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Dan Langille | 9 Apr 2008 17:00
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BSDCan 2008 - only a few weeks to go

Hi,

In this email:

    - coming soon
    - sponsors
    - map

Coming Soon:

There are only a few weeks to go until BSDCan 2008.  I hope
you've made your travel bookings.  If you are coming in from
other than USA or Canada, we can provide you with a Letter
of Invitation after you have registered and paid.  This letter
can help you if you need to apply for  visa.

We have an amazing line up of talks and speakers.  Full
details here:  http://www.bsdcan.org/2008/schedule/

Sponsors:

The preparations are well underway.  We've had tremendous support
from our sponsors:

  The FreeBSD Foundation
  Google
  USENIX
  XipLink
  Juniper Networks
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M Graff | 10 Apr 2008 05:59
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Re: Can we make it harder to get NetBSD?


Mark Weinem wrote:

| Please review again http://www.netbsd.org/releases/index.html
| I hope the page is clearer and less confusing now.

Sorry, more than 1 click is too many.

Seriously.

OK, perhaps 2 is ok if needed.

I'd suggest this:

(1)  Put "Download NetBSD now!" on the home page, or even most pages.
This link takes you directly to a page with:

(2)  "click to download NetBSD 4.0 32-bit Intel and AMD" and "click to
download NetBSD 4.0 for 64-bit Intel and AMD" links.  Each downloads an ISO.

(3)  Also on that "click" page, are links to ways to get packages,
source, etc.  And links for other architectures.

Before anyone flames me and claims that macppc or amiga or alpha matter
anymore, I'm not excluding you.  I'm just doing what any web site
analyst would say -- make the most common tasks trivial and clear.
People wanting to throw NetBSD on random hardware can afford to read a
bit further down a page.

--Michael
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Adam Hoka | 14 Apr 2008 21:05
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Re: Can we make it harder to get NetBSD?

Unfortunately, It's really hard to information quickly on the site.
I have to use the search most of the time, because some stuff are  
impossible to find.

Things I (and other people I know) need often:

Changelog
Supported Hardware
Direct link to ISOs and pkgsrc tarball.

And having two menubar (under and above the logo) on the main page is a  
but confusing.

Can we improve this?
Can I help somehow to do so?

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matthew sporleder | 18 Apr 2008 01:17
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Showcasing subprojects

I was thinking it might be beneficial to showcase some of netbsd's
subprojects on the main site or even in the main navigation.

pkgsrc and ATF come to mind.  What else?

Matt
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matthew sporleder | 19 Apr 2008 14:58
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Re: Showcasing subprojects

On 4/17/08, matthew sporleder <msporleder <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking it might be beneficial to showcase some of netbsd's
>  subprojects on the main site or even in the main navigation.
>
>  pkgsrc and ATF come to mind.  What else?
>

Some other stuff to show might be things that need work -- like the
SoC projects that are mostly done, but need finishing for final
inclusion.  NetBSD-forge.  It would also be a good place to show
active branches.
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Volkmar Seifert | 21 Apr 2008 14:55
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Vintage Computer Festival Europe

Hello everyone,

on April, 26th/27th 2008 the Vintage Computer Festival Europe[1] takes
place in Munich, Germany.

Bernhard Riedel ("Burnhard"), and I ("Mjoellnir") will be there. Bernhard
on Saturday and Sunday, and I on Sunday. I will exhibit a Sun SPARCstation
IPX [2] with a NetBSD 3.1, X-Server and several tools to play with, and to
show that machines like this once were actually used in everyday
office-life... ;)

For more info see

[1] http://vcfe.org
[2]
http://blog.nifelheim.info/tech/2008/04/21/vintage-computer-festival-europe/

- Volkmar

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Dan Langille | 22 Apr 2008 05:02
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Three weeks to go

Hi,

In three weeks, the BSD masses will be gathering in Ottawa
for the 5th annual BSDCan.  The schedule is phenomenal,
even if I do say so myself.

If you are interested in spreading the word about BSDCan,
and getting your name out there, consider reporting on one
or more of the talks for USENIX.  Rik Farrow tells me that
the summaries will be published in the August 2008 issue of ;login:.

A summary can be as short as a paragraph or so.  It's pretty easy,
and Rik provides past summaries as examples.  If you can type,
you can do a summary.

Sign up here:  http://www.spirit.com/cgi-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.  :)

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Hubert Feyrer | 26 Apr 2008 12:38
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Call For Open Source Awards 2008 Nominations


[BCCing this to netbsd-users, please use netbsd-advocacy <at>  for discussion]

Let me quote this in full from O'Reilly's Allison Randal's blog[1]: ``For 
the 4th year running, Google and O'Reilly will present a set of Open 
Source Awards at OSCON 2008. The awards recognize individual contributors 
who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and 
collaboration in the development of Open Source Software. Past recipients 
for 2005-2007 include Doc Searls, Jeff Waugh, Gerv Markham, Julian Seward, 
David Heinemeier Hansson, Karl Fogel, David Recordon, and Paul Vixie.

The nomination process is open to the entire open source community, 
closing May 15th, 2008. Send your nominations to osawards AT oreilly DOT 
com. Nominations should include the name of the recipient, any associated 
project/org, suggested title for the award ("Best Hacker", "Best Community 
Builder", etc.), and a description of why you are nominating the 
individual. Google and O'Reilly employees cannot be nominated.''

Who's your #1 NetBSD person? Discuss at netbsd-advocacy <at> NetBSD.org, 
suggest to osawards <at> oreilly.com!

  - Hubert

[1] http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/04/open-source-award-nominations.html
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Dan Langille | 28 Apr 2008 19:00
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BSDCan - two weeks to go!

Hi,

In this announcement:

  - Countdown
  - Accommodation
  - bring a cable
  - Sponsors

COUNTDOWN

BSDCan 2008 starts in two weeks.  By this time in a fortnight,
the people for the tutorials will have arrived.    I also want to  
mention
that the FreeBSD DevSummit has more than 80 people invited
this year.

ACCOMMODATION

If you have not already booked your accommodation for BSDCan 2008
chances are, you will not be able to stay on campus.  By all means,
call them and ask, but most people have been getting "no vacancy".

Not to worry.  We have you covered.  There is nearby accommodation,
and it's not much more expensive than residence.

Les Suites have two deals for us:
One bedroom suite, one bed, one fold-out bed. $149 a night plus taxes  
(1-2 persons)
Two bedroom suite, three beds, one fold-out bed. $209 a night plus
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