From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Jul 5 11:00:29 2016 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:00:29 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Wed: RetroBSD & LiteBSD with BCallah Message-ID: We have some fun stuff coming up, including Brian C's meeting this Wednesday. July 22-24 is HOPE (.net), and the FreeBSD Foundation has a table which we need volunteers to help staff. Let admin@ know if you're interested. We will also have a flier for the August 3rd InstallFest at HOPE. ************** July 6 Meet the Smallest BSDs: RetroBSD and LiteBSD, Brian Callahan 18:45, Stone Creek Bar & Lounge: 140 E 27th St Abstract We all expect *BSD to run on our personal computers and servers. What you may not know is that the last five years have seen a successful experiment to bring *BSD to the PIC32 microcontrollers. There are now two different full *BSD operating systems for these microcontrollers: RetroBSD, a port of 2.11BSD, and LiteBSD, based on 4.4BSD-Lite2. This talk introduces the two smallest BSDs, the differences between them, what hardware you need (with hands-on demos), and how to get involved. We'll overview what works, what doesn't, the challenges of writing a complete operating system with extremely small RAM limits in the modern era, and how to incorporate *BSD on the microcontroller into your *BSD universe. Speaker Bio Brian is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research explores how underserved groups vie for legitimacy and normalcy in the IT sector through diversity and other initiatives. He is an ex-OpenBSD developer who used to do a lot of work on ports but now advocates for a BSD-agnostic approach. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jul 6 14:23:01 2016 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 14:23:01 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight: RetroBSD & LiteBSD Message-ID: July 6 Meet the Smallest BSDs: RetroBSD and LiteBSD, Brian Callahan 18:45, Stone Creek Bar & Lounge: 140 E 27th St Abstract We all expect *BSD to run on our personal computers and servers. What you may not know is that the last five years have seen a successful experiment to bring *BSD to the PIC32 microcontrollers. There are now two different full *BSD operating systems for these microcontrollers: RetroBSD, a port of 2.11BSD, and LiteBSD, based on 4.4BSD-Lite2. This talk introduces the two smallest BSDs, the differences between them, what hardware you need (with hands-on demos), and how to get involved. We'll overview what works, what doesn't, the challenges of writing a complete operating system with extremely small RAM limits in the modern era, and how to incorporate *BSD on the microcontroller into your *BSD universe. Speaker Bio Brian is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research explores how underserved groups vie for legitimacy and normalcy in the IT sector through diversity and other initiatives. He is an ex-OpenBSD developer who used to do a lot of work on ports but now advocates for a BSD-agnostic approach. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Jul 11 15:17:25 2016 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:17:25 -0400 Subject: [announce] HOPE tabling volunteers for FreeBSD Foundation Message-ID: Just a quick reminder about HOPE (.net) staffing for the FreeBSD Foundation table July 22-24. First, yes, buy your ticket. Second, there are no prerequisites. If you can have a conversation about the BSDs, you can/should help staff the table. Third, additional volunteers would be ideal. Fourth, just because you're helping at the table, doesn't mean you won't be able to attend sessions. Please email admin (@lists.nycbug.org) to help schedule. What are you going to be doing if you volunteer? * Talking to HOPE attendees about FreeBSD, help to distribute some swag, maybe solicit donations for the fund drive. * Publicize the upcoming NYC*BUG's August 3rd InstallFest. The flier is attached in PDF. If possible, make some copies to bring along. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Use the talk@ list if you have any questions beforehand. ***** August 3 - BSD Installfest 18:45, Stone Creek Bar & Lounge: 140 E 27th St Abstract NYC*BUG InstallFests are mixed-up, sloppy opportunities to get hands-on and dirty with an array of hardware. >From Raspberry Pis and BeagleBones to common 64-bit laptops, lots of hardware and a rat's nest of cables will saturate the room, along with install media for FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and beyond. This is a great chance to test out the BSD of your choice for the first or 54th time, in collaboration with other BSD users and developers. Bring in that laptop, maybe with a second hard disk, or one of the newer supported ARM embedded boards. As in the past, we'll utilize the digital projector to those doing short presentations or for those who want to display their progress. Feel free to have a short overview of your install to present if you're interested. No need to RSVP, but email talk@ if you have any preliminary questions about hardware support, specific hardware needs, etc. ***** And in September: 2016-09-07 - Teaching FreeBSD, George Neville-Neil 18:45, Stone Creek Bar & Lounge: 140 E 27th St From announce at lists.nycbug.org Fri Jul 29 14:39:17 2016 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:39:17 -0400 Subject: [announce] [HEADSUP] OpenBSD Mirror Retired Message-ID: All The NYCBUG OpenBSD mirror section has been retired. We are now co-locating ftp4.us.openbsd.org and it was time to take mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/OpenBSD off line. For now we are redirecting all HTTP requests to ftp4.us.OpenBSD.org . This will remain in place until after 6.0 is released. -- mark saad | nonesuch at longcount.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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