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1: [[!meta title="Events"]] 2: 3: This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about 4: some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here, 5: [contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi) 6: 7: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our 8: [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/). 9: 10: See also the NetBSD [[developer summits|summits]]. 11: 12: 13: Future Events 14: ------------- 15: 16: ### `Sep 2019` - EuroBSDcon 2019, Lillehammer, Norway 17: 18: *September 19 - 22, 2019, Scandic Lillehammer Hotel, Lillehammer, Norway* 19: 20: [EuroBSDcon](https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 21: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 22: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 23: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 24: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 25: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 26: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 27: 28: 29: ### `Mar 2020` - AsiaBSDCon 2020, Tokyo, Japan 30: 31: *March 19 - 22, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 32: 33: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a 34: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 35: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 36: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 37: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best 38: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 39: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest 40: possible audience. 41: 42: 43: Past Events 44: ----------- 45: ### `May 2019` - BSDCan 2019, Ottawa, Canada 46: 47: *May 15 - 18, 2019, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada* 48: 49: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2019/), a BSD conference held in 50: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference 51: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and 52: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula 53: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 54: advanced developers. 55: 56: 57: ### `Mar 2019` - AsiaBSDCon 2019, Tokyo, Japan 58: 59: *March 21 - 24, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 60: 61: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a 62: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 63: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 64: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 65: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best 66: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 67: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest 68: possible audience. 69: 70: 71: ### `Feb 2019` - FOSDEM 2019 Brussels, Belgium 72: 73: *February 2 - 3, 2019, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium* 74: 75: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/) is a 76: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 77: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 78: free and open source software from all over the world gather 79: at the event in Brussels. 80: 81: There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 82: operating systems and their talks. 83: 84: Please see 85: [this announcement](https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/10/24/msg000787.html) 86: for details. 87: 88: 89: ### `Oct 2018` - MeetBSDCA 2018, Santa Clara, US 90: 91: *October 19 - 20, 2018, Intel Santa Clara Campus, California, US* 92: 93: [MeetBSD California](https://www.meetbsd.com/) is a biennial BSD 94: Unix conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. The first 95: MeetBSD California took place in 2008 and in 2018 it will take 96: place at the Intel Santa Clara Campus. 97: 98: 99: ### `Sep 2018` - EuroBSDCon 2018, Bucharest, Romania 100: 101: *September 20 - 23, 2018, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania* 102: 103: [EuroBSDCon](https://2018.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 104: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 105: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 106: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 107: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 108: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 109: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 110: 111: 112: ### `Jul 2018` - Japan NetBSD Users Group annual Meeting and BoF, Tokyo, Japan 113: 114: *July 14, 2018, Takeda Building, The University of Tokyo, Japan* 115: 116: [Japan NetBSD User Group annual Meeting and BoF](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting20.html.en) 117: is the 20th annual meeting organized by the 118: [Japan NetBSD Users Group](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 119: The meeting consists of the 20th Annual Meeting opened to all 120: members of JNUG and the NetBSD BoF (Birds of a Feather), the casual 121: meeting for individuals who have interests to the NetBSD operating 122: system opened to everybody interested. 123: 124: For more information please see the report on 125: [netbsd-advocacy@](//mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/07/17/msg000778.html) 126: mailing list. 127: 128: 129: ### `Jul 2018` - pkgsrcCon 2018, Berlin, Germany 130: 131: *July 7 - 8, 2018, Berlin, Germany* 132: 133: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2018/) is the annual technical 134: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 135: over 19,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 136: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 137: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 138: 139: 140: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada 141: 142: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada* 143: 144: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in 145: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference 146: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and 147: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula 148: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 149: advanced developers. 150: 151: 152: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan 153: 154: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 155: 156: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) was a 157: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 158: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 159: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 160: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best 161: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 162: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest 163: possible audience. 164: 165: 166: ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium 167: 168: *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium* 169: 170: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) was a free event for software developers to 171: meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 172: free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in 173: Brussels. 174: 175: 176: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan 177: 178: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan* 179: 180: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a 181: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50 182: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference 183: attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals, 184: software developers, computer science professors, users and 185: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the 186: world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the 187: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation 188: among users and developers and to promote business friendly 189: BSD licensed open source software. 190: 191: 192: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France 193: 194: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France* 195: 196: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European 197: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 198: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 199: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 200: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of 201: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, 202: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 203: 204: 205: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England 206: 207: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England* 208: 209: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical 210: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 211: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 212: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 213: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 214: 215: 216: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada 217: 218: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada* 219: 220: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based 221: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a 222: four day period at the University of Ottawa. 223: 224: Please see 225: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/) 226: for details. 227: 228: 229: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017 230: 231: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan* 232: 233: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a 234: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. 235: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems 236: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. 237: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best 238: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest 239: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest 240: possible audience. 241: 242: 243: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium 244: 245: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium* 246: 247: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a 248: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas 249: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of 250: free and open source software from all over the world gather 251: at the event in Brussels. 252: 253: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed 254: operating systems and their talks. 255: 256: Please see 257: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html) 258: for details. 259: 260: 261: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia 262: 263: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia* 264: 265: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 266: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting 267: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software 268: developers, computer science students and professors, and users 269: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. 270: 271: 272: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane 273: 274: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 275: 276: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 277: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 278: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 279: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 280: demonstrations. 281: 282: 283: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto 284: 285: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH 286: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 287: 288: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 289: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 290: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 291: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 292: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 293: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html). 294: 295: 296: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 297: 298: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 299: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 300: Japan* 301: 302: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF 303: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en) 304: for meeting information and 305: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt). 306: 307: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland 308: 309: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland* 310: 311: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical 312: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building 313: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native 314: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across 315: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X. 316: 317: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa 318: 319: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention 320: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 321: Okinawa, Japan* 322: 323: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 324: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 325: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 326: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 327: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html). 328: 329: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido 330: 331: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 332: 333: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 334: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD 335: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 336: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 337: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html). 338: 339: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya 340: 341: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan* 342: 343: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 344: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD 345: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 346: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 347: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html). 348: 349: 350: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma 351: 352: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan* 353: 354: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 355: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD 356: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 357: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 358: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html). 359: 360: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016 361: 362: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan* 363: 364: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 365: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 366: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone 367: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 368: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 369: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 370: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 371: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 372: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt) 373: 374: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring 375: 376: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI 377: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 378: 379: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 380: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD 381: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 382: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 383: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html). 384: 385: 386: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako 387: 388: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan* 389: 390: At the [Open Source Conference 2016 391: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD 392: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 393: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 394: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html). 395: 396: 397: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima 398: 399: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan* 400: 401: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 402: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD 403: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 404: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 405: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html). 406: 407: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015 408: 409: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan* 410: 411: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD 412: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 413: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 414: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731). 415: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html). 416: 417: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall 418: 419: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI 420: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 421: 422: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 423: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD 424: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 425: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 426: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4). 427: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html). 428: 429: 430: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil 431: 432: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil* 433: 434: 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. 435: 436: 437: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka 438: 439: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan* 440: 441: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 442: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 443: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 444: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 445: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html). 446: 447: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden 448: 449: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden* 450: 451: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European 452: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 453: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 454: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 455: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 456: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 457: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 458: 459: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima 460: 461: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan* 462: 463: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 464: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth 465: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 466: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget 467: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html). 468: 469: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States 470: 471: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States* 472: 473: 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. 474: 475: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata 476: 477: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan* 478: 479: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 480: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 481: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users' 482: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 483: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html). 484: 485: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane 486: 487: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 488: 489: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 490: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 491: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 492: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 493: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html). 494: 495: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 496: 497: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH 498: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 499: 500: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 501: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 502: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 504: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). 505: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html). 506: 507: 508: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa 509: 510: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention 511: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 512: Okinawa, Japan* 513: 514: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 515: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 516: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 517: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 518: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html). 519: 520: 521: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido 522: 523: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan* 524: 525: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 526: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD 527: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 528: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 529: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html). 530: 531: 532: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015 533: 534: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan* 535: 536: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users 537: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held 538: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone 539: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 540: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 541: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 542: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 543: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 544: 545: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring 546: 547: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI 548: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 549: 550: At the [Open Source Conference 2015 551: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD 552: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 553: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 554: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html). 555: 556: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014 557: 558: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 559: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 560: 561: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 562: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 563: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 564: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 565: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 566: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 567: 568: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria 569: 570: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria* 571: 572: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European 573: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about 574: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers, 575: computer science students and professors, and users from all over 576: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to 577: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate 578: coordination and cooperation among users and developers. 579: 580: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto 581: 582: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH 583: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan* 584: 585: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 586: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 587: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 588: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 589: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 590: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html). 591: 592: 593: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya 594: 595: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International 596: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 597: Japan* 598: 599: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 600: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD 601: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 602: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 603: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget 604: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF. 605: 606: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England 607: 608: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England* 609: 610: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical 611: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 612: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 613: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 614: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 615: 616: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido 617: 618: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, 619: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)* 620: 621: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 622: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 623: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 624: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 625: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 626: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 627: 628: 629: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa 630: 631: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention 632: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 633: Okinawa, Japan* 634: 635: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 636: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD 637: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 638: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration. 639: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580). 640: 641: 642: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako 643: 644: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 645: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 646: 647: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 648: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD 649: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 650: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 651: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 652: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 653: 654: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014 655: 656: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 657: 658: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 659: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 660: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 661: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 662: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 663: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 664: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 665: 666: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring 667: 668: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI 669: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 670: 671: At the [Open Source Conference 2014 672: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD 673: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 674: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 675: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 676: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi 677: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)). 678: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD 679: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce 680: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)". 681: 682: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014 683: 684: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant* 685: 686: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a 687: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production." 688: 689: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013 690: 691: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius* 692: 693: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature 694: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks 695: 696: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita 697: 698: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan* 699: 700: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 701: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 702: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 703: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 704: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 705: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 706: 707: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka 708: 709: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research 710: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 711: 712: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 713: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD 714: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 715: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 716: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 717: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 718: 719: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013 720: 721: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 722: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 723: 724: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD 725: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 726: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 727: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 728: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 729: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF. 730: 731: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall 732: 733: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI 734: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan* 735: 736: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 737: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 738: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 739: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 740: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 741: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF. 742: 743: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima 744: 745: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus 746: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html) 747: , Hiroshima, Japan* 748: 749: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 750: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a 751: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 752: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( 753: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 754: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 755: 756: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido 757: 758: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, 759: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)* 760: 761: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 762: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth 763: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 764: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 765: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 766: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 767: 768: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013 769: 770: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 771: Campus 772: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html), 773: Germany* 774: 775: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source 776: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth 777: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and 778: answering users' questions. 779: 780: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane 781: 782: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE 783: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 784: 785: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 786: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 787: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 788: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 789: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS 790: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station 791: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII 792: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i 793: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI 794: hardfloat 795: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html) 796: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529). 797: 798: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto 799: 800: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH 801: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 802: 803: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 804: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 805: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 806: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 807: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 808: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON 809: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and 810: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913), 811: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation 812: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf), 813: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter 814: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html) 815: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885). 816: 817: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 818: 819: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 820: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 821: Japan* 822: 823: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF 824: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en) 825: for meeting information.[more detail on 826: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926). 827: 828: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa 829: 830: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention 831: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 832: Okinawa, Japan* 833: 834: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 835: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 836: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 837: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 838: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for 839: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/), 840: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on 841: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669). 842: 843: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya 844: 845: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International 846: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 847: Japan* 848: 849: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 850: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD 851: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 852: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 853: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 854: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and 855: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs 856: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030 857: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD 858: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG 859: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1 860: vs 6.0.2 animation on 861: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf) 862: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD 863: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more 864: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396). 865: 866: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin 867: 868: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.* 869: 870: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin 871: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a 872: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest 873: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer 874: cases or notebooks. 875: 876: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for 877: more information. 878: 879: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada 880: 881: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.* 882: 883: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in 884: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 885: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013 886: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials 887: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for 888: the most part) on the day before and after the conference. 889: 890: See [the call for 891: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html) 892: for details. 893: 894: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy 895: 896: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy* 897: 898: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he 899: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday, 900: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project 901: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with 902: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and 903: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests 904: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite 905: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or 906: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of 907: these. 908: 909: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany 910: 911: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany* 912: 913: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical 914: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection 915: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and 916: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, 917: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend. 918: 919: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany 920: 921: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany* 922: 923: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open 924: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike. 925: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and 926: BSD related talks. 927: 928: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more 929: information. 930: 931: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013 932: 933: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 934: 935: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users 936: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 937: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 938: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 939: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 940: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 941: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 942: 943: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit 944: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru 945: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports 946: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by 947: Japan NetBSD Users 948: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf). 949: 950: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima 951: 952: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY 953: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan* 954: 955: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 956: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a 957: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 958: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 959: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm 960: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/)) 961: and ["NetBSD 20 years" 962: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th) 963: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577). 964: 965: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring 966: 967: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan* 968: 969: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 970: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD 971: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 972: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 973: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 974: [NetBSD/KOBO and 975: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 976: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on 977: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484). 978: 979: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu 980: 981: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo 982: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan* 983: 984: At the [Open Source Conference 2013 985: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD 986: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 987: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 988: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 989: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on 990: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856). 991: 992: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium 993: 994: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium* 995: 996: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software 997: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event 998: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide 999: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to 1000: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on 1001: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally 1002: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and 1003: sponsorships. No registration necessary. 1004: 1005: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating 1006: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to 1007: developers or get NetBSD goodies. 1008: 1009: Please see [this 1010: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html) 1011: for details. 1012: 1013: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka 1014: 1015: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou 1016: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan* 1017: 1018: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1019: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1020: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1021: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 1022: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1023: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 1024: 1025: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu 1026: 1027: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of 1028: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan* 1029: 1030: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1031: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1032: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1033: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 1034: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1035: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) 1036: 1037: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall 1038: 1039: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan* 1040: 1041: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1042: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD 1043: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1044: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 1045: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1046: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 1047: 1048: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima 1049: 1050: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin 1051: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima, 1052: Japan* 1053: 1054: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1055: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1056: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1057: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k 1058: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including 1059: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1), 1060: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl), 1061: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05) 1062: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000 1063: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30 1064: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f) 1065: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and 1066: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000 1067: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also 1068: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by 1069: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features 1070: found at OSC booth" by 1071: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event 1072: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778). 1073: 1074: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland 1075: 1076: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland* 1077: 1078: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual 1079: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 1080: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects. 1081: 1082: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news 1083: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and 1084: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented 1085: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions 1086: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. 1087: 1088: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators 1089: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the 1090: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We 1091: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of 1092: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this 1093: regular meeting. 1094: 1095: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa 1096: 1097: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention 1098: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1099: Okinawa, Japan* 1100: 1101: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1102: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1103: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1104: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration ( 1105: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1106: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). 1107: 1108: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1109: 1110: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1111: 1112: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1113: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD 1114: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1115: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations( 1116: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by 1117: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks 1118: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681), 1119: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247), 1120: [NetBSD/KOBO and 1121: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on 1122: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and 1123: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME 1124: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more 1125: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471). 1126: 1127: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012 1128: 1129: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1130: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1131: 1132: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1133: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1134: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1135: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3 1136: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i 1137: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports 1138: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573). 1139: 1140: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane 1141: 1142: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE 1143: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1144: 1145: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1146: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1147: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1148: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1149: demonstrations ( 1150: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more 1151: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753). 1152: 1153: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012 1154: 1155: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel & 1156: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127), 1157: San Diego, California, USA* 1158: 1159: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the 1160: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in 1161: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the 1162: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap 1163: on day one of the conference. 1164: 1165: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012 1166: 1167: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt 1168: Augustin, Germany* 1169: 1170: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source 1171: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany. 1172: 1173: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto 1174: 1175: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1176: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1177: 1178: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1179: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD 1180: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1181: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1182: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1183: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA 1184: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP 1185: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer 1186: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for 1187: SHARP,X68K on 1188: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS 1189: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter 1190: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install 1191: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on 1192: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k 1193: updates presetation by 1194: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html) 1195: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035). 1196: 1197: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai 1198: 1199: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer 1200: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1201: 1202: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1203: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1204: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1205: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1206: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1207: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1208: 1209: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1210: 1211: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1212: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1213: Japan* 1214: 1215: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF 1216: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en) 1217: for meeting information. 1218: 1219: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon 1220: 1221: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD 1222: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1223: 1224: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for 1225: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need 1226: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 1227: release branch. 1228: 1229: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido 1230: 1231: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1232: 1233: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1234: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1235: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1236: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) 1237: with [Building NetBSD on 1238: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220), 1239: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing 1240: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM 1241: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on 1242: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3 1243: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and 1244: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger 1245: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image 1246: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html) 1247: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806). 1248: 1249: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin 1250: 1251: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.* 1252: 1253: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the 1254: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event 1255: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the 1256: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and 1257: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts. 1258: 1259: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for 1260: more information. 1261: 1262: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012 1263: 1264: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.* 1265: 1266: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in 1267: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating 1268: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic 1269: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to 1270: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at 1271: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on 1272: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the 1273: most part) on the day before and after the conference. 1274: 1275: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya 1276: 1277: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International 1278: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1279: Japan* 1280: 1281: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1282: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1283: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1284: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group 1285: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration 1286: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line 1287: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual 1288: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and 1289: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)), 1290: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD 1291: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and 1292: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/), 1293: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and 1294: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311). 1295: 1296: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna 1297: 1298: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the 1299: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th. 1300: 1301: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate 1302: 1303: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan* 1304: 1305: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1306: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD 1307: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the 1308: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many { 1309: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584), 1310: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1311: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget 1312: demonstrations. 1313: 1314: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012 1315: 1316: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1317: 1318: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and 1319: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone 1320: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1321: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical 1322: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and 1323: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1324: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1325: 1326: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime 1327: 1328: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan* 1329: 1330: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1331: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1332: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1333: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by 1334: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html), 1335: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD 1336: port history by 1337: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html), 1338: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and 1339: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260), 1340: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on 1341: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations 1342: [[ustream live 1343: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)]. 1344: 1345: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012 1346: 1347: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany* 1348: 1349: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but 1350: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor 1351: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related 1352: talks. 1353: 1354: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more 1355: information. 1356: 1357: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring 1358: 1359: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan* 1360: 1361: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1362: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD 1363: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1364: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live 1365: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/), 1366: [WZero3 live 1367: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/), 1368: [Zaurus live 1369: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/), 1370: [Translate NetBSD man with 1371: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012), 1372: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584), 1373: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus 1374: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with 1375: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661), 1376: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049), 1377: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong 1378: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter 1379: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget 1380: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260). 1381: 1382: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita 1383: 1384: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan* 1385: 1386: At the [Open Source Conference 2012 1387: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD 1388: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by 1389: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) 1390: with hpcsh { [Persona 1391: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada 1392: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada 1393: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm { 1394: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf), 1395: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249), 1396: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips 1397: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3), 1398: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus { 1399: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)}, 1400: i386 { [aspire 1401: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k { 1402: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a), 1403: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen 1404: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d), 1405: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) }, 1406: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8), 1407: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations 1408: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2 1409: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html). 1410: 1411: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012 1412: 1413: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium* 1414: 1415: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and 1416: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to 1417: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration 1418: necessary. 1419: 1420: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD 1421: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the 1422: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html) 1423: for details. 1424: 1425: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka 1426: 1427: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI 1428: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where), 1429: Fukuoka, Japan* 1430: 1431: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1432: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1433: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1434: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1435: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7), 1436: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and 1437: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97). 1438: 1439: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall 1440: 1441: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI 1442: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1443: 1444: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1445: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1446: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1447: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1448: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image 1449: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad 1450: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC 1451: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)), 1452: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada 1453: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) , 1454: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer 1455: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)), 1456: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)), 1457: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) 1458: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750, 1459: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream 1460: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ). 1461: 1462: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane 1463: 1464: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE 1465: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1466: 1467: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1468: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1469: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1470: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget 1471: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1472: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1473: 1474: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011 1475: 1476: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM 1477: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1478: 1479: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD 1480: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1481: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1482: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { 1483: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/), 1484: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/), 1485: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/), 1486: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall 1487: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why 1488: enigmatic machines by 1489: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html), 1490: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream 1491: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on 1492: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724). 1493: 1494: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011) 1495: 1496: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia* 1497: 1498: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European 1499: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work, 1500: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no 1501: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee, 1502: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their 1503: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around 1504: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate 1505: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate 1506: university students to work with BSD systems. 1507: 1508: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the 1509: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event. 1510: 1511: For more information please visit the website 1512: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/). 1513: 1514: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011 1515: 1516: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina* 1517: 1518: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of 1519: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, 1520: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 1521: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical 1522: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1523: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1524: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1525: 1526: For more information please visit the website 1527: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/). 1528: 1529: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011 1530: 1531: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands* 1532: 1533: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on 1534: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon 1535: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of) 1536: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The 1537: Netherlands. 1538: 1539: For more information please visit the website 1540: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1541: 1542: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima 1543: 1544: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of 1545: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html) 1546: , Hiroshima, Japan* 1547: 1548: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1549: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD 1550: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1551: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1552: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) ( 1553: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik), 1554: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo), 1555: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030 1556: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on 1557: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac 1558: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero 1559: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)), 1560: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and 1561: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/), 1562: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by 1563: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html), 1564: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551). 1565: 1566: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa 1567: 1568: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention 1569: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1570: Okinawa, Japan* 1571: 1572: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1573: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1574: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1575: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1576: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1577: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0 1578: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO. 1579: 1580: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu 1581: 1582: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of 1583: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) , 1584: Fukushima, Japan* 1585: 1586: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011 1587: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed 1588: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1589: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1590: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1591: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1592: 1593: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya 1594: 1595: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International 1596: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya, 1597: Japan* 1598: 1599: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1600: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1601: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1602: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1603: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration ( 1604: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing 1605: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999), 1606: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1607: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga 1608: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS 1609: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger 1610: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ). 1611: 1612: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon 1613: 1614: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD 1615: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)* 1616: 1617: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki 1618: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress. 1619: 1620: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto 1621: 1622: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH 1623: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan* 1624: 1625: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1626: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD 1627: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html) 1628: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1630: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1631: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS 1632: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA 1633: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book 1634: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4 1635: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on 1636: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on 1637: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933), 1638: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling 1639: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain 1640: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD 1641: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by 1642: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k 1643: will never die! 1644: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html) 1645: and 1646: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html) 1647: by tsutsui. 1648: 1649: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1650: 1651: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of 1652: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo, 1653: Japan* 1654: 1655: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF 1656: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en) 1657: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream 1658: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by 1659: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook) 1660: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power 1661: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with 1662: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users' 1663: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP 1664: keysign party by soda. 1665: 1666: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido 1667: 1668: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1669: 1670: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1671: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1672: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1673: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1674: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad, 1675: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{ 1676: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1677: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } . 1678: 1679: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai 1680: 1681: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer 1682: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1683: 1684: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1685: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1686: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1687: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1688: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1689: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1690: 1691: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011 1692: 1693: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.* 1694: 1695: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the 1696: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1697: May 2011. 1698: 1699: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe 1700: 1701: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 1702: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 1703: 1704: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1705: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 1706: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1707: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 1708: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space 1709: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html) 1710: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI 1711: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/), 1712: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1713: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1714: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration. 1715: 1716: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011 1717: 1718: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 1719: 1720: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 1721: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 1722: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 1723: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 1724: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 1725: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 1726: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 1727: 1728: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita 1729: 1730: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 1731: Oita, Japan* 1732: 1733: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1734: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1735: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1736: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1737: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1738: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 1739: 1740: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring 1741: 1742: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda 1743: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan* 1744: 1745: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1746: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 1747: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1748: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1749: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1750: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1751: 1752: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium 1753: 1754: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels, 1755: Belgium* 1756: 1757: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was 1758: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 1759: 1760: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD" 1761: in the BSD devroom 1762: 1763: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa 1764: 1765: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall 1766: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa, 1767: Japan* 1768: 1769: At the [Open Source Conference 2011 1770: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth 1771: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1772: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many 1773: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/), 1774: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1775: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and 1776: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html) 1777: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit 1778: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)). 1779: 1780: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka 1781: 1782: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of 1783: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 1784: 1785: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1786: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1787: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1788: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1789: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1790: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1791: 1792: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis. 1793: 1794: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.* 1795: 1796: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du 1797: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was 1798: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users 1799: focused. 1800: 1801: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane 1802: 1803: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE 1804: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 1805: 1806: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1807: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1808: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1809: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget 1810: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1811: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1812: 1813: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010 1814: 1815: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA* 1816: 1817: [The New York City BSD Conference 1818: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical 1819: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to 1820: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to 1821: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD 1822: Users Group (NYC\*BUG). 1823: 1824: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010 1825: 1826: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 1827: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 1828: 1829: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three 1830: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1831: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users 1832: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA 1833: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC 1834: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit 1835: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun 1836: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP 1837: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on 1838: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD), 1839: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync), 1840: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1841: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD 1842: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and 1843: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor 1844: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me 1845: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC 1846: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a 1847: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by 1848: tsutsui) 1849: 1850: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata 1851: 1852: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan* 1853: 1854: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1855: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth 1856: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1857: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 1858: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration ( 1859: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1860: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 1861: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 1862: 1863: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010 1864: 1865: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany* 1866: 1867: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on 1868: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in 1869: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was 1870: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8). 1871: 1872: For more information please visit the website 1873: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/). 1874: 1875: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa 1876: 1877: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention 1878: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 1879: Okinawa, Japan* 1880: 1881: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1882: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1883: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1884: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets 1885: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 1886: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1887: 1888: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall 1889: 1890: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI 1891: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 1892: 1893: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1894: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1895: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1896: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1897: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 1898: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 1899: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000 1900: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/). 1901: 1902: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya 1903: 1904: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 1905: 1906: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1907: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1908: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1909: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 1910: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 1911: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1912: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 1913: 1914: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai 1915: 1916: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 1917: 1918: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1919: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1920: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1921: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 1922: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration ( 1923: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1924: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ). 1925: 1926: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 1927: 1928: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of 1929: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 1930: Japan* 1931: 1932: See [this 1933: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en) 1934: for meeting information. 1935: 1936: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by 1937: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by 1938: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and 1939: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos, 1940: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache. 1941: 1942: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido 1943: 1944: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 1945: 1946: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1947: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1948: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1949: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 1950: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 + 1951: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s 1952: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s 1953: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box, 1954: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 1955: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio } 1956: 1957: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010 1958: 1959: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany* 1960: 1961: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest 1962: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in 1963: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers 1964: in a shared BSD booth. 1965: 1966: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 1967: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net). 1968: 1969: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland 1970: 1971: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of 1972: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland* 1973: 1974: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai 1975: 1976: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer 1977: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 1978: 1979: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 1980: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 1981: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 1982: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 1983: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and 1984: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 1985: 1986: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes 1987: 1988: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.* 1989: 1990: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du 1991: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info) 1992: 1993: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010 1994: 1995: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.* 1996: 1997: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the 1998: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 1999: May 2010. 2000: 2001: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010 2002: 2003: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2004: 2005: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2006: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2007: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2008: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2009: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2010: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2011: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2012: 2013: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30 2014: 2015: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe 2016: 2017: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion 2018: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan* 2019: 2020: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 2021: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD 2022: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2023: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 + 2024: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for 2025: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif)) 2026: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2027: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2028: 2029: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring 2030: 2031: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI 2032: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan* 2033: 2034: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 2035: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2036: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2037: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and 2038: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2039: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2040: 2041: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010 2042: 2043: *Feb. 19-22, 2010, 2044: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)* 2045: 2046: The [February 2010 2047: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing 2048: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible. 2049: 2050: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium 2051: 2052: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels, 2053: Belgium* 2054: 2055: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was 2056: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users. 2057: 2058: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the 2059: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale 2060: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in 2061: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd). 2062: 2063: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita 2064: 2065: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html), 2066: Oita, Japan* 2067: 2068: At the [Open Source Conference 2010 2069: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth 2070: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2071: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2072: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2073: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations. 2074: 2075: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka 2076: 2077: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo 2078: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan* 2079: 2080: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2081: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2082: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2083: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2084: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2085: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2086: 2087: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi 2088: 2089: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze 2090: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan* 2091: 2092: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2093: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2094: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2095: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2096: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets 2097: demonstration. 2098: 2099: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009 2100: 2101: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany* 2102: 2103: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an 2104: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other 2105: major BSDs. 2106: 2107: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website 2108: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) . 2109: 2110: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009 2111: 2112: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2113: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2114: 2115: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2116: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2117: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2118: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ 2119: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive 2120: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link 2121: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k), 2122: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2123: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and 2124: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh). 2125: 2126: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall 2127: 2128: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th 2129: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2130: 2131: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2132: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2133: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2134: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for 2135: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on 2136: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and 2137: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/), 2138: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2139: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets 2140: demonstration and BSD BOF. 2141: 2142: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa 2143: 2144: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention 2145: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) , 2146: Okinawa, Japan* 2147: 2148: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2149: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2150: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2151: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets 2152: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2153: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2154: 2155: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009 2156: 2157: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..* 2158: 2159: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on 2160: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009 2161: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded 2162: the conference on Sept 18th. 2163: 2164: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website 2165: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2166: 2167: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya 2168: 2169: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2170: 2171: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2172: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2173: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2174: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2175: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2176: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2177: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2178: 2179: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata 2180: 2181: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information 2182: Studies, Niigata, Japan* 2183: 2184: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2185: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2186: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2187: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users 2188: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration ( 2189: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2190: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg 2191: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ). 2192: 2193: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai 2194: 2195: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2196: 2197: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2198: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2199: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2200: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2201: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption 2202: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at 2203: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and 2204: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with 2205: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD 2206: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2207: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2208: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2209: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with 2210: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM 2211: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with 2212: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy 2213: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ). 2214: 2215: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2216: 2217: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of 2218: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2219: Japan* 2220: 2221: See [this 2222: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en) 2223: for meeting information. 2224: 2225: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P, 2226: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug, 2227: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign 2228: party. 2229: 2230: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009 2231: 2232: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan* 2233: 2234: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) , 2235: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2236: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power 2237: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2238: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole 2239: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/). 2240: 2241: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009 2242: 2243: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany* 2244: 2245: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference 2246: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground 2247: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD 2248: systems at the exhibition. 2249: 2250: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido 2251: 2252: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2253: 2254: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2255: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2256: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2257: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD 2258: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{ 2259: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2260: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on 2261: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via 2262: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with 2263: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/), 2264: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot 2265: yet)](../ports/evbarm/). 2266: 2267: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane 2268: 2269: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE 2270: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2271: 2272: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2273: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2274: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2275: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2276: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/), 2277: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2278: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2279: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ). 2280: 2281: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009 2282: 2283: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.* 2284: 2285: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the 2286: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7 2287: May 2009. 2288: 2289: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009 2290: 2291: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany* 2292: 2293: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at 2294: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in 2295: Hannover, Germany. 2296: 2297: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009 2298: 2299: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan* 2300: 2301: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2302: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2303: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2304: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2305: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2306: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2307: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2308: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in 2309: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) 2310: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)), 2311: and [NetBSD 2312: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html) 2313: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009 2314: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and 2315: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available. 2316: 2317: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo 2318: 2319: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA* 2320: 2321: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2322: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California 2323: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los 2324: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2325: 2326: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring 2327: 2328: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics 2329: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan* 2330: 2331: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2332: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2333: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2334: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type 2335: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole 2336: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2337: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2338: 2339: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009 2340: 2341: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. 2342: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for 2343: the community. 2344: 2345: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009 2346: 2347: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.* 2348: 2349: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/). 2350: 2351: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai 2352: 2353: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer 2354: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan* 2355: 2356: At the [Open Source Conference 2009 2357: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2358: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2359: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2360: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2361: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2362: 2363: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka 2364: 2365: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka 2366: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html), 2367: Fukuoka, Japan* 2368: 2369: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2370: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2371: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2372: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2373: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2374: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration. 2375: 2376: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa 2377: 2378: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support 2379: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan* 2380: 2381: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2382: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2383: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2384: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2385: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2386: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2387: 2388: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08 2389: 2390: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California* 2391: 2392: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/). 2393: 2394: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008 2395: 2396: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2397: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2398: 2399: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2400: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2401: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users 2402: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole 2403: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2404: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2405: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2406: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/), 2407: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), 2408: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime 2409: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets 2410: demonstration and BSDBOF. 2411: 2412: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008 2413: 2414: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France* 2415: 2416: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on 2417: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th 2418: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials 2419: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th. 2420: 2421: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website 2422: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2423: 2424: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008 2425: 2426: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2427: 2428: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The 2429: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took 2430: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York 2431: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*. 2432: 2433: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008 2434: 2435: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA* 2436: 2437: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User 2438: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October 2439: 11th and 12th, 2008. 2440: 2441: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at 2442: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/). 2443: 2444: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held. 2445: 2446: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall 2447: 2448: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial 2449: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2450: 2451: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2452: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2453: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2454: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole 2455: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/), 2456: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2457: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets 2458: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF 2459: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html), 2460: [Itojun Service 2461: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ). 2462: 2463: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane 2464: 2465: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE 2466: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan* 2467: 2468: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2469: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2470: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2471: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget 2472: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2473: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2474: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2475: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2476: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), 2477: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and 2478: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ). 2479: 2480: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya 2481: 2482: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan* 2483: 2484: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2485: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2486: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2487: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2488: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations ( 2489: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2490: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2491: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), 2492: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot: 2493: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ). 2494: 2495: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai 2496: 2497: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2498: 2499: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2500: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2501: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power 2503: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), 2504: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2505: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune 2506: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with 2507: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc 2508: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with 2509: all BSD machines. 2510: 2511: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2512: 2513: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of 2514: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo, 2515: Japan* 2516: 2517: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG 2518: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads - 2519: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc 2520: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD 2521: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party. 2522: 2523: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido 2524: 2525: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 2526: 2527: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2528: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2529: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2530: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2531: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2532: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3 2533: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG . 2534: 2535: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008 2536: 2537: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin* 2538: 2539: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15, 2540: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the 2541: [NetBSD Packages Collection 2542: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2543: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2544: pkgsrc infrastructure. 2545: 2546: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at 2547: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/). 2548: 2549: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008 2550: 2551: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada* 2552: 2553: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and 2554: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers 2555: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme 2556: novices to advanced developers. 2557: 2558: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit 2559: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/). 2560: 2561: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008 2562: 2563: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2564: Spain* 2565: 2566: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit 2567: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/). 2568: 2569: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka 2570: 2571: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of 2572: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan* 2573: 2574: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2575: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2576: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2577: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2578: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2579: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3, 2580: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01). 2581: 2582: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group 2583: 2584: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany* 2585: 2586: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking 2587: technologies and IT security. 2588: 2589: For more information about FFG 2008 visit 2590: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/) 2591: 2592: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008 2593: 2594: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan* 2595: 2596: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and 2597: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone 2598: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, 2599: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical 2600: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and 2601: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our 2602: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience. 2603: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide 2604: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html), 2605: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)] 2606: 2607: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt) 2608: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd 2609: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys 2610: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32 2611: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/). 2612: 2613: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols: 2614: Implementing Jails Under the kauth 2615: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee: 2616: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With 2617: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps 2618: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD 2619: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail: 2620: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI 2621: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg 2622: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern 2623: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A) 2624: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] . 2625: 2626: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps 2627: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage, 2628: networking and virtualisation. 2629: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring 2630: 2631: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics 2632: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2633: 2634: At the [Open Source Conference 2008 2635: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD 2636: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2637: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2638: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2639: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus 2640: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and 2641: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2642: 2643: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008 2644: 2645: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium* 2646: 2647: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels, 2648: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the 2649: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas 2650: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>. 2651: 2652: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x 2653: 2654: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2655: 2656: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE 2657: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California 2658: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los 2659: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. 2660: 2661: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka 2662: 2663: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan* 2664: 2665: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2666: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2667: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2668: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2669: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2670: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2671: 2672: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa 2673: 2674: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai 2675: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa, 2676: Japan* 2677: 2678: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2679: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2680: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2681: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2682: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2683: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2684: 2685: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007 2686: 2687: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany* 2688: 2689: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was 2690: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian 2691: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse. 2692: 2693: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007 2694: 2695: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC 2696: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan* 2697: 2698: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD 2699: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2700: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475 2701: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor 2702: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), 2703: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2704: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2705: 2706: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata 2707: 2708: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/), 2709: Niigata, Japan* 2710: 2711: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2712: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2713: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2714: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2715: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2716: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 2717: 2718: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich 2719: 2720: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at 2721: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich, 2722: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized 2723: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/). 2724: 2725: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems 2726: 2727: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul, 2728: Turkey* 2729: 2730: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The 2731: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software 2732: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD 2733: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University. 2734: 2735: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/) 2736: 2737: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2738: 2739: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH 2740: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own 2741: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more 2742: information, see the [event's 2743: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/). 2744: 2745: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall 2746: 2747: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial 2748: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan* 2749: 2750: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2751: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2752: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2753: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with 2754: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{ 2755: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2756: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security 2757: Presentation by 2758: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html). 2759: 2760: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007 2761: 2762: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark* 2763: 2764: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on 2765: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2766: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th. 2767: 2768: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website 2769: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/). 2770: 2771: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007 2772: 2773: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer 2774: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum 2775: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's 2776: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information. 2777: 2778: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai 2779: 2780: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan* 2781: 2782: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2783: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2784: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2785: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 2786: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power 2787: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/), 2788: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/), 2789: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), 2790: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/), 2791: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/), 2792: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/), 2793: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD 2794: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52) 2795: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB 2796: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache 2797: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and 2798: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html) 2799: ). 2800: 2801: [A report with some 2802: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is 2803: available. 2804: 2805: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007 2806: 2807: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland* 2808: 2809: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which 2810: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer 2811: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center 2812: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau, 2813: Switzerland. 2814: 2815: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A 2816: report was posted to the 2817: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html) 2818: mailing list. 2819: 2820: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 2821: 2822: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of 2823: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo, 2824: Japan* 2825: 2826: See [this 2827: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for 2828: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire, 2829: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header 2830: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update 2831: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc, 2832: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/), 2833: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html), 2834: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key 2835: sign party. 2836: 2837: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido 2838: 2839: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan* 2840: 2841: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2842: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth 2843: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2844: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2845: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2846: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player 2847: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9. 2848: 2849: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin 2850: 2851: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin 2852: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured 2853: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full 2854: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html) 2855: at the 2856: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html) 2857: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and 2858: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth. 2859: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report. 2860: 2861: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more 2862: information. 2863: 2864: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007 2865: 2866: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada* 2867: 2868: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has 2869: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people 2870: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. 2871: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide 2872: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. 2873: 2874: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of 2875: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007. 2876: 2877: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit 2878: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/). 2879: 2880: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007 2881: 2882: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain* 2883: 2884: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27 2885: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on 2886: the [NetBSD Packages Collection 2887: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing 2888: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in 2889: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all 2890: welcome to attend. 2891: 2892: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at 2893: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/). 2894: 2895: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg 2896: 2897: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany* 2898: 2899: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg, 2900: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small 2901: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the 2902: other one for advanced users. See [the event's 2903: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information. 2904: 2905: P.S.: A report is available in [this 2906: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html). 2907: 2908: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring 2909: 2910: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2911: 2912: At the [Open Source Conference 2007 2913: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a 2914: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 2915: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 2916: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 2917: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and 2918: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots. 2919: 2920: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007 2921: 2922: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan* 2923: 2924: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based 2925: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using 2926: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and 2927: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the 2928: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the 2929: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the 2930: widest possible audience. 2931: 2932: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The 2933: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at 2934: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). 2935: 2936: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2937: 2938: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz* 2939: 2940: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2941: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See 2942: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you 2943: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 2944: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details. 2945: 2946: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk 2947: 2948: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany* 2949: 2950: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk 2951: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February 2952: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several 2953: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan 2954: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace. 2955: 2956: More information can be found at 2957: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and 2958: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The 2959: German language article can be found at: 2960: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html). 2961: 2962: Ignatios also 2963: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html) 2964: his [slides (german 2965: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf). 2966: 2967: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007 2968: 2969: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium* 2970: 2971: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers' 2972: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of 2973: Brussels, Belgium. 2974: 2975: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other 2976: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD 2977: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting 2978: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More 2979: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org). 2980: 2981: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x 2982: 2983: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA* 2984: 2985: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern 2986: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin 2987: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a 2988: booth at this event; see the reports by 2989: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html) 2990: and 2991: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html). 2992: 2993: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006 2994: 2995: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.* 2996: 2997: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America). 2998: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and 2999: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences, 3000: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to 3001: expand knowledge of BSD systems. 3002: 3003: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using 3004: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X 3005: and Solaris. 3006: 3007: For more information, please [visit the 3008: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006). 3009: 3010: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa 3011: 3012: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan* 3013: 3014: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006 3015: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3016: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3017: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3018: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3019: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3020: 3021: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon 3022: 3023: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current 3024: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon 3025: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details. 3026: 3027: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria 3028: 3029: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the 3030: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November 3031: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at> 3032: if you have any questions or want to help out. 3033: 3034: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan 3035: 3036: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th 3037: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The 3038: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has 3039: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content: 3040: 3041: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record 3042: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install 3043: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype 3044: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat 3045: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD? 3046: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting 3047: NetBSD Network Appliances 3048: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing 3049: for BSD TCP/IP 3050: 3051: Registration is open now. Please [see the 3052: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details! 3053: 3054: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006 3055: 3056: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA* 3057: 3058: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User 3059: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon 3060: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The 3061: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking 3062: about NetBSD-related topics. 3063: 3064: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall 3065: 3066: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3067: 3068: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3069: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD 3070: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3071: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3072: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3073: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3074: 3075: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich 3076: 3077: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth 3078: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in 3079: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and 3080: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if 3081: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer 3082: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>. 3083: 3084: A report on the event is available 3085: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html). 3086: 3087: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest 3088: 3089: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA* 3090: 3091: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio 3092: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF 3093: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the 3094: booth. 3095: 3096: A report of the event can be found 3097: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html). 3098: 3099: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux 3100: 3101: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux". 3102: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by 3103: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping 3104: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs, 3105: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too. 3106: 3107: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon 3108: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See 3109: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more 3110: information. 3111: 3112: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing 3113: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html). 3114: 3115: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006 3116: 3117: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on 3118: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences 3119: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See 3120: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for 3121: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer 3122: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at 3123: the booth. 3124: 3125: A.HUBERTF wrote a short 3126: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html) 3127: about the event. 3128: 3129: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido 3130: 3131: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan* 3132: 3133: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/) 3134: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD 3135: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3136: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3137: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3138: 3139: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata 3140: 3141: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan* 3142: 3143: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3144: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth 3145: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3146: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3147: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3148: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances. 3149: 3150: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF 3151: 3152: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3153: 3154: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD 3155: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held 3156: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129 3157: attendances. BOF03. Room 201. 3158: 3159: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil / 3160: FreeBSD Project 3161: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note 3162: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura / 3163: Ensure Technology Ltd 3164: . 3165: - BSD Usergroup activity: 3166: Echigo BSD Users Group 3167: , T.Tamura@EBUG 3168: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3169: 3170: \> See [program for 3171: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html). 3172: 3173: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients), 3174: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) , 3175: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients). 3176: 3177: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006 3178: 3179: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada* 3180: 3181: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference 3182: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical 3183: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems 3184: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that 3185: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced 3186: developers. 3187: 3188: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at 3189: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed 3190: during May 10-14th. 3191: 3192: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the 3193: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006! 3194: 3195: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006 3196: 3197: *May 5-7, Paris, France* 3198: 3199: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris, 3200: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the 3201: conference on their campus. 3202: 3203: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD 3204: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3205: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. 3206: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to 3207: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas 3208: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc. 3209: 3210: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a 3211: presentation proposal, please visit 3212: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/). 3213: 3214: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006 3215: 3216: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany* 3217: 3218: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/), 3219: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and 3220: tutorials. 3221: 3222: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any 3223: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>. 3224: 3225: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe 3226: 3227: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany* 3228: 3229: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking 3230: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ 3231: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD 3232: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the 3233: URL above. 3234: 3235: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3236: 3237: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3238: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3239: 3240: See [this 3241: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for 3242: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs, 3243: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo, 3244: Codeblog. 3245: 3246: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006 3247: 3248: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA* 3249: 3250: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to 3251: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD 3252: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are 3253: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at 3254: gmail.com). 3255: 3256: For more information about this event see 3257: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html). 3258: 3259: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006 3260: 3261: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 3262: 3263: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer 3264: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux 3265: Cons in Germany. 3266: 3267: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held: 3268: 3269: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co. 3270: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment 3271: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD 3272: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features 3273: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop) 3274: 3275: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at) 3276: net-tex.de\>. 3277: 3278: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006 3279: 3280: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany* 3281: 3282: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), 3283: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The 3284: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen. 3285: 3286: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring 3287: 3288: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan* 3289: 3290: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 3291: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth 3292: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3293: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3294: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3295: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3296: 3297: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk 3298: 3299: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany* 3300: 3301: [German Unix User Group 3302: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/) 3303: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of 3304: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/). 3305: 3306: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup 3307: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2). 3308: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth 3309: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on 3310: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html). 3311: 3312: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006 3313: 3314: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium* 3315: 3316: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European 3317: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by 3318: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source 3319: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM 3320: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in 3321: Europe. 3322: 3323: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will 3324: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html) 3325: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too! 3326: 3327: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the 3328: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html). 3329: 3330: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x 3331: 3332: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California* 3333: 3334: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern 3335: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The 3336: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project 3337: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>) 3338: if you would like to help. 3339: 3340: A report from Kevin Lahey is 3341: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html). 3342: 3343: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3) 3344: 3345: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany* 3346: 3347: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress 3348: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on 3349: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and 3350: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) 3351: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and 3352: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the 3353: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. 3354: 3355: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa 3356: 3357: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan* 3358: 3359: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005 3360: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD 3361: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3362: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3363: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3364: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3365: 3366: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005 3367: 3368: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland* 3369: 3370: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the 3371: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check 3372: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program, 3373: conference venue and registration. present. 3374: 3375: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005 3376: 3377: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany* 3378: 3379: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005, 3380: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to 3381: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore, 3382: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe 3383: Lockhoff. 3384: 3385: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex 3386: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at 3387: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/). 3388: 3389: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005 3390: 3391: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany* 3392: 3393: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3394: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among 3395: others) will be presented. 3396: 3397: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on 3398: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a 3399: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event! 3400: 3401: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/) 3402: 3403: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth, 3404: especially showing NetBSD! 3405: 3406: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005 3407: 3408: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3409: 3410: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was 3411: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3412: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3413: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3414: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA 3415: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with 3416: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html), 3417: [IO-DATA USL-5P 3418: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html). 3419: 3420: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure 3421: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about 3422: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). 3423: 3424: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall 3425: 3426: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3427: 3428: At the [Open Source Conference 2005 3429: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed 3430: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3431: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{ 3432: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3433: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration. 3434: 3435: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005 3436: 3437: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA* 3438: 3439: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC 3440: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference 3441: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD 3442: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the 3443: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details. 3444: 3445: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005 3446: 3447: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine* 3448: 3449: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international 3450: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office 3451: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will 3452: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about 3453: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested 3454: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M. 3455: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his 3456: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html) 3457: on netbsd-advocacy. 3458: 3459: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting 3460: 3461: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal* 3462: 3463: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second 3464: meeting will be held at [Parque das 3465: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the 3466: group page for more information. 3467: 3468: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3469: 3470: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3471: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3472: 3473: See [this 3474: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for 3475: meeting information. 3476: 3477: A 3478: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf) 3479: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available. 3480: 3481: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo 3482: 3483: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil* 3484: 3485: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took 3486: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD 3487: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is 3488: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of 3489: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental 3490: organization. 3491: 3492: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005 3493: 3494: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA* 3495: 3496: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 3497: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held 3498: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD 3499: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>. 3500: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD 3501: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered 3502: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's 3503: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html) 3504: for more details. 3505: 3506: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference 3507: 3508: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands* 3509: 3510: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker 3511: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south 3512: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD 3513: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For 3514: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's 3515: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html) 3516: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist. 3517: 3518: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005 3519: 3520: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA 3521: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan* 3522: 3523: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances. 3524: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3525: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more 3526: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/). 3527: 3528: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido 3529: 3530: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan* 3531: 3532: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth 3533: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3534: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3535: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user 3536: groups. 3537: 3538: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005 3539: 3540: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland* 3541: 3542: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland, 3543: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the 3544: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference 3545: venue and registration. 3546: 3547: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF 3548: 3549: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3550: 3551: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD 3552: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html) 3553: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130 3554: attendances. BOF01. Room 302. 3555: 3556: - \*BSD Document Internationalization 3557: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD 3558: Live performance 3559: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan 3560: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast 3561: 3562: See [program for 3563: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html). 3564: 3565: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277 3566: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of 3567: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya 3568: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' 3569: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55 3570: 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)). 3571: 3572: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005 3573: 3574: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada* 3575: 3576: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at 3577: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th 3578: (of a social nature, for the most part). 3579: 3580: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005 3581: 3582: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic* 3583: 3584: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague, 3585: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical 3586: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection 3587: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research 3588: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, 3589: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the 3590: [slides for this 3591: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here. 3592: 3593: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details. 3594: 3595: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005 3596: 3597: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures 3598: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was 3599: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD 3600: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year. 3601: Around 1000 people attended the past two years. 3602: 3603: More information is at 3604: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can 3605: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this 3606: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).) 3607: 3608: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 3609: 3610: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA* 3611: 3612: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge 3613: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005 3614: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and 3615: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community 3616: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing 3617: solutions and fresh ideas. 3618: 3619: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details. 3620: 3621: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 3622: 3623: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan* 3624: 3625: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3626: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3627: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see 3628: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/). 3629: 3630: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005 3631: 3632: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany* 3633: 3634: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT 3635: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at 3636: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/). 3637: 3638: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 3639: 3640: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine 3641: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of 3642: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details: 3643: 3644: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1 3645: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2 3646: 3647: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group 3648: 3649: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event 3650: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries: 3651: 3652: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1 3653: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2 3654: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3 3655: 3656: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo 3657: 3658: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California* 3659: 3660: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux 3661: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center. 3662: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML 3663: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience 3664: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html) 3665: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the 3666: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed 3667: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg). 3668: 3669: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005 3670: 3671: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France* 3672: 3673: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting 3674: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while 3675: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact 3676: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>). 3677: 3678: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3) 3679: 3680: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany* 3681: 3682: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications 3683: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop 3684: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting 3685: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please 3686: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're 3687: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the 3688: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html) 3689: available. 3690: 3691: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004 3692: 3693: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3694: 3695: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe, 3696: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official 3697: program, conference venue and registration. A 3698: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks 3699: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present. 3700: 3701: A brief report from the conference is available 3702: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html). 3703: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login: 3704: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf). 3705: 3706: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004 3707: 3708: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany* 3709: 3710: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich, 3711: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among 3712: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel 3713: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See 3714: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition. 3715: 3716: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004 3717: 3718: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3719: 3720: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/) 3721: 3722: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004 3723: 3724: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3725: 3726: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/) 3727: 3728: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004 3729: 3730: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan* 3731: 3732: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by 3733: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3734: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). 3735: 3736: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004 3737: 3738: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland* 3739: 3740: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix 3741: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project 3742: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a 3743: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this 3744: conference. 3745: 3746: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training 3747: 3748: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA* 3749: 3750: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3751: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3752: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun 3753: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3754: for details. 3755: 3756: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3757: 3758: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA* 3759: 3760: [LinuxWorld Conference and 3761: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to 3762: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The 3763: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are 3764: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>. 3765: 3766: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004) 3767: 3768: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan* 3769: 3770: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD 3771: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' 3772: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and 3773: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO 3774: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), 3775: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } 3776: 3777: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF 3778: 3779: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 3780: 3781: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/) 3782: 3783: [BOF 3784: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html) 3785: 3786: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information. 3787: 3788: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004 3789: 3790: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA* 3791: 3792: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual 3793: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the 3794: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks, 3795: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update 3796: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update), 3797: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State 3798: of the BSD 3799: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects), 3800: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the 3801: conference. 3802: 3803: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004 3804: 3805: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany* 3806: 3807: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to 3808: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented 3809: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested 3810: in helping out. 3811: 3812: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 3813: 3814: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 3815: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 3816: 3817: See [this 3818: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for 3819: meeting information. 3820: 3821: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004 3822: 3823: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada* 3824: 3825: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching 3826: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to 3827: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees 3828: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See 3829: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from 3830: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/) 3831: 3832: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting 3833: 3834: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil* 3835: 3836: At the [LinuxChix-Br National 3837: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a 3838: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of 3839: NetBSD-BR. 3840: 3841: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004 3842: 3843: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria* 3844: 3845: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD 3846: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, 3847: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For 3848: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit 3849: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and 3850: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews 3851: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html). 3852: 3853: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004 3854: 3855: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA* 3856: 3857: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open 3858: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given 3859: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc. 3860: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other 3861: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see 3862: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and 3863: [this message to the netbsd-news 3864: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html) 3865: for more information. 3866: 3867: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 3868: 3869: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany* 3870: 3871: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's 3872: [GUUG 3873: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a 3874: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and 3875: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User 3876: Group](http://www.guug.de/). 3877: 3878: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 3879: 3880: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany* 3881: 3882: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in 3883: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations: 3884: 3885: - \`\` 3886: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD 3887: '' by Stefan Schumacher 3888: - \`\` 3889: Introduction to NetBSD 3890: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff 3891: - \`\` 3892: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc 3893: '' by Hubert Feyrer 3894: 3895: Please see the 3896: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for 3897: details. Photos are available at [this 3898: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be 3899: found on the [Linux-Tag 3900: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/). 3901: 3902: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004 3903: 3904: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France* 3905: 3906: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux 3907: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris, 3908: France. 3909: 3910: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004 3911: 3912: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York* 3913: 3914: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004 3915: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 3916: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their 3917: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few 3918: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the 3919: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from 3920: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details. 3921: 3922: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3) 3923: 3924: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany* 3925: 3926: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication 3927: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany, 3928: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's 3929: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html) 3930: for Details. If you're interested in the 3931: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's 3932: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the 3933: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html) 3934: MailingList useful. 3935: 3936: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003 3937: 3938: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military 3939: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil* 3940: 3941: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for 3942: details. 3943: 3944: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 3945: 3946: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 3947: 3948: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/) 3949: 3950: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 3951: 3952: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area* 3953: 3954: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 3955: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 3956: administration. See 3957: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 3958: for details. 3959: 3960: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003 3961: 3962: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan* 3963: 3964: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/) 3965: 3966: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003 3967: 3968: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan* 3969: 3970: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/) 3971: 3972: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003 3973: 3974: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany* 3975: 3976: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an 3977: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this 3978: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source 3979: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth 3980: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia. 3981: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more 3982: information. 3983: 3984: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003 3985: 3986: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA* 3987: 3988: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can 3989: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see 3990: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/). 3991: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 3992: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A 3993: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html) 3994: is available online. 3995: 3996: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003 3997: 3998: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).* 3999: 4000: A lot of photos are available 4001: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well 4002: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf). 4003: 4004: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany 4005: 4006: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4007: 4008: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003, 4009: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to 4010: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects. 4011: 4012: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir 4013: Dolecek. See the [full 4014: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html) 4015: for details and pictures. 4016: 4017: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz 4018: 4019: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France* 4020: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/) 4021: 4022: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus 4023: and Gilbert Fernandes. A 4024: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html) 4025: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online. 4026: 4027: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF 4028: 4029: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST* 4030: 4031: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4032: 4033: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>. 4034: 4035: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF 4036: 4037: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth 4038: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan* 4039: 4040: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University 4041: 4042: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan* 4043: 4044: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/) 4045: 4046: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4047: 4048: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA* 4049: 4050: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical 4051: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and 4052: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF 4053: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details, 4054: see 4055: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/). 4056: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department, 4057: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org 4058: 4059: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available 4060: here](events/usenix2003/). 4061: 4062: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003 4063: 4064: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland* 4065: 4066: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are 4067: holding the [BSDay 4068: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference 4069: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site 4070: for more information. 4071: 4072: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it 4073: 4074: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy* 4075: 4076: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/), 4077: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th 4078: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should 4079: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>. 4080: 4081: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003 4082: 4083: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)* 4084: 4085: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the 4086: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new 4087: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic 4088: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of 4089: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example. 4090: 4091: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag 4092: 4093: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany* 4094: 4095: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in 4096: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg, 4097: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more 4098: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information 4099: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event. 4100: 4101: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong! 4102: 4103: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate 4104: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the 4105: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information. 4106: 4107: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003 4108: 4109: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany* 4110: 4111: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade 4112: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003. 4113: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th, 4114: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd 4115: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their 4116: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html). 4117: 4118: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training 4119: 4120: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area* 4121: 4122: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4123: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4124: administration. See 4125: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/) 4126: for details. 4127: 4128: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 4129: 4130: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany* 4131: 4132: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 4133: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the 4134: events including several pictures is available online at 4135: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html). 4136: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available 4137: from: 4138: 4139: - NetBSD - eine Einführung 4140: [ 4141: mp3 4142: ] 4143: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld 4144: [ 4145: mp3 4146: ] 4147: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung 4148: mit NetBSD 4149: [ 4150: mp3 4151: ] 4152: 4153: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux 4154: 4155: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.* 4156: 4157: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux 4158: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the 4159: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users 4160: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available 4161: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html) 4162: 4163: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend 4164: 4165: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada* 4166: 4167: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals, 4168: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa, 4169: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the 4170: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major 4171: activities will be the: 4172: 4173: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4174: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th) 4175: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th) 4176: 4177: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/). 4178: 4179: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003 4180: 4181: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York* 4182: 4183: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003 4184: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City 4185: from January 21-24, 2003. See the 4186: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free 4187: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld, 4188: a [short 4189: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html) 4190: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are 4191: available online. 4192: 4193: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3) 4194: 4195: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany* 4196: 4197: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication 4198: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany, 4199: from December 27th to 29th. 4200: 4201: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training 4202: 4203: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area* 4204: 4205: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is 4206: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system 4207: administration. 4208: 4209: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002 4210: 4211: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* 4212: 4213: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a 4214: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The 4215: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3 4216: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See 4217: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm) 4218: for details. 4219: 4220: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002 4221: 4222: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany* 4223: 4224: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen 4225: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all 4226: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will 4227: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD, 4228: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of 4229: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD 4230: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola. 4231: 4232: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the 4233: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg, 4234: Germany. See 4235: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html) 4236: for more information. 4237: 4238: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan 4239: 4240: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan* 4241: 4242: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances. 4243: 4244: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002 4245: 4246: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands* 4247: 4248: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors, 4249: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)'' 4250: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer. 4251: 4252: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02 4253: 4254: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA* 4255: 4256: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/) 4257: 4258: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show 4259: 4260: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK* 4261: 4262: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East 4263: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical 4264: College. 4265: 4266: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002 4267: 4268: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg* 4269: 4270: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh 4271: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software 4272: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks 4273: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video 4274: rendering cluster done with 4275: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A 4276: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html) 4277: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are 4278: available from [Hubert's 4279: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu). 4280: 4281: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002 4282: 4283: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany* 4284: 4285: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress 4286: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System 4287: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University 4288: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available 4289: online. 4290: 4291: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium 4292: 4293: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA* 4294: 4295: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/) 4296: 4297: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release 4298: 4299: *July 22, 2002* 4300: 4301: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch 4302: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs 4303: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4304: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20 4305: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release 4306: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html). 4307: 4308: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF 4309: 4310: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan* 4311: 4312: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html 4313: 4314: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/) 4315: , [BSD security update - BIND, 4316: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html). 4317: 4318: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4319: 4320: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA* 4321: 4322: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/). 4323: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available 4324: here](events/usenix2002/). 4325: 4326: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University 4327: 4328: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan* 4329: 4330: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/) 4331: 4332: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe 4333: 4334: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany* 4335: 4336: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A 4337: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is 4338: available. 4339: 4340: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show 4341: 4342: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK* 4343: 4344: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/) 4345: 4346: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4347: 4348: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* 4349: 4350: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html) 4351: 4352: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60 4353: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via 4354: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw 4355: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming 4356: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6. 4357: 4358: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum 4359: 4360: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil* 4361: 4362: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May 4363: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about 4364: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a 4365: chance to prove their value. 4366: 4367: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD) 4368: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the 4369: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads, 4370: technical characteristics and philosophy. 4371: 4372: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002 4373: 4374: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany* 4375: 4376: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/) 4377: 4378: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example, 4379: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk 4380: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert 4381: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed 4382: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html) 4383: is available. 4384: 4385: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002 4386: 4387: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany* 4388: 4389: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html) 4390: 4391: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User 4392: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about 4393: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others). 4394: 4395: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002 4396: 4397: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California, 4398: USA* 4399: 4400: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/) 4401: 4402: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 4403: 4404: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* 4405: 4406: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/) 4407: 4408: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th. 4409: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day. 4410: 4411: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/) 4412: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo 4413: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The 4414: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E. 4415: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD 4416: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting 4417: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/). 4418: 4419: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux 4420: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking 4421: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite, 4422: Emulation. 4423: 4424: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001 4425: 4426: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK* 4427: 4428: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/) 4429: 4430: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show 4431: 4432: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* 4433: 4434: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/) 4435: 4436: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001 4437: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on 4438: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale. 4439: 4440: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release 4441: 4442: *September 13, 2001* 4443: 4444: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4445: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4446: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4447: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release 4448: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html). 4449: 4450: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 4451: 4452: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA* 4453: 4454: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4455: 4456: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from 4457: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the 4458: NetBSD booth at 4459: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html). 4460: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2 4461: from Japan. 4462: 4463: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release 4464: 4465: *July 11, 2001* 4466: 4467: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4468: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD 4469: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21 4470: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release 4471: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html). 4472: 4473: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4474: 4475: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/), 4476: Tokyo, Japan* 4477: 4478: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html) 4479: 4480: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52 4481: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via 4482: RealVideo G2 broadcasting. 4483: 4484: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after 4485: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG, 4486: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New 4487: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc 4488: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into 4489: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti 4490: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special 4491: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan. 4492: 4493: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 4494: 4495: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA* 4496: 4497: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) 4498: 4499: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix 4500: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to 4501: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth. 4502: 4503: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by 4504: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and 4505: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's 4506: "[Greetings from the BSD Super 4507: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The 4508: slides from this talk are available at 4509: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/). 4510: 4511: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his 4512: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD 4513: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session 4514: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article, 4515: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found 4516: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site, 4517: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed 4518: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html) 4519: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in 4520: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own 4521: web site. 4522: 4523: Again, a thank you to all involved. 4524: 4525: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University 4526: 4527: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan* 4528: 4529: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/) 4530: 4531: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan 4532: were held.100+150 persons attended in person. 4533: 4534: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF 4535: 4536: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan* 4537: 4538: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/) 4539: 4540: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at 4541: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people 4542: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed 4543: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched 4544: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 4545: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop 4546: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html). 4547: 4548: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001 4549: 4550: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK* 4551: 4552: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The 4553: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a 4554: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/) 4555: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD, 4556: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages 4557: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris 4558: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD. 4559: 4560: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001 4561: 4562: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL* 4563: 4564: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4565: 4566: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A 4567: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex 4568: Spring is available. 4569: 4570: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4571: 4572: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara 4573: 4574: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan* 4575: 4576: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a 4577: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY 4578: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp 4579: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII, 4580: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro 4581: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation 4582: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on 4583: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)] 4584: 4585: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001 4586: 4587: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA* 4588: 4589: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4590: 4591: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi 4592: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The 4593: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and 4594: other swag. 4595: 4596: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000 4597: 4598: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan* 4599: 4600: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/) 4601: 4602: There was a [BSD BoF 4603: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec 4604: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo 4605: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting 4606: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across 4607: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room, 4608: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in 4609: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/), 4610: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/), 4611: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/), 4612: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG], 4613: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The 4614: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about 4615: BSD activity in Japan. 4616: 4617: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release 4618: 4619: *December 6, 2000* 4620: 4621: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major 4622: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4623: public. 4624: 4625: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA) 4626: 4627: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA* 4628: 4629: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/) 4630: 4631: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release 4632: 4633: *November 25, 2000* 4634: 4635: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4636: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4637: announced to the public. 4638: 4639: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000 4640: 4641: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV* 4642: 4643: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4644: 4645: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a 4646: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other 4647: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues. 4648: 4649: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4650: Mission. 4651: 4652: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000 4653: 4654: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4655: 4656: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4657: 4658: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k - 4659: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an 4660: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc. 4661: 4662: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and 4663: David Maxwell. 4664: 4665: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000 4666: 4667: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England* 4668: 4669: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/) 4670: 4671: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS 4672: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD 4673: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at 4674: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html). 4675: 4676: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000 4677: 4678: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA* 4679: 4680: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/) 4681: 4682: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks 4683: spotlighting NetBSD. 4684: 4685: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a 4686: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at 4687: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/). 4688: 4689: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript 4690: is available at 4691: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz). 4692: 4693: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 4694: 4695: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA* 4696: 4697: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/) 4698: 4699: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on 4700: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were 4701: fixed onsite. 4702: 4703: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4704: 4705: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 4706: 4707: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA* 4708: 4709: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) 4710: 4711: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September 4712: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an 4713: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on 4714: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000. 4715: 4716: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000 4717: 4718: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA* 4719: 4720: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/ 4721: 4722: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000. 4723: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by 4724: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD. 4725: 4726: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4727: 4728: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000 4729: 4730: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 4731: 4732: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts 4733: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen, 4734: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD 4735: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain 4736: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and 4737: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures 4738: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg). 4739: 4740: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD 4741: Mission and David Maxwell. 4742: 4743: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting 4744: 4745: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan* 4746: 4747: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html) 4748: 4749: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF 4750: followed. 4751: 4752: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000 4753: 4754: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany* 4755: 4756: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/ 4757: 4758: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag 4759: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other 4760: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian 4761: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his 4762: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and 4763: giving a talk. 4764: 4765: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference 4766: 4767: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA* 4768: 4769: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) 4770: 4771: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical 4772: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most 4773: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund 4774: gave a [technical session on 4775: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html) 4776: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical 4777: session on 4778: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html) 4779: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and 4780: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in 4781: KAME/\*BSD IPv6 4782: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html). 4783: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach 4784: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in 4785: reference to the launch of [Wasabi 4786: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/). 4787: 4788: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and 4789: The NetBSD Mission. 4790: 4791: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting 4792: 4793: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany* 4794: 4795: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4796: 4797: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4798: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation 4799: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD. 4800: 4801: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo 4802: 4803: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan* 4804: 4805: [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) 4806: 4807: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh 4808: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various 4809: \*BSD followed. 4810: 4811: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000 4812: 4813: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL* 4814: 4815: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4816: 4817: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4818: Mission. 4819: 4820: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo 4821: 4822: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* 4823: 4824: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/) 4825: 4826: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and 4827: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 4828: snapshot CDs were available. 4829: 4830: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4831: 4832: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich 4833: 4834: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany* 4835: 4836: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/) 4837: 4838: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on 4839: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn. 4840: 4841: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release 4842: 4843: *March 19, 2000* 4844: 4845: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4846: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4847: announced to the public. 4848: 4849: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo 4850: 4851: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France* 4852: 4853: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/) 4854: 4855: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February 4856: 3rd. 4857: 4858: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4859: 4860: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999 4861: 4862: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan* 4863: 4864: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/) 4865: 4866: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on 4867: Dec 18. 4868: 4869: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar 4870: 4871: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY* 4872: 4873: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at 4874: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and 4875: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video 4876: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/). 4877: 4878: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4879: 4880: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999 4881: 4882: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV* 4883: 4884: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/) 4885: 4886: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD 4887: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises. 4888: 4889: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD 4890: Mission. 4891: 4892: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara 4893: 4894: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo* 4895: 4896: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in 4897: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo 4898: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips. 4899: 4900: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999 4901: 4902: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA* 4903: 4904: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/) 4905: 4906: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD 4907: sets and T-shirts were on sale. 4908: 4909: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission. 4910: 4911: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin 4912: 4913: *October 9-10, 1999* 4914: 4915: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release 4916: 4917: *August 26, 1999* 4918: 4919: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4920: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was 4921: announced to the public. 4922: 4923: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1 4924: 4925: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany* 4926: 4927: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free 4928: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference. 4929: 4930: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99 4931: 4932: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany* 4933: 4934: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/) 4935: 4936: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We 4937: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the 4938: package system. 4939: 4940: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99 4941: 4942: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA* 4943: 4944: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/) 4945: 4946: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 4947: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm - 4948: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There 4949: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available. 4950: 4951: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting 4952: 4953: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany* 4954: 4955: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/) 4956: 4957: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User 4958: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks 4959: held by [Dr. Alexandre 4960: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html). 4961: The first described security through file flags and the second was about 4962: checkpointing in userspace. 4963: 4964: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the 4965: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura 4966: answered general NetBSD questions. 4967: 4968: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release 4969: 4970: *May 12, 1999* 4971: 4972: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major 4973: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 4974: public. 4975: 4976: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release 4977: 4978: *December 23, 1998* 4979: 4980: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 4981: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 4982: announced to the public. 4983: 4984: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day 4985: 4986: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA* 4987: 4988: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and 4989: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel 4990: in San Jose, CA. 4991: 4992: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track 4993: 4994: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA* 4995: 4996: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/), 4997: the freely redistributable software track, was held at 4998: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/). 4999: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and 5000: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including 5001: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba. 5002: 5003: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release 5004: 5005: *May 29, 1998* 5006: 5007: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 5008: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 5009: announced to the public. 5010: 5011: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier" 5012: 5013: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany* 5014: 5015: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT. 5016: 5017: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release 5018: 5019: *March 9, 1998* 5020: 5021: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 5022: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was 5023: released. 5024: 5025: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release 5026: 5027: *January 4, 1998* 5028: 5029: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major 5030: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the 5031: public. 5032: 5033: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release 5034: 5035: *May 20, 1997* 5036: 5037: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving 5038: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was 5039: announced to the public. 5040: 5041: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier" 5042: 5043: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany* 5044: 5045: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing 5046: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz 5047: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97. 5048: 5049: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich 5050: 5051: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany* 5052: 5053: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware* 5054: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn. 5055: 5056: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather 5057: 5058: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA* 5059: 5060: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was 5061: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current 5062: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul 5063: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the 5064: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.