NYCBUG is now on Facebook
Posted by admin on Jan 5, 2010
NYCBUG announced that it now has a Facebook group. It was started by a couple of concerned NYCBUGgers. The membership is open to all Facebook members and not limited to just the NYC BSD User’s Group (NYCBUG).
If you’re aware of any other BSD related groups or events with their own facebook page, please let me know by leaving a comment below.
EuroBSDCon 2009
Posted by admin on Aug 29, 2009
The U.K. Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) is hosting the EuroBSDCon 2009 in Cambridge from 18-20 September. The conference by many seen as the annual get-together for the European BSD community.
The conference runs over three days starting with many tutorials.
- Tutorial 1: Kirk McKusick’s FreeBSD Overview, and a focus on FileSystems and VM
- Tutorial 2: Building the network you need with PF – Peter Hansteen
- Tutorial 3: SCTP Introduction and Workshop – Randall Stewart
On the second and third day there will be talks on various BSD systems related talks (FreeBSD, NetBSD and PC-BSD).
The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) will be taking exams on these days too.
Check the EuroBSDCon website for prices, directions, time tables ets
Photos of Linuxfest NW 2009
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2009
James Nixon attended the LinuxFest NW 2009 and uploaded his pictures.
Check the photo’s here or watch the slideshow
Photos from the OSCon 2009 FreeBSD Booth
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2009
James has uploaded a couple of pictures of the FreeBSD Booth at the OSCon 2009.
View the pictures or the slideshow
BSD Certification Talk (Audio)
Posted by admin on Aug 12, 2009
Dru Lavigne has uploaded an mp3 version of one of her recent talks at NYCBUG on BSD Certification.
EuroBSDCon 2009 Flyers
Posted by admin on Aug 11, 2009
The EuroBSDCon team has released two new flyers to promote the 2009 event. This year EuroBSDCon takes place 18-20 September in Cambridge, UK.
FOSDEM 2010
Posted by admin on Jul 21, 2009
The dates of FOSDEM 2010 have been confirmed: 6-7 February 2010 in Bruxelles.
FOSDEM Dates and other BSD Conference dates can be found on the BSD Events Calendar
PC-BSD – Making FreeBSD on the Desktop a reality – Kris Moore
Posted by admin on May 16, 2009
FreeBSD has a reputation for its rock-solid reliability, and top-notch performance in the server world, but is noticeably absent when it comes to the vast market of desktop computing.
Why is this? FreeBSD offers many, if not almost all of the same open-source packages and software that can be found in the more popular Linux desktop distributions, yet even with the speed and reliability FreeBSD offers, a relative few number of users are deploying it on their desktops.
In this presentation we will take a look at some of the reasons why FreeBSD has not been as widely adopted in the desktop market as it has on the server side. Several of the desktop weaknesses of FreeBSD will be shown, along with how we are trying to fix these short-comings through a desktopcentric version of FreeBSD, known as PC-BSD. We will also take a look at the package management system employed by all open-source operating systems alike, and some of the pitfalls it brings, which may hinder widespread desktop adoption.
This talk was done at AsiaBSDCon 2009.
A Portable iSCSI Initiator
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2009
A Portable iSCSI Initiator
Presentation by Alistair Crooks at AsiaBSDCon 2009
OpenBSD Network Stack Internals
Posted by admin on Mar 31, 2009
OpenBSD Network Stack Internals
Presentation by Claudio Jeker at AsiaBSDCon 2009