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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.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi) 4: 5: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our 6: [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/). 7: 8: Future Events 9: ------------- 10: 11: ### `Sep 2017 - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France` 12: 13: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France* 14: 15: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 16: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 17: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 18: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 19: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 20: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 21: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 22: 23: 24: Past Events 25: ----------- 26: 27: ### `Jul 2017 - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England` 28: 29: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England* 30: 31: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical 32: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 33: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 34: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 35: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 36: 37: 38: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada 39: 40: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada* 41: 42: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based 43: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a 44: four day period at the University of Ottawa. 45: 46: Please see 47: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/) 48: for details. 49: 50: 51: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017 52: 53: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 54: 55: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a 56: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 57: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 58: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 59: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best 60: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 61: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest 62: possible audience. 63: 64: 65: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 66: 67: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium* 68: 69: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a 70: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 71: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 72: free and open source software from all over the world gather 73: at the event in Brussels. 74: 75: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 76: operating systems and their talks. 77: 78: Please see 79: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html) 80: for details. 81: 82: 83: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 84: 85: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 86: 87: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 88: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 89: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 90: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 91: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 92: 93: 94: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane 95: 96: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 97: 98: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 99: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 100: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 101: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 102: demonstrations. 103: 104: 105: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 106: 107: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 108: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 109: 110: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 111: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 112: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 113: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 114: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 115: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html). 116: 117: 118: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 119: 120: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 121: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 122: Japan* 123: 124: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 125: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 126: for meeting information and 127: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 128: 129: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 130: 131: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 132: 133: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 134: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 135: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 136: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 137: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 138: 139: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 140: 141: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 142: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 143: Okinawa, Japan* 144: 145: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 146: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 147: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 148: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 149: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 150: 151: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 152: 153: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 154: 155: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 156: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD 157: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 158: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 159: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 160: 161: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 162: 163: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 164: 165: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 166: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 167: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 168: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 169: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 170: 171: 172: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 173: 174: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 175: 176: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 177: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD 178: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 179: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 180: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 181: 182: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 183: 184: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 185: 186: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 187: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 188: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 189: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 190: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 191: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 192: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 193: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 194: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 195: 196: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 197: 198: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 199: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 200: 201: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 202: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD 203: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 204: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 205: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 206: 207: 208: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 209: 210: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 211: 212: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 213: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 214: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 215: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 216: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 217: 218: 219: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 220: 221: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 222: 223: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 224: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 225: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 226: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 227: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 228: 229: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 230: 231: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 232: 233: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 234: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 235: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 236: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 237: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 238: 239: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 240: 241: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 242: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 243: 244: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 245: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 246: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 247: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 248: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 249: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 250: 251: 252: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 253: 254: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 255: 256: 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. 257: 258: 259: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 260: 261: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 262: 263: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 264: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 265: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 266: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 267: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 268: 269: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 270: 271: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 272: 273: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 274: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 275: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 276: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 277: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 278: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 279: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 280: 281: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 282: 283: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 284: 285: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 286: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 287: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 288: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 289: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 290: 291: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 292: 293: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 294: 295: 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. 296: 297: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 298: 299: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 300: 301: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 302: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 303: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users' 304: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 305: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 306: 307: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 308: 309: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 310: 311: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 312: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 313: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 314: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 315: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 316: 317: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 318: 319: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH 320: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 321: 322: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 323: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 324: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 325: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 326: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). 327: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html). 328: 329: 330: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 331: 332: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 333: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 334: Okinawa, Japan* 335: 336: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 337: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 338: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 339: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 340: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 341: 342: 343: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 344: 345: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 346: 347: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 348: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 349: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 350: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 351: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 352: 353: 354: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 355: 356: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 357: 358: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 359: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 360: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 361: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 362: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 363: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 364: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 365: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 366: 367: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 368: 369: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 370: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 371: 372: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 373: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 374: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 375: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 376: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 377: 378: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 379: 380: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 381: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 382: 383: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 384: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 385: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 386: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 387: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 388: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 389: 390: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 391: 392: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 393: 394: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 395: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 396: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 397: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 398: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 399: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 400: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 401: 402: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 403: 404: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH 405: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 406: 407: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 408: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 409: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 410: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 411: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 412: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html). 413: 414: 415: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 416: 417: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 418: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 419: Japan* 420: 421: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 422: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 423: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 424: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 425: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 426: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 427: 428: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 429: 430: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 431: 432: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 433: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 434: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 435: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 436: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 437: 438: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 439: 440: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 441: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 442: 443: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 444: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 445: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 446: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 447: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 448: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 449: 450: 451: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 452: 453: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 454: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 455: Okinawa, Japan* 456: 457: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 458: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 459: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 460: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 461: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 462: 463: 464: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 465: 466: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 467: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 468: 469: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 470: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 471: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 472: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 473: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 474: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 475: 476: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 477: 478: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 479: 480: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 481: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 482: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 483: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 484: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 485: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 486: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 487: 488: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 489: 490: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 491: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 492: 493: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 494: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 495: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 496: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 497: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 498: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 499: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 500: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 501: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 502: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 503: 504: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 505: 506: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 507: 508: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 509: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 510: 511: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 512: 513: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 514: 515: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 516: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 517: 518: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 519: 520: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 521: 522: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 523: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 524: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 525: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 526: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 527: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 528: 529: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 530: 531: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 532: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 533: 534: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 535: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 536: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 537: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 538: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 539: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 540: 541: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 542: 543: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 544: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 545: 546: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 547: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 548: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 549: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 550: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 551: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 552: 553: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 554: 555: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 556: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 557: 558: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 559: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 560: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 561: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 562: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 563: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 564: 565: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 566: 567: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 568: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 569: , Hiroshima, Japan* 570: 571: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 572: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 573: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 574: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 575: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 576: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 577: 578: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 579: 580: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 581: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 582: 583: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 584: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 585: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 586: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 587: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 588: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 589: 590: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 591: 592: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 593: Campus 594: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 595: Germany* 596: 597: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 598: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 599: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 600: answering users' questions. 601: 602: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 603: 604: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 605: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 606: 607: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 608: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 609: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 610: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 611: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 612: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 613: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 614: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 615: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 616: hardfloat 617: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 618: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 619: 620: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 621: 622: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 623: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 624: 625: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 626: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 627: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 628: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 629: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 630: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 631: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 632: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 633: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 634: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 635: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 636: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 637: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 638: 639: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 640: 641: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 642: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 643: Japan* 644: 645: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 646: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 647: for meeting information.[more detail on 648: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 649: 650: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 651: 652: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 653: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 654: Okinawa, Japan* 655: 656: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 657: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 658: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 659: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 660: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 661: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 662: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 663: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 664: 665: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 666: 667: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 668: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 669: Japan* 670: 671: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 672: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 673: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 674: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 675: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 676: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 677: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 678: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 679: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 680: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 681: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 682: vs 6.0.2 animation on 683: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 684: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 685: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 686: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 687: 688: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 689: 690: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 691: 692: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 693: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 694: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 695: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 696: cases or notebooks. 697: 698: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 699: more information. 700: 701: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 702: 703: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 704: 705: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 706: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 707: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 708: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 709: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 710: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 711: 712: See [the call for 713: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 714: for details. 715: 716: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 717: 718: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 719: 720: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 721: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 722: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 723: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 724: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 725: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 726: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 727: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 728: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 729: these. 730: 731: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 732: 733: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 734: 735: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 736: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 737: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 738: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 739: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 740: 741: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 742: 743: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 744: 745: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 746: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 747: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 748: BSD related talks. 749: 750: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 751: information. 752: 753: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 754: 755: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 756: 757: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 758: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 759: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 760: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 761: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 762: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 763: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 764: 765: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 766: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 767: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 768: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 769: Japan NetBSD Users 770: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 771: 772: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 773: 774: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 775: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 776: 777: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 778: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 779: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 780: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 781: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 782: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 783: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 784: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 785: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 786: 787: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 788: 789: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 790: 791: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 792: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 793: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 794: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 795: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 796: [NetBSD/KOBO and 797: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 798: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 799: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 800: 801: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 802: 803: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 804: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 805: 806: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 807: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 808: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 809: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 810: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 811: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 812: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 813: 814: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 815: 816: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 817: 818: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 819: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 820: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 821: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 822: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 823: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 824: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 825: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 826: 827: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 828: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 829: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 830: 831: Please see [this 832: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 833: for details. 834: 835: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 836: 837: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 838: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 839: 840: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 841: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 842: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 843: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 844: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 845: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 846: 847: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 848: 849: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 850: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 851: 852: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 853: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 854: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 855: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 856: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 857: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 858: 859: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 860: 861: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 862: 863: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 864: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 865: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 866: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 867: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 868: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 869: 870: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 871: 872: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 873: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 874: Japan* 875: 876: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 877: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 878: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 879: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 880: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 881: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 882: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 883: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 884: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 885: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 886: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 887: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 888: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 889: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 890: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 891: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 892: found at OSC booth" by 893: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 894: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 895: 896: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 897: 898: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 899: 900: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 901: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 902: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 903: 904: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 905: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 906: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 907: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 908: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 909: 910: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 911: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 912: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 913: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 914: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 915: regular meeting. 916: 917: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 918: 919: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 920: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 921: Okinawa, Japan* 922: 923: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 924: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 925: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 926: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 927: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 928: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 929: 930: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 931: 932: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 933: 934: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 935: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 936: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 937: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 938: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 939: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 940: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 941: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 942: [NetBSD/KOBO and 943: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 944: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 945: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 946: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 947: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 948: 949: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 950: 951: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 952: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 953: 954: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 955: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 956: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 957: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 958: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 959: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 960: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 961: 962: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 963: 964: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 965: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 966: 967: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 968: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 969: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 970: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 971: demonstrations ( 972: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 973: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 974: 975: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 976: 977: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 978: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 979: San Diego, California, USA* 980: 981: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 982: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 983: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 984: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 985: on day one of the conference. 986: 987: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 988: 989: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 990: Augustin, Germany* 991: 992: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 993: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 994: 995: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 996: 997: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 998: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 999: 1000: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1001: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 1002: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1003: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1004: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1005: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 1006: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 1007: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 1008: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 1009: SHARP,X68K on 1010: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 1011: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 1012: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 1013: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 1014: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 1015: updates presetation by 1016: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 1017: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 1018: 1019: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 1020: 1021: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 1022: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1023: 1024: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1025: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1026: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1027: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1028: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1029: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1030: 1031: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1032: 1033: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1034: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1035: Japan* 1036: 1037: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 1038: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 1039: for meeting information. 1040: 1041: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 1042: 1043: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 1044: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1045: 1046: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 1047: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 1048: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 1049: release branch. 1050: 1051: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 1052: 1053: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1054: 1055: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1056: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1057: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1058: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 1059: with [Building NetBSD on 1060: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 1061: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 1062: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 1063: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 1064: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 1065: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 1066: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 1067: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 1068: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 1069: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 1070: 1071: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 1072: 1073: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 1074: 1075: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 1076: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 1077: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 1078: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 1079: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 1080: 1081: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 1082: more information. 1083: 1084: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 1085: 1086: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 1087: 1088: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 1089: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 1090: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 1091: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 1092: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 1093: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 1094: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 1095: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 1096: 1097: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 1098: 1099: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 1100: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1101: Japan* 1102: 1103: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1104: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1105: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1106: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 1107: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1108: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1109: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1110: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1111: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1112: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1113: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1114: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1115: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1116: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1117: 1118: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1119: 1120: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1121: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1122: 1123: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1124: 1125: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1126: 1127: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1128: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1129: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1130: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1131: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1132: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1133: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1134: demonstrations. 1135: 1136: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1137: 1138: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1139: 1140: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1141: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1142: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1143: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1144: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1145: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1146: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1147: 1148: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1149: 1150: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1151: 1152: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1153: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1154: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1155: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1156: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1157: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1158: port history by 1159: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1160: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1161: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1162: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1163: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1164: [[ustream live 1165: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1166: 1167: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1168: 1169: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1170: 1171: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1172: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1173: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1174: talks. 1175: 1176: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1177: information. 1178: 1179: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1180: 1181: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1182: 1183: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1184: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1185: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1186: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1187: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1188: [WZero3 live 1189: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1190: [Zaurus live 1191: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1192: [Translate NetBSD man with 1193: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1194: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1195: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1196: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1197: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1198: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1199: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1200: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1201: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1202: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1203: 1204: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1205: 1206: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1207: 1208: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1209: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1210: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1211: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1212: with hpcsh { [Persona 1213: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1214: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1215: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1216: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1217: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1218: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1219: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1220: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1221: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1222: i386 { [aspire 1223: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1224: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1225: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1226: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1227: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1228: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1229: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1230: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1231: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1232: 1233: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1234: 1235: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1236: 1237: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1238: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1239: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1240: necessary. 1241: 1242: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1243: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1244: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1245: for details. 1246: 1247: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1248: 1249: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1250: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1251: Fukuoka, Japan* 1252: 1253: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1254: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1255: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1256: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1257: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1258: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1259: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1260: 1261: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1262: 1263: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1264: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1265: 1266: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1267: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1268: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1269: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1270: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1271: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1272: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1273: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1274: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1275: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1276: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1277: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1278: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1279: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1280: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1281: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1282: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1283: 1284: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1285: 1286: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1287: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1288: 1289: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1290: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1291: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1292: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1293: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1294: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1295: 1296: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1297: 1298: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1299: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1300: 1301: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1302: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1303: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1304: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1305: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1306: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1307: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1308: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1309: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1310: enigmatic machines by 1311: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1312: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1313: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1314: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1315: 1316: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1317: 1318: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1319: 1320: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1321: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1322: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1323: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1324: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1325: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1326: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1327: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1328: university students to work with BSD systems. 1329: 1330: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1331: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1332: 1333: For more information please visit the website 1334: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1335: 1336: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1337: 1338: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1339: 1340: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1341: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1342: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1343: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1344: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1345: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1346: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1347: 1348: For more information please visit the website 1349: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1350: 1351: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1352: 1353: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1354: 1355: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1356: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1357: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1358: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1359: Netherlands. 1360: 1361: For more information please visit the website 1362: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1363: 1364: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1365: 1366: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1367: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1368: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1369: 1370: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1371: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1372: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1373: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1374: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1375: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1376: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1377: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1378: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1379: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1380: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1381: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1382: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1383: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1384: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1385: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1386: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1387: 1388: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1389: 1390: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1391: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1392: Okinawa, Japan* 1393: 1394: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1395: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1396: staffed 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/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1400: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1401: 1402: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1403: 1404: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1405: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1406: Fukushima, Japan* 1407: 1408: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1409: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1410: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1411: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1412: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1413: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1414: 1415: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1416: 1417: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1418: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1419: Japan* 1420: 1421: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1422: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1423: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1424: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1425: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1426: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1427: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1428: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1429: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1430: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1431: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1432: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1433: 1434: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1435: 1436: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1437: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1438: 1439: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1440: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1441: 1442: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1443: 1444: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1445: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1446: 1447: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1448: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1449: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1450: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1451: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1452: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1453: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1454: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1455: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1456: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1457: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1458: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1459: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1460: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1461: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1462: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1463: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1464: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1465: will never die! 1466: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1467: and 1468: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1469: by tsutsui. 1470: 1471: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1472: 1473: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1474: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1475: Japan* 1476: 1477: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1478: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1479: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1480: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1481: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1482: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1483: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1484: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1485: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1486: keysign party by soda. 1487: 1488: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1489: 1490: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1491: 1492: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1493: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1494: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1495: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1496: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1497: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1498: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1499: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1500: 1501: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1502: 1503: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1504: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1505: 1506: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1507: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1508: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1509: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1510: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1511: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1512: 1513: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1514: 1515: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1516: 1517: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1518: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1519: May 2011. 1520: 1521: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1522: 1523: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1524: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1525: 1526: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1527: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1528: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1529: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1530: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1531: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1532: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1533: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1534: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1535: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1536: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1537: 1538: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1539: 1540: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1541: 1542: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1543: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1544: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1545: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1546: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1547: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1548: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1549: 1550: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1551: 1552: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1553: Oita, Japan* 1554: 1555: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1556: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1557: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1558: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1559: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1560: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1561: 1562: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1563: 1564: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1565: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1566: 1567: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1568: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1569: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1570: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1571: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1572: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1573: 1574: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1575: 1576: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1577: Belgium* 1578: 1579: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1580: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1581: 1582: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1583: in the BSD devroom 1584: 1585: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1586: 1587: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1588: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1589: Japan* 1590: 1591: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1592: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1593: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1594: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1595: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1596: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1597: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1598: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1599: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1600: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1601: 1602: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1603: 1604: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1605: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1606: 1607: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1608: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1609: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1610: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1611: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1612: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1613: 1614: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1615: 1616: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1617: 1618: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1619: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1620: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1621: focused. 1622: 1623: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1624: 1625: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1626: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1627: 1628: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1629: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1630: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1631: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1632: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1633: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1634: 1635: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1636: 1637: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1638: 1639: [The New York City BSD Conference 1640: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1641: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1642: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1643: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1644: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1645: 1646: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1647: 1648: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1649: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1650: 1651: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1652: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1653: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1654: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1655: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1656: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1657: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1658: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1659: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1660: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1661: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1662: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1663: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1664: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1665: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1666: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1667: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1668: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1669: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1670: tsutsui) 1671: 1672: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1673: 1674: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1675: 1676: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1677: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1678: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1679: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1680: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1681: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1682: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1683: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1684: 1685: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1686: 1687: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1688: 1689: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1690: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1691: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1692: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1693: 1694: For more information please visit the website 1695: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1696: 1697: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1698: 1699: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1700: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1701: Okinawa, Japan* 1702: 1703: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1704: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1705: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1706: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1707: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1708: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1709: 1710: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1711: 1712: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1713: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1714: 1715: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1716: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1717: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1718: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1719: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1720: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1721: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1722: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1723: 1724: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1725: 1726: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1727: 1728: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1729: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1730: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1731: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1732: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1733: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1734: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1735: 1736: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1737: 1738: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1739: 1740: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1741: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1742: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1743: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1744: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1745: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1746: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1747: 1748: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1749: 1750: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1751: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1752: Japan* 1753: 1754: See [this 1755: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1756: for meeting information. 1757: 1758: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1759: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1760: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1761: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1762: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1763: 1764: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1765: 1766: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1767: 1768: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1769: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1770: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1771: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1772: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1773: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1774: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1775: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1776: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1777: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1778: 1779: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1780: 1781: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1782: 1783: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1784: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1785: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1786: in a shared BSD booth. 1787: 1788: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1789: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1790: 1791: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1792: 1793: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1794: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1795: 1796: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1797: 1798: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1799: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1800: 1801: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1802: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1803: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1804: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1805: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1806: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1807: 1808: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1809: 1810: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1811: 1812: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1813: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1814: 1815: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1816: 1817: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1818: 1819: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1820: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1821: May 2010. 1822: 1823: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 1824: 1825: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1826: 1827: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1828: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1829: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1830: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1831: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1832: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1833: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1834: 1835: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 1836: 1837: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 1838: 1839: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1840: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1841: 1842: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1843: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , 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 [ATARI TT030 + 1846: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 1847: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 1848: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1849: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1850: 1851: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 1852: 1853: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 1854: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1855: 1856: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1857: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1858: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1859: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 1860: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1861: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1862: 1863: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 1864: 1865: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 1866: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 1867: 1868: The [February 2010 1869: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 1870: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 1871: 1872: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 1873: 1874: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 1875: Belgium* 1876: 1877: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 1878: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1879: 1880: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 1881: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 1882: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 1883: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 1884: 1885: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 1886: 1887: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1888: Oita, Japan* 1889: 1890: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1891: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 1892: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1893: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1894: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1895: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1896: 1897: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 1898: 1899: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 1900: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1901: 1902: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1903: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1904: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1905: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1906: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1907: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1908: 1909: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 1910: 1911: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 1912: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 1913: 1914: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1915: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1916: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1917: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 1918: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 1919: demonstration. 1920: 1921: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 1922: 1923: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 1924: 1925: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 1926: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 1927: major BSDs. 1928: 1929: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 1930: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 1931: 1932: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 1933: 1934: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1935: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1936: 1937: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 1938: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1939: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1940: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 1941: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 1942: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 1943: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 1944: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1945: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 1946: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 1947: 1948: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 1949: 1950: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 1951: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1952: 1953: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1954: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1955: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1956: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 1957: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 1958: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 1959: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 1960: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1961: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 1962: demonstration and BSD BOF. 1963: 1964: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 1965: 1966: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 1967: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1968: Okinawa, Japan* 1969: 1970: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1971: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1972: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1973: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 1974: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1975: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1976: 1977: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 1978: 1979: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 1980: 1981: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 1982: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 1983: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 1984: the conference on Sept 18th. 1985: 1986: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 1987: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1988: 1989: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 1990: 1991: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1992: 1993: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1994: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1995: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1996: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1997: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1998: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1999: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2000: 2001: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 2002: 2003: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 2004: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 2005: 2006: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2007: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2008: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 2010: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 2011: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2012: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 2013: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 2014: 2015: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 2016: 2017: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2018: 2019: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2020: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2021: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2022: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2023: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 2024: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 2025: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 2026: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 2027: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 2028: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2029: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2030: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2031: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 2032: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 2033: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 2034: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 2035: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 2036: 2037: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2038: 2039: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 2040: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2041: Japan* 2042: 2043: See [this 2044: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 2045: for meeting information. 2046: 2047: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 2048: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 2049: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 2050: party. 2051: 2052: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 2053: 2054: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 2055: 2056: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 2057: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2058: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 2059: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2060: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 2061: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 2062: 2063: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 2064: 2065: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 2066: 2067: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 2068: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 2069: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 2070: systems at the exhibition. 2071: 2072: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 2073: 2074: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2075: 2076: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2077: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2078: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2079: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 2080: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 2081: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2082: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 2083: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 2084: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 2085: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 2086: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 2087: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 2088: 2089: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 2090: 2091: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 2092: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2093: 2094: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2095: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2096: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2097: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2098: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 2099: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2100: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2101: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2102: 2103: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 2104: 2105: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 2106: 2107: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2108: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2109: May 2009. 2110: 2111: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2112: 2113: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2114: 2115: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2116: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2117: Hannover, Germany. 2118: 2119: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2120: 2121: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2122: 2123: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2124: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2125: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2126: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2127: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2128: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2129: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2130: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2131: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2132: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2133: and [NetBSD 2134: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2135: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2136: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2137: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2138: 2139: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2140: 2141: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2142: 2143: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2144: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2145: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2146: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2147: 2148: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2149: 2150: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2151: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2152: 2153: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2154: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2155: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2156: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2157: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2158: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2159: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2160: 2161: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2162: 2163: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2164: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2165: the community. 2166: 2167: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2168: 2169: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2170: 2171: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2172: 2173: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2174: 2175: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2176: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2177: 2178: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2179: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2180: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2181: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2182: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2183: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2184: 2185: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2186: 2187: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2188: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2189: Fukuoka, Japan* 2190: 2191: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2192: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2193: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2194: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2195: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2196: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2197: 2198: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2199: 2200: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2201: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2202: 2203: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2204: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2205: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2206: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2207: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2208: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2209: 2210: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2211: 2212: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2213: 2214: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2215: 2216: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2217: 2218: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2219: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2220: 2221: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2222: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2223: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2224: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2225: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2226: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2227: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2228: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2229: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2230: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2231: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2232: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2233: 2234: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2235: 2236: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2237: 2238: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2239: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2240: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2241: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2242: 2243: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2244: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2245: 2246: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2247: 2248: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2249: 2250: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2251: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2252: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2253: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2254: 2255: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2256: 2257: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2258: 2259: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2260: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2261: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2262: 2263: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2264: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2265: 2266: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2267: 2268: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2269: 2270: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2271: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2272: 2273: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2274: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2275: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2276: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2277: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2278: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2279: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2280: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2281: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2282: [Itojun Service 2283: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2284: 2285: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2286: 2287: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2288: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2289: 2290: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2291: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2292: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2293: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2294: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2295: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2296: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2297: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2298: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2299: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2300: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2301: 2302: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2303: 2304: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2305: 2306: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2307: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2308: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2309: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2310: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2311: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2312: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2313: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2314: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2315: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2316: 2317: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2318: 2319: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2320: 2321: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2322: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2323: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2324: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2325: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2326: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2327: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2328: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2329: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2330: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2331: all BSD machines. 2332: 2333: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2334: 2335: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2336: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2337: Japan* 2338: 2339: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2340: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2341: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2342: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2343: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2344: 2345: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2346: 2347: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2348: 2349: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2350: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2351: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2352: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2353: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2354: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2355: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2356: 2357: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2358: 2359: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2360: 2361: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2362: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2363: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2364: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2365: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2366: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2367: 2368: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2369: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2370: 2371: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2372: 2373: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2374: 2375: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2376: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2377: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2378: novices to advanced developers. 2379: 2380: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2381: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2382: 2383: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2384: 2385: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2386: Spain* 2387: 2388: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2389: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2390: 2391: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2392: 2393: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2394: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2395: 2396: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2397: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2398: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2399: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2400: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2401: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2402: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2403: 2404: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2405: 2406: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2407: 2408: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2409: technologies and IT security. 2410: 2411: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2412: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2413: 2414: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2415: 2416: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2417: 2418: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2419: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2420: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2421: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2422: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2423: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2424: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2425: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2426: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2427: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2428: 2429: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2430: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2431: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2432: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2433: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2434: 2435: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2436: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2437: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2438: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2439: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2440: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2441: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2442: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2443: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2444: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2445: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2446: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2447: 2448: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2449: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2450: networking and virtualisation. 2451: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2452: 2453: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2454: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2455: 2456: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2457: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2458: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2459: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2460: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2461: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2462: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2463: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2464: 2465: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2466: 2467: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2468: 2469: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2470: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2471: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2472: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2473: 2474: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2475: 2476: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2477: 2478: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2479: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2480: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2481: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2482: 2483: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2484: 2485: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2486: 2487: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2488: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2489: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2490: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2491: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2492: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2493: 2494: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2495: 2496: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2497: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2498: Japan* 2499: 2500: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2501: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2502: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2504: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2505: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2506: 2507: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2508: 2509: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2510: 2511: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2512: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2513: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2514: 2515: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2516: 2517: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2518: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2519: 2520: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2521: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2522: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2523: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2524: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2525: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2526: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2527: 2528: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2529: 2530: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2531: Niigata, Japan* 2532: 2533: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2534: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2535: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2536: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2537: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2538: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2539: 2540: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2541: 2542: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2543: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2544: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2545: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2546: 2547: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2548: 2549: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2550: Turkey* 2551: 2552: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2553: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2554: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2555: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2556: 2557: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2558: 2559: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2560: 2561: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2562: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2563: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2564: information, see the [event's 2565: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2566: 2567: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2568: 2569: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2570: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2571: 2572: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2573: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2574: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2575: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2576: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2577: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2578: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2579: Presentation by 2580: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2581: 2582: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2583: 2584: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2585: 2586: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2587: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2588: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2589: 2590: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2591: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2592: 2593: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2594: 2595: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2596: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2597: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2598: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2599: 2600: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2601: 2602: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2603: 2604: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2605: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2606: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2607: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2608: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2609: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2610: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2611: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2612: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2613: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2614: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2615: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2616: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2617: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2618: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2619: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2620: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2621: ). 2622: 2623: [A report with some 2624: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2625: available. 2626: 2627: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2628: 2629: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2630: 2631: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2632: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2633: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2634: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2635: Switzerland. 2636: 2637: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2638: report was posted to the 2639: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2640: mailing list. 2641: 2642: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2643: 2644: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2645: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2646: Japan* 2647: 2648: See [this 2649: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2650: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2651: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2652: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2653: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2654: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2655: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2656: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2657: sign party. 2658: 2659: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2660: 2661: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2662: 2663: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2664: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2665: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2666: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2667: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2668: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2669: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2670: 2671: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2672: 2673: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2674: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2675: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2676: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2677: at the 2678: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2679: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2680: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2681: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2682: 2683: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2684: information. 2685: 2686: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2687: 2688: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2689: 2690: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2691: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2692: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2693: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2694: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2695: 2696: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2697: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2698: 2699: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2700: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2701: 2702: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2703: 2704: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2705: 2706: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2707: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2708: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2709: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2710: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2711: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2712: welcome to attend. 2713: 2714: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2715: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2716: 2717: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2718: 2719: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2720: 2721: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2722: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2723: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2724: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2725: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2726: 2727: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2728: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2729: 2730: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2731: 2732: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2733: 2734: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2735: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2736: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2737: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2738: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2739: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2740: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2741: 2742: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2743: 2744: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2745: 2746: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2747: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2748: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2749: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2750: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2751: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2752: widest possible audience. 2753: 2754: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2755: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2756: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2757: 2758: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2759: 2760: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2761: 2762: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2763: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2764: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2765: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2766: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2767: 2768: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2769: 2770: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2771: 2772: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2773: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2774: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2775: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2776: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2777: 2778: More information can be found at 2779: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2780: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2781: German language article can be found at: 2782: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2783: 2784: Ignatios also 2785: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2786: his [slides (german 2787: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2788: 2789: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2790: 2791: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2792: 2793: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2794: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2795: Brussels, Belgium. 2796: 2797: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2798: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2799: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2800: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2801: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2802: 2803: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2804: 2805: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2806: 2807: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2808: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2809: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2810: booth at this event; see the reports by 2811: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2812: and 2813: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2814: 2815: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2816: 2817: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2818: 2819: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2820: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2821: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 2822: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 2823: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 2824: 2825: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 2826: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 2827: and Solaris. 2828: 2829: For more information, please [visit the 2830: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 2831: 2832: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 2833: 2834: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 2835: 2836: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 2837: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 2838: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2839: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2840: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2841: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2842: 2843: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 2844: 2845: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 2846: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 2847: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 2848: 2849: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 2850: 2851: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 2852: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 2853: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 2854: if you have any questions or want to help out. 2855: 2856: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 2857: 2858: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 2859: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 2860: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 2861: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 2862: 2863: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 2864: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 2865: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 2866: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 2867: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 2868: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 2869: NetBSD Network Appliances 2870: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 2871: for BSD TCP/IP 2872: 2873: Registration is open now. Please [see the 2874: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 2875: 2876: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 2877: 2878: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 2879: 2880: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 2881: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 2882: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 2883: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 2884: about NetBSD-related topics. 2885: 2886: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 2887: 2888: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 2889: 2890: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2891: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 2892: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2893: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2894: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2895: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2896: 2897: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 2898: 2899: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 2900: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 2901: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 2902: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 2903: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2904: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 2905: 2906: A report on the event is available 2907: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 2908: 2909: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 2910: 2911: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 2912: 2913: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 2914: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 2915: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 2916: booth. 2917: 2918: A report of the event can be found 2919: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 2920: 2921: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 2922: 2923: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 2924: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 2925: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 2926: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 2927: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 2928: 2929: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 2930: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 2931: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 2932: information. 2933: 2934: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 2935: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 2936: 2937: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 2938: 2939: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 2940: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 2941: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 2942: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 2943: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 2944: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 2945: the booth. 2946: 2947: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 2948: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 2949: about the event. 2950: 2951: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 2952: 2953: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 2954: 2955: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 2956: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 2957: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2958: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2959: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2960: 2961: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 2962: 2963: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 2964: 2965: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2966: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2967: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2968: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2969: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2970: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 2971: 2972: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 2973: 2974: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 2975: 2976: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 2977: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 2978: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 2979: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 2980: 2981: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 2982: FreeBSD Project 2983: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 2984: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 2985: Ensure Technology Ltd 2986: . 2987: - BSD Usergroup activity: 2988: Echigo BSD Users Group 2989: , T.Tamura@EBUG 2990: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 2991: 2992: \> See [program for 2993: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 2994: 2995: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 2996: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 2997: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 2998: 2999: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 3000: 3001: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 3002: 3003: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 3004: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 3005: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 3006: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 3007: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 3008: developers. 3009: 3010: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 3011: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 3012: during May 10-14th. 3013: 3014: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 3015: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 3016: 3017: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 3018: 3019: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 3020: 3021: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 3022: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 3023: conference on their campus. 3024: 3025: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 3026: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3027: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 3028: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 3029: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 3030: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 3031: 3032: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 3033: presentation proposal, please visit 3034: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 3035: 3036: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 3037: 3038: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 3039: 3040: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 3041: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 3042: tutorials. 3043: 3044: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 3045: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 3046: 3047: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 3048: 3049: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 3050: 3051: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 3052: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 3053: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 3054: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 3055: URL above. 3056: 3057: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3058: 3059: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3060: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3061: 3062: See [this 3063: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 3064: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 3065: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 3066: Codeblog. 3067: 3068: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 3069: 3070: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 3071: 3072: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 3073: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 3074: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 3075: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 3076: gmail.com). 3077: 3078: For more information about this event see 3079: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 3080: 3081: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 3082: 3083: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 3084: 3085: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 3086: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 3087: Cons in Germany. 3088: 3089: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 3090: 3091: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 3092: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 3093: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 3094: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 3095: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 3096: 3097: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 3098: net-tex.de\>. 3099: 3100: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 3101: 3102: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 3103: 3104: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 3105: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 3106: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 3107: 3108: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3109: 3110: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3111: 3112: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3113: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3114: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3115: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3116: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3117: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3118: 3119: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3120: 3121: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3122: 3123: [German Unix User Group 3124: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3125: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3126: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3127: 3128: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3129: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3130: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3131: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3132: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3133: 3134: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3135: 3136: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3137: 3138: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3139: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3140: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3141: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3142: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3143: Europe. 3144: 3145: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3146: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3147: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3148: 3149: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3150: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3151: 3152: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3153: 3154: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3155: 3156: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3157: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3158: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3159: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3160: if you would like to help. 3161: 3162: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3163: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3164: 3165: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3166: 3167: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3168: 3169: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3170: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3171: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3172: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3173: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3174: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3175: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3176: 3177: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3178: 3179: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3180: 3181: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3182: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3183: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3184: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3185: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3186: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3187: 3188: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3189: 3190: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3191: 3192: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3193: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3194: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3195: conference venue and registration. present. 3196: 3197: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3198: 3199: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3200: 3201: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3202: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3203: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3204: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3205: Lockhoff. 3206: 3207: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3208: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3209: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3210: 3211: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3212: 3213: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3214: 3215: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3216: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3217: others) will be presented. 3218: 3219: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3220: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3221: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3222: 3223: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3224: 3225: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3226: especially showing NetBSD! 3227: 3228: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3229: 3230: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3231: 3232: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3233: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3234: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3235: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3236: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3237: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3238: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3239: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3240: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3241: 3242: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3243: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3244: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3245: 3246: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3247: 3248: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3249: 3250: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3251: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3252: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3253: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3254: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3255: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3256: 3257: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3258: 3259: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3260: 3261: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3262: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3263: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3264: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3265: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3266: 3267: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3268: 3269: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3270: 3271: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3272: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3273: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3274: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3275: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3276: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3277: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3278: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3279: on netbsd-advocacy. 3280: 3281: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3282: 3283: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3284: 3285: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3286: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3287: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3288: group page for more information. 3289: 3290: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3291: 3292: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3293: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3294: 3295: See [this 3296: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3297: meeting information. 3298: 3299: A 3300: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3301: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3302: 3303: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3304: 3305: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3306: 3307: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3308: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3309: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3310: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3311: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3312: organization. 3313: 3314: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3315: 3316: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3317: 3318: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3319: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3320: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3321: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3322: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3323: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3324: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3325: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3326: for more details. 3327: 3328: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3329: 3330: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3331: 3332: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3333: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3334: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3335: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3336: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3337: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3338: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3339: 3340: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3341: 3342: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3343: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3344: 3345: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3346: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3347: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3348: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3349: 3350: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3351: 3352: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3353: 3354: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3355: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3356: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3357: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3358: groups. 3359: 3360: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3361: 3362: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3363: 3364: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3365: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3366: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3367: venue and registration. 3368: 3369: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3370: 3371: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3372: 3373: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3374: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3375: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3376: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3377: 3378: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3379: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3380: Live performance 3381: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3382: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3383: 3384: See [program for 3385: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3386: 3387: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3388: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3389: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3390: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3391: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3392: 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)). 3393: 3394: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3395: 3396: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3397: 3398: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3399: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3400: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3401: 3402: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3403: 3404: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3405: 3406: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3407: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3408: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3409: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3410: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3411: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3412: [slides for this 3413: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3414: 3415: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3416: 3417: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3418: 3419: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3420: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3421: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3422: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3423: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3424: 3425: More information is at 3426: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3427: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3428: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3429: 3430: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3431: 3432: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3433: 3434: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3435: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3436: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3437: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3438: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3439: solutions and fresh ideas. 3440: 3441: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3442: 3443: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3444: 3445: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3446: 3447: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3448: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3449: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3450: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3451: 3452: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3453: 3454: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3455: 3456: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3457: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3458: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3459: 3460: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3461: 3462: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3463: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3464: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3465: 3466: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3467: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3468: 3469: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3470: 3471: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3472: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3473: 3474: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3475: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3476: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3477: 3478: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3479: 3480: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3481: 3482: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3483: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3484: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3485: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3486: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3487: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3488: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3489: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3490: 3491: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3492: 3493: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3494: 3495: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3496: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3497: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3498: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3499: 3500: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3501: 3502: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3503: 3504: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3505: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3506: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3507: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3508: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3509: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3510: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3511: available. 3512: 3513: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3514: 3515: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3516: 3517: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3518: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3519: program, conference venue and registration. A 3520: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3521: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3522: 3523: A brief report from the conference is available 3524: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3525: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3526: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3527: 3528: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3529: 3530: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3531: 3532: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3533: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3534: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3535: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3536: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3537: 3538: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3539: 3540: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3541: 3542: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3543: 3544: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3545: 3546: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3547: 3548: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3549: 3550: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3551: 3552: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3553: 3554: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3555: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3557: 3558: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3559: 3560: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3561: 3562: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3563: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3564: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3565: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3566: conference. 3567: 3568: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3569: 3570: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3571: 3572: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3573: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3574: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3575: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3576: for details. 3577: 3578: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3579: 3580: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3581: 3582: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3583: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3584: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3585: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3586: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3587: 3588: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3589: 3590: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3591: 3592: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3593: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3594: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3595: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3596: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3597: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3598: 3599: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3600: 3601: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3602: 3603: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3604: 3605: [BOF 3606: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3607: 3608: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3609: 3610: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3611: 3612: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3613: 3614: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3615: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3616: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3617: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3618: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3619: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3620: of the BSD 3621: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3622: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3623: conference. 3624: 3625: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3626: 3627: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3628: 3629: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3630: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3631: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3632: in helping out. 3633: 3634: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3635: 3636: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3637: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3638: 3639: See [this 3640: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3641: meeting information. 3642: 3643: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3644: 3645: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3646: 3647: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3648: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3649: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3650: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3651: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3652: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3653: 3654: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3655: 3656: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3657: 3658: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3659: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3660: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3661: NetBSD-BR. 3662: 3663: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3664: 3665: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3666: 3667: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3668: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3669: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3670: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3671: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3672: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3673: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3674: 3675: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3676: 3677: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3678: 3679: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3680: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3681: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3682: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3683: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3684: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3685: [this message to the netbsd-news 3686: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3687: for more information. 3688: 3689: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3690: 3691: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3692: 3693: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3694: [GUUG 3695: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3696: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3697: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3698: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3699: 3700: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3701: 3702: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3703: 3704: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3705: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3706: 3707: - \`\` 3708: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3709: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3710: - \`\` 3711: Introduction to NetBSD 3712: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3713: - \`\` 3714: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3715: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3716: 3717: Please see the 3718: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3719: details. Photos are available at [this 3720: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3721: found on the [Linux-Tag 3722: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3723: 3724: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3725: 3726: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3727: 3728: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3729: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3730: France. 3731: 3732: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3733: 3734: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3735: 3736: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3737: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3738: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3739: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3740: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3741: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3742: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3743: 3744: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3745: 3746: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3747: 3748: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3749: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3750: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3751: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3752: for Details. If you're interested in the 3753: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3754: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3755: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3756: MailingList useful. 3757: 3758: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3759: 3760: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3761: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3762: 3763: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3764: details. 3765: 3766: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3767: 3768: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3769: 3770: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3771: 3772: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3773: 3774: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3775: 3776: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3777: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3778: administration. See 3779: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3780: for details. 3781: 3782: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3783: 3784: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3785: 3786: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3787: 3788: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3789: 3790: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3791: 3792: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3793: 3794: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3795: 3796: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3797: 3798: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3799: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3800: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3801: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3802: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3803: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3804: information. 3805: 3806: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3807: 3808: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3809: 3810: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3811: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3812: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3813: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3814: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3815: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3816: is available online. 3817: 3818: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3819: 3820: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3821: 3822: A lot of photos are available 3823: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 3824: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 3825: 3826: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 3827: 3828: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3829: 3830: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 3831: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 3832: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 3833: 3834: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 3835: Dolecek. See the [full 3836: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 3837: for details and pictures. 3838: 3839: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 3840: 3841: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 3842: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 3843: 3844: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 3845: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 3846: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 3847: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 3848: 3849: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 3850: 3851: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3852: 3853: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 3854: 3855: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 3856: 3857: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3858: 3859: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3860: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3861: 3862: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 3863: 3864: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 3865: 3866: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 3867: 3868: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3869: 3870: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 3871: 3872: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 3873: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 3874: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 3875: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 3876: see 3877: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 3878: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3879: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 3880: 3881: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 3882: here](events/usenix2003/). 3883: 3884: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 3885: 3886: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 3887: 3888: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 3889: holding the [BSDay 3890: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 3891: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 3892: for more information. 3893: 3894: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 3895: 3896: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 3897: 3898: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 3899: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 3900: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 3901: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 3902: 3903: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 3904: 3905: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 3906: 3907: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 3908: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 3909: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 3910: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 3911: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 3912: 3913: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 3914: 3915: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 3916: 3917: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 3918: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 3919: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 3920: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 3921: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 3922: 3923: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 3924: 3925: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 3926: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 3927: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 3928: 3929: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 3930: 3931: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 3932: 3933: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 3934: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 3935: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 3936: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 3937: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 3938: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 3939: 3940: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3941: 3942: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 3943: 3944: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3945: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3946: administration. See 3947: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3948: for details. 3949: 3950: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3951: 3952: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 3953: 3954: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3955: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 3956: events including several pictures is available online at 3957: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 3958: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 3959: from: 3960: 3961: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 3962: [ 3963: mp3 3964: ] 3965: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 3966: [ 3967: mp3 3968: ] 3969: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 3970: mit NetBSD 3971: [ 3972: mp3 3973: ] 3974: 3975: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 3976: 3977: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 3978: 3979: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 3980: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 3981: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 3982: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 3983: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 3984: 3985: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 3986: 3987: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 3988: 3989: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 3990: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 3991: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 3992: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 3993: activities will be the: 3994: 3995: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3996: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 3997: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 3998: 3999: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 4000: 4001: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 4002: 4003: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 4004: 4005: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 4006: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 4007: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 4008: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 4009: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 4010: a [short 4011: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 4012: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 4013: available online. 4014: 4015: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 4016: 4017: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 4018: 4019: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 4020: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 4021: from December 27th to 29th. 4022: 4023: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 4024: 4025: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 4026: 4027: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4028: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4029: administration. 4030: 4031: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 4032: 4033: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 4034: 4035: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 4036: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 4037: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 4038: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 4039: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 4040: for details. 4041: 4042: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 4043: 4044: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 4045: 4046: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 4047: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 4048: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 4049: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 4050: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 4051: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 4052: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 4053: 4054: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 4055: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 4056: Germany. See 4057: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 4058: for more information. 4059: 4060: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 4061: 4062: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 4063: 4064: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 4065: 4066: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 4067: 4068: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 4069: 4070: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 4071: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 4072: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 4073: 4074: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 4075: 4076: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 4077: 4078: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 4079: 4080: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 4081: 4082: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 4083: 4084: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 4085: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 4086: College. 4087: 4088: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 4089: 4090: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 4091: 4092: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 4093: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 4094: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 4095: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 4096: rendering cluster done with 4097: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 4098: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 4099: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 4100: available from [Hubert's 4101: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 4102: 4103: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 4104: 4105: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 4106: 4107: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4108: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4109: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4110: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4111: online. 4112: 4113: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4114: 4115: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4116: 4117: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4118: 4119: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4120: 4121: *July 22, 2002* 4122: 4123: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4124: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4125: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4126: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4127: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4128: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4129: 4130: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4131: 4132: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4133: 4134: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4135: 4136: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4137: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4138: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4139: 4140: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4141: 4142: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4143: 4144: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4145: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4146: here](events/usenix2002/). 4147: 4148: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4149: 4150: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4151: 4152: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4153: 4154: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4155: 4156: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4157: 4158: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4159: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4160: available. 4161: 4162: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4163: 4164: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4165: 4166: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4167: 4168: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4169: 4170: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4171: 4172: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4173: 4174: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4175: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4176: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4177: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4178: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4179: 4180: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4181: 4182: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4183: 4184: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4185: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4186: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4187: chance to prove their value. 4188: 4189: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4190: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4191: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4192: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4193: 4194: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4195: 4196: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4197: 4198: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4199: 4200: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4201: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4202: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4203: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4204: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4205: is available. 4206: 4207: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4208: 4209: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4210: 4211: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4212: 4213: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4214: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4215: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4216: 4217: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4218: 4219: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4220: USA* 4221: 4222: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4223: 4224: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4225: 4226: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4227: 4228: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4229: 4230: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4231: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4232: 4233: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4234: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4235: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4236: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4237: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4238: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4239: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4240: 4241: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4242: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4243: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4244: Emulation. 4245: 4246: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4247: 4248: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4249: 4250: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4251: 4252: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4253: 4254: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4255: 4256: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4257: 4258: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4259: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4260: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4261: 4262: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4263: 4264: *September 13, 2001* 4265: 4266: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4267: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4268: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4269: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4270: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4271: 4272: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4273: 4274: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4275: 4276: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4277: 4278: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4279: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4280: NetBSD booth at 4281: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4282: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4283: from Japan. 4284: 4285: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4286: 4287: *July 11, 2001* 4288: 4289: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4290: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4291: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4292: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4293: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4294: 4295: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4296: 4297: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4298: Tokyo, Japan* 4299: 4300: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4301: 4302: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4303: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4304: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4305: 4306: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4307: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4308: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4309: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4310: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4311: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4312: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4313: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4314: 4315: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4316: 4317: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4318: 4319: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4320: 4321: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4322: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4323: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4324: 4325: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4326: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4327: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4328: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4329: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4330: slides from this talk are available at 4331: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4332: 4333: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4334: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4335: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4336: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4337: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4338: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4339: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4340: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4341: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4342: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4343: web site. 4344: 4345: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4346: 4347: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4348: 4349: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4350: 4351: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4352: 4353: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4354: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4355: 4356: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4357: 4358: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4359: 4360: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4361: 4362: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4363: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4364: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4365: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4366: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4367: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4368: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4369: 4370: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4371: 4372: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4373: 4374: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4375: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4376: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4377: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4378: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4379: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4380: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4381: 4382: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4383: 4384: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4385: 4386: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4387: 4388: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4389: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4390: Spring is available. 4391: 4392: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4393: 4394: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4395: 4396: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4397: 4398: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4399: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4400: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4401: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4402: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4403: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4404: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4405: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4406: 4407: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4408: 4409: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4410: 4411: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4412: 4413: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4414: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4415: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4416: other swag. 4417: 4418: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4419: 4420: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4421: 4422: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4423: 4424: There was a [BSD BoF 4425: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4426: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4427: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4428: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4429: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4430: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4431: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4432: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4433: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4434: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4435: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4436: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4437: BSD activity in Japan. 4438: 4439: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4440: 4441: *December 6, 2000* 4442: 4443: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4444: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4445: public. 4446: 4447: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4448: 4449: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4450: 4451: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4452: 4453: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4454: 4455: *November 25, 2000* 4456: 4457: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4458: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4459: announced to the public. 4460: 4461: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4462: 4463: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4464: 4465: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4466: 4467: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4468: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4469: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4470: 4471: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4472: Mission. 4473: 4474: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4475: 4476: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4477: 4478: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4479: 4480: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4481: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4482: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4483: 4484: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4485: David Maxwell. 4486: 4487: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4488: 4489: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4490: 4491: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4492: 4493: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4494: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4495: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4496: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4497: 4498: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4499: 4500: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4501: 4502: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4503: 4504: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4505: spotlighting NetBSD. 4506: 4507: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4508: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4509: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4510: 4511: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4512: is available at 4513: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4514: 4515: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4516: 4517: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4518: 4519: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4520: 4521: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4522: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4523: fixed onsite. 4524: 4525: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4526: 4527: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4528: 4529: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4530: 4531: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4532: 4533: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4534: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4535: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4536: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4537: 4538: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4539: 4540: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4541: 4542: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4543: 4544: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4545: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4546: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4547: 4548: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4549: 4550: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4551: 4552: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4553: 4554: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4555: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4556: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4557: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4558: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4559: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4560: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4561: 4562: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4563: Mission and David Maxwell. 4564: 4565: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4566: 4567: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4568: 4569: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4570: 4571: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4572: followed. 4573: 4574: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4575: 4576: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4577: 4578: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4579: 4580: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4581: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4582: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4583: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4584: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4585: giving a talk. 4586: 4587: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4588: 4589: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4590: 4591: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4592: 4593: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4594: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4595: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4596: gave a [technical session on 4597: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4598: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4599: session on 4600: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4601: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4602: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4603: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4604: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4605: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4606: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4607: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4608: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4609: 4610: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4611: The NetBSD Mission. 4612: 4613: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4614: 4615: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4616: 4617: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4618: 4619: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4620: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4621: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4622: 4623: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4624: 4625: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4626: 4627: [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) 4628: 4629: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4630: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4631: \*BSD followed. 4632: 4633: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4634: 4635: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4636: 4637: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4638: 4639: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4640: Mission. 4641: 4642: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4643: 4644: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4645: 4646: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4647: 4648: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4649: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4650: snapshot CDs were available. 4651: 4652: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4653: 4654: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4655: 4656: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4657: 4658: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4659: 4660: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4661: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4662: 4663: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4664: 4665: *March 19, 2000* 4666: 4667: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4668: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4669: announced to the public. 4670: 4671: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4672: 4673: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4674: 4675: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4676: 4677: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4678: 3rd. 4679: 4680: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4681: 4682: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4683: 4684: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4685: 4686: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4687: 4688: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4689: Dec 18. 4690: 4691: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4692: 4693: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4694: 4695: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4696: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4697: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4698: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4699: 4700: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4701: 4702: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4703: 4704: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4705: 4706: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4707: 4708: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4709: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4710: 4711: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4712: Mission. 4713: 4714: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4715: 4716: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4717: 4718: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4719: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4720: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4721: 4722: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4723: 4724: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4725: 4726: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4727: 4728: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4729: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4730: 4731: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4732: 4733: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4734: 4735: *October 9-10, 1999* 4736: 4737: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4738: 4739: *August 26, 1999* 4740: 4741: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4742: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4743: announced to the public. 4744: 4745: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4746: 4747: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4748: 4749: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4750: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4751: 4752: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4753: 4754: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4755: 4756: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4757: 4758: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4759: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4760: package system. 4761: 4762: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4763: 4764: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4765: 4766: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4767: 4768: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4769: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4770: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4771: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4772: 4773: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4774: 4775: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4776: 4777: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4778: 4779: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4780: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4781: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4782: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4783: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4784: checkpointing in userspace. 4785: 4786: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4787: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4788: answered general NetBSD questions. 4789: 4790: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4791: 4792: *May 12, 1999* 4793: 4794: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4795: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4796: public. 4797: 4798: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4799: 4800: *December 23, 1998* 4801: 4802: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4803: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4804: announced to the public. 4805: 4806: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4807: 4808: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4809: 4810: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4811: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4812: in San Jose, CA. 4813: 4814: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4815: 4816: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4817: 4818: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4819: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4820: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4821: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 4822: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 4823: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 4824: 4825: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 4826: 4827: *May 29, 1998* 4828: 4829: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4830: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4831: announced to the public. 4832: 4833: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 4834: 4835: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 4836: 4837: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 4838: 4839: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 4840: 4841: *March 9, 1998* 4842: 4843: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4844: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4845: released. 4846: 4847: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 4848: 4849: *January 4, 1998* 4850: 4851: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 4852: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4853: public. 4854: 4855: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 4856: 4857: *May 20, 1997* 4858: 4859: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4860: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 4861: announced to the public. 4862: 4863: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 4864: 4865: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 4866: 4867: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 4868: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 4869: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 4870: 4871: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 4872: 4873: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 4874: 4875: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 4876: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 4877: 4878: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 4879: 4880: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 4881: 4882: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 4883: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 4884: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 4885: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 4886: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.