FreeBSD Events

Current/Upcoming Events:

September 2023

• EuroBSDcon 2023, TBA, Coimbra, Portugal
  14 - 17 September, 2023
  EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

Past Events:

May 2023

• BSDCan 2023, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  17 - 20 May, 2023
  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 2023

• AsiaBSDCon 2023, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
  30 - 02 April, 2023
  AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.

March 2023

• Google Summer of Code, FreeBSD Office Hours – YouTube, ,
  22 - 22 March, 2023
  On Wednesday March 22 at 17:00 UTC, we will share information about contributing to FreeBSD through Google Summer of Code.

February 2023

• FOSDEM 2023, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
  04 - 05 February, 2023
  Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2023, after 2 years of online events, they will gather in Brussels again. Be sure to stop by the FreeBSD stand and BSD devroom to get the latest on FreeBSD.

December 2022

• An Introduction to FreeBSD Services – Drew Gurkowski, FreeBSD Fridays – The FreeBSD Foundation, ,
  16 - 16 December, 2022
  Setting up printing, audio, and Wi-Fi on a fresh FreeBSD install.

November 2022

• November 2022 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, Online, ,
  03 - 04 November, 2022
  Join us for the online November 2022FreeBSD Vendor Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place November 3-4, 2022. It’s free to attend, but we ask that you register with the eventbrite system to gain access to the meeting room and separate hallway track. The vendor summit is sponsored by the FreeBSD Foundation.

October 2022

• Aberdeen Hackathon 2022, 57 North Hacklab, Aberdeen, Scotland
  08 - 08 October, 2022
  A FreeBSD Hackathon will take place in Aberdeen, Scotland from the 5th of October to the 8th of October 2022. The hackathon will be hosted by 57 North Hacklab.

September 2022

• EuroBSDcon 2022, The Freihaus Campus of Vienna's Technical University, Vienna, Austria
  15 - 18 September, 2022
  EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

June 2022

• June 2022 FreeBSD Developer Summit, Online, ,
  16 - 17 June, 2022
  Join us for the online June 2022 FreeBSD Developer Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place June 16-17, 2022. It is free to attend, but we ask that you register with the conference system to gain access to the meeting room (more information to come). In addition to developer discussion sessions, we will also have vendor talks.

• BSDCan 2022, Online, ,
  01 - 04 June, 2022
  A four day BSD conference held online. BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based around the BSD family of operating systems.

March 2022

• Google Summer of Code, FreeBSD Office Hours – YouTube, ,
  16 - 16 March, 2022
  The then upcoming Google Summer of Code, and how mentees could become involved.

February 2022

• How to Track FreeBSD Using Git, Part 2 – Warner Losh, FreeBSD Fridays – YouTube, ,
  11 - 11 February, 2022
  A primer on how to track FreeBSD using Git. The basics of obtaining and compiling FreeBSD, then more advanced topics – including managing local changes, and how to contribute those changes to the FreeBSD Project.

• FOSDEM 2022, Online, ,
  05 - 06 February, 2022
  Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2022, they will gather online. Be sure to stop by the FreeBSD stand and BSD devroom to get the latest on FreeBSD.

November 2021

• FreeBSD Vendor Summit 2021, Online, ,
  18 - 19 November, 2021
  Join us for the online November 2021 FreeBSD Vendor Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place November 18-19, 2021. It’s free to attend, but we ask that you register with the eventbrite system to gain access to the meeting room and separate hallway track. In addition to vendor talks, we will also have discussion sessions. If you have a specific topic you’d like to discuss, please contact [email protected]

October 2021

• FreeBSD Fridays: The Writing Scholar’s Guide to FreeBSD, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
  22 - 22 October, 2021
  On October 22th 2021 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: "The Writing Scholar’s Guide to FreeBSD" by Corey Stephan.

September 2021

• EuroBSDcon 2021, Online, ,
  17 - 19 September, 2021
  EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  13 - 13 September, 2021
  Warner Losh will be leading a discussion at our next core office hours from those people that have expressed an interest in moving to the next set of development tools. The discussion will take place on 13th September 1700 hours (UTC). We would have a limited number of panelists and there will be Q&A using the IRC. If you have any questions that you would like to be addressed you can also send the questions to [email protected] beforehand.

August 2021

• FreeBSD Friday: How to Track FreeBSD Using Git, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
  13 - 13 August, 2021
  On August 13th 2021 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: "How to Track FreeBSD Using Git" by Warner Losh.

June 2021

• FreeBSD Friday: How to Submit a Patch to FreeBSD, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
  18 - 18 June, 2021
  On June 18th 2021 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: "How to Submit a Patch to #FreeBSD" by Drew Gurkowski and Ed Maste.

• June 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit, Online, ,
  09 - 11 June, 2021
  Join us for the online June 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place June 9-11, 2021. It is free to attend, but we ask that you register with the eventbrite system to gain access to the meeting room. In addition to developer discussion sessions, we will also have vendor talks.

• FreeBSD Friday: An Introduction to BastilleBSD, https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/, ,
  04 - 04 June, 2021
  On June 4th 2021 from 17:00 UTC there will be an 1 hour live streaming session of the FreeBSD Fridays. The topic of this week is: "An Introduction to BastilleBSD" by Christer Edwards.

May 2021

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  26 - 26 May, 2021
  On May 26th at 02:00 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 "Best Practices virtual panel discussion", hosted by Warner Losh. For more information, please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  12 - 12 May, 2021
  On May 12th 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 "Best Practices virtual panel discussion", hosted by Warner Losh. For more information, please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

March 2021

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  31 - 31 March, 2021
  On March 31st 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 "Survey Results", hosted by Sean Chittenden. For more information, please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  24 - 24 March, 2021
  On March 24th 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 Q&A", hosted by Peter Grehan. For more information, please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

February 2021

• FOSDEM 2021, Online, ,
  06 - 07 February, 2021
  Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2021, they will gather online. Be sure to stop by the FreeBSD stand and BSD devroom to get the latest on FreeBSD.

January 2021

• FreeBSD Office Hours, live.FreeBSD.org, ,
  27 - 27 January, 2021
  On January 27th 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 Q&A", hosted by Peter Grehan. For more information, please see the Office Hours page on the FreeBSD wiki.

Events from past years:

• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003

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