vBSDCon - Sept 5-7 Reston VA

2019-08-14 Thread Dan Langille
The vBSDCon 2019 conference is Sept 5-7 in Reston VA. The schedule has been added to the website: https://www.vbsdcon.com/schedule/ The Early Bird registration of $100 closes on Aug 15 (Thursday this week). https://www.vbsdcon.com/registration See you there. -- Dan Langille d

BSDCan 2018 - registration now open

2018-04-09 Thread Dan Langille
ook.com/group.php?gid=272755641371 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bsdcan -- Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon d...@langille.org ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe,

BSDCan 2014 call for papers

2013-12-12 Thread Dan Langille
om: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2014/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: [scott.mur...@arrow-eye.com: [ocbug] March Meeting]

2012-12-27 Thread Dan Langille
edded linux that handles VoIP calls and I was thinking it would be > interesting to see if it could be done with an embedded BSD, kind of like > pfsense for firewalls. I'll be there for the 9 May 2013 meeting. :) -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org

BSDCan 2012 - call for papers

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Langille
acceptance ends 19 Feb 2012 Confirmation of accepted proposals See also <http://www.bsdcan.org/2012/papers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2012 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2012/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://

BSDCan 2011 - call for papers - reminder

2011-01-11 Thread Dan Langille
sions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

BSDCan 2011 - call for papers

2010-12-02 Thread Dan Langille
acceptance ends 19 Feb 2011 Confirmation of accepted proposals See also <http://www.bsdcan.org/2011/papers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2011 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2011/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://

BSDCan 2010 - Did you forget to register?

2010-05-07 Thread Dan Langille
about the talks and speakers they want to see. They seem pretty excited about it. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any

BSDCan 2010 - registered yet?

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Langille
. -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

BSDCan 2010

2009-11-30 Thread Dan Langille
Hello folks, BSDCan 2010 will be held 13-14 May, 2010 in Ottawa at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 May. We are now accepting proposals for talks. The talks should be designed with a very strong technical content bias. Proposals of a business devel

BSDCan 2010 - dates

2009-11-02 Thread Dan Langille
Hello folks, BSDCan 2010 will be held 13-14 May, 2010 in Ottawa, at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12 May. NOTE: the conference is Tue-Fri with social events planned for Saturday. This differs from previous years when it was Wed-Sat. -- Dan

BSDCan 2009 starts next week

2009-04-30 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 BSDCan 2009 starts next week. see http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/ Enjoy. - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

BSDCan on twitter

2009-03-22 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FYI, some BSDCan (http://bsdcan.org/) stuff is also announced here: http://twitter.com/bsdcan But the primary source will always be the BSDCan announce mailing list: http://lists.bsdcan.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcan-announce - -- Dan Langille

BSDCan 2009 preliminary schedule

2009-03-16 Thread Dan Langille
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The preliminary BSDCan 2009 schedule has been released. see http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/ Please start making your travel plans now. Enjoy. - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The

Re: BSDday-AR

2009-02-20 Thread Dan Langille
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: On Friday 20 February 2009 1:48:07 pm Dan Langille wrote: Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: On Friday 13 February 2009 10:59:25 am Sdävtaker wrote: I checked your site, i like it, easy to read, easy to navigate. I forwaded it to the other guys in organization here so they can see it

Re: BSDday-AR

2009-02-20 Thread Dan Langille
a break. And give them credit too: they've taken the first step. The event is two months away. Sometimes, things take time. Patience pays. -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ ___

BSDCan 2009 - Request for Proposals

2009-01-19 Thread Dan Langille
sdcan.org/2009/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://

Re: Beastie

2008-12-20 Thread Dan Langille
org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org " -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

BSDCan 2009 - Request for Proposals

2008-12-18 Thread Dan Langille
accepted proposals See also <http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/papers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2009 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://ww

Re: FreeBSD birthday date

2008-11-16 Thread Dan Langille
l birthday date? =) Consider that it's a weekend. Consider MeetBSD is schedule after LISA 2008, by design. The rest is left as an exercise for the reader. -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: LWE - booth?

2008-08-04 Thread Dan Langille
On Aug 4, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Matt Olander wrote: On Aug 4, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Dan Langille wrote: Anyone doing the booth thing at LWE? Hey Dan, Is that LinuxWorld Expo in SF? We'll have a pretty big presence there this year. Besides having about 7 people at the booth, we arrang

LWE - booth?

2008-08-04 Thread Dan Langille
Anyone doing the booth thing at LWE? -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: BSDstats: May Statistics - 23 998 Hosts Reported In

2008-06-05 Thread Dan Langille
e patches would be gratefully accepted. Go for it. You just volunteered. -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, s

BSDCan - two weeks to go!

2008-04-28 Thread Dan Langille
their network. Better still, bring your own WAP and use that. You might also find an extension cord useful so you don't have to sit next to a power plug. SPONSORS Thanks to our sponsors: The FreeBSD Foundation Google USENIX iXsystems Isilon XipLink Juniper Networks

Three weeks to go

2008-04-21 Thread Dan Langille
i-new/bsdcan08 If you have not made your plans for BSDCan 2008 yet, you better get started before all the good rooms are gone and you have to stay off-campus. :) -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebs

BSDCan 2008 - only a few weeks to go

2008-04-09 Thread Dan Langille
com/2lzthw People keep telling me how much they're looking forward to BSDCan. So much so that we've alerted the pubs. -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

BSDCan registration now open

2008-03-17 Thread Dan Langille
n.org/2008/ See you in May! -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: LinkedIn Group?

2008-03-08 Thread Dan Langille
hat they'd join too. I almost created the group myself, but I'm probably not a good maintainer for it. Not that it requires much work. Somebody in Advocacy or Marketing should probably look into creating a FreeBSD group. Just a tip. Good idea Bob. I think you just volunteered.

Re: National mailinglists - why isn't it there yet?

2008-03-02 Thread Dan Langille
rom there. I think if you want stuff for a specific country code, show up to the party and have the mailman stuff ready to go. Then just get the domain delegated to yourself. -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ ___ freebsd-advocacy@freeb

What's up in Raleigh/Durham?

2008-01-29 Thread Dan Langille
I'll be in the Raleigh/Durham area for the first week of February (next week). My HQ will be Morrisville. Any interesting events / get togethers, etc? -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Confe

BSDCan 2008 submissions

2008-01-17 Thread Dan Langille
Folks: BSDCan submissions close in a few days. We have some slots left and we always get a flood of submissions at the last minute. Get in while you can. http://www.bsdcan.org/2008/papers.php thanks -- Dan Langille -- http://www.langille.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Bounty announced for Flash9 in Opera in FreeBSD

2007-12-31 Thread Dan Langille
without crashing." http://blog.kozubik.com/john_kozubik/2007/12/bounty-posted-f.html My contribution to the bounty is free admission to BSDCan and tutorials. From 2007, this was worth roughly CAD$400. -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdca

BSDCan 2008 - call for papers

2007-12-19 Thread Dan Langille
for formal papers. We are also accepting submissions for less formal talks and presentations through the same procedures. See also <http://www.bsdcan.org/2008/papers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2008 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2008/submissions.php

Re: What Linux^W distribution would you most like to see supported on a ThinkPad?

2007-09-12 Thread Dan Langille
=98> > >> and, yes!, FreeBSD is a proposed choice. > > > > ... listed as a Linux distro. :| > > I always take "Linux" as a proxy for "Open-Source OS" in these type of polls. It appears that anyone can add a new choice to the poll. -- Dan Langille

BSDCan - less than four weeks!

2007-04-26 Thread Dan Langille
se to residence. See http://tinyurl.com/jxelk We have not picked a spot for mass gatherings on Friday and Saturday night. There are many to choose from. As always, BSDCan is both a social and a learning event. :) Sometimes the two are concurrent. See you at BSDCan 2007! -- Dan Langill

Re: ZFS committed to the FreeBSD base. (fwd)

2007-04-06 Thread Dan Langille
apacity". Well, 'tis definitely a Good Friday, then :-) > > HEADS-UP: Slashdotted. We'll see if they post (dunno why > they wouldn't). Get it posted elsewhere first. Then /. is more likely to pick it up. Try BSDNews, OSNews, etc. -- Dan Langille : Software Dev

Win a trip to BSDCan

2007-03-28 Thread Dan Langille
Today is the last day to enter and win a trip to BSDCan: http://news.freshports.org/2007/01/30/freshports-design-contest/ -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org

FreshPorts design contest

2007-02-16 Thread Dan Langille
here: http://news.freshports.org/2007/01/30/freshports-design-contest/ -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org/ ___ fr

Re: Vision impaired software on FreeBSD?

2007-01-25 Thread Dan Langille
cal installer, > not Ascii text mode. So you might need somoene else to install it > for you. PC-BSD, which installs FreeBSD, has a graphical installer. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille

BSDCan 2007 - Call for papers reminder

2007-01-18 Thread Dan Langille
ve no later than this date See also <http://www.bsdcan.org/2007/papers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2007 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2007/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http

BSDCan 2007 - Call for papers

2006-12-20 Thread Dan Langille
pers.php> Instructions for submitting a proposal to BSDCan 2007 are available from: <http://www.bsdcan.org/2007/submissions.php> -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - htt

Re: CDROM-Artwork

2006-10-25 Thread Dan Langille
> remember... Must go to bed now...). I just printed off twenty CD for distribution at this tutorial on Thursday night: http://oclug.on.ca/archives/oclug-announce/2006-October/000187.html My ink jet printer does not do your artwork justice, but it much more appropriate than my handwritten l

Re: CDROM-Artwork

2006-10-16 Thread Dan Langille
as well. It's much better looking writing directly on the CD. :) -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

Re: Re[2]: FreeBSD's SVG logos are broken(was Re: FreeBSD Logo)

2006-08-22 Thread Dan Langille
itton.org/uploads/firefox_01.png > >> http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/opera_01.png > > > Opera 9.01 on Windows NT renders it just fine. > > I'm using Opera 9.01 on Windows XP and it does not render well. I can > see weird colors in the logo, a mix of yellow, o

Re: FreeBSD's SVG logos are broken(was Re: FreeBSD Logo)

2006-08-22 Thread Dan Langille
w.nbritton.org/uploads/firefox_01.png > http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/opera_01.png Opera 9.01 on Windows NT renders it just fine. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ___ f

Donations sought for hardware purchase

2006-07-23 Thread Dan Langille
Hi folks, I'm asking for donations to purchase SATA drives for a new server. Details at: http://www.freebsddiary.org/opteron-drives-fund-raising.php -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langill

Re: FreeBSD BoF at USENIX?

2006-05-30 Thread Dan Langille
down. What's on their website regarding adding a BoF? Perhaps it's just a matter of asking. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ___ freebsd-advocacy@freeb

Re: FreeBSD shirts

2006-05-22 Thread Dan Langille
I know I, and I assume others, wouldn't > mind seeing a shop with some apparel, stickers, or around-the-house items > sporting Beastie and even the new logo. And, of course, it would also > produce another source of funding for the Project. I suggest you email The FreeBSD Foundation

BSDCan - two weeks away!

2006-04-27 Thread Dan Langille
-- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php Hi folks, A reminder that BSDCan 2006 is just two weeks away. Our schedule has been announced <http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/schedule.php> and we're putting the finishing

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Dan Langille
On 24 Feb 2006 at 12:22, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > Wherever there's people making money out of free software there's > dishonesty. This is untrue. Many people make money out of free software. There is a long history of it and all of it quite honest. -- Dan Lan

FreeBSD 6.0 outperforms Linux in raw data throughput

2005-11-07 Thread Dan Langille
I was told about this URL by someone seeking information on the benchmark: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi- bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-04-2005/0004208871&EDATE= (or http://tinyurl.com/8zxzt) Does anyone have details on the benchmark please? cheers -- Dan Langill

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD events

2005-10-07 Thread Dan Langille
ng a few BSD papers?), maybe LISA? I don't > think a date is set for next year's BSDCan yet. What about some of > the regional Linux gatherings. Does anyone have current plans for > FreeBSD participation that we can promote on the website? Thanks, BSDCan 2006 will be 12-13

Re: Negative Review of FreeBSD 5.4

2005-06-02 Thread Dan Langille
On 2 Jun 2005 at 9:17, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > Anybody have any thoughts on this review? > > http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/24/2153257&tid=8 I suggest you provide your thoughts first. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conf

Re: [30-05-05] Layout update

2005-05-30 Thread Dan Langille
ime, the webdesign contest hasn't started yet. > > Your design is very clear and mature, however it doesn't give the > project the corporate feel that it requires to sustain among the big > players. > > Don't give away your ideas this early :) > Make them better,

Re: Main site makeover

2005-05-26 Thread Dan Langille
> I'm willing to give the webmasters the CSS and HTML files of my design, no > strings attached. The new design IMO, would be essentially the same as far > as where things are situated, and well organized as it is currently. I'd suggest posting the URL to your desi

RE: Want a logo competition? Do it properly.

2005-05-07 Thread Dan Langille
mething constructive. All I've see so far is useless banter. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/advocacy/ ___ freebsd-adv

RE: Want a logo competition? Do it properly.

2005-05-06 Thread Dan Langille
On 6 May 2005 at 15:01, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > Wouldn't it be more fair to everyone if everyone could participate? No. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/

BSDCan 2005 - Work In Progress session

2005-04-19 Thread Dan Langille
chaired by Robert Watson. The deadline for slides is midnight Friday 13 May 2005 and they should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See you at BSDCan 2005! -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http

table at BSDCan

2005-04-11 Thread Dan Langille
Hi folks, Do you want a table at BSDCan? If so, step forward and speak up. I need to know by the end of the week. cheers. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/advocacy

BSDCan 2005 - registration now open

2005-03-10 Thread Dan Langille
Hello folks, Registration for BSDCan 2005 is now open. Please register now at <http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/registration.php> See you at BSDCan 2005! -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdc