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FreeBSD Past Events

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Past Events:

December 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to Documentation, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    18 - 18 December, 2020
    On December 18th 2020 from 18:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to Documentation by Sergio Carlavilla.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    16 - 16 December, 2020
    On December 16th at 21:00 UTC we will hold a "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions or to offer comments. The topic will be "Bhyve", hosted by Peter Grehan and John Baldwin. For more information please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to Capsicum, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    11 - 11 December, 2020
    On December 11th 2020 from 18:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to Capsicum by Mariusz Zaborski.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    03 - 03 December, 2020
    On December 3rd at 18:00 UTC we will hold a "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions or to offer comments. The topic will be "Git Q&A." For more information please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

November 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to DTrace, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    20 - 20 November, 2020
    On November 20th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to DTrace by Mark Johnston.

  • FreeBSD Vendor Summit 2020, Online, ,
    11 - 13 November, 2020
    This event wants to bring together FreeBSD developers and vendors to talk about common goals. Talks about latest developments in companies and in FreeBSD will provide insights into future directions. The event is also a great opportunity for networking within the industry. The half day sessions are free to attend, but you will need to register to access the meeting room.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to RISC-V, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    06 - 06 November, 2020
    On November 6th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to RISC-V by Mitchell Horne.

October 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to Bhyve, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    23 - 23 October, 2020
    On October 24rd 2020 from 00:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to Bhyve by Peter Grehan.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    14 - 14 October, 2020
    On October 14th at 02:00 UTC we will hold the 4th "FreeBSD Core Team Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions or to offer comments. The detail of the topics is in the announcement. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion. For more information see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to CheriBSD, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    09 - 09 October, 2020
    On October 9th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to CheriBSD by Dr. Robert N. M. Watson.

September 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to Jails, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    25 - 25 September, 2020
    On September 25th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to Jails by Michael W. Lucas.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    23 - 23 September, 2020
    On September 23rd at 18:00 UTC we will hold a "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion. For more information see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • FreeBSD Bug Squash, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    19 - 19 September, 2020
    On September 19th 2020 from 1400-2100 UTC we will be running a coordinated virtual Bug Squash. FreeBSD has a Problem Report (PR) database where users and developers are encouraged to file issues and regressions they find in both the base system and ports tree. A Bug Squash is a focused session where we try to triage, process, fix and close as many reports as we can from the PR database. This September 11th Bug Squash we will focus on closing as many PRs with patches as we can. Both users and developers are invited to attend and participate via the live video stream and IRC channel.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Introduction to Hardware Hacking on Raspberry Pi, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    11 - 11 September, 2020
    On September 11th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Introduction to Hardware Hacking on Raspberry Pi by Tom Jones.

August 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to FreeBSD Security, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    28 - 28 August, 2020
    On August 28th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to FreeBSD Security by Antranig Vartanian.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    19 - 19 August, 2020
    On August 19th at 18:00 UTC we will hold a "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion. For more information see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Introduction to ZFS, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    14 - 14 August, 2020
    On August 14th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Introduction to ZFS by Dan Langille.

  • FreeBSD Friday: History of BSD Fast Filesystem, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    07 - 07 August, 2020
    On August 7th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: History of BSD Fast Filesystem by Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick.

July 2020

  • FreeBSD Friday: FreeBSD Installfest Pt 2, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    31 - 31 July, 2020
    On July 31st 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: FreeBSD Installfest Pt 2 by Roller Angel.

  • FreeBSD Friday: FreeBSD Installfest Pt 1, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    24 - 24 July, 2020
    On July 24th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: FreeBSD Installfest Pt 1 by Roller Angel.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    22 - 22 July, 2020
    On July 22nd at 18:00 UTC we will hold a "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion. For more information see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • FreeBSD Friday: Intro to FreeBSD, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
    17 - 17 July, 2020
    On July 17th 2020 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: Intro to FreeBSD by Deb Goodkin.

June 2020

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    24 - 24 June, 2020
    On June 24th at 18:00 UTC we will hold the fifth "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion. For more information see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

  • BSDCan 2020, Online, ,
    03 - 06 June, 2020
    A four day BSD conference held in Ottawa, Canada. BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based around the BSD family of operating systems.

April 2020

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
    15 - 16 April, 2020
    On April 16th at 02:00 UTC (April 15th in North America) we will hold the second "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion.

  • FreeBSD Office Hours, Google Hangout, ,
    01 - 01 April, 2020
    On April 1st at 18:00 UTC we will hold the first "FreeBSD Office Hours", an interactive online event where users, contributors, and developers can ask questions and get advice. The event will be recorded and posted to Youtube after its conclusion.

February 2020

  • FOSDEM 2020, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium
    01 - 02 February, 2020
    FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.

January 2020

  • FreeBSD mini-DevSummit FOSDEM 2020, Hotel NH Brussels Carrefour de l'Europe, Brussels, Belgium
    31 - 31 January, 2020
    Join FreeBSD Developers and Vendors for a one-day summit to be held in conjunction with FOSDEM '20 in Brussels, Belgium. The summit will consist of discussion sessions and is by-invitation only.

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Last modified on: November 4, 2022 by Li-Wen Hsu