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Add BSDCan 2018 to `Future Events'.

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: 9: Future Events 10: ------------- 11: 12: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan 13: 14: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan* 15: 16: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) is planned as a 17: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50 18: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference 19: will attract over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals, 20: software developers, computer science professors, users and 21: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the 22: world. The goal of BSDTW is to exchange knowledge about the 23: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation 24: among users and developers and to promote business friendly 25: BSD licensed open source software. 26: 27: 28: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan 29: 30: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 31: 32: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) is a 33: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 34: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 35: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 36: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best 37: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 38: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest 39: possible audience. 40: 41: 42: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada 43: 44: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada* 45: 46: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in 47: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference 48: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and 49: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula 50: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 51: advanced developers. 52: 53: 54: Past Events 55: ----------- 56: 57: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France 58: 59: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France* 60: 61: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European 62: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 63: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 64: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 65: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 66: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 67: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 68: 69: 70: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England 71: 72: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England* 73: 74: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical 75: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 76: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 77: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 78: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 79: 80: 81: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada 82: 83: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada* 84: 85: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based 86: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a 87: four day period at the University of Ottawa. 88: 89: Please see 90: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/) 91: for details. 92: 93: 94: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017 95: 96: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 97: 98: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a 99: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 100: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 101: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 102: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best 103: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 104: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest 105: possible audience. 106: 107: 108: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 109: 110: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium* 111: 112: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a 113: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 114: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 115: free and open source software from all over the world gather 116: at the event in Brussels. 117: 118: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 119: operating systems and their talks. 120: 121: Please see 122: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html) 123: for details. 124: 125: 126: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 127: 128: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 129: 130: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 131: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 132: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 133: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 134: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 135: 136: 137: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane 138: 139: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 140: 141: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 142: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 143: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 144: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 145: demonstrations. 146: 147: 148: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 149: 150: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 151: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 152: 153: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 154: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 155: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 156: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 157: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 158: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html). 159: 160: 161: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 162: 163: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 164: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 165: Japan* 166: 167: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 168: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 169: for meeting information and 170: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 171: 172: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 173: 174: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 175: 176: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 177: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 178: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 179: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 180: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 181: 182: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 183: 184: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 185: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 186: Okinawa, Japan* 187: 188: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 189: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 190: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 191: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 192: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 193: 194: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 195: 196: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 197: 198: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 199: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD 200: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 202: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 203: 204: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 205: 206: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 207: 208: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 209: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 210: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 211: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 212: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 213: 214: 215: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 216: 217: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 218: 219: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 220: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD 221: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 222: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 223: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 224: 225: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 226: 227: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 228: 229: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 230: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 231: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 232: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 233: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 234: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 235: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 236: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 237: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 238: 239: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 240: 241: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 242: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 243: 244: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 245: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), 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: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 249: 250: 251: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 252: 253: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 254: 255: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 256: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 257: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 258: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 259: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 260: 261: 262: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 263: 264: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 265: 266: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 267: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 268: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 269: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 270: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 271: 272: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 273: 274: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 275: 276: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 277: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 278: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 279: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 280: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 281: 282: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 283: 284: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 285: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 286: 287: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 288: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 289: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 290: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 291: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 292: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 293: 294: 295: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 296: 297: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 298: 299: 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. 300: 301: 302: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 303: 304: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 305: 306: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 307: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 308: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 309: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 310: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 311: 312: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 313: 314: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 315: 316: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 317: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 318: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 319: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 320: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 321: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 322: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 323: 324: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 325: 326: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 327: 328: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 329: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 330: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 331: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 332: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 333: 334: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 335: 336: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 337: 338: 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. 339: 340: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 341: 342: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 343: 344: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 345: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 346: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users' 347: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 348: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 349: 350: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 351: 352: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 353: 354: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 355: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 356: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 357: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 358: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 359: 360: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 361: 362: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH 363: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 364: 365: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 366: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 367: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 368: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 369: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). 370: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html). 371: 372: 373: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 374: 375: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 376: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 377: Okinawa, Japan* 378: 379: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 380: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 381: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 382: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 383: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 384: 385: 386: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 387: 388: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 389: 390: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 391: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 392: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 393: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 394: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 395: 396: 397: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 398: 399: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 400: 401: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 402: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 403: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 404: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 405: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 406: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 407: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 408: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 409: 410: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 411: 412: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 413: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 414: 415: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 416: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 417: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 418: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 419: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 420: 421: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 422: 423: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 424: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 425: 426: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 427: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 429: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 430: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 431: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 432: 433: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 434: 435: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 436: 437: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 438: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 439: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 440: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 441: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 442: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 443: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 444: 445: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 446: 447: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH 448: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 449: 450: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 451: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 452: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 453: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 454: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 455: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html). 456: 457: 458: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 459: 460: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 461: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 462: Japan* 463: 464: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 465: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 466: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 467: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 468: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 469: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 470: 471: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 472: 473: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 474: 475: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 476: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 477: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 478: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 479: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 480: 481: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 482: 483: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 484: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 485: 486: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 487: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 488: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 489: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 490: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 491: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 492: 493: 494: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 495: 496: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 497: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 498: Okinawa, Japan* 499: 500: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 501: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 502: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 504: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 505: 506: 507: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 508: 509: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 510: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 511: 512: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 513: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 514: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 515: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 516: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 517: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 518: 519: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 520: 521: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 522: 523: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 524: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 525: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 526: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 527: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 528: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 529: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 530: 531: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 532: 533: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 534: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 535: 536: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 537: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 538: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 539: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 540: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 541: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 542: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 543: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 544: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 545: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 546: 547: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 548: 549: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 550: 551: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 552: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 553: 554: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 555: 556: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 557: 558: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 559: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 560: 561: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 562: 563: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 564: 565: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 566: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 567: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 568: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 569: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 570: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 571: 572: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 573: 574: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 575: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 576: 577: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 578: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 579: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 580: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 581: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 582: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 583: 584: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 585: 586: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 587: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 588: 589: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 590: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 591: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 592: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 593: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 594: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 595: 596: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 597: 598: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 599: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 600: 601: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 602: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 603: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 604: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 605: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 606: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 607: 608: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 609: 610: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 611: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 612: , Hiroshima, Japan* 613: 614: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 615: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 616: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 617: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 618: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 619: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 620: 621: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 622: 623: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 624: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 625: 626: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 627: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 628: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 630: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 631: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 632: 633: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 634: 635: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 636: Campus 637: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 638: Germany* 639: 640: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 641: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 642: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 643: answering users' questions. 644: 645: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 646: 647: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 648: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 649: 650: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 651: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 652: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 653: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 654: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 655: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 656: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 657: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 658: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 659: hardfloat 660: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 661: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 662: 663: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 664: 665: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 666: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 667: 668: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 669: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 670: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 671: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 672: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 673: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 674: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 675: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 676: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 677: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 678: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 679: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 680: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 681: 682: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 683: 684: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 685: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 686: Japan* 687: 688: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 689: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 690: for meeting information.[more detail on 691: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 692: 693: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 694: 695: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 696: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 697: Okinawa, Japan* 698: 699: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 700: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 701: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 702: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 703: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 704: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 705: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 706: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 707: 708: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 709: 710: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 711: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 712: Japan* 713: 714: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 715: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 716: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 717: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 718: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 719: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 720: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 721: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 722: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 723: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 724: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 725: vs 6.0.2 animation on 726: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 727: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 728: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 729: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 730: 731: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 732: 733: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 734: 735: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 736: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 737: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 738: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 739: cases or notebooks. 740: 741: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 742: more information. 743: 744: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 745: 746: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 747: 748: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 749: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 750: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 751: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 752: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 753: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 754: 755: See [the call for 756: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 757: for details. 758: 759: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 760: 761: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 762: 763: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 764: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 765: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 766: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 767: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 768: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 769: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 770: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 771: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 772: these. 773: 774: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 775: 776: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 777: 778: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 779: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 780: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 781: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 782: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 783: 784: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 785: 786: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 787: 788: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 789: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 790: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 791: BSD related talks. 792: 793: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 794: information. 795: 796: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 797: 798: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 799: 800: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 801: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 802: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 803: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 804: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 805: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 806: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 807: 808: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 809: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 810: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 811: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 812: Japan NetBSD Users 813: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 814: 815: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 816: 817: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 818: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 819: 820: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 821: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 822: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 823: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 824: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 825: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 826: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 827: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 828: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 829: 830: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 831: 832: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 833: 834: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 835: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 836: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 837: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 838: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 839: [NetBSD/KOBO and 840: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 841: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 842: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 843: 844: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 845: 846: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 847: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 848: 849: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 850: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 851: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 852: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 853: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 854: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 855: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 856: 857: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 858: 859: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 860: 861: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 862: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 863: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 864: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 865: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 866: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 867: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 868: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 869: 870: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 871: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 872: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 873: 874: Please see [this 875: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 876: for details. 877: 878: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 879: 880: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 881: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 882: 883: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 884: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 885: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 886: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 887: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 888: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 889: 890: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 891: 892: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 893: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 894: 895: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 896: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 897: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 898: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 899: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 900: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 901: 902: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 903: 904: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 905: 906: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 907: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 908: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 909: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 910: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 911: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 912: 913: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 914: 915: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 916: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 917: Japan* 918: 919: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 920: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 921: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 922: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 923: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 924: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 925: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 926: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 927: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 928: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 929: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 930: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 931: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 932: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 933: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 934: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 935: found at OSC booth" by 936: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 937: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 938: 939: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 940: 941: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 942: 943: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 944: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 945: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 946: 947: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 948: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 949: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 950: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 951: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 952: 953: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 954: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 955: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 956: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 957: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 958: regular meeting. 959: 960: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 961: 962: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 963: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 964: Okinawa, Japan* 965: 966: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 967: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 968: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 969: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 970: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 971: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 972: 973: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 974: 975: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 976: 977: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 978: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 979: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 980: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 981: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 982: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 983: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 984: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 985: [NetBSD/KOBO and 986: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 987: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 988: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 989: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 990: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 991: 992: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 993: 994: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 995: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 996: 997: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 998: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 999: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1000: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 1001: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 1002: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 1003: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 1004: 1005: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 1006: 1007: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 1008: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1009: 1010: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1011: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1012: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1013: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1014: demonstrations ( 1015: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 1016: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 1017: 1018: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 1019: 1020: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 1021: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 1022: San Diego, California, USA* 1023: 1024: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 1025: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 1026: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 1027: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 1028: on day one of the conference. 1029: 1030: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 1031: 1032: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 1033: Augustin, Germany* 1034: 1035: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 1036: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 1037: 1038: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 1039: 1040: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1041: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1042: 1043: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1044: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 1045: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1046: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1047: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1048: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 1049: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 1050: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 1051: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 1052: SHARP,X68K on 1053: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 1054: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 1055: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 1056: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 1057: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 1058: updates presetation by 1059: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 1060: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 1061: 1062: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 1063: 1064: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 1065: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1066: 1067: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1068: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1069: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1070: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1071: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1072: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1073: 1074: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1075: 1076: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1077: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1078: Japan* 1079: 1080: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 1081: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 1082: for meeting information. 1083: 1084: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 1085: 1086: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 1087: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1088: 1089: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 1090: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 1091: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 1092: release branch. 1093: 1094: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 1095: 1096: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1097: 1098: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1099: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1100: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1101: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 1102: with [Building NetBSD on 1103: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 1104: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 1105: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 1106: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 1107: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 1108: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 1109: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 1110: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 1111: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 1112: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 1113: 1114: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 1115: 1116: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 1117: 1118: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 1119: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 1120: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 1121: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 1122: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 1123: 1124: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 1125: more information. 1126: 1127: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 1128: 1129: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 1130: 1131: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 1132: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 1133: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 1134: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 1135: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 1136: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 1137: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 1138: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 1139: 1140: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 1141: 1142: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 1143: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1144: Japan* 1145: 1146: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1147: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1148: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1149: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 1150: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1151: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1152: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1153: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1154: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1155: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1156: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1157: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1158: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1159: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1160: 1161: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1162: 1163: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1164: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1165: 1166: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1167: 1168: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1169: 1170: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1171: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1172: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1173: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1174: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1175: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1176: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1177: demonstrations. 1178: 1179: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1180: 1181: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1182: 1183: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1184: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1185: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1186: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1187: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1188: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1189: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1190: 1191: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1192: 1193: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1194: 1195: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1196: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1197: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1198: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1199: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1200: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1201: port history by 1202: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1203: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1204: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1205: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1206: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1207: [[ustream live 1208: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1209: 1210: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1211: 1212: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1213: 1214: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1215: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1216: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1217: talks. 1218: 1219: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1220: information. 1221: 1222: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1223: 1224: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1225: 1226: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1227: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1228: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1229: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1230: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1231: [WZero3 live 1232: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1233: [Zaurus live 1234: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1235: [Translate NetBSD man with 1236: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1237: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1238: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1239: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1240: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1241: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1242: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1243: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1244: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1245: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1246: 1247: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1248: 1249: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1250: 1251: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1252: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1253: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1254: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1255: with hpcsh { [Persona 1256: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1257: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1258: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1259: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1260: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1261: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1262: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1263: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1264: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1265: i386 { [aspire 1266: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1267: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1268: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1269: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1270: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1271: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1272: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1273: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1274: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1275: 1276: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1277: 1278: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1279: 1280: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1281: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1282: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1283: necessary. 1284: 1285: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1286: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1287: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1288: for details. 1289: 1290: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1291: 1292: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1293: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1294: Fukuoka, Japan* 1295: 1296: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1297: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1298: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1299: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1300: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1301: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1302: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1303: 1304: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1305: 1306: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1307: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1308: 1309: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1310: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1311: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1312: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1313: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1314: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1315: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1316: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1317: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1318: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1319: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1320: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1321: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1322: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1323: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1324: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1325: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1326: 1327: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1328: 1329: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1330: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1331: 1332: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1333: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1334: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1335: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1336: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1337: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1338: 1339: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1340: 1341: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1342: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1343: 1344: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1345: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1346: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1347: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1348: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1349: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1350: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1351: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1352: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1353: enigmatic machines by 1354: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1355: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1356: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1357: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1358: 1359: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1360: 1361: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1362: 1363: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1364: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1365: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1366: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1367: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1368: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1369: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1370: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1371: university students to work with BSD systems. 1372: 1373: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1374: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1375: 1376: For more information please visit the website 1377: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1378: 1379: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1380: 1381: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1382: 1383: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1384: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1385: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1386: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1387: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1388: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1389: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1390: 1391: For more information please visit the website 1392: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1393: 1394: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1395: 1396: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1397: 1398: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1399: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1400: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1401: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1402: Netherlands. 1403: 1404: For more information please visit the website 1405: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1406: 1407: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1408: 1409: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1410: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1411: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1412: 1413: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1414: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1415: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1416: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1417: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1418: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1419: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1420: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1421: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1422: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1423: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1424: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1425: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1426: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1427: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1428: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1429: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1430: 1431: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1432: 1433: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1434: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1435: Okinawa, Japan* 1436: 1437: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1438: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1439: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1440: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1441: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1442: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1443: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1444: 1445: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1446: 1447: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1448: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1449: Fukushima, Japan* 1450: 1451: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1452: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1453: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1454: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1455: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1456: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1457: 1458: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1459: 1460: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1461: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1462: Japan* 1463: 1464: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1465: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1466: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1467: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1468: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1469: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1470: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1471: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1472: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1473: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1474: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1475: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1476: 1477: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1478: 1479: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1480: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1481: 1482: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1483: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1484: 1485: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1486: 1487: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1488: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1489: 1490: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1491: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1492: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1493: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1494: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1495: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1496: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1497: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1498: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1499: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1500: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1501: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1502: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1503: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1504: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1505: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1506: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1507: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1508: will never die! 1509: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1510: and 1511: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1512: by tsutsui. 1513: 1514: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1515: 1516: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1517: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1518: Japan* 1519: 1520: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1521: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1522: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1523: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1524: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1525: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1526: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1527: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1528: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1529: keysign party by soda. 1530: 1531: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1532: 1533: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1534: 1535: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1536: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1537: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1538: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1539: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1540: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1541: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1542: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1543: 1544: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1545: 1546: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1547: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1548: 1549: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1550: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1551: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1552: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1553: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1554: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1555: 1556: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1557: 1558: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1559: 1560: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1561: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1562: May 2011. 1563: 1564: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1565: 1566: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1567: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1568: 1569: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1570: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1571: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1572: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1573: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1574: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1575: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1576: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1577: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1578: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1579: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1580: 1581: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1582: 1583: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1584: 1585: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1586: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1587: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1588: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1589: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1590: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1591: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1592: 1593: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1594: 1595: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1596: Oita, Japan* 1597: 1598: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1599: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1600: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1601: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1602: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1603: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1604: 1605: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1606: 1607: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1608: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1609: 1610: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1611: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1612: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1613: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1614: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1615: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1616: 1617: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1618: 1619: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1620: Belgium* 1621: 1622: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1623: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1624: 1625: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1626: in the BSD devroom 1627: 1628: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1629: 1630: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1631: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1632: Japan* 1633: 1634: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1635: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1636: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1637: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1638: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1639: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1640: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1641: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1642: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1643: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1644: 1645: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1646: 1647: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1648: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1649: 1650: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1651: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1652: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1653: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1654: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1655: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1656: 1657: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1658: 1659: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1660: 1661: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1662: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1663: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1664: focused. 1665: 1666: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1667: 1668: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1669: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1670: 1671: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1672: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1673: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1674: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1675: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1676: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1677: 1678: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1679: 1680: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1681: 1682: [The New York City BSD Conference 1683: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1684: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1685: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1686: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1687: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1688: 1689: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1690: 1691: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1692: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1693: 1694: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1695: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1696: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1697: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1698: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1699: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1700: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1701: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1702: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1703: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1704: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1705: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1706: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1707: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1708: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1709: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1710: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1711: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1712: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1713: tsutsui) 1714: 1715: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1716: 1717: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1718: 1719: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1720: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1721: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1722: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1723: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1724: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1725: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1726: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1727: 1728: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1729: 1730: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1731: 1732: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1733: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1734: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1735: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1736: 1737: For more information please visit the website 1738: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1739: 1740: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1741: 1742: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1743: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1744: Okinawa, Japan* 1745: 1746: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1747: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1748: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1749: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1750: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1751: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1752: 1753: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1754: 1755: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1756: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1757: 1758: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1759: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1760: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1761: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1762: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1763: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1764: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1765: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1766: 1767: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1768: 1769: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1770: 1771: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1772: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1773: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1774: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1775: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1776: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1777: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1778: 1779: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1780: 1781: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1782: 1783: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1784: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1785: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1786: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1787: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1788: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1789: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1790: 1791: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1792: 1793: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1794: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1795: Japan* 1796: 1797: See [this 1798: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1799: for meeting information. 1800: 1801: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1802: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1803: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1804: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1805: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1806: 1807: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1808: 1809: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1810: 1811: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1812: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1813: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1814: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1815: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1816: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1817: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1818: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1819: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1820: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1821: 1822: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1823: 1824: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1825: 1826: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1827: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1828: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1829: in a shared BSD booth. 1830: 1831: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1832: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1833: 1834: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1835: 1836: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1837: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1838: 1839: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1840: 1841: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1842: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1843: 1844: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1845: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1846: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1847: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1848: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1849: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1850: 1851: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1852: 1853: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1854: 1855: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1856: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1857: 1858: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1859: 1860: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1861: 1862: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1863: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1864: May 2010. 1865: 1866: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 1867: 1868: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1869: 1870: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1871: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1872: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1873: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1874: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1875: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1876: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1877: 1878: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 1879: 1880: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 1881: 1882: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1883: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1884: 1885: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1886: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1887: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1888: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1889: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 1890: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 1891: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1892: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1893: 1894: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 1895: 1896: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 1897: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1898: 1899: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1900: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1901: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1902: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 1903: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1904: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1905: 1906: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 1907: 1908: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 1909: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 1910: 1911: The [February 2010 1912: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 1913: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 1914: 1915: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 1916: 1917: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 1918: Belgium* 1919: 1920: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 1921: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1922: 1923: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 1924: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 1925: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 1926: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 1927: 1928: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 1929: 1930: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1931: Oita, Japan* 1932: 1933: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1934: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 1935: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1936: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1937: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1938: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1939: 1940: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 1941: 1942: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 1943: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1944: 1945: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1946: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1947: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1948: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1949: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1950: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1951: 1952: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 1953: 1954: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 1955: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 1956: 1957: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1958: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1959: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1960: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 1961: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 1962: demonstration. 1963: 1964: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 1965: 1966: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 1967: 1968: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 1969: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 1970: major BSDs. 1971: 1972: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 1973: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 1974: 1975: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 1976: 1977: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1978: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1979: 1980: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 1981: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1982: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1983: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 1984: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 1985: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 1986: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 1987: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1988: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 1989: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 1990: 1991: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 1992: 1993: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 1994: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1995: 1996: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1997: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1998: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1999: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 2000: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 2001: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 2002: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 2003: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2004: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 2005: demonstration and BSD BOF. 2006: 2007: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 2008: 2009: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 2010: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 2011: Okinawa, Japan* 2012: 2013: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2014: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2015: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2016: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 2017: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2018: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2019: 2020: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 2021: 2022: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 2023: 2024: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 2025: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 2026: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 2027: the conference on Sept 18th. 2028: 2029: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 2030: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2031: 2032: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 2033: 2034: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2035: 2036: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2037: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2038: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2039: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2040: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2041: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2042: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2043: 2044: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 2045: 2046: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 2047: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 2048: 2049: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2050: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2051: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2052: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 2053: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 2054: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2055: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 2056: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 2057: 2058: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 2059: 2060: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2061: 2062: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2063: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2064: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2065: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2066: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 2067: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 2068: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 2069: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 2070: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 2071: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2072: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2073: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2074: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 2075: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 2076: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 2077: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 2078: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 2079: 2080: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2081: 2082: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 2083: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2084: Japan* 2085: 2086: See [this 2087: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 2088: for meeting information. 2089: 2090: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 2091: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 2092: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 2093: party. 2094: 2095: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 2096: 2097: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 2098: 2099: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 2100: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2101: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 2102: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2103: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 2104: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 2105: 2106: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 2107: 2108: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 2109: 2110: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 2111: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 2112: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 2113: systems at the exhibition. 2114: 2115: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 2116: 2117: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2118: 2119: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2120: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2121: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2122: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 2123: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 2124: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2125: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 2126: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 2127: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 2128: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 2129: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 2130: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 2131: 2132: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 2133: 2134: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 2135: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2136: 2137: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2138: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2139: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2140: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2141: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 2142: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2143: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2144: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2145: 2146: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 2147: 2148: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 2149: 2150: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2151: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2152: May 2009. 2153: 2154: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2155: 2156: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2157: 2158: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2159: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2160: Hannover, Germany. 2161: 2162: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2163: 2164: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2165: 2166: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2167: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2168: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2169: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2170: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2171: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2172: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2173: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2174: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2175: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2176: and [NetBSD 2177: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2178: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2179: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2180: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2181: 2182: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2183: 2184: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2185: 2186: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2187: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2188: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2189: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2190: 2191: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2192: 2193: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2194: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2195: 2196: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2197: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2198: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2199: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2200: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2201: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2202: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2203: 2204: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2205: 2206: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2207: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2208: the community. 2209: 2210: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2211: 2212: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2213: 2214: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2215: 2216: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2217: 2218: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2219: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2220: 2221: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2222: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2223: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2224: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2225: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2226: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2227: 2228: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2229: 2230: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2231: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2232: Fukuoka, Japan* 2233: 2234: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2235: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2236: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2237: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2238: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2239: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2240: 2241: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2242: 2243: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2244: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2245: 2246: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2247: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2248: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2249: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2250: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2251: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2252: 2253: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2254: 2255: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2256: 2257: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2258: 2259: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2260: 2261: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2262: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2263: 2264: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2265: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2266: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2267: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2268: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2269: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2270: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2271: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2272: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2273: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2274: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2275: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2276: 2277: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2278: 2279: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2280: 2281: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2282: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2283: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2284: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2285: 2286: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2287: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2288: 2289: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2290: 2291: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2292: 2293: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2294: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2295: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2296: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2297: 2298: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2299: 2300: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2301: 2302: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2303: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2304: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2305: 2306: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2307: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2308: 2309: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2310: 2311: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2312: 2313: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2314: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2315: 2316: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2317: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2318: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2320: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2321: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2322: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2323: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2324: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2325: [Itojun Service 2326: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2327: 2328: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2329: 2330: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2331: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2332: 2333: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2334: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2335: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2336: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2337: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2338: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2339: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2340: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2341: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2342: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2343: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2344: 2345: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2346: 2347: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2348: 2349: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2350: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2351: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2352: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2353: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2354: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2355: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2356: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2357: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2358: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2359: 2360: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2361: 2362: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2363: 2364: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2365: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2366: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2367: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2368: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2369: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2370: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2371: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2372: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2373: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2374: all BSD machines. 2375: 2376: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2377: 2378: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2379: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2380: Japan* 2381: 2382: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2383: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2384: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2385: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2386: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2387: 2388: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2389: 2390: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2391: 2392: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2393: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2394: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2395: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2396: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2397: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2398: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2399: 2400: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2401: 2402: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2403: 2404: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2405: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2406: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2407: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2408: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2409: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2410: 2411: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2412: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2413: 2414: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2415: 2416: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2417: 2418: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2419: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2420: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2421: novices to advanced developers. 2422: 2423: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2424: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2425: 2426: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2427: 2428: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2429: Spain* 2430: 2431: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2432: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2433: 2434: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2435: 2436: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2437: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2438: 2439: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2440: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2441: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2442: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2443: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2444: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2445: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2446: 2447: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2448: 2449: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2450: 2451: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2452: technologies and IT security. 2453: 2454: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2455: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2456: 2457: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2458: 2459: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2460: 2461: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2462: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2463: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2464: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2465: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2466: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2467: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2468: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2469: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2470: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2471: 2472: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2473: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2474: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2475: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2476: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2477: 2478: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2479: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2480: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2481: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2482: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2483: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2484: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2485: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2486: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2487: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2488: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2489: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2490: 2491: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2492: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2493: networking and virtualisation. 2494: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2495: 2496: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2497: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2498: 2499: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2500: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2501: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2503: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2504: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2505: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2506: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2507: 2508: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2509: 2510: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2511: 2512: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2513: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2514: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2515: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2516: 2517: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2518: 2519: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2520: 2521: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2522: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2523: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2524: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2525: 2526: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2527: 2528: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2529: 2530: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2531: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2532: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2533: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2534: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2535: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2536: 2537: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2538: 2539: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2540: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2541: Japan* 2542: 2543: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2544: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2545: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2546: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2547: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2548: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2549: 2550: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2551: 2552: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2553: 2554: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2555: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2556: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2557: 2558: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2559: 2560: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2561: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2562: 2563: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2564: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2565: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2566: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2567: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2568: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2569: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2570: 2571: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2572: 2573: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2574: Niigata, Japan* 2575: 2576: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2577: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2578: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2579: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2580: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2581: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2582: 2583: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2584: 2585: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2586: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2587: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2588: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2589: 2590: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2591: 2592: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2593: Turkey* 2594: 2595: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2596: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2597: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2598: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2599: 2600: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2601: 2602: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2603: 2604: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2605: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2606: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2607: information, see the [event's 2608: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2609: 2610: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2611: 2612: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2613: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2614: 2615: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2616: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2617: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2618: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2619: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2620: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2621: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2622: Presentation by 2623: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2624: 2625: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2626: 2627: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2628: 2629: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2630: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2631: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2632: 2633: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2634: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2635: 2636: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2637: 2638: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2639: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2640: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2641: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2642: 2643: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2644: 2645: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2646: 2647: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2648: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2649: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2650: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2651: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2652: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2653: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2654: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2655: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2656: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2657: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2658: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2659: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2660: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2661: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2662: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2663: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2664: ). 2665: 2666: [A report with some 2667: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2668: available. 2669: 2670: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2671: 2672: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2673: 2674: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2675: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2676: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2677: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2678: Switzerland. 2679: 2680: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2681: report was posted to the 2682: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2683: mailing list. 2684: 2685: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2686: 2687: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2688: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2689: Japan* 2690: 2691: See [this 2692: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2693: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2694: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2695: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2696: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2697: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2698: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2699: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2700: sign party. 2701: 2702: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2703: 2704: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2705: 2706: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2707: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2708: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2709: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2710: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2711: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2712: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2713: 2714: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2715: 2716: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2717: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2718: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2719: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2720: at the 2721: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2722: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2723: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2724: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2725: 2726: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2727: information. 2728: 2729: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2730: 2731: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2732: 2733: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2734: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2735: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2736: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2737: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2738: 2739: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2740: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2741: 2742: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2743: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2744: 2745: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2746: 2747: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2748: 2749: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2750: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2751: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2752: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2753: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2754: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2755: welcome to attend. 2756: 2757: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2758: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2759: 2760: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2761: 2762: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2763: 2764: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2765: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2766: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2767: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2768: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2769: 2770: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2771: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2772: 2773: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2774: 2775: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2776: 2777: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2778: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2779: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2780: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2781: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2782: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2783: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2784: 2785: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2786: 2787: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2788: 2789: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2790: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2791: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2792: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2793: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2794: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2795: widest possible audience. 2796: 2797: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2798: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2799: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2800: 2801: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2802: 2803: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2804: 2805: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2806: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2807: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2808: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2809: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2810: 2811: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2812: 2813: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2814: 2815: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2816: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2817: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2818: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2819: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2820: 2821: More information can be found at 2822: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2823: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2824: German language article can be found at: 2825: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2826: 2827: Ignatios also 2828: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2829: his [slides (german 2830: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2831: 2832: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2833: 2834: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2835: 2836: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2837: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2838: Brussels, Belgium. 2839: 2840: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2841: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2842: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2843: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2844: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2845: 2846: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2847: 2848: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2849: 2850: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2851: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2852: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2853: booth at this event; see the reports by 2854: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2855: and 2856: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2857: 2858: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2859: 2860: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2861: 2862: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2863: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2864: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 2865: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 2866: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 2867: 2868: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 2869: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 2870: and Solaris. 2871: 2872: For more information, please [visit the 2873: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 2874: 2875: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 2876: 2877: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 2878: 2879: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 2880: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 2881: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2882: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2883: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2884: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2885: 2886: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 2887: 2888: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 2889: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 2890: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 2891: 2892: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 2893: 2894: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 2895: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 2896: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 2897: if you have any questions or want to help out. 2898: 2899: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 2900: 2901: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 2902: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 2903: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 2904: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 2905: 2906: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 2907: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 2908: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 2909: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 2910: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 2911: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 2912: NetBSD Network Appliances 2913: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 2914: for BSD TCP/IP 2915: 2916: Registration is open now. Please [see the 2917: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 2918: 2919: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 2920: 2921: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 2922: 2923: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 2924: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 2925: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 2926: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 2927: about NetBSD-related topics. 2928: 2929: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 2930: 2931: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 2932: 2933: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2934: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 2935: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2936: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2937: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2938: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2939: 2940: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 2941: 2942: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 2943: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 2944: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 2945: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 2946: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2947: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 2948: 2949: A report on the event is available 2950: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 2951: 2952: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 2953: 2954: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 2955: 2956: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 2957: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 2958: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 2959: booth. 2960: 2961: A report of the event can be found 2962: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 2963: 2964: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 2965: 2966: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 2967: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 2968: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 2969: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 2970: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 2971: 2972: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 2973: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 2974: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 2975: information. 2976: 2977: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 2978: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 2979: 2980: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 2981: 2982: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 2983: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 2984: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 2985: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 2986: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 2987: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 2988: the booth. 2989: 2990: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 2991: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 2992: about the event. 2993: 2994: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 2995: 2996: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 2997: 2998: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 2999: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 3000: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3001: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3002: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3003: 3004: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 3005: 3006: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 3007: 3008: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3009: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 3010: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3011: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3012: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3013: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 3014: 3015: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 3016: 3017: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3018: 3019: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 3020: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 3021: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 3022: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 3023: 3024: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 3025: FreeBSD Project 3026: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 3027: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 3028: Ensure Technology Ltd 3029: . 3030: - BSD Usergroup activity: 3031: Echigo BSD Users Group 3032: , T.Tamura@EBUG 3033: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3034: 3035: \> See [program for 3036: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 3037: 3038: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 3039: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 3040: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 3041: 3042: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 3043: 3044: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 3045: 3046: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 3047: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 3048: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 3049: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 3050: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 3051: developers. 3052: 3053: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 3054: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 3055: during May 10-14th. 3056: 3057: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 3058: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 3059: 3060: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 3061: 3062: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 3063: 3064: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 3065: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 3066: conference on their campus. 3067: 3068: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 3069: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3070: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 3071: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 3072: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 3073: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 3074: 3075: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 3076: presentation proposal, please visit 3077: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 3078: 3079: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 3080: 3081: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 3082: 3083: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 3084: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 3085: tutorials. 3086: 3087: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 3088: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 3089: 3090: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 3091: 3092: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 3093: 3094: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 3095: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 3096: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 3097: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 3098: URL above. 3099: 3100: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3101: 3102: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3103: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3104: 3105: See [this 3106: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 3107: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 3108: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 3109: Codeblog. 3110: 3111: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 3112: 3113: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 3114: 3115: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 3116: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 3117: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 3118: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 3119: gmail.com). 3120: 3121: For more information about this event see 3122: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 3123: 3124: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 3125: 3126: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 3127: 3128: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 3129: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 3130: Cons in Germany. 3131: 3132: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 3133: 3134: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 3135: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 3136: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 3137: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 3138: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 3139: 3140: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 3141: net-tex.de\>. 3142: 3143: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 3144: 3145: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 3146: 3147: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 3148: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 3149: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 3150: 3151: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3152: 3153: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3154: 3155: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3156: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3157: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3158: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3159: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3160: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3161: 3162: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3163: 3164: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3165: 3166: [German Unix User Group 3167: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3168: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3169: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3170: 3171: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3172: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3173: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3174: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3175: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3176: 3177: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3178: 3179: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3180: 3181: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3182: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3183: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3184: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3185: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3186: Europe. 3187: 3188: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3189: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3190: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3191: 3192: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3193: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3194: 3195: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3196: 3197: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3198: 3199: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3200: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3201: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3202: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3203: if you would like to help. 3204: 3205: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3206: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3207: 3208: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3209: 3210: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3211: 3212: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3213: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3214: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3215: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3216: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3217: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3218: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3219: 3220: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3221: 3222: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3223: 3224: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3225: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3226: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3227: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3228: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3229: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3230: 3231: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3232: 3233: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3234: 3235: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3236: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3237: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3238: conference venue and registration. present. 3239: 3240: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3241: 3242: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3243: 3244: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3245: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3246: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3247: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3248: Lockhoff. 3249: 3250: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3251: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3252: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3253: 3254: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3255: 3256: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3257: 3258: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3259: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3260: others) will be presented. 3261: 3262: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3263: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3264: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3265: 3266: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3267: 3268: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3269: especially showing NetBSD! 3270: 3271: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3272: 3273: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3274: 3275: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3276: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3277: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3278: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3279: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3280: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3281: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3282: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3283: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3284: 3285: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3286: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3287: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3288: 3289: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3290: 3291: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3292: 3293: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3294: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3295: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3296: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3297: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3298: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3299: 3300: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3301: 3302: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3303: 3304: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3305: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3306: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3307: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3308: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3309: 3310: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3311: 3312: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3313: 3314: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3315: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3316: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3317: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3318: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3319: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3320: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3321: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3322: on netbsd-advocacy. 3323: 3324: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3325: 3326: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3327: 3328: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3329: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3330: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3331: group page for more information. 3332: 3333: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3334: 3335: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3336: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3337: 3338: See [this 3339: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3340: meeting information. 3341: 3342: A 3343: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3344: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3345: 3346: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3347: 3348: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3349: 3350: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3351: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3352: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3353: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3354: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3355: organization. 3356: 3357: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3358: 3359: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3360: 3361: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3362: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3363: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3364: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3365: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3366: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3367: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3368: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3369: for more details. 3370: 3371: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3372: 3373: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3374: 3375: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3376: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3377: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3378: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3379: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3380: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3381: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3382: 3383: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3384: 3385: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3386: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3387: 3388: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3389: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3390: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3391: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3392: 3393: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3394: 3395: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3396: 3397: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3398: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3399: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3400: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3401: groups. 3402: 3403: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3404: 3405: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3406: 3407: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3408: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3409: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3410: venue and registration. 3411: 3412: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3413: 3414: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3415: 3416: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3417: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3418: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3419: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3420: 3421: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3422: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3423: Live performance 3424: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3425: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3426: 3427: See [program for 3428: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3429: 3430: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3431: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3432: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3433: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3434: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3435: 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)). 3436: 3437: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3438: 3439: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3440: 3441: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3442: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3443: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3444: 3445: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3446: 3447: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3448: 3449: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3450: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3451: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3452: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3453: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3454: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3455: [slides for this 3456: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3457: 3458: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3459: 3460: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3461: 3462: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3463: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3464: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3465: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3466: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3467: 3468: More information is at 3469: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3470: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3471: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3472: 3473: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3474: 3475: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3476: 3477: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3478: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3479: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3480: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3481: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3482: solutions and fresh ideas. 3483: 3484: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3485: 3486: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3487: 3488: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3489: 3490: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3491: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3492: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3493: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3494: 3495: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3496: 3497: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3498: 3499: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3500: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3501: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3502: 3503: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3504: 3505: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3506: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3507: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3508: 3509: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3510: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3511: 3512: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3513: 3514: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3515: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3516: 3517: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3518: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3519: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3520: 3521: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3522: 3523: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3524: 3525: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3526: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3527: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3528: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3529: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3530: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3531: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3532: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3533: 3534: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3535: 3536: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3537: 3538: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3539: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3540: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3541: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3542: 3543: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3544: 3545: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3546: 3547: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3548: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3549: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3550: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3551: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3552: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3553: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3554: available. 3555: 3556: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3557: 3558: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3559: 3560: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3561: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3562: program, conference venue and registration. A 3563: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3564: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3565: 3566: A brief report from the conference is available 3567: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3568: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3569: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3570: 3571: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3572: 3573: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3574: 3575: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3576: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3577: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3578: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3579: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3580: 3581: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3582: 3583: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3584: 3585: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3586: 3587: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3588: 3589: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3590: 3591: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3592: 3593: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3594: 3595: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3596: 3597: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3598: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3599: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3600: 3601: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3602: 3603: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3604: 3605: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3606: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3607: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3608: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3609: conference. 3610: 3611: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3612: 3613: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3614: 3615: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3616: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3617: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3618: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3619: for details. 3620: 3621: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3622: 3623: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3624: 3625: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3626: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3627: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3628: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3629: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3630: 3631: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3632: 3633: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3634: 3635: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3636: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3637: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3638: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3639: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3640: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3641: 3642: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3643: 3644: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3645: 3646: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3647: 3648: [BOF 3649: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3650: 3651: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3652: 3653: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3654: 3655: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3656: 3657: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3658: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3659: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3660: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3661: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3662: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3663: of the BSD 3664: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3665: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3666: conference. 3667: 3668: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3669: 3670: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3671: 3672: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3673: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3674: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3675: in helping out. 3676: 3677: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3678: 3679: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3680: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3681: 3682: See [this 3683: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3684: meeting information. 3685: 3686: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3687: 3688: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3689: 3690: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3691: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3692: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3693: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3694: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3695: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3696: 3697: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3698: 3699: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3700: 3701: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3702: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3703: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3704: NetBSD-BR. 3705: 3706: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3707: 3708: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3709: 3710: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3711: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3712: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3713: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3714: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3715: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3716: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3717: 3718: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3719: 3720: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3721: 3722: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3723: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3724: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3725: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3726: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3727: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3728: [this message to the netbsd-news 3729: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3730: for more information. 3731: 3732: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3733: 3734: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3735: 3736: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3737: [GUUG 3738: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3739: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3740: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3741: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3742: 3743: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3744: 3745: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3746: 3747: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3748: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3749: 3750: - \`\` 3751: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3752: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3753: - \`\` 3754: Introduction to NetBSD 3755: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3756: - \`\` 3757: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3758: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3759: 3760: Please see the 3761: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3762: details. Photos are available at [this 3763: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3764: found on the [Linux-Tag 3765: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3766: 3767: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3768: 3769: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3770: 3771: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3772: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3773: France. 3774: 3775: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3776: 3777: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3778: 3779: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3780: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3781: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3782: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3783: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3784: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3785: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3786: 3787: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3788: 3789: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3790: 3791: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3792: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3793: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3794: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3795: for Details. If you're interested in the 3796: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3797: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3798: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3799: MailingList useful. 3800: 3801: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3802: 3803: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3804: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3805: 3806: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3807: details. 3808: 3809: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3810: 3811: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3812: 3813: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3814: 3815: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3816: 3817: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3818: 3819: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3820: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3821: administration. See 3822: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3823: for details. 3824: 3825: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3826: 3827: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3828: 3829: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3830: 3831: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3832: 3833: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3834: 3835: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3836: 3837: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3838: 3839: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3840: 3841: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3842: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3843: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3844: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3845: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3846: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3847: information. 3848: 3849: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3850: 3851: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3852: 3853: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3854: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3855: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3856: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3857: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3858: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3859: is available online. 3860: 3861: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3862: 3863: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3864: 3865: A lot of photos are available 3866: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 3867: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 3868: 3869: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 3870: 3871: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3872: 3873: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 3874: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 3875: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 3876: 3877: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 3878: Dolecek. See the [full 3879: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 3880: for details and pictures. 3881: 3882: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 3883: 3884: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 3885: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 3886: 3887: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 3888: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 3889: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 3890: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 3891: 3892: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 3893: 3894: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3895: 3896: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 3897: 3898: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 3899: 3900: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3901: 3902: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3903: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3904: 3905: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 3906: 3907: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 3908: 3909: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 3910: 3911: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3912: 3913: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 3914: 3915: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 3916: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 3917: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 3918: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 3919: see 3920: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 3921: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3922: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 3923: 3924: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 3925: here](events/usenix2003/). 3926: 3927: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 3928: 3929: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 3930: 3931: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 3932: holding the [BSDay 3933: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 3934: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 3935: for more information. 3936: 3937: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 3938: 3939: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 3940: 3941: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 3942: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 3943: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 3944: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 3945: 3946: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 3947: 3948: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 3949: 3950: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 3951: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 3952: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 3953: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 3954: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 3955: 3956: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 3957: 3958: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 3959: 3960: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 3961: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 3962: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 3963: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 3964: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 3965: 3966: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 3967: 3968: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 3969: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 3970: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 3971: 3972: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 3973: 3974: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 3975: 3976: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 3977: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 3978: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 3979: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 3980: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 3981: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 3982: 3983: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3984: 3985: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 3986: 3987: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3988: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3989: administration. See 3990: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3991: for details. 3992: 3993: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3994: 3995: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 3996: 3997: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 3998: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 3999: events including several pictures is available online at 4000: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 4001: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 4002: from: 4003: 4004: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 4005: [ 4006: mp3 4007: ] 4008: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 4009: [ 4010: mp3 4011: ] 4012: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 4013: mit NetBSD 4014: [ 4015: mp3 4016: ] 4017: 4018: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 4019: 4020: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 4021: 4022: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 4023: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 4024: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 4025: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 4026: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 4027: 4028: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 4029: 4030: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 4031: 4032: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 4033: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 4034: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 4035: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 4036: activities will be the: 4037: 4038: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4039: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4040: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 4041: 4042: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 4043: 4044: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 4045: 4046: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 4047: 4048: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 4049: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 4050: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 4051: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 4052: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 4053: a [short 4054: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 4055: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 4056: available online. 4057: 4058: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 4059: 4060: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 4061: 4062: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 4063: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 4064: from December 27th to 29th. 4065: 4066: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 4067: 4068: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 4069: 4070: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4071: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4072: administration. 4073: 4074: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 4075: 4076: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 4077: 4078: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 4079: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 4080: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 4081: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 4082: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 4083: for details. 4084: 4085: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 4086: 4087: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 4088: 4089: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 4090: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 4091: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 4092: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 4093: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 4094: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 4095: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 4096: 4097: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 4098: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 4099: Germany. See 4100: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 4101: for more information. 4102: 4103: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 4104: 4105: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 4106: 4107: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 4108: 4109: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 4110: 4111: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 4112: 4113: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 4114: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 4115: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 4116: 4117: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 4118: 4119: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 4120: 4121: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 4122: 4123: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 4124: 4125: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 4126: 4127: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 4128: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 4129: College. 4130: 4131: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 4132: 4133: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 4134: 4135: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 4136: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 4137: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 4138: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 4139: rendering cluster done with 4140: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 4141: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 4142: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 4143: available from [Hubert's 4144: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 4145: 4146: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 4147: 4148: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 4149: 4150: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4151: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4152: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4153: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4154: online. 4155: 4156: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4157: 4158: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4159: 4160: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4161: 4162: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4163: 4164: *July 22, 2002* 4165: 4166: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4167: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4168: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4169: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4170: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4171: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4172: 4173: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4174: 4175: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4176: 4177: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4178: 4179: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4180: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4181: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4182: 4183: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4184: 4185: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4186: 4187: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4188: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4189: here](events/usenix2002/). 4190: 4191: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4192: 4193: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4194: 4195: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4196: 4197: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4198: 4199: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4200: 4201: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4202: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4203: available. 4204: 4205: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4206: 4207: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4208: 4209: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4210: 4211: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4212: 4213: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4214: 4215: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4216: 4217: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4218: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4219: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4220: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4221: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4222: 4223: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4224: 4225: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4226: 4227: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4228: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4229: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4230: chance to prove their value. 4231: 4232: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4233: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4234: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4235: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4236: 4237: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4238: 4239: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4240: 4241: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4242: 4243: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4244: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4245: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4246: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4247: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4248: is available. 4249: 4250: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4251: 4252: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4253: 4254: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4255: 4256: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4257: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4258: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4259: 4260: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4261: 4262: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4263: USA* 4264: 4265: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4266: 4267: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4268: 4269: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4270: 4271: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4272: 4273: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4274: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4275: 4276: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4277: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4278: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4279: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4280: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4281: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4282: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4283: 4284: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4285: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4286: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4287: Emulation. 4288: 4289: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4290: 4291: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4292: 4293: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4294: 4295: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4296: 4297: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4298: 4299: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4300: 4301: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4302: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4303: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4304: 4305: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4306: 4307: *September 13, 2001* 4308: 4309: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4310: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4311: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4312: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4313: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4314: 4315: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4316: 4317: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4318: 4319: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4320: 4321: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4322: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4323: NetBSD booth at 4324: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4325: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4326: from Japan. 4327: 4328: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4329: 4330: *July 11, 2001* 4331: 4332: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4333: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4334: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4335: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4336: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4337: 4338: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4339: 4340: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4341: Tokyo, Japan* 4342: 4343: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4344: 4345: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4346: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4347: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4348: 4349: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4350: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4351: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4352: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4353: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4354: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4355: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4356: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4357: 4358: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4359: 4360: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4361: 4362: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4363: 4364: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4365: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4366: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4367: 4368: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4369: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4370: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4371: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4372: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4373: slides from this talk are available at 4374: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4375: 4376: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4377: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4378: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4379: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4380: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4381: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4382: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4383: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4384: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4385: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4386: web site. 4387: 4388: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4389: 4390: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4391: 4392: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4393: 4394: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4395: 4396: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4397: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4398: 4399: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4400: 4401: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4402: 4403: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4404: 4405: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4406: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4407: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4408: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4409: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4410: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4411: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4412: 4413: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4414: 4415: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4416: 4417: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4418: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4419: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4420: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4421: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4422: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4423: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4424: 4425: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4426: 4427: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4428: 4429: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4430: 4431: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4432: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4433: Spring is available. 4434: 4435: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4436: 4437: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4438: 4439: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4440: 4441: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4442: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4443: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4444: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4445: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4446: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4447: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4448: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4449: 4450: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4451: 4452: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4453: 4454: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4455: 4456: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4457: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4458: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4459: other swag. 4460: 4461: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4462: 4463: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4464: 4465: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4466: 4467: There was a [BSD BoF 4468: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4469: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4470: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4471: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4472: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4473: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4474: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4475: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4476: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4477: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4478: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4479: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4480: BSD activity in Japan. 4481: 4482: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4483: 4484: *December 6, 2000* 4485: 4486: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4487: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4488: public. 4489: 4490: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4491: 4492: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4493: 4494: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4495: 4496: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4497: 4498: *November 25, 2000* 4499: 4500: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4501: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4502: announced to the public. 4503: 4504: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4505: 4506: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4507: 4508: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4509: 4510: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4511: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4512: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4513: 4514: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4515: Mission. 4516: 4517: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4518: 4519: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4520: 4521: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4522: 4523: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4524: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4525: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4526: 4527: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4528: David Maxwell. 4529: 4530: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4531: 4532: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4533: 4534: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4535: 4536: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4537: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4538: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4539: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4540: 4541: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4542: 4543: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4544: 4545: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4546: 4547: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4548: spotlighting NetBSD. 4549: 4550: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4551: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4552: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4553: 4554: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4555: is available at 4556: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4557: 4558: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4559: 4560: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4561: 4562: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4563: 4564: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4565: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4566: fixed onsite. 4567: 4568: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4569: 4570: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4571: 4572: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4573: 4574: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4575: 4576: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4577: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4578: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4579: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4580: 4581: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4582: 4583: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4584: 4585: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4586: 4587: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4588: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4589: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4590: 4591: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4592: 4593: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4594: 4595: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4596: 4597: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4598: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4599: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4600: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4601: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4602: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4603: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4604: 4605: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4606: Mission and David Maxwell. 4607: 4608: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4609: 4610: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4611: 4612: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4613: 4614: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4615: followed. 4616: 4617: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4618: 4619: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4620: 4621: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4622: 4623: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4624: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4625: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4626: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4627: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4628: giving a talk. 4629: 4630: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4631: 4632: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4633: 4634: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4635: 4636: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4637: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4638: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4639: gave a [technical session on 4640: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4641: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4642: session on 4643: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4644: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4645: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4646: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4647: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4648: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4649: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4650: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4651: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4652: 4653: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4654: The NetBSD Mission. 4655: 4656: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4657: 4658: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4659: 4660: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4661: 4662: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4663: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4664: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4665: 4666: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4667: 4668: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4669: 4670: [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) 4671: 4672: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4673: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4674: \*BSD followed. 4675: 4676: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4677: 4678: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4679: 4680: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4681: 4682: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4683: Mission. 4684: 4685: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4686: 4687: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4688: 4689: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4690: 4691: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4692: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4693: snapshot CDs were available. 4694: 4695: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4696: 4697: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4698: 4699: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4700: 4701: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4702: 4703: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4704: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4705: 4706: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4707: 4708: *March 19, 2000* 4709: 4710: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4711: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4712: announced to the public. 4713: 4714: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4715: 4716: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4717: 4718: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4719: 4720: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4721: 3rd. 4722: 4723: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4724: 4725: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4726: 4727: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4728: 4729: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4730: 4731: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4732: Dec 18. 4733: 4734: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4735: 4736: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4737: 4738: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4739: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4740: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4741: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4742: 4743: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4744: 4745: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4746: 4747: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4748: 4749: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4750: 4751: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4752: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4753: 4754: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4755: Mission. 4756: 4757: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4758: 4759: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4760: 4761: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4762: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4763: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4764: 4765: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4766: 4767: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4768: 4769: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4770: 4771: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4772: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4773: 4774: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4775: 4776: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4777: 4778: *October 9-10, 1999* 4779: 4780: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4781: 4782: *August 26, 1999* 4783: 4784: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4785: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4786: announced to the public. 4787: 4788: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4789: 4790: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4791: 4792: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4793: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4794: 4795: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4796: 4797: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4798: 4799: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4800: 4801: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4802: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4803: package system. 4804: 4805: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4806: 4807: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4808: 4809: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4810: 4811: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4812: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4813: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4814: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4815: 4816: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4817: 4818: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4819: 4820: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4821: 4822: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4823: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4824: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4825: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4826: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4827: checkpointing in userspace. 4828: 4829: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4830: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4831: answered general NetBSD questions. 4832: 4833: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4834: 4835: *May 12, 1999* 4836: 4837: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4838: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4839: public. 4840: 4841: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4842: 4843: *December 23, 1998* 4844: 4845: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4846: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4847: announced to the public. 4848: 4849: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4850: 4851: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4852: 4853: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4854: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4855: in San Jose, CA. 4856: 4857: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4858: 4859: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4860: 4861: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4862: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4863: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4864: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 4865: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 4866: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 4867: 4868: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 4869: 4870: *May 29, 1998* 4871: 4872: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4873: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4874: announced to the public. 4875: 4876: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 4877: 4878: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 4879: 4880: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 4881: 4882: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 4883: 4884: *March 9, 1998* 4885: 4886: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4887: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4888: released. 4889: 4890: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 4891: 4892: *January 4, 1998* 4893: 4894: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 4895: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4896: public. 4897: 4898: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 4899: 4900: *May 20, 1997* 4901: 4902: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4903: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 4904: announced to the public. 4905: 4906: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 4907: 4908: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 4909: 4910: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 4911: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 4912: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 4913: 4914: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 4915: 4916: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 4917: 4918: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 4919: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 4920: 4921: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 4922: 4923: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 4924: 4925: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 4926: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 4927: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 4928: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 4929: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.