From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Feb 2 22:34:12 2021 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 22:34:12 -0500 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tomorrow: OccamBSD with Michael Dexter Message-ID: NYC*BUG Tomorrow! Fifteen Years and Fifteen Minutes: Applying Occam's Razor to FreeBSD with OccamBSD, Michael Dexter 2021-02-03 @ 18:45 - Zoom Abstract occambsd.sh (https://github.com/michaeldexter/occambsd) is a script that builds a minimum FreeBSD u serland and kernel using build options, for use with bhyve(8) and jail(8). The result takes minutes t o build and seconds to boot, but achieving this simple objective required fifteen+ years of experimen tation, error reporting, and gentle persuasion. This talk will touch on the milestones leading to occ ambsd.sh, the role of build options as part of the fundamental FreeBSD value proposition, the mysteri ous build_option_survey, occambsd.sh in action, and your insightful questions. For Zoom meeting details, email to rsvp AT lists.nycbug.org, and details will be sent on the day of the meeting. Speaker Biography Michael is best known in NYC*BUG circles for his help via BSD Fund as the fiscal sponsor of NYC*BSD Con 2010 and has organized the Portland Linux/Unix Group (pdxlinux.org) since that same time. Michael provides TrueNAS and OpenZFS support from Portland, Oregon side-by-side with this wife, three kids, dog, and hamster. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Fri Feb 26 13:15:42 2021 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:15:42 -0500 Subject: [announce] Next NYC*Bug: March 3rd Gaming on OpenBSD: Pearls, Pitfalls, Paranoia Message-ID: The Next NYC*Bug Zoom meeting will be held March 3rd 18:45 EST / 23:45 UTC Gaming on OpenBSD: Pearls, Pitfalls, Paranoia, by Thomas Frohwein OpenBSD has had a long-standing reputation for its security focus, but is also surprisingly good as a desktop OS once you've made it past the initial barriers. It hasn't been known for gaming (other than tetris(6)), leading users to play on other platforms like a Windows box or game consoles. But now, things are changing one emulator|sourceport|game engine at a time. Follow thfr@ on a years-long journey to try to extend the advantages offered by OpenBSD to more and better gaming - from hardware support to security mitigations at play, to ultimately overcoming multiple barriers and growing both OpenBSD's gaming library and its gaming community. For Zoom meeting details, email to rsvp AT lists.nycbug.org, and details will be sent on the day of the meeting. Speaker Biography Thomas Frohwein is a German expat living in Montana. He has been OpenBSD user since 2014, and developer (thfr@) since 2018. His primary focus has been improving gaming options on OpenBSD and he maintains the (eternally unfinished) webpage playonbsd.com with the infamous shopping guide in an attempt to sabotage the productivity of OpenBSD hackers and tempt them to drain their notoriously low bank accounts. His dayjob is working as a physician which in this day and age is almost equivalent to being an IT specialist. More Info and Zoom invite details: https://www.nycbug.org/index?action=view&id=10681