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Move FOSDEM 2018 to past 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: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan 13: 14: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 15: 16: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) is a 17: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 18: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 19: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 20: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best 21: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 22: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest 23: possible audience. 24: 25: 26: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada 27: 28: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada* 29: 30: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in 31: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference 32: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and 33: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula 34: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 35: advanced developers. 36: 37: 38: Past Events 39: ----------- 40: 41: ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium 42: 43: *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium* 44: 45: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) was a free event for software developers to 46: meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 47: free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in 48: Brussels. 49: 50: 51: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan 52: 53: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan* 54: 55: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a 56: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50 57: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference 58: attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals, 59: software developers, computer science professors, users and 60: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the 61: world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the 62: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation 63: among users and developers and to promote business friendly 64: BSD licensed open source software. 65: 66: 67: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France 68: 69: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France* 70: 71: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European 72: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 73: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 74: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 75: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 76: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 77: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 78: 79: 80: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England 81: 82: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England* 83: 84: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical 85: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 86: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 87: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 88: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 89: 90: 91: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada 92: 93: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada* 94: 95: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based 96: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a 97: four day period at the University of Ottawa. 98: 99: Please see 100: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/) 101: for details. 102: 103: 104: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017 105: 106: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 107: 108: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a 109: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 110: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 111: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 112: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best 113: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 114: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest 115: possible audience. 116: 117: 118: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 119: 120: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium* 121: 122: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a 123: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 124: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 125: free and open source software from all over the world gather 126: at the event in Brussels. 127: 128: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 129: operating systems and their talks. 130: 131: Please see 132: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html) 133: for details. 134: 135: 136: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 137: 138: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 139: 140: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 141: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 142: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 143: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 144: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 145: 146: 147: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane 148: 149: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 150: 151: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 152: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 153: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 154: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 155: demonstrations. 156: 157: 158: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 159: 160: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 161: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 162: 163: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 164: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 165: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 166: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 167: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 168: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html). 169: 170: 171: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 172: 173: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 174: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 175: Japan* 176: 177: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 178: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 179: for meeting information and 180: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 181: 182: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 183: 184: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 185: 186: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 187: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 188: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 189: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 190: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 191: 192: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 193: 194: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 195: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 196: Okinawa, Japan* 197: 198: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 199: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 200: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 202: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 203: 204: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 205: 206: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 207: 208: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 209: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), 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/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 213: 214: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 215: 216: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 217: 218: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 219: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 220: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 221: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 222: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 223: 224: 225: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 226: 227: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 228: 229: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 230: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD 231: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 232: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 233: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 234: 235: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 236: 237: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 238: 239: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 240: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 241: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 242: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 243: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 244: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 245: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 246: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 247: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 248: 249: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 250: 251: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 252: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 253: 254: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 255: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD 256: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 257: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 258: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 259: 260: 261: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 262: 263: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 264: 265: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 266: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 267: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 268: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 269: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 270: 271: 272: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 273: 274: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 275: 276: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 277: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 278: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 279: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 280: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 281: 282: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 283: 284: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 285: 286: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 287: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 288: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 289: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 290: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 291: 292: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 293: 294: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 295: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 296: 297: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 298: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 299: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 300: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 301: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 302: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 303: 304: 305: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 306: 307: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 308: 309: 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. 310: 311: 312: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 313: 314: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 315: 316: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 317: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 318: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 320: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 321: 322: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 323: 324: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 325: 326: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 327: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 328: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 329: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 330: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 331: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 332: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 333: 334: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 335: 336: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 337: 338: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 339: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 340: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 341: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 342: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 343: 344: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 345: 346: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 347: 348: 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. 349: 350: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 351: 352: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 353: 354: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 355: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 356: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and 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/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 359: 360: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 361: 362: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 363: 364: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 365: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 366: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 367: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 368: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 369: 370: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 371: 372: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH 373: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 374: 375: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 376: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 377: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 378: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 379: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). 380: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html). 381: 382: 383: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 384: 385: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 386: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 387: Okinawa, Japan* 388: 389: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 390: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 391: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 392: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 393: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 394: 395: 396: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 397: 398: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 399: 400: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 401: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 402: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 403: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 404: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 405: 406: 407: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 408: 409: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 410: 411: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 412: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 413: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 414: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 415: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 416: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 417: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 418: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 419: 420: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 421: 422: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 423: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 424: 425: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 426: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 427: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 429: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 430: 431: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 432: 433: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 434: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 435: 436: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 437: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 438: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 439: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 440: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 441: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 442: 443: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 444: 445: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 446: 447: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 448: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 449: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 450: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 451: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 452: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 453: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 454: 455: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 456: 457: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH 458: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 459: 460: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 461: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 462: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 463: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 464: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 465: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html). 466: 467: 468: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 469: 470: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 471: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 472: Japan* 473: 474: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 475: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 476: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 477: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 478: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 479: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 480: 481: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 482: 483: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 484: 485: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 486: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 487: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 488: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 489: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 490: 491: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 492: 493: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 494: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 495: 496: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 497: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 498: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 499: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 500: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 501: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 502: 503: 504: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 505: 506: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 507: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 508: Okinawa, Japan* 509: 510: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 511: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 512: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 513: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 514: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 515: 516: 517: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 518: 519: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 520: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 521: 522: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 523: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 524: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 525: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 526: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 527: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 528: 529: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 530: 531: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 532: 533: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 534: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 535: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 536: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 537: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 538: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 539: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 540: 541: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 542: 543: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 544: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 545: 546: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 547: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 548: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 549: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 550: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 551: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 552: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 553: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 554: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 555: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 556: 557: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 558: 559: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 560: 561: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 562: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 563: 564: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 565: 566: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 567: 568: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 569: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 570: 571: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 572: 573: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 574: 575: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 576: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 577: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 578: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 579: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 580: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 581: 582: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 583: 584: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 585: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 586: 587: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 588: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 589: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 590: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 591: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 592: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 593: 594: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 595: 596: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 597: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 598: 599: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 600: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 601: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 602: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 603: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 604: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 605: 606: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 607: 608: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 609: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 610: 611: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 612: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 613: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 614: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 615: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 616: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 617: 618: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 619: 620: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 621: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 622: , Hiroshima, Japan* 623: 624: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 625: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 626: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 627: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 628: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 629: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 630: 631: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 632: 633: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 634: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 635: 636: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 637: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 638: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 639: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 640: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 641: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 642: 643: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 644: 645: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 646: Campus 647: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 648: Germany* 649: 650: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 651: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 652: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 653: answering users' questions. 654: 655: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 656: 657: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 658: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 659: 660: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 661: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 662: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 664: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 665: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 666: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 667: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 668: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 669: hardfloat 670: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 671: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 672: 673: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 674: 675: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 676: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 677: 678: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 679: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 680: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 681: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 682: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 683: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 684: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 685: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 686: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 687: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 688: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 689: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 690: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 691: 692: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 693: 694: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 695: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 696: Japan* 697: 698: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 699: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 700: for meeting information.[more detail on 701: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 702: 703: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 704: 705: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 706: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 707: Okinawa, Japan* 708: 709: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 710: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 711: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 712: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 713: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 714: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 715: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 716: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 717: 718: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 719: 720: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 721: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 722: Japan* 723: 724: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 725: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 726: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 727: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 728: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 729: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 730: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 731: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 732: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 733: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 734: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 735: vs 6.0.2 animation on 736: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 737: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 738: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 739: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 740: 741: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 742: 743: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 744: 745: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 746: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 747: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 748: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 749: cases or notebooks. 750: 751: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 752: more information. 753: 754: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 755: 756: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 757: 758: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 759: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 760: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 761: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 762: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 763: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 764: 765: See [the call for 766: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 767: for details. 768: 769: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 770: 771: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 772: 773: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 774: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 775: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 776: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 777: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 778: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 779: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 780: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 781: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 782: these. 783: 784: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 785: 786: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 787: 788: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 789: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 790: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 791: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 792: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 793: 794: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 795: 796: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 797: 798: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 799: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 800: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 801: BSD related talks. 802: 803: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 804: information. 805: 806: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 807: 808: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 809: 810: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 811: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 812: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 813: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 814: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 815: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 816: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 817: 818: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 819: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 820: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 821: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 822: Japan NetBSD Users 823: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 824: 825: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 826: 827: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 828: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 829: 830: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 831: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 832: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 833: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 834: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 835: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 836: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 837: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 838: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 839: 840: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 841: 842: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 843: 844: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 845: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 846: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 847: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 848: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 849: [NetBSD/KOBO and 850: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 851: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 852: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 853: 854: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 855: 856: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 857: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 858: 859: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 860: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 861: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 862: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 863: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 864: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 865: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 866: 867: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 868: 869: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 870: 871: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 872: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 873: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 874: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 875: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 876: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 877: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 878: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 879: 880: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 881: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 882: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 883: 884: Please see [this 885: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 886: for details. 887: 888: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 889: 890: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 891: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 892: 893: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 894: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 895: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 896: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 897: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 898: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 899: 900: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 901: 902: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 903: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 904: 905: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 906: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 907: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 908: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 909: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 910: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 911: 912: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 913: 914: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 915: 916: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 917: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 918: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 919: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 920: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 921: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 922: 923: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 924: 925: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 926: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 927: Japan* 928: 929: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 930: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 931: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 932: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 933: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 934: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 935: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 936: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 937: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 938: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 939: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 940: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 941: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 942: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 943: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 944: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 945: found at OSC booth" by 946: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 947: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 948: 949: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 950: 951: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 952: 953: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 954: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 955: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 956: 957: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 958: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 959: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 960: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 961: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 962: 963: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 964: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 965: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 966: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 967: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 968: regular meeting. 969: 970: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 971: 972: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 973: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 974: Okinawa, Japan* 975: 976: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 977: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 978: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 979: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 980: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 981: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 982: 983: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 984: 985: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 986: 987: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 988: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 989: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 990: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 991: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 992: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 993: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 994: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 995: [NetBSD/KOBO and 996: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 997: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 998: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 999: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 1000: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 1001: 1002: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 1003: 1004: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1005: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1006: 1007: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1008: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1010: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 1011: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 1012: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 1013: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 1014: 1015: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 1016: 1017: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 1018: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1019: 1020: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1021: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1022: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1023: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1024: demonstrations ( 1025: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 1026: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 1027: 1028: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 1029: 1030: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 1031: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 1032: San Diego, California, USA* 1033: 1034: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 1035: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 1036: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 1037: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 1038: on day one of the conference. 1039: 1040: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 1041: 1042: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 1043: Augustin, Germany* 1044: 1045: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 1046: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 1047: 1048: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 1049: 1050: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1051: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1052: 1053: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1054: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 1055: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1056: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1057: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1058: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 1059: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 1060: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 1061: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 1062: SHARP,X68K on 1063: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 1064: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 1065: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 1066: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 1067: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 1068: updates presetation by 1069: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 1070: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 1071: 1072: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 1073: 1074: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 1075: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1076: 1077: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1078: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1079: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1080: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1081: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1082: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1083: 1084: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1085: 1086: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1087: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1088: Japan* 1089: 1090: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 1091: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 1092: for meeting information. 1093: 1094: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 1095: 1096: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 1097: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1098: 1099: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 1100: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 1101: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 1102: release branch. 1103: 1104: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 1105: 1106: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1107: 1108: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1109: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1110: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 1112: with [Building NetBSD on 1113: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 1114: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 1115: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 1116: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 1117: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 1118: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 1119: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 1120: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 1121: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 1122: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 1123: 1124: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 1125: 1126: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 1127: 1128: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 1129: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 1130: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 1131: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 1132: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 1133: 1134: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 1135: more information. 1136: 1137: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 1138: 1139: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 1140: 1141: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 1142: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 1143: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 1144: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 1145: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 1146: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 1147: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 1148: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 1149: 1150: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 1151: 1152: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 1153: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1154: Japan* 1155: 1156: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1157: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1158: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1159: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 1160: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1161: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1162: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1163: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1164: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1165: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1166: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1167: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1168: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1169: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1170: 1171: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1172: 1173: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1174: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1175: 1176: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1177: 1178: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1179: 1180: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1181: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1182: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1183: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1184: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1185: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1186: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1187: demonstrations. 1188: 1189: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1190: 1191: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1192: 1193: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1194: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1195: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1196: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1197: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1198: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1199: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1200: 1201: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1202: 1203: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1204: 1205: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1206: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1207: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1208: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1209: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1210: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1211: port history by 1212: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1213: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1214: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1215: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1216: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1217: [[ustream live 1218: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1219: 1220: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1221: 1222: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1223: 1224: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1225: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1226: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1227: talks. 1228: 1229: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1230: information. 1231: 1232: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1233: 1234: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1235: 1236: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1237: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1238: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1239: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1240: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1241: [WZero3 live 1242: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1243: [Zaurus live 1244: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1245: [Translate NetBSD man with 1246: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1247: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1248: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1249: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1250: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1251: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1252: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1253: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1254: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1255: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1256: 1257: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1258: 1259: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1260: 1261: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1262: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1263: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1264: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1265: with hpcsh { [Persona 1266: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1267: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1268: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1269: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1270: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1271: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1272: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1273: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1274: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1275: i386 { [aspire 1276: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1277: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1278: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1279: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1280: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1281: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1282: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1283: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1284: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1285: 1286: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1287: 1288: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1289: 1290: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1291: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1292: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1293: necessary. 1294: 1295: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1296: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1297: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1298: for details. 1299: 1300: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1301: 1302: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1303: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1304: Fukuoka, Japan* 1305: 1306: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1307: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1308: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1309: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1310: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1311: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1312: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1313: 1314: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1315: 1316: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1317: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1318: 1319: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1320: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1321: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1322: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1323: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1324: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1325: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1326: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1327: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1328: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1329: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1330: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1331: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1332: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1333: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1334: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1335: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1336: 1337: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1338: 1339: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1340: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1341: 1342: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1343: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1344: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1345: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1346: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1347: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1348: 1349: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1350: 1351: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1352: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1353: 1354: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1355: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1356: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1357: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1358: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1359: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1360: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1361: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1362: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1363: enigmatic machines by 1364: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1365: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1366: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1367: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1368: 1369: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1370: 1371: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1372: 1373: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1374: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1375: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1376: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1377: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1378: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1379: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1380: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1381: university students to work with BSD systems. 1382: 1383: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1384: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1385: 1386: For more information please visit the website 1387: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1388: 1389: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1390: 1391: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1392: 1393: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1394: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1395: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1396: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1397: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1398: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1399: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1400: 1401: For more information please visit the website 1402: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1403: 1404: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1405: 1406: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1407: 1408: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1409: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1410: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1411: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1412: Netherlands. 1413: 1414: For more information please visit the website 1415: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1416: 1417: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1418: 1419: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1420: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1421: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1422: 1423: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1424: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1425: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1426: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1427: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1428: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1429: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1430: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1431: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1432: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1433: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1434: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1435: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1436: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1437: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1438: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1439: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1440: 1441: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1442: 1443: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1444: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1445: Okinawa, Japan* 1446: 1447: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1448: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1449: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1450: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1451: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1452: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1453: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1454: 1455: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1456: 1457: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1458: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1459: Fukushima, Japan* 1460: 1461: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1462: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1463: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1464: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1465: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1466: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1467: 1468: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1469: 1470: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1471: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1472: Japan* 1473: 1474: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1475: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1476: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1477: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1478: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1479: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1480: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1481: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1482: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1483: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1484: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1485: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1486: 1487: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1488: 1489: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1490: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1491: 1492: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1493: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1494: 1495: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1496: 1497: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1498: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1499: 1500: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1501: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1502: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1503: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1504: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1505: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1506: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1507: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1508: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1509: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1510: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1511: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1512: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1513: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1514: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1515: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1516: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1517: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1518: will never die! 1519: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1520: and 1521: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1522: by tsutsui. 1523: 1524: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1525: 1526: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1527: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1528: Japan* 1529: 1530: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1531: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1532: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1533: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1534: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1535: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1536: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1537: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1538: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1539: keysign party by soda. 1540: 1541: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1542: 1543: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1544: 1545: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1546: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1547: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1548: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1549: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1550: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1551: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1552: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1553: 1554: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1555: 1556: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1557: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1558: 1559: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1560: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1561: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1562: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1563: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1564: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1565: 1566: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1567: 1568: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1569: 1570: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1571: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1572: May 2011. 1573: 1574: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1575: 1576: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1577: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1578: 1579: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1580: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1581: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1582: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1583: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1584: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1585: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1586: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1587: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1588: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1589: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1590: 1591: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1592: 1593: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1594: 1595: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1596: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1597: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1598: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1599: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1600: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1601: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1602: 1603: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1604: 1605: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1606: Oita, Japan* 1607: 1608: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1609: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1610: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1611: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1612: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1613: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1614: 1615: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1616: 1617: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1618: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1619: 1620: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1621: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1622: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1623: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1624: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1625: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1626: 1627: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1628: 1629: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1630: Belgium* 1631: 1632: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1633: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1634: 1635: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1636: in the BSD devroom 1637: 1638: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1639: 1640: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1641: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1642: Japan* 1643: 1644: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1645: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1646: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1647: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1648: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1649: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1650: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1651: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1652: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1653: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1654: 1655: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1656: 1657: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1658: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1659: 1660: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1661: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1662: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1664: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1665: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1666: 1667: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1668: 1669: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1670: 1671: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1672: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1673: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1674: focused. 1675: 1676: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1677: 1678: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1679: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1680: 1681: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1682: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1683: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1684: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1685: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1686: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1687: 1688: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1689: 1690: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1691: 1692: [The New York City BSD Conference 1693: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1694: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1695: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1696: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1697: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1698: 1699: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1700: 1701: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1702: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1703: 1704: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1705: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1706: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1707: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1708: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1709: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1710: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1711: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1712: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1713: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1714: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1715: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1716: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1717: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1718: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1719: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1720: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1721: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1722: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1723: tsutsui) 1724: 1725: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1726: 1727: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1728: 1729: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1730: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1731: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1732: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1733: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1734: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1735: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1736: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1737: 1738: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1739: 1740: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1741: 1742: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1743: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1744: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1745: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1746: 1747: For more information please visit the website 1748: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1749: 1750: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1751: 1752: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1753: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1754: Okinawa, Japan* 1755: 1756: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1757: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1758: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1759: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1760: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1761: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1762: 1763: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1764: 1765: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1766: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1767: 1768: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1769: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1770: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1771: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1772: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1773: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1774: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1775: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1776: 1777: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1778: 1779: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1780: 1781: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1782: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1783: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1784: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1785: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1786: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1787: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1788: 1789: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1790: 1791: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1792: 1793: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1794: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1795: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1796: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1797: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1798: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1799: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1800: 1801: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1802: 1803: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1804: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1805: Japan* 1806: 1807: See [this 1808: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1809: for meeting information. 1810: 1811: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1812: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1813: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1814: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1815: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1816: 1817: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1818: 1819: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1820: 1821: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1822: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1823: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1824: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1825: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1826: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1827: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1828: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1829: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1830: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1831: 1832: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1833: 1834: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1835: 1836: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1837: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1838: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1839: in a shared BSD booth. 1840: 1841: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1842: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1843: 1844: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1845: 1846: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1847: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1848: 1849: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1850: 1851: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1852: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1853: 1854: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1855: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1856: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1857: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1858: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1859: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1860: 1861: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1862: 1863: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1864: 1865: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1866: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1867: 1868: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1869: 1870: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1871: 1872: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1873: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1874: May 2010. 1875: 1876: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 1877: 1878: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1879: 1880: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1881: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1882: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1883: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1884: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1885: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1886: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1887: 1888: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 1889: 1890: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 1891: 1892: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1893: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1894: 1895: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1896: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1897: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1898: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1899: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 1900: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 1901: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1902: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1903: 1904: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 1905: 1906: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 1907: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1908: 1909: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1910: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1911: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1912: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 1913: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1914: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1915: 1916: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 1917: 1918: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 1919: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 1920: 1921: The [February 2010 1922: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 1923: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 1924: 1925: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 1926: 1927: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 1928: Belgium* 1929: 1930: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 1931: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1932: 1933: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 1934: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 1935: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 1936: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 1937: 1938: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 1939: 1940: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1941: Oita, Japan* 1942: 1943: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1944: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 1945: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1946: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1947: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1948: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1949: 1950: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 1951: 1952: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 1953: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1954: 1955: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1956: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1957: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1958: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1959: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1960: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1961: 1962: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 1963: 1964: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 1965: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 1966: 1967: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 1968: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1969: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1970: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 1971: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 1972: demonstration. 1973: 1974: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 1975: 1976: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 1977: 1978: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 1979: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 1980: major BSDs. 1981: 1982: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 1983: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 1984: 1985: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 1986: 1987: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1988: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1989: 1990: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 1991: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1992: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1993: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 1994: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 1995: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 1996: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 1997: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1998: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 1999: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 2000: 2001: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 2002: 2003: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 2004: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2005: 2006: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2007: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2008: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 2010: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 2011: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 2012: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 2013: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2014: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 2015: demonstration and BSD BOF. 2016: 2017: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 2018: 2019: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 2020: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 2021: Okinawa, Japan* 2022: 2023: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2024: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2025: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2026: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 2027: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2028: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2029: 2030: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 2031: 2032: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 2033: 2034: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 2035: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 2036: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 2037: the conference on Sept 18th. 2038: 2039: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 2040: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2041: 2042: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 2043: 2044: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2045: 2046: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2047: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2048: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2049: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2050: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2051: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2052: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2053: 2054: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 2055: 2056: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 2057: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 2058: 2059: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2060: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2061: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2062: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 2063: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 2064: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2065: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 2066: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 2067: 2068: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 2069: 2070: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2071: 2072: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2073: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2074: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2075: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2076: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 2077: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 2078: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 2079: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 2080: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 2081: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2082: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2083: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2084: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 2085: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 2086: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 2087: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 2088: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 2089: 2090: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2091: 2092: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 2093: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2094: Japan* 2095: 2096: See [this 2097: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 2098: for meeting information. 2099: 2100: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 2101: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 2102: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 2103: party. 2104: 2105: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 2106: 2107: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 2108: 2109: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 2110: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 2112: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2113: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 2114: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 2115: 2116: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 2117: 2118: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 2119: 2120: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 2121: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 2122: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 2123: systems at the exhibition. 2124: 2125: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 2126: 2127: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2128: 2129: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2130: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2131: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2132: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 2133: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 2134: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2135: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 2136: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 2137: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 2138: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 2139: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 2140: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 2141: 2142: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 2143: 2144: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 2145: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2146: 2147: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2148: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2149: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2150: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2151: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 2152: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2153: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2154: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2155: 2156: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 2157: 2158: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 2159: 2160: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2161: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2162: May 2009. 2163: 2164: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2165: 2166: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2167: 2168: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2169: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2170: Hannover, Germany. 2171: 2172: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2173: 2174: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2175: 2176: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2177: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2178: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2179: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2180: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2181: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2182: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2183: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2184: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2185: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2186: and [NetBSD 2187: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2188: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2189: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2190: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2191: 2192: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2193: 2194: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2195: 2196: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2197: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2198: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2199: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2200: 2201: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2202: 2203: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2204: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2205: 2206: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2207: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2208: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2209: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2210: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2211: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2212: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2213: 2214: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2215: 2216: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2217: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2218: the community. 2219: 2220: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2221: 2222: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2223: 2224: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2225: 2226: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2227: 2228: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2229: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2230: 2231: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2232: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2233: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2234: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2235: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2236: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2237: 2238: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2239: 2240: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2241: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2242: Fukuoka, Japan* 2243: 2244: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2245: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2246: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2247: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2248: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2249: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2250: 2251: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2252: 2253: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2254: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2255: 2256: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2257: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2258: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2259: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2260: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2261: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2262: 2263: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2264: 2265: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2266: 2267: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2268: 2269: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2270: 2271: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2272: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2273: 2274: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2275: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2276: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2277: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2278: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2279: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2280: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2281: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2282: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2283: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2284: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2285: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2286: 2287: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2288: 2289: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2290: 2291: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2292: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2293: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2294: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2295: 2296: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2297: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2298: 2299: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2300: 2301: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2302: 2303: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2304: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2305: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2306: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2307: 2308: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2309: 2310: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2311: 2312: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2313: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2314: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2315: 2316: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2317: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2318: 2319: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2320: 2321: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2322: 2323: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2324: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2325: 2326: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2327: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2328: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2329: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2330: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2331: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2332: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2333: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2334: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2335: [Itojun Service 2336: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2337: 2338: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2339: 2340: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2341: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2342: 2343: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2344: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2345: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2346: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2347: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2348: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2349: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2350: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2351: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2352: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2353: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2354: 2355: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2356: 2357: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2358: 2359: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2360: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2361: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2362: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2363: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2364: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2365: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2366: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2367: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2368: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2369: 2370: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2371: 2372: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2373: 2374: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2375: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2376: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2377: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2378: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2379: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2380: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2381: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2382: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2383: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2384: all BSD machines. 2385: 2386: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2387: 2388: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2389: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2390: Japan* 2391: 2392: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2393: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2394: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2395: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2396: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2397: 2398: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2399: 2400: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2401: 2402: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2403: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2404: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2405: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2406: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2407: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2408: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2409: 2410: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2411: 2412: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2413: 2414: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2415: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2416: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2417: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2418: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2419: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2420: 2421: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2422: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2423: 2424: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2425: 2426: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2427: 2428: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2429: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2430: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2431: novices to advanced developers. 2432: 2433: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2434: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2435: 2436: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2437: 2438: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2439: Spain* 2440: 2441: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2442: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2443: 2444: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2445: 2446: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2447: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2448: 2449: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2450: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2451: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2452: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2453: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2454: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2455: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2456: 2457: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2458: 2459: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2460: 2461: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2462: technologies and IT security. 2463: 2464: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2465: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2466: 2467: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2468: 2469: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2470: 2471: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2472: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2473: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2474: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2475: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2476: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2477: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2478: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2479: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2480: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2481: 2482: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2483: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2484: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2485: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2486: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2487: 2488: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2489: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2490: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2491: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2492: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2493: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2494: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2495: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2496: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2497: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2498: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2499: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2500: 2501: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2502: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2503: networking and virtualisation. 2504: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2505: 2506: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2507: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2508: 2509: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2510: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2511: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2512: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2513: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2514: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2515: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2516: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2517: 2518: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2519: 2520: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2521: 2522: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2523: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2524: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2525: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2526: 2527: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2528: 2529: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2530: 2531: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2532: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2533: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2534: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2535: 2536: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2537: 2538: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2539: 2540: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2541: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2542: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2543: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2544: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2545: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2546: 2547: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2548: 2549: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2550: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2551: Japan* 2552: 2553: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2554: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2555: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2557: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2558: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2559: 2560: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2561: 2562: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2563: 2564: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2565: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2566: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2567: 2568: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2569: 2570: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2571: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2572: 2573: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2574: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2575: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2576: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2577: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2578: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2579: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2580: 2581: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2582: 2583: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2584: Niigata, Japan* 2585: 2586: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2587: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2588: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2589: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2590: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2591: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2592: 2593: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2594: 2595: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2596: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2597: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2598: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2599: 2600: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2601: 2602: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2603: Turkey* 2604: 2605: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2606: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2607: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2608: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2609: 2610: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2611: 2612: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2613: 2614: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2615: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2616: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2617: information, see the [event's 2618: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2619: 2620: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2621: 2622: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2623: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2624: 2625: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2626: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2627: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2628: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2629: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2630: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2631: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2632: Presentation by 2633: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2634: 2635: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2636: 2637: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2638: 2639: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2640: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2641: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2642: 2643: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2644: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2645: 2646: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2647: 2648: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2649: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2650: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2651: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2652: 2653: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2654: 2655: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2656: 2657: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2658: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2659: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2660: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2661: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2662: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2663: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2664: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2665: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2666: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2667: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2668: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2669: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2670: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2671: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2672: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2673: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2674: ). 2675: 2676: [A report with some 2677: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2678: available. 2679: 2680: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2681: 2682: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2683: 2684: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2685: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2686: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2687: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2688: Switzerland. 2689: 2690: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2691: report was posted to the 2692: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2693: mailing list. 2694: 2695: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2696: 2697: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2698: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2699: Japan* 2700: 2701: See [this 2702: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2703: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2704: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2705: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2706: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2707: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2708: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2709: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2710: sign party. 2711: 2712: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2713: 2714: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2715: 2716: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2717: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2718: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2719: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2720: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2721: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2722: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2723: 2724: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2725: 2726: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2727: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2728: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2729: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2730: at the 2731: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2732: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2733: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2734: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2735: 2736: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2737: information. 2738: 2739: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2740: 2741: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2742: 2743: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2744: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2745: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2746: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2747: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2748: 2749: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2750: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2751: 2752: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2753: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2754: 2755: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2756: 2757: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2758: 2759: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2760: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2761: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2762: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2763: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2764: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2765: welcome to attend. 2766: 2767: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2768: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2769: 2770: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2771: 2772: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2773: 2774: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2775: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2776: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2777: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2778: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2779: 2780: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2781: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2782: 2783: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2784: 2785: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2786: 2787: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2788: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2789: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2790: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2791: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2792: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2793: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2794: 2795: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2796: 2797: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2798: 2799: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2800: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2801: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2802: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2803: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2804: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2805: widest possible audience. 2806: 2807: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2808: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2809: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2810: 2811: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2812: 2813: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2814: 2815: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2816: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2817: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2818: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2819: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2820: 2821: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2822: 2823: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2824: 2825: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2826: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2827: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2828: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2829: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2830: 2831: More information can be found at 2832: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2833: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2834: German language article can be found at: 2835: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2836: 2837: Ignatios also 2838: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2839: his [slides (german 2840: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2841: 2842: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2843: 2844: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2845: 2846: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2847: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2848: Brussels, Belgium. 2849: 2850: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2851: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2852: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2853: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2854: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2855: 2856: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2857: 2858: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2859: 2860: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2861: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2862: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2863: booth at this event; see the reports by 2864: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2865: and 2866: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2867: 2868: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2869: 2870: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2871: 2872: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2873: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2874: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 2875: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 2876: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 2877: 2878: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 2879: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 2880: and Solaris. 2881: 2882: For more information, please [visit the 2883: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 2884: 2885: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 2886: 2887: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 2888: 2889: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 2890: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 2891: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2892: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2893: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2894: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2895: 2896: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 2897: 2898: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 2899: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 2900: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 2901: 2902: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 2903: 2904: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 2905: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 2906: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 2907: if you have any questions or want to help out. 2908: 2909: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 2910: 2911: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 2912: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 2913: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 2914: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 2915: 2916: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 2917: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 2918: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 2919: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 2920: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 2921: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 2922: NetBSD Network Appliances 2923: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 2924: for BSD TCP/IP 2925: 2926: Registration is open now. Please [see the 2927: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 2928: 2929: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 2930: 2931: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 2932: 2933: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 2934: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 2935: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 2936: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 2937: about NetBSD-related topics. 2938: 2939: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 2940: 2941: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 2942: 2943: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 2944: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 2945: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2946: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2947: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2948: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2949: 2950: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 2951: 2952: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 2953: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 2954: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 2955: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 2956: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2957: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 2958: 2959: A report on the event is available 2960: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 2961: 2962: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 2963: 2964: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 2965: 2966: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 2967: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 2968: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 2969: booth. 2970: 2971: A report of the event can be found 2972: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 2973: 2974: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 2975: 2976: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 2977: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 2978: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 2979: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 2980: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 2981: 2982: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 2983: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 2984: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 2985: information. 2986: 2987: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 2988: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 2989: 2990: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 2991: 2992: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 2993: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 2994: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 2995: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 2996: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 2997: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 2998: the booth. 2999: 3000: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 3001: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 3002: about the event. 3003: 3004: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 3005: 3006: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 3007: 3008: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 3009: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 3010: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3011: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3012: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3013: 3014: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 3015: 3016: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 3017: 3018: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3019: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 3020: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3021: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3022: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3023: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 3024: 3025: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 3026: 3027: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3028: 3029: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 3030: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 3031: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 3032: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 3033: 3034: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 3035: FreeBSD Project 3036: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 3037: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 3038: Ensure Technology Ltd 3039: . 3040: - BSD Usergroup activity: 3041: Echigo BSD Users Group 3042: , T.Tamura@EBUG 3043: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3044: 3045: \> See [program for 3046: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 3047: 3048: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 3049: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 3050: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 3051: 3052: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 3053: 3054: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 3055: 3056: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 3057: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 3058: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 3059: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 3060: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 3061: developers. 3062: 3063: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 3064: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 3065: during May 10-14th. 3066: 3067: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 3068: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 3069: 3070: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 3071: 3072: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 3073: 3074: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 3075: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 3076: conference on their campus. 3077: 3078: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 3079: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3080: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 3081: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 3082: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 3083: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 3084: 3085: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 3086: presentation proposal, please visit 3087: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 3088: 3089: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 3090: 3091: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 3092: 3093: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 3094: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 3095: tutorials. 3096: 3097: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 3098: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 3099: 3100: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 3101: 3102: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 3103: 3104: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 3105: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 3106: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 3107: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 3108: URL above. 3109: 3110: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3111: 3112: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3113: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3114: 3115: See [this 3116: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 3117: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 3118: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 3119: Codeblog. 3120: 3121: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 3122: 3123: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 3124: 3125: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 3126: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 3127: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 3128: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 3129: gmail.com). 3130: 3131: For more information about this event see 3132: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 3133: 3134: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 3135: 3136: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 3137: 3138: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 3139: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 3140: Cons in Germany. 3141: 3142: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 3143: 3144: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 3145: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 3146: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 3147: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 3148: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 3149: 3150: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 3151: net-tex.de\>. 3152: 3153: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 3154: 3155: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 3156: 3157: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 3158: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 3159: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 3160: 3161: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3162: 3163: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3164: 3165: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3166: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3167: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3168: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3169: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3170: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3171: 3172: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3173: 3174: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3175: 3176: [German Unix User Group 3177: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3178: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3179: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3180: 3181: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3182: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3183: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3184: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3185: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3186: 3187: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3188: 3189: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3190: 3191: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3192: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3193: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3194: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3195: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3196: Europe. 3197: 3198: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3199: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3200: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3201: 3202: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3203: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3204: 3205: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3206: 3207: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3208: 3209: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3210: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3211: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3212: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3213: if you would like to help. 3214: 3215: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3216: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3217: 3218: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3219: 3220: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3221: 3222: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3223: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3224: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3225: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3226: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3227: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3228: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3229: 3230: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3231: 3232: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3233: 3234: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3235: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3236: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3237: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3238: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3239: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3240: 3241: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3242: 3243: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3244: 3245: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3246: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3247: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3248: conference venue and registration. present. 3249: 3250: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3251: 3252: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3253: 3254: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3255: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3256: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3257: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3258: Lockhoff. 3259: 3260: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3261: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3262: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3263: 3264: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3265: 3266: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3267: 3268: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3269: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3270: others) will be presented. 3271: 3272: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3273: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3274: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3275: 3276: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3277: 3278: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3279: especially showing NetBSD! 3280: 3281: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3282: 3283: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3284: 3285: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3286: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3287: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3288: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3289: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3290: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3291: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3292: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3293: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3294: 3295: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3296: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3297: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3298: 3299: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3300: 3301: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3302: 3303: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3304: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3305: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3306: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3307: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3308: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3309: 3310: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3311: 3312: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3313: 3314: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3315: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3316: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3317: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3318: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3319: 3320: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3321: 3322: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3323: 3324: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3325: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3326: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3327: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3328: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3329: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3330: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3331: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3332: on netbsd-advocacy. 3333: 3334: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3335: 3336: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3337: 3338: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3339: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3340: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3341: group page for more information. 3342: 3343: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3344: 3345: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3346: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3347: 3348: See [this 3349: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3350: meeting information. 3351: 3352: A 3353: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3354: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3355: 3356: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3357: 3358: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3359: 3360: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3361: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3362: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3363: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3364: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3365: organization. 3366: 3367: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3368: 3369: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3370: 3371: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3372: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3373: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3374: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3375: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3376: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3377: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3378: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3379: for more details. 3380: 3381: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3382: 3383: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3384: 3385: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3386: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3387: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3388: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3389: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3390: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3391: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3392: 3393: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3394: 3395: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3396: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3397: 3398: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3399: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3400: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3401: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3402: 3403: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3404: 3405: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3406: 3407: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3408: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3409: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3410: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3411: groups. 3412: 3413: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3414: 3415: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3416: 3417: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3418: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3419: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3420: venue and registration. 3421: 3422: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3423: 3424: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3425: 3426: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3427: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3428: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3429: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3430: 3431: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3432: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3433: Live performance 3434: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3435: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3436: 3437: See [program for 3438: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3439: 3440: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3441: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3442: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3443: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3444: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3445: 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)). 3446: 3447: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3448: 3449: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3450: 3451: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3452: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3453: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3454: 3455: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3456: 3457: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3458: 3459: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3460: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3461: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3462: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3463: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3464: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3465: [slides for this 3466: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3467: 3468: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3469: 3470: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3471: 3472: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3473: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3474: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3475: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3476: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3477: 3478: More information is at 3479: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3480: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3481: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3482: 3483: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3484: 3485: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3486: 3487: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3488: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3489: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3490: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3491: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3492: solutions and fresh ideas. 3493: 3494: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3495: 3496: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3497: 3498: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3499: 3500: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3501: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3503: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3504: 3505: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3506: 3507: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3508: 3509: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3510: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3511: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3512: 3513: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3514: 3515: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3516: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3517: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3518: 3519: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3520: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3521: 3522: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3523: 3524: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3525: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3526: 3527: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3528: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3529: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3530: 3531: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3532: 3533: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3534: 3535: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3536: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3537: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3538: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3539: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3540: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3541: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3542: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3543: 3544: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3545: 3546: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3547: 3548: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3549: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3550: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3551: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3552: 3553: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3554: 3555: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3556: 3557: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3558: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3559: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3560: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3561: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3562: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3563: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3564: available. 3565: 3566: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3567: 3568: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3569: 3570: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3571: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3572: program, conference venue and registration. A 3573: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3574: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3575: 3576: A brief report from the conference is available 3577: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3578: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3579: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3580: 3581: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3582: 3583: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3584: 3585: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3586: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3587: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3588: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3589: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3590: 3591: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3592: 3593: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3594: 3595: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3596: 3597: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3598: 3599: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3600: 3601: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3602: 3603: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3604: 3605: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3606: 3607: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3608: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3609: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3610: 3611: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3612: 3613: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3614: 3615: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3616: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3617: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3618: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3619: conference. 3620: 3621: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3622: 3623: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3624: 3625: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3626: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3627: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3628: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3629: for details. 3630: 3631: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3632: 3633: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3634: 3635: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3636: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3637: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3638: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3639: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3640: 3641: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3642: 3643: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3644: 3645: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3646: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3647: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3648: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3649: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3650: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3651: 3652: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3653: 3654: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3655: 3656: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3657: 3658: [BOF 3659: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3660: 3661: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3662: 3663: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3664: 3665: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3666: 3667: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3668: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3669: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3670: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3671: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3672: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3673: of the BSD 3674: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3675: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3676: conference. 3677: 3678: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3679: 3680: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3681: 3682: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3683: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3684: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3685: in helping out. 3686: 3687: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3688: 3689: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3690: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3691: 3692: See [this 3693: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3694: meeting information. 3695: 3696: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3697: 3698: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3699: 3700: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3701: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3702: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3703: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3704: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3705: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3706: 3707: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3708: 3709: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3710: 3711: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3712: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3713: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3714: NetBSD-BR. 3715: 3716: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3717: 3718: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3719: 3720: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3721: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3722: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3723: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3724: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3725: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3726: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3727: 3728: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3729: 3730: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3731: 3732: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3733: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3734: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3735: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3736: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3737: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3738: [this message to the netbsd-news 3739: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3740: for more information. 3741: 3742: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3743: 3744: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3745: 3746: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3747: [GUUG 3748: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3749: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3750: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3751: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3752: 3753: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3754: 3755: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3756: 3757: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3758: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3759: 3760: - \`\` 3761: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3762: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3763: - \`\` 3764: Introduction to NetBSD 3765: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3766: - \`\` 3767: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3768: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3769: 3770: Please see the 3771: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3772: details. Photos are available at [this 3773: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3774: found on the [Linux-Tag 3775: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3776: 3777: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3778: 3779: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3780: 3781: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3782: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3783: France. 3784: 3785: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3786: 3787: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3788: 3789: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3790: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3791: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3792: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3793: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3794: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3795: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3796: 3797: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3798: 3799: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3800: 3801: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3802: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3803: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3804: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3805: for Details. If you're interested in the 3806: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3807: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3808: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3809: MailingList useful. 3810: 3811: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3812: 3813: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3814: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3815: 3816: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3817: details. 3818: 3819: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3820: 3821: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3822: 3823: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3824: 3825: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3826: 3827: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3828: 3829: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3830: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3831: administration. See 3832: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3833: for details. 3834: 3835: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3836: 3837: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3838: 3839: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3840: 3841: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3842: 3843: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3844: 3845: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3846: 3847: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3848: 3849: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3850: 3851: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3852: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3853: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3854: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3855: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3856: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3857: information. 3858: 3859: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3860: 3861: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3862: 3863: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3864: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3865: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3866: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3867: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3868: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3869: is available online. 3870: 3871: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3872: 3873: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3874: 3875: A lot of photos are available 3876: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 3877: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 3878: 3879: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 3880: 3881: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3882: 3883: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 3884: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 3885: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 3886: 3887: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 3888: Dolecek. See the [full 3889: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 3890: for details and pictures. 3891: 3892: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 3893: 3894: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 3895: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 3896: 3897: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 3898: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 3899: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 3900: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 3901: 3902: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 3903: 3904: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3905: 3906: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 3907: 3908: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 3909: 3910: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3911: 3912: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3913: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3914: 3915: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 3916: 3917: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 3918: 3919: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 3920: 3921: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3922: 3923: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 3924: 3925: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 3926: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 3927: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 3928: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 3929: see 3930: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 3931: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3932: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 3933: 3934: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 3935: here](events/usenix2003/). 3936: 3937: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 3938: 3939: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 3940: 3941: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 3942: holding the [BSDay 3943: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 3944: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 3945: for more information. 3946: 3947: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 3948: 3949: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 3950: 3951: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 3952: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 3953: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 3954: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 3955: 3956: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 3957: 3958: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 3959: 3960: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 3961: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 3962: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 3963: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 3964: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 3965: 3966: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 3967: 3968: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 3969: 3970: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 3971: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 3972: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 3973: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 3974: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 3975: 3976: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 3977: 3978: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 3979: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 3980: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 3981: 3982: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 3983: 3984: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 3985: 3986: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 3987: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 3988: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 3989: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 3990: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 3991: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 3992: 3993: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3994: 3995: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 3996: 3997: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3998: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3999: administration. See 4000: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 4001: for details. 4002: 4003: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 4004: 4005: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 4006: 4007: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 4008: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 4009: events including several pictures is available online at 4010: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 4011: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 4012: from: 4013: 4014: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 4015: [ 4016: mp3 4017: ] 4018: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 4019: [ 4020: mp3 4021: ] 4022: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 4023: mit NetBSD 4024: [ 4025: mp3 4026: ] 4027: 4028: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 4029: 4030: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 4031: 4032: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 4033: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 4034: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 4035: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 4036: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 4037: 4038: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 4039: 4040: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 4041: 4042: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 4043: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 4044: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 4045: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 4046: activities will be the: 4047: 4048: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4049: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4050: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 4051: 4052: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 4053: 4054: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 4055: 4056: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 4057: 4058: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 4059: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 4060: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 4061: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 4062: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 4063: a [short 4064: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 4065: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 4066: available online. 4067: 4068: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 4069: 4070: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 4071: 4072: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 4073: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 4074: from December 27th to 29th. 4075: 4076: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 4077: 4078: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 4079: 4080: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4081: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4082: administration. 4083: 4084: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 4085: 4086: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 4087: 4088: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 4089: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 4090: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 4091: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 4092: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 4093: for details. 4094: 4095: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 4096: 4097: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 4098: 4099: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 4100: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 4101: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 4102: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 4103: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 4104: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 4105: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 4106: 4107: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 4108: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 4109: Germany. See 4110: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 4111: for more information. 4112: 4113: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 4114: 4115: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 4116: 4117: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 4118: 4119: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 4120: 4121: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 4122: 4123: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 4124: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 4125: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 4126: 4127: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 4128: 4129: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 4130: 4131: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 4132: 4133: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 4134: 4135: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 4136: 4137: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 4138: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 4139: College. 4140: 4141: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 4142: 4143: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 4144: 4145: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 4146: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 4147: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 4148: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 4149: rendering cluster done with 4150: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 4151: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 4152: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 4153: available from [Hubert's 4154: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 4155: 4156: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 4157: 4158: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 4159: 4160: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4161: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4162: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4163: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4164: online. 4165: 4166: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4167: 4168: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4169: 4170: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4171: 4172: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4173: 4174: *July 22, 2002* 4175: 4176: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4177: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4178: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4179: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4180: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4181: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4182: 4183: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4184: 4185: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4186: 4187: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4188: 4189: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4190: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4191: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4192: 4193: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4194: 4195: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4196: 4197: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4198: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4199: here](events/usenix2002/). 4200: 4201: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4202: 4203: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4204: 4205: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4206: 4207: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4208: 4209: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4210: 4211: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4212: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4213: available. 4214: 4215: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4216: 4217: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4218: 4219: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4220: 4221: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4222: 4223: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4224: 4225: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4226: 4227: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4228: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4229: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4230: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4231: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4232: 4233: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4234: 4235: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4236: 4237: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4238: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4239: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4240: chance to prove their value. 4241: 4242: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4243: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4244: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4245: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4246: 4247: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4248: 4249: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4250: 4251: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4252: 4253: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4254: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4255: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4256: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4257: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4258: is available. 4259: 4260: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4261: 4262: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4263: 4264: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4265: 4266: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4267: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4268: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4269: 4270: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4271: 4272: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4273: USA* 4274: 4275: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4276: 4277: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4278: 4279: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4280: 4281: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4282: 4283: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4284: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4285: 4286: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4287: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4288: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4289: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4290: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4291: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4292: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4293: 4294: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4295: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4296: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4297: Emulation. 4298: 4299: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4300: 4301: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4302: 4303: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4304: 4305: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4306: 4307: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4308: 4309: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4310: 4311: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4312: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4313: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4314: 4315: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4316: 4317: *September 13, 2001* 4318: 4319: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4320: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4321: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4322: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4323: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4324: 4325: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4326: 4327: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4328: 4329: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4330: 4331: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4332: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4333: NetBSD booth at 4334: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4335: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4336: from Japan. 4337: 4338: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4339: 4340: *July 11, 2001* 4341: 4342: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4343: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4344: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4345: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4346: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4347: 4348: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4349: 4350: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4351: Tokyo, Japan* 4352: 4353: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4354: 4355: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4356: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4357: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4358: 4359: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4360: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4361: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4362: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4363: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4364: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4365: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4366: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4367: 4368: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4369: 4370: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4371: 4372: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4373: 4374: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4375: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4376: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4377: 4378: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4379: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4380: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4381: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4382: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4383: slides from this talk are available at 4384: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4385: 4386: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4387: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4388: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4389: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4390: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4391: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4392: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4393: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4394: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4395: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4396: web site. 4397: 4398: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4399: 4400: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4401: 4402: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4403: 4404: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4405: 4406: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4407: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4408: 4409: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4410: 4411: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4412: 4413: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4414: 4415: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4416: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4417: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4418: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4419: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4420: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4421: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4422: 4423: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4424: 4425: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4426: 4427: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4428: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4429: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4430: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4431: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4432: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4433: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4434: 4435: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4436: 4437: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4438: 4439: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4440: 4441: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4442: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4443: Spring is available. 4444: 4445: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4446: 4447: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4448: 4449: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4450: 4451: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4452: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4453: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4454: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4455: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4456: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4457: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4458: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4459: 4460: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4461: 4462: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4463: 4464: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4465: 4466: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4467: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4468: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4469: other swag. 4470: 4471: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4472: 4473: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4474: 4475: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4476: 4477: There was a [BSD BoF 4478: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4479: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4480: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4481: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4482: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4483: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4484: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4485: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4486: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4487: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4488: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4489: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4490: BSD activity in Japan. 4491: 4492: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4493: 4494: *December 6, 2000* 4495: 4496: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4497: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4498: public. 4499: 4500: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4501: 4502: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4503: 4504: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4505: 4506: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4507: 4508: *November 25, 2000* 4509: 4510: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4511: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4512: announced to the public. 4513: 4514: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4515: 4516: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4517: 4518: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4519: 4520: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4521: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4522: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4523: 4524: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4525: Mission. 4526: 4527: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4528: 4529: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4530: 4531: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4532: 4533: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4534: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4535: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4536: 4537: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4538: David Maxwell. 4539: 4540: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4541: 4542: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4543: 4544: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4545: 4546: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4547: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4548: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4549: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4550: 4551: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4552: 4553: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4554: 4555: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4556: 4557: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4558: spotlighting NetBSD. 4559: 4560: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4561: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4562: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4563: 4564: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4565: is available at 4566: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4567: 4568: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4569: 4570: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4571: 4572: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4573: 4574: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4575: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4576: fixed onsite. 4577: 4578: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4579: 4580: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4581: 4582: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4583: 4584: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4585: 4586: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4587: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4588: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4589: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4590: 4591: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4592: 4593: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4594: 4595: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4596: 4597: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4598: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4599: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4600: 4601: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4602: 4603: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4604: 4605: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4606: 4607: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4608: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4609: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4610: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4611: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4612: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4613: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4614: 4615: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4616: Mission and David Maxwell. 4617: 4618: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4619: 4620: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4621: 4622: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4623: 4624: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4625: followed. 4626: 4627: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4628: 4629: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4630: 4631: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4632: 4633: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4634: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4635: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4636: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4637: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4638: giving a talk. 4639: 4640: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4641: 4642: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4643: 4644: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4645: 4646: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4647: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4648: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4649: gave a [technical session on 4650: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4651: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4652: session on 4653: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4654: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4655: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4656: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4657: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4658: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4659: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4660: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4661: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4662: 4663: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4664: The NetBSD Mission. 4665: 4666: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4667: 4668: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4669: 4670: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4671: 4672: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4673: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4674: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4675: 4676: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4677: 4678: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4679: 4680: [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) 4681: 4682: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4683: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4684: \*BSD followed. 4685: 4686: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4687: 4688: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4689: 4690: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4691: 4692: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4693: Mission. 4694: 4695: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4696: 4697: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4698: 4699: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4700: 4701: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4702: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4703: snapshot CDs were available. 4704: 4705: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4706: 4707: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4708: 4709: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4710: 4711: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4712: 4713: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4714: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4715: 4716: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4717: 4718: *March 19, 2000* 4719: 4720: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4721: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4722: announced to the public. 4723: 4724: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4725: 4726: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4727: 4728: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4729: 4730: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4731: 3rd. 4732: 4733: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4734: 4735: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4736: 4737: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4738: 4739: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4740: 4741: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4742: Dec 18. 4743: 4744: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4745: 4746: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4747: 4748: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4749: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4750: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4751: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4752: 4753: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4754: 4755: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4756: 4757: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4758: 4759: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4760: 4761: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4762: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4763: 4764: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4765: Mission. 4766: 4767: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4768: 4769: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4770: 4771: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4772: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4773: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4774: 4775: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4776: 4777: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4778: 4779: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4780: 4781: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4782: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4783: 4784: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4785: 4786: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4787: 4788: *October 9-10, 1999* 4789: 4790: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4791: 4792: *August 26, 1999* 4793: 4794: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4795: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4796: announced to the public. 4797: 4798: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4799: 4800: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4801: 4802: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4803: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4804: 4805: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4806: 4807: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4808: 4809: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4810: 4811: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4812: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4813: package system. 4814: 4815: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4816: 4817: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4818: 4819: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4820: 4821: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4822: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4823: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4824: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4825: 4826: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4827: 4828: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4829: 4830: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4831: 4832: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4833: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4834: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4835: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4836: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4837: checkpointing in userspace. 4838: 4839: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4840: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4841: answered general NetBSD questions. 4842: 4843: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4844: 4845: *May 12, 1999* 4846: 4847: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4848: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4849: public. 4850: 4851: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4852: 4853: *December 23, 1998* 4854: 4855: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4856: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4857: announced to the public. 4858: 4859: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4860: 4861: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4862: 4863: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4864: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4865: in San Jose, CA. 4866: 4867: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4868: 4869: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4870: 4871: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4872: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4873: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4874: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 4875: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 4876: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 4877: 4878: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 4879: 4880: *May 29, 1998* 4881: 4882: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4883: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4884: announced to the public. 4885: 4886: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 4887: 4888: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 4889: 4890: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 4891: 4892: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 4893: 4894: *March 9, 1998* 4895: 4896: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4897: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4898: released. 4899: 4900: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 4901: 4902: *January 4, 1998* 4903: 4904: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 4905: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4906: public. 4907: 4908: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 4909: 4910: *May 20, 1997* 4911: 4912: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4913: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 4914: announced to the public. 4915: 4916: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 4917: 4918: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 4919: 4920: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 4921: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 4922: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 4923: 4924: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 4925: 4926: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 4927: 4928: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 4929: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 4930: 4931: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 4932: 4933: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 4934: 4935: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 4936: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 4937: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 4938: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 4939: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.