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