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