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: ### `Jun 2020` - BSDCan 2020, Ottawa, Canada
16:
17: *June 3 - 6, 2020, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
18:
19: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2020/), a BSD conference held in
20: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
21: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
22: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
23: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
24: advanced developers.
25:
26:
27: Past Events
28: -----------
29: ### `Feb 2020` - FOSDEM 2020 Brussels, Belgium
30:
31: *February 1 - 2, 2020, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
32:
33: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2020/) is a
34: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
35: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
36: free and open source software from all over the world gather
37: at the event in Brussels.
38:
39: There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
40: operating systems and their talks.
41:
42: Please see
43: [this announcement](//mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2019/10/10/msg000816.html)
44: for details.
45:
46:
47: ### `Sep 2019` - EuroBSDcon 2019, Lillehammer, Norway
48:
49: *September 19 - 22, 2019, Scandic Lillehammer Hotel, Lillehammer, Norway*
50:
51: [EuroBSDcon](https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
52: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
53: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
54: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
55: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
56: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
57: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
58:
59:
60: ### `Jul 2019` - pkgsrcCon 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom
61:
62: *July 13 - 14, 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom*
63:
64: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2019/) is the annual technical
65: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
66: over 19,000 open source software packages.
67: pkgsrc is the native package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and
68: is portable across many different operating systems including Linux and
69: Mac OS X.
70:
71:
72: ### `May 2019` - BSDCan 2019, Ottawa, Canada
73:
74: *May 15 - 18, 2019, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
75:
76: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2019/), a BSD conference held in
77: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
78: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
79: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
80: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
81: advanced developers.
82:
83:
84: ### `Mar 2019` - AsiaBSDCon 2019, Tokyo, Japan
85:
86: *March 21 - 24, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
87:
88: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a
89: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
90: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
91: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
92: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best
93: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
94: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest
95: possible audience.
96:
97:
98: ### `Feb 2019` - FOSDEM 2019 Brussels, Belgium
99:
100: *February 2 - 3, 2019, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
101:
102: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/) is a
103: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
104: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
105: free and open source software from all over the world gather
106: at the event in Brussels.
107:
108: There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
109: operating systems and their talks.
110:
111: Please see
112: [this announcement](https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/10/24/msg000787.html)
113: for details.
114:
115:
116: ### `Oct 2018` - MeetBSDCA 2018, Santa Clara, US
117:
118: *October 19 - 20, 2018, Intel Santa Clara Campus, California, US*
119:
120: [MeetBSD California](https://www.meetbsd.com/) is a biennial BSD
121: Unix conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. The first
122: MeetBSD California took place in 2008 and in 2018 it will take
123: place at the Intel Santa Clara Campus.
124:
125:
126: ### `Sep 2018` - EuroBSDCon 2018, Bucharest, Romania
127:
128: *September 20 - 23, 2018, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania*
129:
130: [EuroBSDCon](https://2018.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
131: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
132: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
133: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
134: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
135: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
136: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
137:
138:
139: ### `Jul 2018` - Japan NetBSD Users Group annual Meeting and BoF, Tokyo, Japan
140:
141: *July 14, 2018, Takeda Building, The University of Tokyo, Japan*
142:
143: [Japan NetBSD User Group annual Meeting and BoF](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting20.html.en)
144: is the 20th annual meeting organized by the
145: [Japan NetBSD Users Group](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
146: The meeting consists of the 20th Annual Meeting opened to all
147: members of JNUG and the NetBSD BoF (Birds of a Feather), the casual
148: meeting for individuals who have interests to the NetBSD operating
149: system opened to everybody interested.
150:
151: For more information please see the report on
152: [netbsd-advocacy@](//mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/07/17/msg000778.html)
153: mailing list.
154:
155:
156: ### `Jul 2018` - pkgsrcCon 2018, Berlin, Germany
157:
158: *July 7 - 8, 2018, Berlin, Germany*
159:
160: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2018/) is the annual technical
161: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
162: over 19,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
163: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
164: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
165:
166:
167: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada
168:
169: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
170:
171: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in
172: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
173: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
174: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
175: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
176: advanced developers.
177:
178:
179: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan
180:
181: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
182:
183: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
184: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
185: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
186: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
187: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
188: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
189: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
190: possible audience.
191:
192:
193: ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium
194:
195: *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
196:
197: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) was a free event for software developers to
198: meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
199: free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in
200: Brussels.
201:
202:
203: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan
204:
205: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan*
206:
207: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a
208: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50
209: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference
210: attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals,
211: software developers, computer science professors, users and
212: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the
213: world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the
214: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation
215: among users and developers and to promote business friendly
216: BSD licensed open source software.
217:
218:
219: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France
220:
221: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France*
222:
223: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European
224: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
225: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
226: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
227: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
228: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
229: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
230:
231:
232: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England
233:
234: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England*
235:
236: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical
237: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
238: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
239: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
240: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
241:
242:
243: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada
244:
245: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada*
246:
247: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based
248: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a
249: four day period at the University of Ottawa.
250:
251: Please see
252: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/)
253: for details.
254:
255:
256: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017
257:
258: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
259:
260: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
261: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
262: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
263: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
264: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
265: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
266: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
267: possible audience.
268:
269:
270: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium
271:
272: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium*
273:
274: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a
275: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
276: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
277: free and open source software from all over the world gather
278: at the event in Brussels.
279:
280: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
281: operating systems and their talks.
282:
283: Please see
284: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html)
285: for details.
286:
287:
288: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia
289:
290: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*
291:
292: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
293: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
294: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
295: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
296: from all over Europe and other parts of the world.
297:
298:
299: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane
300:
301: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
302:
303: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
304: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
305: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
306: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
307: demonstrations.
308:
309:
310: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto
311:
312: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH
313: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
314:
315: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
316: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
317: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
318: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
319: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
320: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html).
321:
322:
323: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
324:
325: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
326: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
327: Japan*
328:
329: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF
330: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en)
331: for meeting information and
332: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt).
333:
334: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland
335:
336: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*
337:
338: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical
339: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
340: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
341: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
342: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
343:
344: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa
345:
346: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention
347: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
348: Okinawa, Japan*
349:
350: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
351: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
352: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
353: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
354: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html).
355:
356: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido
357:
358: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
359:
360: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
361: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD
362: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
363: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
364: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html).
365:
366: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya
367:
368: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan*
369:
370: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
371: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD
372: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
373: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
374: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html).
375:
376:
377: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma
378:
379: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*
380:
381: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
382: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD
383: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
384: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
385: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html).
386:
387: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016
388:
389: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*
390:
391: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
392: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
393: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone
394: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
395: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
396: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
397: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
398: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
399: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)
400:
401: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring
402:
403: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI
404: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
405:
406: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
407: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD
408: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
409: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
410: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).
411:
412:
413: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako
414:
415: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*
416:
417: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
418: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD
419: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
420: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
421: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).
422:
423:
424: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima
425:
426: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*
427:
428: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
429: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD
430: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
431: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
432: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).
433:
434: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015
435:
436: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*
437:
438: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD
439: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
440: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations
441: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).
442: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).
443:
444: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall
445:
446: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI
447: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
448:
449: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
450: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD
451: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
452: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations
453: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).
454: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).
455:
456:
457: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil
458:
459: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*
460:
461: 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.
462:
463:
464: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka
465:
466: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*
467:
468: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
469: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
470: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
471: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
472: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).
473:
474: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
475:
476: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
477:
478: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
479: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
480: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
481: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
482: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
483: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
484: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
485:
486: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima
487:
488: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*
489:
490: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
491: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth
492: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
493: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget
494: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).
495:
496: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
497:
498: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
499:
500: 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.
501:
502: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
503:
504: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*
505:
506: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
507: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
508: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'
509: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
510: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).
511:
512: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
513:
514: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
515:
516: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
517: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
518: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
519: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
520: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
521:
522: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
523:
524: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH
525: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
526:
527: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
528: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
529: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
530: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
531: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/).
532: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html).
533:
534:
535: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa
536:
537: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention
538: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
539: Okinawa, Japan*
540:
541: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
542: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
543: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
544: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
545: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html).
546:
547:
548: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido
549:
550: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
551:
552: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
553: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD
554: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
555: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
556: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html).
557:
558:
559: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
560:
561: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
562:
563: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
564: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
565: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
566: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
567: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
568: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
569: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
570: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
571:
572: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring
573:
574: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI
575: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
576:
577: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
578: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD
579: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
580: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
581: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).
582:
583: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
584:
585: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
586: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
587:
588: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
589: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
590: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
591: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
592: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
593: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
594:
595: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
596:
597: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
598:
599: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
600: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
601: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
602: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
603: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
604: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
605: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
606:
607: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
608:
609: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH
610: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
611:
612: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
613: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
614: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
615: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
616: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
617: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html).
618:
619:
620: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
621:
622: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
623: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
624: Japan*
625:
626: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
627: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
628: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
630: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
631: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
632:
633: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
634:
635: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
636:
637: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
638: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
639: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
640: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
641: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
642:
643: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
644:
645: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
646: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
647:
648: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
649: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
650: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
651: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
652: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
653: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
654:
655:
656: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa
657:
658: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention
659: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
660: Okinawa, Japan*
661:
662: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
663: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
664: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
665: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
666: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580).
667:
668:
669: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
670:
671: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
672: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
673:
674: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
675: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
676: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
677: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
678: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
679: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
680:
681: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
682:
683: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
684:
685: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
686: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
687: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
688: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
689: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
690: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
691: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
692:
693: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
694:
695: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
696: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
697:
698: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
699: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
700: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
701: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
702: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
703: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
704: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
705: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
706: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
707: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
708:
709: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
710:
711: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
712:
713: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
714: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
715:
716: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
717:
718: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
719:
720: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
721: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
722:
723: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
724:
725: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
726:
727: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
728: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
729: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
730: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
731: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
732: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
733:
734: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
735:
736: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
737: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
738:
739: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
740: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
741: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
742: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
743: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
744: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
745:
746: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
747:
748: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
749: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
750:
751: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
752: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
753: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
754: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
755: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
756: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
757:
758: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
759:
760: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
761: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
762:
763: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
764: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
765: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
766: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
767: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
768: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
769:
770: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
771:
772: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
773: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
774: , Hiroshima, Japan*
775:
776: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
777: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
778: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
779: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
780: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
781: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
782:
783: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
784:
785: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
786: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
787:
788: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
789: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
790: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
791: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
792: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
793: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
794:
795: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
796:
797: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
798: Campus
799: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
800: Germany*
801:
802: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
803: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
804: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
805: answering users' questions.
806:
807: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
808:
809: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
810: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
811:
812: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
813: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
814: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
815: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
816: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
817: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
818: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
819: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
820: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
821: hardfloat
822: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
823: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
824:
825: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
826:
827: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
828: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
829:
830: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
831: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
832: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
833: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
834: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
835: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
836: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
837: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
838: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
839: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
840: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
841: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
842: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
843:
844: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
845:
846: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
847: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
848: Japan*
849:
850: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
851: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
852: for meeting information.[more detail on
853: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
854:
855: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
856:
857: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
858: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
859: Okinawa, Japan*
860:
861: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
862: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
863: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
864: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
865: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
866: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
867: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
868: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
869:
870: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
871:
872: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
873: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
874: Japan*
875:
876: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
877: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
878: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
879: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
880: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
881: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
882: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
883: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
884: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
885: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
886: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
887: vs 6.0.2 animation on
888: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
889: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
890: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
891: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
892:
893: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
894:
895: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
896:
897: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
898: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
899: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
900: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
901: cases or notebooks.
902:
903: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
904: more information.
905:
906: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
907:
908: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
909:
910: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
911: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
912: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
913: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
914: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
915: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
916:
917: See [the call for
918: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
919: for details.
920:
921: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
922:
923: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
924:
925: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
926: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
927: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
928: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
929: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
930: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
931: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
932: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
933: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
934: these.
935:
936: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
937:
938: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
939:
940: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
941: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
942: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
943: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
944: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
945:
946: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
947:
948: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
949:
950: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
951: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
952: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
953: BSD related talks.
954:
955: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
956: information.
957:
958: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
959:
960: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
961:
962: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
963: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
964: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
965: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
966: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
967: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
968: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
969:
970: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
971: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
972: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
973: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
974: Japan NetBSD Users
975: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
976:
977: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
978:
979: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
980: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
981:
982: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
983: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
984: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
985: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
986: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
987: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
988: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
989: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
990: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
991:
992: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
993:
994: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
995:
996: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
997: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
998: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
999: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
1000: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
1001: [NetBSD/KOBO and
1002: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
1003: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
1004: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
1005:
1006: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1007:
1008: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
1009: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
1010:
1011: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
1012: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
1013: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1014: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
1015: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1016: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
1017: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
1018:
1019: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1020:
1021: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
1022:
1023: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
1024: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
1025: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
1026: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
1027: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
1028: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
1029: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
1030: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
1031:
1032: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
1033: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
1034: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
1035:
1036: Please see [this
1037: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
1038: for details.
1039:
1040: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1041:
1042: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
1043: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
1044:
1045: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1046: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1047: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1048: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
1049: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1050: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
1051:
1052: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1053:
1054: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
1055: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
1056:
1057: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1058: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1059: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1060: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
1061: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1062: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
1063:
1064: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1065:
1066: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
1067:
1068: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1069: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
1070: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1071: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
1072: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1073: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
1074:
1075: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1076:
1077: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
1078: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
1079: Japan*
1080:
1081: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1082: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
1083: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1084: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
1085: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
1086: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
1087: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
1088: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
1089: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
1090: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
1091: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
1092: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
1093: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
1094: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
1095: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
1096: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
1097: found at OSC booth" by
1098: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
1099: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
1100:
1101: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1102:
1103: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
1104:
1105: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
1106: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
1107: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
1108:
1109: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
1110: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
1111: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
1112: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
1113: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
1114:
1115: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
1116: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
1117: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
1118: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
1119: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
1120: regular meeting.
1121:
1122: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1123:
1124: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
1125: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
1126: Okinawa, Japan*
1127:
1128: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1129: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1130: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1131: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
1132: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1133: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
1134:
1135: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1136:
1137: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
1138:
1139: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1140: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
1141: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1142: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
1143: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
1144: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
1145: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
1146: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
1147: [NetBSD/KOBO and
1148: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
1149: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
1150: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
1151: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
1152: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
1153:
1154: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1155:
1156: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
1157: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
1158:
1159: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
1160: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1161: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
1162: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
1163: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
1164: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
1165: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
1166:
1167: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1168:
1169: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
1170: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
1171:
1172: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1173: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1174: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1175: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1176: demonstrations (
1177: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
1178: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
1179:
1180: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1181:
1182: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
1183: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
1184: San Diego, California, USA*
1185:
1186: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
1187: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
1188: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
1189: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
1190: on day one of the conference.
1191:
1192: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1193:
1194: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
1195: Augustin, Germany*
1196:
1197: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
1198: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
1199:
1200: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1201:
1202: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
1203: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
1204:
1205: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1206: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
1207: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1208: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
1209: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
1210: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
1211: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
1212: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
1213: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
1214: SHARP,X68K on
1215: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
1216: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
1217: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
1218: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
1219: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
1220: updates presetation by
1221: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
1222: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
1223:
1224: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1225:
1226: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
1227: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
1228:
1229: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1230: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1231: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1232: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1233: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
1234: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
1235:
1236: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1237:
1238: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
1239: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
1240: Japan*
1241:
1242: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
1243: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
1244: for meeting information.
1245:
1246: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1247:
1248: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
1249: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
1250:
1251: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
1252: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
1253: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
1254: release branch.
1255:
1256: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1257:
1258: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
1259:
1260: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1261: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1262: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1263: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
1264: with [Building NetBSD on
1265: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
1266: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
1267: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
1268: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
1269: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
1270: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
1271: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
1272: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
1273: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
1274: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
1275:
1276: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1277:
1278: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
1279:
1280: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
1281: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
1282: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
1283: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
1284: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
1285:
1286: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
1287: more information.
1288:
1289: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1290:
1291: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
1292:
1293: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
1294: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
1295: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
1296: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
1297: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
1298: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
1299: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
1300: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
1301:
1302: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1303:
1304: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
1305: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
1306: Japan*
1307:
1308: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1309: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1310: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1311: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
1312: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
1313: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
1314: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
1315: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
1316: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
1317: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
1318: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
1319: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
1320: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
1321: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
1322:
1323: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1324:
1325: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
1326: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
1327:
1328: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1329:
1330: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
1331:
1332: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1333: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
1334: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
1335: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
1336: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
1337: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1338: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
1339: demonstrations.
1340:
1341: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1342:
1343: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
1344:
1345: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
1346: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
1347: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1348: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
1349: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
1350: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
1351: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1352:
1353: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1354:
1355: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
1356:
1357: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1358: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1359: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1360: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
1361: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
1362: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
1363: port history by
1364: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
1365: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
1366: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
1367: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
1368: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
1369: [[ustream live
1370: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
1371:
1372: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1373:
1374: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
1375:
1376: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
1377: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
1378: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
1379: talks.
1380:
1381: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
1382: information.
1383:
1384: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1385:
1386: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
1387:
1388: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1389: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
1390: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1391: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
1392: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
1393: [WZero3 live
1394: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
1395: [Zaurus live
1396: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
1397: [Translate NetBSD man with
1398: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
1399: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
1400: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
1401: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
1402: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
1403: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
1404: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
1405: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
1406: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
1407: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
1408:
1409: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1410:
1411: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
1412:
1413: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
1414: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
1415: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
1416: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
1417: with hpcsh { [Persona
1418: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
1419: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
1420: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
1421: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
1422: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
1423: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
1424: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
1425: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
1426: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
1427: i386 { [aspire
1428: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
1429: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
1430: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
1431: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
1432: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
1433: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
1434: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
1435: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
1436: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
1437:
1438: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1439:
1440: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
1441:
1442: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
1443: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
1444: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
1445: necessary.
1446:
1447: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
1448: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
1449: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
1450: for details.
1451:
1452: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1453:
1454: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
1455: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
1456: Fukuoka, Japan*
1457:
1458: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1459: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1460: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1461: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1462: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
1463: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
1464: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
1465:
1466: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1467:
1468: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
1469: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
1470:
1471: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1472: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1473: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1474: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1475: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
1476: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
1477: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
1478: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
1479: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
1480: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
1481: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
1482: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
1483: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
1484: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
1485: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
1486: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
1487: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
1488:
1489: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1490:
1491: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
1492: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
1493:
1494: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1495: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1496: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1497: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1498: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1499: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
1500:
1501: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1502:
1503: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
1504: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
1505:
1506: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
1507: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1508: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
1509: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
1510: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
1511: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
1512: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
1513: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
1514: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
1515: enigmatic machines by
1516: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
1517: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
1518: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
1519: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
1520:
1521: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1522:
1523: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
1524:
1525: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
1526: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
1527: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
1528: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
1529: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
1530: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
1531: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
1532: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
1533: university students to work with BSD systems.
1534:
1535: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
1536: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
1537:
1538: For more information please visit the website
1539: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1540:
1541: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1542:
1543: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
1544:
1545: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
1546: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
1547: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
1548: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
1549: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
1550: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
1551: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1552:
1553: For more information please visit the website
1554: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1555:
1556: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1557:
1558: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
1559:
1560: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
1561: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
1562: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
1563: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
1564: Netherlands.
1565:
1566: For more information please visit the website
1567: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1568:
1569: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1570:
1571: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
1572: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
1573: , Hiroshima, Japan*
1574:
1575: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1576: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
1577: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1578: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
1579: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
1580: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
1581: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
1582: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
1583: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
1584: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
1585: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
1586: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
1587: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
1588: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
1589: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
1590: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
1591: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
1592:
1593: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1594:
1595: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
1596: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
1597: Okinawa, Japan*
1598:
1599: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1600: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1601: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1602: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
1603: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1604: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
1605: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
1606:
1607: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1608:
1609: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
1610: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
1611: Fukushima, Japan*
1612:
1613: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
1614: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
1615: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1616: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
1617: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1618: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
1619:
1620: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1621:
1622: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
1623: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
1624: Japan*
1625:
1626: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1627: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1628: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
1630: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
1631: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
1632: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
1633: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1634: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
1635: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
1636: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
1637: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
1638:
1639: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1640:
1641: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
1642: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
1643:
1644: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
1645: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
1646:
1647: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1648:
1649: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
1650: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
1651:
1652: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1653: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
1654: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
1655: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1656: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
1657: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
1658: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
1659: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
1660: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
1661: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
1662: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
1663: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
1664: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
1665: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
1666: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
1667: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
1668: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
1669: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
1670: will never die!
1671: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
1672: and
1673: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
1674: by tsutsui.
1675:
1676: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1677:
1678: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
1679: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
1680: Japan*
1681:
1682: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
1683: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
1684: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
1685: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
1686: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
1687: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
1688: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
1689: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
1690: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
1691: keysign party by soda.
1692:
1693: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1694:
1695: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
1696:
1697: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1698: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1699: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1700: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
1701: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
1702: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
1703: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1704: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
1705:
1706: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1707:
1708: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
1709: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
1710:
1711: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1712: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1713: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1714: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1715: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
1716: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
1717:
1718: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1719:
1720: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
1721:
1722: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
1723: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
1724: May 2011.
1725:
1726: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1727:
1728: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
1729: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
1730:
1731: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1732: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
1733: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1734: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
1735: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
1736: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
1737: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
1738: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
1739: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1740: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1741: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
1742:
1743: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1744:
1745: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
1746:
1747: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
1748: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
1749: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1750: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
1751: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
1752: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
1753: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1754:
1755: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1756:
1757: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
1758: Oita, Japan*
1759:
1760: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1761: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1762: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1763: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1764: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1765: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
1766:
1767: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1768:
1769: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
1770: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
1771:
1772: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1773: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
1774: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1775: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1776: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1777: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
1778:
1779: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1780:
1781: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
1782: Belgium*
1783:
1784: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
1785: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
1786:
1787: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
1788: in the BSD devroom
1789:
1790: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1791:
1792: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
1793: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
1794: Japan*
1795:
1796: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
1797: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
1798: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1799: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
1800: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
1801: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1802: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
1803: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
1804: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
1805: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
1806:
1807: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1808:
1809: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
1810: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
1811:
1812: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1813: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1814: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1815: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1816: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1817: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
1818:
1819: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1820:
1821: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
1822:
1823: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1824: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
1825: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
1826: focused.
1827:
1828: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1829:
1830: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
1831: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
1832:
1833: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1834: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1835: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1836: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
1837: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1838: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
1839:
1840: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1841:
1842: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
1843:
1844: [The New York City BSD Conference
1845: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
1846: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
1847: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
1848: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
1849: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
1850:
1851: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1852:
1853: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
1854: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
1855:
1856: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
1857: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1858: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
1859: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
1860: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
1861: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
1862: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
1863: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
1864: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
1865: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
1866: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
1867: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1868: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
1869: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
1870: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
1871: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
1872: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
1873: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
1874: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
1875: tsutsui)
1876:
1877: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1878:
1879: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
1880:
1881: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1882: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
1883: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1884: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
1885: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
1886: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1887: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
1888: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
1889:
1890: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1891:
1892: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
1893:
1894: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
1895: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
1896: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
1897: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
1898:
1899: For more information please visit the website
1900: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1901:
1902: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1903:
1904: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
1905: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
1906: Okinawa, Japan*
1907:
1908: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1909: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1910: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1911: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
1912: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
1913: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
1914:
1915: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1916:
1917: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
1918: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
1919:
1920: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1921: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1922: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1923: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
1924: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
1925: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
1926: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
1927: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
1928:
1929: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1930:
1931: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
1932:
1933: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1934: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1935: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1936: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
1937: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
1938: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1939: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
1940:
1941: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1942:
1943: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
1944:
1945: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1946: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1947: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1948: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
1949: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
1950: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1951: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
1952:
1953: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1954:
1955: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
1956: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
1957: Japan*
1958:
1959: See [this
1960: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
1961: for meeting information.
1962:
1963: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
1964: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
1965: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
1966: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
1967: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
1968:
1969: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1970:
1971: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
1972:
1973: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
1974: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1975: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1976: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
1977: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
1978: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
1979: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
1980: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
1981: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
1982: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
1983:
1984: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1985:
1986: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
1987:
1988: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
1989: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
1990: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
1991: in a shared BSD booth.
1992:
1993: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1994: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
1995:
1996: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1997:
1998: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
1999: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
2000:
2001: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
2002:
2003: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
2004: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
2005:
2006: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
2007: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2008: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2010: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
2011: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2012:
2013: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
2014:
2015: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
2016:
2017: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
2018: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
2019:
2020: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
2021:
2022: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
2023:
2024: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
2025: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
2026: May 2010.
2027:
2028: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
2029:
2030: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
2031:
2032: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
2033: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
2034: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
2035: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
2036: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
2037: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
2038: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
2039:
2040: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
2041:
2042: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
2043:
2044: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
2045: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
2046:
2047: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
2048: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
2049: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2050: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
2051: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
2052: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
2053: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2054: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2055:
2056: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
2057:
2058: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
2059: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
2060:
2061: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
2062: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
2063: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2064: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
2065: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2066: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2067:
2068: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
2069:
2070: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
2071: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
2072:
2073: The [February 2010
2074: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
2075: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
2076:
2077: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
2078:
2079: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
2080: Belgium*
2081:
2082: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
2083: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
2084:
2085: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
2086: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
2087: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
2088: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
2089:
2090: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
2091:
2092: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
2093: Oita, Japan*
2094:
2095: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
2096: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
2097: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2098: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2099: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2100: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
2101:
2102: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
2103:
2104: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
2105: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
2106:
2107: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2108: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2109: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2110: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2111: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2112: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2113:
2114: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
2115:
2116: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
2117: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
2118:
2119: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2120: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2121: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2122: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
2123: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
2124: demonstration.
2125:
2126: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
2127:
2128: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
2129:
2130: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
2131: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
2132: major BSDs.
2133:
2134: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
2135: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
2136:
2137: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
2138:
2139: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
2140: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
2141:
2142: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
2143: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2144: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
2145: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
2146: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
2147: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
2148: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
2149: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2150: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
2151: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
2152:
2153: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
2154:
2155: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
2156: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
2157:
2158: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2159: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2160: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2161: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
2162: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
2163: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
2164: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
2165: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2166: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
2167: demonstration and BSD BOF.
2168:
2169: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
2170:
2171: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
2172: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
2173: Okinawa, Japan*
2174:
2175: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2176: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2177: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2178: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
2179: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2180: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
2181:
2182: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
2183:
2184: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
2185:
2186: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
2187: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
2188: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
2189: the conference on Sept 18th.
2190:
2191: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
2192: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
2193:
2194: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
2195:
2196: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
2197:
2198: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2199: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2200: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
2202: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
2203: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2204: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
2205:
2206: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
2207:
2208: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
2209: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
2210:
2211: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2212: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2213: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2214: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
2215: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
2216: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2217: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
2218: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
2219:
2220: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
2221:
2222: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
2223:
2224: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2225: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2226: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2227: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
2228: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
2229: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
2230: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
2231: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
2232: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
2233: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2234: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2235: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
2236: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
2237: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
2238: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
2239: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
2240: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
2241:
2242: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
2243:
2244: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
2245: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
2246: Japan*
2247:
2248: See [this
2249: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
2250: for meeting information.
2251:
2252: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
2253: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
2254: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
2255: party.
2256:
2257: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
2258:
2259: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
2260:
2261: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
2262: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2263: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
2264: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2265: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
2266: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
2267:
2268: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
2269:
2270: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
2271:
2272: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
2273: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
2274: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
2275: systems at the exhibition.
2276:
2277: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
2278:
2279: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
2280:
2281: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2282: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2283: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2284: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
2285: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
2286: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2287: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
2288: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
2289: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
2290: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
2291: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
2292: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
2293:
2294: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
2295:
2296: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
2297: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
2298:
2299: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2300: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2301: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2302: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
2303: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
2304: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
2305: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2306: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
2307:
2308: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
2309:
2310: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
2311:
2312: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
2313: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
2314: May 2009.
2315:
2316: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
2317:
2318: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
2319:
2320: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
2321: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
2322: Hannover, Germany.
2323:
2324: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
2325:
2326: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
2327:
2328: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
2329: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
2330: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
2331: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
2332: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
2333: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
2334: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
2335: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
2336: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
2337: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
2338: and [NetBSD
2339: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
2340: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
2341: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
2342: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
2343:
2344: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
2345:
2346: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
2347:
2348: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
2349: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
2350: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
2351: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
2352:
2353: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
2354:
2355: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
2356: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
2357:
2358: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2359: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
2360: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2361: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
2362: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
2363: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2364: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2365:
2366: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
2367:
2368: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
2369: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
2370: the community.
2371:
2372: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
2373:
2374: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
2375:
2376: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
2377:
2378: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
2379:
2380: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
2381: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
2382:
2383: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
2384: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2385: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2386: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2387: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2388: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2389:
2390: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
2391:
2392: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
2393: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
2394: Fukuoka, Japan*
2395:
2396: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2397: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2398: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2399: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2400: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2401: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
2402:
2403: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
2404:
2405: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
2406: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
2407:
2408: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2409: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2410: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2411: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2412: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2413: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2414:
2415: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
2416:
2417: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
2418:
2419: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
2420:
2421: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
2422:
2423: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
2424: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
2425:
2426: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
2427: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
2429: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
2430: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
2431: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2432: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2433: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
2434: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
2435: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
2436: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
2437: demonstration and BSDBOF.
2438:
2439: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
2440:
2441: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
2442:
2443: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
2444: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
2445: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
2446: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
2447:
2448: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
2449: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
2450:
2451: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
2452:
2453: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
2454:
2455: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
2456: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
2457: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
2458: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
2459:
2460: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
2461:
2462: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
2463:
2464: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
2465: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
2466: 11th and 12th, 2008.
2467:
2468: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
2469: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
2470:
2471: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
2472:
2473: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
2474:
2475: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
2476: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
2477:
2478: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2479: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2480: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2481: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
2482: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
2483: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2484: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
2485: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
2486: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
2487: [Itojun Service
2488: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
2489:
2490: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
2491:
2492: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
2493: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
2494:
2495: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2496: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2497: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2498: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
2499: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
2500: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
2501: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2502: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2503: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
2504: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
2505: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
2506:
2507: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
2508:
2509: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
2510:
2511: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2512: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2513: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2514: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
2515: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
2516: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2517: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2518: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
2519: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
2520: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
2521:
2522: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
2523:
2524: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
2525:
2526: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2527: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2528: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2529: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
2530: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
2531: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2532: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
2533: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
2534: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
2535: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
2536: all BSD machines.
2537:
2538: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
2539:
2540: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
2541: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
2542: Japan*
2543:
2544: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
2545: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
2546: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
2547: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
2548: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
2549:
2550: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
2551:
2552: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
2553:
2554: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2555: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2556: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2557: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2558: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2559: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
2560: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
2561:
2562: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
2563:
2564: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
2565:
2566: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
2567: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
2568: [NetBSD Packages Collection
2569: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
2570: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
2571: pkgsrc infrastructure.
2572:
2573: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
2574: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
2575:
2576: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
2577:
2578: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
2579:
2580: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
2581: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
2582: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
2583: novices to advanced developers.
2584:
2585: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
2586: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
2587:
2588: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
2589:
2590: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
2591: Spain*
2592:
2593: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
2594: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
2595:
2596: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
2597:
2598: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
2599: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
2600:
2601: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2602: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2603: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2604: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2605: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2606: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,
2607: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
2608:
2609: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
2610:
2611: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
2612:
2613: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
2614: technologies and IT security.
2615:
2616: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
2617: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
2618:
2619: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
2620:
2621: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
2622:
2623: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
2624: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
2625: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
2626: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
2627: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
2628: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
2629: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
2630: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
2631: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
2632: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
2633:
2634: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
2635: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
2636: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
2637: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
2638: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
2639:
2640: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
2641: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
2642: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
2643: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
2644: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
2645: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
2646: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
2647: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
2648: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
2649: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
2650: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
2651: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
2652:
2653: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
2654: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
2655: networking and virtualisation.
2656: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
2657:
2658: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
2659: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
2660:
2661: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
2662: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
2663: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2664: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2665: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2666: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
2667: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
2668: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
2669:
2670: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
2671:
2672: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
2673:
2674: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
2675: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
2676: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
2677: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
2678:
2679: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
2680:
2681: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
2682:
2683: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
2684: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
2685: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
2686: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
2687:
2688: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
2689:
2690: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
2691:
2692: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2693: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2694: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2695: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2696: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2697: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2698:
2699: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
2700:
2701: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
2702: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
2703: Japan*
2704:
2705: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2706: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2707: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2708: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2709: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2710: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2711:
2712: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
2713:
2714: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
2715:
2716: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
2717: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
2718: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
2719:
2720: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
2721:
2722: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
2723: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
2724:
2725: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
2726: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2727: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
2728: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
2729: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
2730: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2731: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2732:
2733: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
2734:
2735: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
2736: Niigata, Japan*
2737:
2738: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2739: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2740: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2741: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2742: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2743: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
2744:
2745: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
2746:
2747: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
2748: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
2749: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
2750: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
2751:
2752: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
2753:
2754: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
2755: Turkey*
2756:
2757: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
2758: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
2759: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
2760: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
2761:
2762: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
2763:
2764: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
2765:
2766: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
2767: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
2768: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
2769: information, see the [event's
2770: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
2771:
2772: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
2773:
2774: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
2775: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
2776:
2777: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2778: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2779: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2780: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
2781: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
2782: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2783: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
2784: Presentation by
2785: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
2786:
2787: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
2788:
2789: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
2790:
2791: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
2792: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2793: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
2794:
2795: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
2796: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
2797:
2798: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
2799:
2800: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
2801: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
2802: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
2803: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
2804:
2805: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
2806:
2807: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
2808:
2809: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2810: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2811: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2812: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
2813: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
2814: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
2815: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
2816: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
2817: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
2818: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
2819: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
2820: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
2821: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
2822: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
2823: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
2824: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
2825: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
2826: ).
2827:
2828: [A report with some
2829: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
2830: available.
2831:
2832: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
2833:
2834: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
2835:
2836: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
2837: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
2838: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
2839: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
2840: Switzerland.
2841:
2842: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
2843: report was posted to the
2844: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
2845: mailing list.
2846:
2847: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
2848:
2849: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
2850: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
2851: Japan*
2852:
2853: See [this
2854: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
2855: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
2856: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
2857: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
2858: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
2859: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
2860: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
2861: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
2862: sign party.
2863:
2864: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
2865:
2866: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
2867:
2868: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2869: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
2870: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2871: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2872: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2873: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
2874: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
2875:
2876: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
2877:
2878: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
2879: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
2880: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
2881: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
2882: at the
2883: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
2884: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
2885: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
2886: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
2887:
2888: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
2889: information.
2890:
2891: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
2892:
2893: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
2894:
2895: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
2896: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
2897: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
2898: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
2899: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
2900:
2901: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
2902: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
2903:
2904: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
2905: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
2906:
2907: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
2908:
2909: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
2910:
2911: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
2912: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
2913: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
2914: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
2915: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
2916: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
2917: welcome to attend.
2918:
2919: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
2920: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
2921:
2922: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
2923:
2924: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
2925:
2926: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
2927: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
2928: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
2929: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
2930: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
2931:
2932: P.S.: A report is available in [this
2933: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
2934:
2935: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
2936:
2937: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
2938:
2939: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
2940: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
2941: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
2942: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
2943: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
2944: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
2945: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
2946:
2947: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
2948:
2949: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
2950:
2951: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
2952: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
2953: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
2954: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
2955: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
2956: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
2957: widest possible audience.
2958:
2959: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
2960: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
2961: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
2962:
2963: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
2964:
2965: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
2966:
2967: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
2968: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
2969: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
2970: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
2971: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
2972:
2973: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
2974:
2975: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
2976:
2977: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
2978: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
2979: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
2980: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
2981: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
2982:
2983: More information can be found at
2984: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
2985: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
2986: German language article can be found at:
2987: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
2988:
2989: Ignatios also
2990: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
2991: his [slides (german
2992: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
2993:
2994: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
2995:
2996: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
2997:
2998: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
2999: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
3000: Brussels, Belgium.
3001:
3002: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
3003: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
3004: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
3005: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
3006: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
3007:
3008: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
3009:
3010: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
3011:
3012: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
3013: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
3014: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
3015: booth at this event; see the reports by
3016: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
3017: and
3018: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
3019:
3020: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
3021:
3022: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
3023:
3024: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
3025: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
3026: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
3027: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
3028: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
3029:
3030: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
3031: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
3032: and Solaris.
3033:
3034: For more information, please [visit the
3035: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
3036:
3037: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
3038:
3039: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
3040:
3041: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
3042: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
3043: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3044: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3045: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3046: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3047:
3048: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
3049:
3050: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
3051: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
3052: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
3053:
3054: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
3055:
3056: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
3057: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
3058: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
3059: if you have any questions or want to help out.
3060:
3061: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
3062:
3063: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
3064: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
3065: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
3066: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
3067:
3068: - Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
3069: - Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
3070: - Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
3071: - NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
3072: - Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
3073: - Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
3074: NetBSD Network Appliances
3075: - Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
3076: for BSD TCP/IP
3077:
3078: Registration is open now. Please [see the
3079: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
3080:
3081: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
3082:
3083: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
3084:
3085: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
3086: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
3087: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
3088: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
3089: about NetBSD-related topics.
3090:
3091: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
3092:
3093: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
3094:
3095: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
3096: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
3097: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3098: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3099: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3100: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3101:
3102: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
3103:
3104: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
3105: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
3106: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
3107: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
3108: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
3109: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
3110:
3111: A report on the event is available
3112: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
3113:
3114: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
3115:
3116: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
3117:
3118: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
3119: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
3120: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
3121: booth.
3122:
3123: A report of the event can be found
3124: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
3125:
3126: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
3127:
3128: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
3129: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
3130: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
3131: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
3132: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
3133:
3134: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
3135: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
3136: <http://www.come2linux.org/> for more
3137: information.
3138:
3139: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
3140: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
3141:
3142: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
3143:
3144: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
3145: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
3146: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
3147: <http://www.linux-kongress.org/> for
3148: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
3149: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
3150: the booth.
3151:
3152: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
3153: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
3154: about the event.
3155:
3156: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
3157:
3158: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
3159:
3160: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
3161: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
3162: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3163: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3164: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3165:
3166: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
3167:
3168: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
3169:
3170: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
3171: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
3172: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3173: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3174: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3175: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
3176:
3177: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
3178:
3179: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
3180:
3181: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
3182: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
3183: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
3184: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
3185:
3186: - Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
3187: FreeBSD Project
3188: - FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
3189: CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
3190: Ensure Technology Ltd
3191: .
3192: - BSD Usergroup activity:
3193: Echigo BSD Users Group
3194: , T.Tamura@EBUG
3195: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
3196:
3197: \> See [program for
3198: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
3199:
3200: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
3201: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
3202: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
3203:
3204: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
3205:
3206: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
3207:
3208: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
3209: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
3210: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
3211: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
3212: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
3213: developers.
3214:
3215: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
3216: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
3217: during May 10-14th.
3218:
3219: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
3220: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
3221:
3222: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
3223:
3224: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
3225:
3226: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
3227: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
3228: conference on their campus.
3229:
3230: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
3231: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
3232: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
3233: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
3234: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
3235: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
3236:
3237: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
3238: presentation proposal, please visit
3239: <http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/>.
3240:
3241: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
3242:
3243: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
3244:
3245: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
3246: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
3247: tutorials.
3248:
3249: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
3250: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
3251:
3252: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
3253:
3254: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
3255:
3256: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
3257: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
3258: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
3259: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
3260: URL above.
3261:
3262: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
3263:
3264: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
3265: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
3266:
3267: See [this
3268: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
3269: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
3270: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
3271: Codeblog.
3272:
3273: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
3274:
3275: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
3276:
3277: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
3278: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
3279: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
3280: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
3281: gmail.com).
3282:
3283: For more information about this event see
3284: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
3285:
3286: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
3287:
3288: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
3289:
3290: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
3291: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
3292: Cons in Germany.
3293:
3294: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
3295:
3296: - Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
3297: - Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
3298: - Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
3299: - Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
3300: - Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
3301:
3302: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
3303: net-tex.de\>.
3304:
3305: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
3306:
3307: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
3308:
3309: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
3310: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
3311: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
3312:
3313: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
3314:
3315: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
3316:
3317: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
3318: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
3319: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3320: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3321: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3322: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3323:
3324: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
3325:
3326: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
3327:
3328: [German Unix User Group
3329: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
3330: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
3331: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
3332:
3333: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
3334: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
3335: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
3336: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
3337: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
3338:
3339: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
3340:
3341: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
3342:
3343: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
3344: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
3345: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
3346: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
3347: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
3348: Europe.
3349:
3350: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
3351: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
3352: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
3353:
3354: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
3355: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
3356:
3357: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
3358:
3359: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
3360:
3361: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
3362: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
3363: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
3364: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
3365: if you would like to help.
3366:
3367: A report from Kevin Lahey is
3368: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
3369:
3370: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
3371:
3372: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
3373:
3374: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
3375: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
3376: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
3377: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
3378: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
3379: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
3380: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
3381:
3382: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
3383:
3384: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
3385:
3386: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
3387: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
3388: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3389: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3390: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3391: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3392:
3393: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
3394:
3395: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
3396:
3397: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
3398: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
3399: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
3400: conference venue and registration. present.
3401:
3402: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
3403:
3404: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
3405:
3406: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
3407: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
3408: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
3409: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
3410: Lockhoff.
3411:
3412: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
3413: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
3414: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
3415:
3416: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
3417:
3418: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
3419:
3420: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
3421: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
3422: others) will be presented.
3423:
3424: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
3425: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
3426: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
3427:
3428: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
3429:
3430: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
3431: especially showing NetBSD!
3432:
3433: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
3434:
3435: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
3436:
3437: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
3438: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3439: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3440: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3441: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
3442: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
3443: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
3444: [IO-DATA USL-5P
3445: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
3446:
3447: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
3448: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
3449: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
3450:
3451: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
3452:
3453: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
3454:
3455: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
3456: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
3457: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3458: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
3459: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3460: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
3461:
3462: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
3463:
3464: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
3465:
3466: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
3467: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
3468: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
3469: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
3470: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
3471:
3472: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
3473:
3474: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
3475:
3476: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
3477: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
3478: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
3479: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
3480: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
3481: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
3482: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
3483: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
3484: on netbsd-advocacy.
3485:
3486: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
3487:
3488: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
3489:
3490: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
3491: meeting will be held at [Parque das
3492: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
3493: group page for more information.
3494:
3495: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
3496:
3497: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
3498: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
3499:
3500: See [this
3501: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
3502: meeting information.
3503:
3504: A
3505: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
3506: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
3507:
3508: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
3509:
3510: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
3511:
3512: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
3513: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
3514: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
3515: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
3516: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
3517: organization.
3518:
3519: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
3520:
3521: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
3522:
3523: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
3524: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
3525: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
3526: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
3527: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
3528: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
3529: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
3530: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
3531: for more details.
3532:
3533: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
3534:
3535: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
3536:
3537: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
3538: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
3539: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
3540: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
3541: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
3542: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
3543: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
3544:
3545: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
3546:
3547: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
3548: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
3549:
3550: <http://www.bsdcon.jp/> with 80 attendances.
3551: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
3552: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
3553: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
3554:
3555: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
3556:
3557: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
3558:
3559: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
3560: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3561: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
3562: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
3563: groups.
3564:
3565: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
3566:
3567: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
3568:
3569: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
3570: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
3571: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
3572: venue and registration.
3573:
3574: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
3575:
3576: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
3577:
3578: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
3579: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
3580: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
3581: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
3582:
3583: - \*BSD Document Internationalization
3584: - A Robot that runs on NetBSD
3585: Live performance
3586: - BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
3587: - XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
3588:
3589: See [program for
3590: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
3591:
3592: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
3593: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
3594: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
3595: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
3596: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
3597: 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)).
3598:
3599: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
3600:
3601: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
3602:
3603: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
3604: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
3605: (of a social nature, for the most part).
3606:
3607: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
3608:
3609: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
3610:
3611: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
3612: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
3613: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
3614: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
3615: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
3616: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
3617: [slides for this
3618: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
3619:
3620: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
3621:
3622: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
3623:
3624: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
3625: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
3626: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
3627: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
3628: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
3629:
3630: More information is at
3631: <http://linuxnorthwest.org/>. (If you can
3632: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
3633: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
3634:
3635: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
3636:
3637: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
3638:
3639: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
3640: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
3641: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
3642: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
3643: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
3644: solutions and fresh ideas.
3645:
3646: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
3647:
3648: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
3649:
3650: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
3651:
3652: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
3653: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3654: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
3655: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
3656:
3657: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
3658:
3659: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
3660:
3661: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
3662: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
3663: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
3664:
3665: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
3666:
3667: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
3668: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
3669: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
3670:
3671: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
3672: - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
3673:
3674: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
3675:
3676: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
3677: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
3678:
3679: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
3680: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
3681: - GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
3682:
3683: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
3684:
3685: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
3686:
3687: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
3688: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
3689: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
3690: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
3691: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
3692: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
3693: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
3694: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
3695:
3696: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
3697:
3698: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
3699:
3700: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
3701: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
3702: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
3703: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
3704:
3705: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
3706:
3707: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
3708:
3709: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
3710: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
3711: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
3712: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
3713: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
3714: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
3715: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
3716: available.
3717:
3718: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
3719:
3720: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
3721:
3722: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
3723: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
3724: program, conference venue and registration. A
3725: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
3726: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
3727:
3728: A brief report from the conference is available
3729: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
3730: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
3731: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
3732:
3733: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
3734:
3735: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
3736:
3737: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
3738: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
3739: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
3740: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
3741: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
3742:
3743: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
3744:
3745: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
3746:
3747: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
3748:
3749: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
3750:
3751: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
3752:
3753: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
3754:
3755: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
3756:
3757: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
3758:
3759: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
3760: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3761: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
3762:
3763: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
3764:
3765: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
3766:
3767: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
3768: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
3769: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
3770: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
3771: conference.
3772:
3773: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
3774:
3775: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
3776:
3777: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
3778: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
3779: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
3780: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
3781: for details.
3782:
3783: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
3784:
3785: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
3786:
3787: [LinuxWorld Conference and
3788: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
3789: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
3790: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
3791: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
3792:
3793: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
3794:
3795: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
3796:
3797: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
3798: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
3799: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
3800: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
3801: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
3802: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
3803:
3804: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
3805:
3806: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
3807:
3808: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
3809:
3810: [BOF
3811: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
3812:
3813: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
3814:
3815: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
3816:
3817: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
3818:
3819: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
3820: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
3821: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
3822: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
3823: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
3824: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
3825: of the BSD
3826: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
3827: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
3828: conference.
3829:
3830: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
3831:
3832: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
3833:
3834: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
3835: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
3836: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
3837: in helping out.
3838:
3839: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
3840:
3841: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
3842: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
3843:
3844: See [this
3845: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
3846: meeting information.
3847:
3848: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
3849:
3850: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
3851:
3852: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
3853: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
3854: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
3855: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
3856: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
3857: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
3858:
3859: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
3860:
3861: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
3862:
3863: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
3864: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
3865: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
3866: NetBSD-BR.
3867:
3868: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
3869:
3870: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
3871:
3872: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
3873: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
3874: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
3875: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
3876: <http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/>, and
3877: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
3878: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
3879:
3880: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
3881:
3882: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
3883:
3884: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
3885: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
3886: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
3887: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
3888: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
3889: <http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/> and
3890: [this message to the netbsd-news
3891: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
3892: for more information.
3893:
3894: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
3895:
3896: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
3897:
3898: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
3899: [GUUG
3900: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
3901: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
3902: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
3903: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
3904:
3905: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
3906:
3907: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
3908:
3909: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
3910: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
3911:
3912: - \`\`
3913: Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
3914: '' by Stefan Schumacher
3915: - \`\`
3916: Introduction to NetBSD
3917: '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
3918: - \`\`
3919: Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
3920: '' by Hubert Feyrer
3921:
3922: Please see the
3923: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
3924: details. Photos are available at [this
3925: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
3926: found on the [Linux-Tag
3927: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
3928:
3929: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
3930:
3931: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
3932:
3933: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
3934: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
3935: France.
3936:
3937: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
3938:
3939: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
3940:
3941: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
3942: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
3943: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
3944: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
3945: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
3946: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
3947: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
3948:
3949: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
3950:
3951: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
3952:
3953: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
3954: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
3955: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
3956: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
3957: for Details. If you're interested in the
3958: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
3959: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
3960: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
3961: MailingList useful.
3962:
3963: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
3964:
3965: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
3966: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
3967:
3968: See <http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br> for
3969: details.
3970:
3971: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
3972:
3973: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
3974:
3975: <http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/>
3976:
3977: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
3978:
3979: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
3980:
3981: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
3982: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
3983: administration. See
3984: <http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/>
3985: for details.
3986:
3987: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
3988:
3989: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
3990:
3991: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
3992:
3993: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
3994:
3995: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
3996:
3997: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
3998:
3999: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
4000:
4001: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
4002:
4003: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
4004: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
4005: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
4006: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
4007: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
4008: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
4009: information.
4010:
4011: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
4012:
4013: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
4014:
4015: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
4016: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
4017: <http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/>.
4018: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
4019: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
4020: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
4021: is available online.
4022:
4023: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
4024:
4025: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
4026:
4027: A lot of photos are available
4028: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
4029: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
4030:
4031: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
4032:
4033: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
4034:
4035: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
4036: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
4037: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
4038:
4039: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
4040: Dolecek. See the [full
4041: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
4042: for details and pictures.
4043:
4044: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
4045:
4046: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
4047: <http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/>
4048:
4049: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
4050: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
4051: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
4052: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
4053:
4054: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
4055:
4056: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
4057:
4058: <http://www.interop.jp/>
4059:
4060: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
4061:
4062: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
4063:
4064: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
4065: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
4066:
4067: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
4068:
4069: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
4070:
4071: <http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/>
4072:
4073: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
4074:
4075: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
4076:
4077: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
4078: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
4079: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
4080: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
4081: see
4082: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/>.
4083: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
4084: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
4085:
4086: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
4087: here](events/usenix2003/).
4088:
4089: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
4090:
4091: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
4092:
4093: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
4094: holding the [BSDay
4095: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
4096: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
4097: for more information.
4098:
4099: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
4100:
4101: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
4102:
4103: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
4104: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
4105: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
4106: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
4107:
4108: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
4109:
4110: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
4111:
4112: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
4113: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
4114: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
4115: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
4116: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
4117:
4118: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
4119:
4120: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
4121:
4122: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
4123: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
4124: Germany. See <http://www.mdlug.de/> for more
4125: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
4126: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
4127:
4128: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
4129:
4130: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
4131: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
4132: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
4133:
4134: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
4135:
4136: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
4137:
4138: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
4139: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
4140: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
4141: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
4142: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
4143: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
4144:
4145: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
4146:
4147: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
4148:
4149: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
4150: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
4151: administration. See
4152: <http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/>
4153: for details.
4154:
4155: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
4156:
4157: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
4158:
4159: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
4160: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
4161: events including several pictures is available online at
4162: <http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html>.
4163: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
4164: from:
4165:
4166: - NetBSD - eine Einführung
4167: [
4168: mp3
4169: ]
4170: - NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
4171: [
4172: mp3
4173: ]
4174: - Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
4175: mit NetBSD
4176: [
4177: mp3
4178: ]
4179:
4180: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
4181:
4182: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
4183:
4184: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
4185: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
4186: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
4187: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
4188: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
4189:
4190: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
4191:
4192: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
4193:
4194: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
4195: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
4196: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
4197: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
4198: activities will be the:
4199:
4200: - Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
4201: - Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
4202: - The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
4203:
4204: For details, please see <http://www.osw.ca/>.
4205:
4206: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
4207:
4208: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
4209:
4210: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
4211: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
4212: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
4213: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
4214: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
4215: a [short
4216: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
4217: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
4218: available online.
4219:
4220: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
4221:
4222: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
4223:
4224: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
4225: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
4226: from December 27th to 29th.
4227:
4228: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
4229:
4230: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
4231:
4232: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
4233: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
4234: administration.
4235:
4236: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
4237:
4238: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
4239:
4240: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
4241: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
4242: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
4243: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
4244: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm>
4245: for details.
4246:
4247: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
4248:
4249: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
4250:
4251: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
4252: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
4253: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
4254: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
4255: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
4256: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
4257: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
4258:
4259: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
4260: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
4261: Germany. See
4262: <http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html>
4263: for more information.
4264:
4265: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
4266:
4267: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
4268:
4269: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
4270:
4271: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
4272:
4273: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
4274:
4275: <http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/>. \`\`[Rumors,
4276: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
4277: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
4278:
4279: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
4280:
4281: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
4282:
4283: <http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/>
4284:
4285: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
4286:
4287: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
4288:
4289: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
4290: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
4291: College.
4292:
4293: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
4294:
4295: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
4296:
4297: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
4298: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
4299: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
4300: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
4301: rendering cluster done with
4302: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
4303: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
4304: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
4305: available from [Hubert's
4306: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
4307:
4308: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
4309:
4310: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
4311:
4312: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
4313: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
4314: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
4315: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
4316: online.
4317:
4318: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
4319:
4320: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
4321:
4322: <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/>
4323:
4324: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
4325:
4326: *July 22, 2002*
4327:
4328: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
4329: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
4330: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
4331: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
4332: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
4333: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
4334:
4335: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
4336:
4337: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
4338:
4339: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
4340:
4341: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
4342: , [BSD security update - BIND,
4343: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
4344:
4345: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
4346:
4347: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
4348:
4349: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/>.
4350: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
4351: here](events/usenix2002/).
4352:
4353: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
4354:
4355: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
4356:
4357: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
4358:
4359: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
4360:
4361: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
4362:
4363: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
4364: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
4365: available.
4366:
4367: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
4368:
4369: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
4370:
4371: <http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/>
4372:
4373: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
4374:
4375: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
4376:
4377: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html>
4378:
4379: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
4380: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
4381: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
4382: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
4383: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
4384:
4385: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
4386:
4387: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
4388:
4389: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
4390: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
4391: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
4392: chance to prove their value.
4393:
4394: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
4395: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
4396: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
4397: technical characteristics and philosophy.
4398:
4399: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
4400:
4401: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
4402:
4403: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
4404:
4405: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
4406: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
4407: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
4408: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
4409: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
4410: is available.
4411:
4412: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
4413:
4414: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
4415:
4416: <http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html>
4417:
4418: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
4419: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
4420: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
4421:
4422: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
4423:
4424: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
4425: USA*
4426:
4427: <http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/>
4428:
4429: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
4430:
4431: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
4432:
4433: <http://internetweek.jp/>
4434:
4435: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
4436: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
4437:
4438: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
4439: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
4440: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
4441: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
4442: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
4443: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
4444: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
4445:
4446: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
4447: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
4448: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
4449: Emulation.
4450:
4451: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
4452:
4453: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
4454:
4455: <http://www.bsdconeurope.org/>
4456:
4457: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
4458:
4459: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
4460:
4461: <http://www.riscos2001.com/>
4462:
4463: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
4464: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
4465: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
4466:
4467: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
4468:
4469: *September 13, 2001*
4470:
4471: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
4472: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
4473: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
4474: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
4475: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
4476:
4477: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
4478:
4479: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
4480:
4481: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
4482:
4483: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
4484: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
4485: NetBSD booth at
4486: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
4487: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
4488: from Japan.
4489:
4490: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
4491:
4492: *July 11, 2001*
4493:
4494: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
4495: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
4496: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
4497: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
4498: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
4499:
4500: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
4501:
4502: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
4503: Tokyo, Japan*
4504:
4505: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html>
4506:
4507: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
4508: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
4509: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
4510:
4511: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
4512: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
4513: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
4514: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
4515: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
4516: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
4517: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
4518: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
4519:
4520: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
4521:
4522: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
4523:
4524: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/>
4525:
4526: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
4527: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
4528: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
4529:
4530: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
4531: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
4532: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
4533: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
4534: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
4535: [slides from this talk](//www.netbsd.org/gallery/events/usenix2001/) are available.
4536:
4537: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
4538: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
4539: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
4540: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
4541: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
4542: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
4543: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
4544: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
4545: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
4546: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
4547: web site.
4548:
4549: Again, a thank you to all involved.
4550:
4551: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
4552:
4553: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
4554:
4555: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
4556:
4557: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
4558: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
4559:
4560: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
4561:
4562: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
4563:
4564: <http://www.interop.jp/>
4565:
4566: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
4567: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
4568: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
4569: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
4570: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
4571: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
4572: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
4573:
4574: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
4575:
4576: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
4577:
4578: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
4579: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
4580: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
4581: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
4582: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
4583: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
4584: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
4585:
4586: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
4587:
4588: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
4589:
4590: <http://www.comdex.com/>
4591:
4592: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
4593: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
4594: Spring is available.
4595:
4596: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4597:
4598: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
4599:
4600: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
4601:
4602: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
4603: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
4604: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
4605: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
4606: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
4607: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
4608: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
4609: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
4610:
4611: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
4612:
4613: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
4614:
4615: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
4616:
4617: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
4618: Systems](http://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
4619: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
4620: other swag.
4621:
4622: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
4623:
4624: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
4625:
4626: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/>
4627:
4628: There was a [BSD BoF
4629: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
4630: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
4631: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
4632: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
4633: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
4634: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
4635: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
4636: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
4637: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
4638: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
4639: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
4640: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
4641: BSD activity in Japan.
4642:
4643: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
4644:
4645: *December 6, 2000*
4646:
4647: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
4648: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
4649: public.
4650:
4651: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
4652:
4653: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
4654:
4655: <http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/>
4656:
4657: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
4658:
4659: *November 25, 2000*
4660:
4661: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
4662: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
4663: announced to the public.
4664:
4665: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
4666:
4667: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
4668:
4669: <http://www.comdex.com/>
4670:
4671: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
4672: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
4673: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
4674:
4675: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
4676: Mission.
4677:
4678: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
4679:
4680: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
4681:
4682: <http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/>
4683:
4684: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
4685: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
4686: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
4687:
4688: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
4689: David Maxwell.
4690:
4691: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
4692:
4693: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
4694:
4695: <http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/>
4696:
4697: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
4698: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
4699: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
4700: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
4701:
4702: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
4703:
4704: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
4705:
4706: <http://www.bsdcon.org/>
4707:
4708: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
4709: spotlighting NetBSD.
4710:
4711: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
4712: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
4713: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
4714:
4715: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
4716: is available at
4717: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
4718:
4719: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
4720:
4721: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
4722:
4723: <http://www.linuxshowcase.org/>
4724:
4725: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
4726: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
4727: fixed onsite.
4728:
4729: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4730:
4731: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
4732:
4733: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
4734:
4735: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
4736:
4737: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
4738: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
4739: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
4740: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
4741:
4742: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
4743:
4744: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
4745:
4746: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
4747:
4748: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
4749: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
4750: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
4751:
4752: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4753:
4754: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
4755:
4756: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
4757:
4758: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
4759: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
4760: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
4761: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
4762: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
4763: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
4764: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
4765:
4766: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
4767: Mission and David Maxwell.
4768:
4769: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
4770:
4771: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
4772:
4773: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html>
4774:
4775: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
4776: followed.
4777:
4778: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
4779:
4780: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
4781:
4782: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
4783:
4784: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
4785: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
4786: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
4787: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
4788: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
4789: giving a talk.
4790:
4791: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
4792:
4793: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
4794:
4795: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/>
4796:
4797: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
4798: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
4799: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
4800: gave a [technical session on
4801: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
4802: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
4803: session on
4804: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
4805: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
4806: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
4807: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
4808: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
4809: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
4810: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
4811: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
4812: Systems](http://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
4813:
4814: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
4815: The NetBSD Mission.
4816:
4817: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
4818:
4819: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
4820:
4821: <http://www.guug.de/>
4822:
4823: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
4824: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
4825: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
4826:
4827: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
4828:
4829: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
4830:
4831: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html>
4832:
4833: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
4834: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
4835: \*BSD followed.
4836:
4837: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
4838:
4839: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
4840:
4841: <http://www.comdex.com/>
4842:
4843: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
4844: Mission.
4845:
4846: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
4847:
4848: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
4849:
4850: <http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/>
4851:
4852: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
4853: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
4854: snapshot CDs were available.
4855:
4856: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4857:
4858: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
4859:
4860: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
4861:
4862: <http://www.decus.de/>
4863:
4864: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
4865: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
4866:
4867: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
4868:
4869: *March 19, 2000*
4870:
4871: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
4872: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
4873: announced to the public.
4874:
4875: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
4876:
4877: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
4878:
4879: <http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/>
4880:
4881: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
4882: 3rd.
4883:
4884: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4885:
4886: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
4887:
4888: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
4889:
4890: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/>
4891:
4892: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
4893: Dec 18.
4894:
4895: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
4896:
4897: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
4898:
4899: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
4900: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
4901: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
4902: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
4903:
4904: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4905:
4906: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
4907:
4908: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
4909:
4910: <http://www.comdex.com/>
4911:
4912: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
4913: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
4914:
4915: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
4916: Mission.
4917:
4918: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
4919:
4920: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
4921:
4922: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
4923: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
4924: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
4925:
4926: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
4927:
4928: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
4929:
4930: <http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/>
4931:
4932: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
4933: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
4934:
4935: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
4936:
4937: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
4938:
4939: *October 9-10, 1999*
4940:
4941: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
4942:
4943: *August 26, 1999*
4944:
4945: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
4946: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
4947: announced to the public.
4948:
4949: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
4950:
4951: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
4952:
4953: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
4954: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
4955:
4956: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
4957:
4958: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
4959:
4960: <http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/>
4961:
4962: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
4963: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
4964: package system.
4965:
4966: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
4967:
4968: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
4969:
4970: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/>
4971:
4972: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
4973: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
4974: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
4975: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
4976:
4977: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
4978:
4979: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
4980:
4981: <http://www.guug.de/>
4982:
4983: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
4984: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
4985: held by [Dr. Alexandre
4986: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
4987: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
4988: checkpointing in userspace.
4989:
4990: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
4991: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
4992: answered general NetBSD questions.
4993:
4994: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
4995:
4996: *May 12, 1999*
4997:
4998: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
4999: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
5000: public.
5001:
5002: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
5003:
5004: *December 23, 1998*
5005:
5006: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
5007: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
5008: announced to the public.
5009:
5010: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
5011:
5012: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
5013:
5014: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
5015: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
5016: in San Jose, CA.
5017:
5018: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
5019:
5020: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
5021:
5022: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
5023: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
5024: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
5025: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
5026: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
5027: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
5028:
5029: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
5030:
5031: *May 29, 1998*
5032:
5033: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
5034: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
5035: announced to the public.
5036:
5037: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
5038:
5039: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
5040:
5041: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
5042:
5043: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
5044:
5045: *March 9, 1998*
5046:
5047: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
5048: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
5049: released.
5050:
5051: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
5052:
5053: *January 4, 1998*
5054:
5055: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
5056: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
5057: public.
5058:
5059: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
5060:
5061: *May 20, 1997*
5062:
5063: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
5064: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
5065: announced to the public.
5066:
5067: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
5068:
5069: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
5070:
5071: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
5072: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
5073: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
5074:
5075: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
5076:
5077: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
5078:
5079: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
5080: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
5081:
5082: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
5083:
5084: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
5085:
5086: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
5087: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
5088: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
5089: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
5090: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.
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