Category Archives: Events

PC-BSD at LFNW

LinuxFest NorthWest will be held April 27-28 at Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, WA. This event is free to attend.

We’ll be giving out cool swag, PC-BSD DVDs, and FreeNAS CDs at the FreeBSD booth in the expo area. If you are attending the event, drop by and say hi.

PC-BSD at NorthEast LinuxFest

NorthEast LinuxFest will be held March 16-17 at the Science Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Registration is free for this event.

There will be a BSD booth in the expo area that will be giving out PC-BSD DVDs, FreeNAS CDs as well as other cool swag. Donations will be accepted for the FreeBSD Foundation.

The BSDA certification exam will also be available during this event.

PC-BSD at SCALE

There will be a FreeBSD booth in the exhibition area of SCALE, to be held at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles, CA. Exhibition hours are Saturday, February 23 from 10:00–17:30 p.m and Sunday, February 24 from 10:00–16:00. Registration is required for this event, with a nominal fee for the expo area and a slightly higher fee for the entire conference.

Kris Moore will give a presentation on Network Booting and Deployment of FreeBSD and PC-BSD at 15:00 on Sunday.

We’ll be giving out copies of PC-BSD and FreeNAS as well as some cool swag at the FreeBSD booth. We can also accept donations for the FreeBSD Foundation. If you are in the Los Angeles area, drop by and say hi!

PC-BSD at Ottawa User Group Connect

User Group Connect is a relaxed one day unconference for meeting and interacting with the many technical User Groups in Ottawa. The event runs on Saturday, February 9 from 10:00-17:00 at Shopify in the Byward Market.

There will be a FreeBSD booth which will be giving away swag, PC-BSD 9.1 DVDs, FreeNAS 8.3 CDs, and brochures. If you’re in the Ottawa area, drop by and visit at this free event.

PC-BSD at LISA

There will be a FreeBSD booth in the exhibition area of LISA, to be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA. Exhibition hours are Wednesday, December 12 from 12:00–19:00 p.m and Thursday, December 13 from 9:30–14:00. Registration is required for this event, but is free for the exhibition area.

We’ll be giving out copies of PC-BSD and FreeNAS as well as some cool swag. If you are in the San Diego area, drop by and say hi!

PC-BSD at MeetBSD California

MeetBSD California takes place this upcoming weekend, November 3-4 at Yahoo! in Santa Clara, CA. Kris Moore will be presenting “The Warden® – FreeBSD and Linux Jail Management” on November 3 and several members of the PC-BSD team will also be attending the conference.

This event requires registration ($75USD).

PC-BSD at EuroBSDCon

Several members of the PC-BSD team will be at EuroBSDCon to be held in Warsaw, Poland on October 20-21. There will be a booth in the expo area which will hand out PC-BSD 9.1-RC1 DVDs as well as cool swag.

Kris Moore will present “The Warden – FreeBSD and Linux Jail Management” at 16:40 on Saturday the 20th.

Registration is required for this event.

PC-BSD Presentation at KyivBSD

Yuri Momotiuk will give a presentation “Development Environment of PC-BSD” on Saturday, September 24 at KyivBSD in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yuri developed the PC-BSD Control Panel and the GDM Configuration utility and is working on a bug reporting tool for PC-BSD 9.2. The presentation will be in Russian.

PC-BSD at OLF

PC-BSD will be at Ohio LinuxFest on Saturday, September 29 at the  Greater Columbus Convention Center, in the downtown arena-district Columbus, Ohio. Kris, Ken, and Dru will be giving out PC-BSD DVDs and cool swag at the FreeBSD booth in the expo area. Kris will also be giving a presentation on PC-BSD at 11:00.

Registration is free for this event, so if you are in the area, drop by the booth and say hi!

PC-BSD at Texas LinuxFest

We will be giving out PC-BSD 9.1-Beta1 DVDs, FreeNAS 8.2-RELEASE CDs, and other cool swag at the BSD booth during Texas LinuxFest. The booth is #37 in the Red Oak Ballroom of the Norris Conference Center in San Antonio. The expo is open on Saturday, August 4 from 10-6. Registration is required and costs $20 or $50.

Kris Moore will give a presentation on PC-BSD 9 at 13:30 on Saturday and Dru Lavigne will give a presentation on FreeNAS 8.3 at 11:20.

PC-BSD at OSCON

There will be a FreeBSD booth in the Expo area of OSCON in Portland, OR on July 18-19.

As usual, there will be a bunch of cool swag, as well as free PC-BSD 9-20120622 DVDs and FreeNAS 8.2 BETA4 CDs. If you’re at OSCON or in the Portland area, drop by to say hi! Donations will also be accepted for the FreeBSD Foundation.

OSCON is being held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. You can get a free Expo pass here.

PC-BSD at SouthEast LinuxFest

Several members of the PC-BSD team will be at SouthEast LinuxFest to be held in Charlotte, NC from June 8–10.

Kris Moore will be presenting an “Introduction to PC-BSD 9″ on Friday.

Ken Moore will be presenting “PBI Package Management and Creation� on Saturday.

We’ll be giving out PC-BSD DVDs and cool swag at the BSD booth on Saturday and Sunday. If you’re around, drop by and say hi.

This event is free to attend and pre-registration is recommended. A $65 supporter registration is also available for those who wish to help support the costs of running the conference.

PC-BSD at BSDCan

BSDCan will be held at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Canada from May 9–12.

Kris Moore will present a half-day tutorial on Maintaining your own PBI Package Repository on the morning of May 9. The cost of the tutorial is $60 and pre-registration is required.

There will be a PC-BSD booth on May 11–12 in Morisett Hall (see the BSDCan website for a map). If you’re in town, drop by the booth to say hi, pick up a DVD and some swag, and meet other BSD users.

PC-BSD at ILF

Kris Moore will be giving a presentation about PC-BSD at Indiana LinuxFest in Indianapolis, IN on April 14. He will also be giving out PC-BSD DVDs, swag, and answering PC-BSD questions at the BSD booth in the expo area.

If you’re interested in learning more about FreeBSD administration, there will be a full day course entitled FreeBSD for Linux System Administrators on Friday, April 13.

There is no cost to attend either the course or the conference. Pre-registration is encouraged so that you don’t have to wait in line to register when you arrive.

PC-BSD at NELF

NorthEast LinuxFest will be held in Worcester, MA on March 17. We will be given away PC-BSD DVDs and cool swag at the FreeBSD booth in the expo area. Registration is free for this event and there will be an after-party at a local pub. Not a bad way to spend St. Patrick’s Day if you’re in the NorthEast.

PC-BSD DVDs at MyBSD

On Saturday, March 3, in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Martin Wilke (FreeBSD Developer, Ports Management, Security Officer), will give a presentation about FreeBSD development and share his experience on how he became a FreeBSD Developer. PC-BSD DVDs and swag will also be given away at this event.

The event will be held at Old Town White Coffee, Bangsar South from 14:00–17:00. You can RSVP on Facebook.

Foundation at ILF and FlourishConf

I'll be representing the Foundation at the BSD booth at Indiana LinuxFest this upcoming weekend and at FlourishConf on the following weekend. If you're near Indianapolis or Chicago, drop by and say hi as registration is free for both events. Dropping by the booth provides an opportunity to discuss what the Foundation has been up to, check out the Foundation swag, and/or make a donation to the Foundation.

Foundation at ILF and FlourishConf

I'll be representing the Foundation at the BSD booth at Indiana LinuxFest this upcoming weekend and at FlourishConf on the following weekend. If you're near Indianapolis or Chicago, drop by and say hi as registration is free for both events. Dropping by the booth provides an opportunity to discuss what the Foundation has been up to, check out the Foundation swag, and/or make a donation to the Foundation.