced to the public. 4730: 4731: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4732: 4733: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4734: 4735: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4736: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4737: 4738: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4739: 4740: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4741: 4742: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4743: 4744: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4745: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4746: package system. 4747: 4748: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4749: 4750: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4751: 4752: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4753: 4754: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4755: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4756: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4757: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4758: 4759: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4760: 4761: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4762: 4763: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4764: 4765: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4766: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4767: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4768: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4769: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4770: checkpointing in userspace. 4771: 4772: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4773: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4774: answered general NetBSD questions. 4775: 4776: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4777: 4778: *May 12, 1999* 4779: 4780: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4781: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4782: public. 4783: 4784: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4785: 4786: *December 23, 1998* 4787: 4788: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4789: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4790: announced to the public. 4791: 4792: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4793: 4794: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4795: 4796: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4797: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4798: in San Jose, CA. 4799: 4800: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4801: 4802: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4803: 4804: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4805: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4806: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4807: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 4808: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 4809: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 4810: 4811: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 4812: 4813: *May 29, 1998* 4814: 4815: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4816: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4817: announced to the public. 4818: 4819: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 4820: 4821: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 4822: 4823: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 4824: 4825: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 4826: 4827: *March 9, 1998* 4828: 4829: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4830: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4831: released. 4832: 4833: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 4834: 4835: *January 4, 1998* 4836: 4837: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 4838: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4839: public. 4840: 4841: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 4842: 4843: *May 20, 1997* 4844: 4845: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4846: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 4847: announced to the public. 4848: 4849: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 4850: 4851: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 4852: 4853: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 4854: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 4855: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 4856: 4857: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 4858: 4859: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 4860: 4861: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 4862: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 4863: 4864: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 4865: 4866: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 4867: 4868: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 4869: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 4870: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 4871: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 4872: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.