BSD Cafe Billboard

The Billboard just got a hallway track.

We've added a Conferences section with dedicated subcategories for the three major BSD conferences: EuroBSDCon, BSDCan, and AsiaBSDCon.

Whether you're preparing a talk proposal, looking for travel tips, writing a trip report, or trying to figure out who's going this year - now there's a place for that conversation to live longer than a Fediverse thread.

More conferences may be added over time based on community interest. If you think something is missing, let us know.

BSDCan, Ottawa - the one conference where the hallway track might be better than the main track. And the main track is excellent.

Discuss talks, share trip plans, post reviews, or reminisce about that one conversation at the Father and Sons that turned into a two-hour deep dive on ZFS internals.

EuroBSDCon - the annual European BSD conference, a different city every year, and always a reason to pack a bag.

Share your talk proposals, trip reports, session reviews, or just coordinate who's arriving when and where the best dinner spot is.
If you've been, you know. If you haven't - this is your sign.

AsiaBSDCon - BSD in one of the most fascinating continents on Earth.

Share your experiences, talk reviews, travel tips, and plans for the next edition. Whether you've attended in person or followed remotely, this is your space to connect with the Asia-Pacific BSD community.

The best part of any conference isn't the talks - it's the people you meet between them.

This is the space for everything conference-related: announcements, trip reports, talk reviews, travel tips, who's going where, and the conversations that started at a dinner table and never quite finished.

Pick the specific conference below, or post here for general discussion - CFPs, new events, or anything that doesn't fit a single conference.

See you there. Or here, at least.

@grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe "this is fine!"

I'm pinning this post, thank you!

@carson@social.chittom.family great. Let me know if you find any problems!

@TomAoki said:

But the opening date was a bit unfortunate, first thought it's April Fools' joke.

Eheh yes, not the best date for an announcement

Strange, as I didn't set a time limit (it's at 0 - disabled).
I'll check, thanks!

This is the sandbox. Post, reply, format, break things - nobody will judge you here.

Use this category to test federation, try out formatting, see how your Fediverse account interacts with the Billboard, or just press buttons to see what happens.

Nothing here is permanent, nothing here is serious, and if something catches fire, that's kind of the point.

Have fun. Just don't test in production.

A new section just appeared on the Billboard.

Some of us got into this world through a Commodore 64, a 386, an Amiga, or a terminal that weighed more than we did. Those machines deserve a corner of their own.

RetroComputing is now open - for vintage hardware, classic operating systems, restoration projects, and the stories behind the machines that made us who we are.

Head over, introduce your oldest working machine, and let's see what's still running out there.

Some of us started on machines where 640K was more than enough.

This is the space for vintage hardware, classic operating systems, old-school Unix, CP/M, Amiga, Commodore, early PCs, and anything that makes you feel nostalgic - or curious about how we got here.

Show off your collection, share a restoration project, ask for help getting that old VAX to boot, or just tell us about the first computer you ever touched.

Old hardware never dies. It just waits for someone who still cares.

@carson@social.chittom.family you should be able to browse without having to login. I just tried and it worked for me, I could read all the posts from an incognito window.

@RL_Dane I'm glad you are!
Let me know if you find any problems.

@madamada@snac.void.my yes, we can see you!

It works!

Yes, there's a Linux section at the BSD Cafe. We are inclusive!

Many of us work with Linux alongside BSD in production, at home, or both.

This is the place to discuss Linux distributions, tools, kernel news, or anything Linux-related - especially if you're coming from Linux and curious about BSD, or running both.

The coffee is the same, the conversation is good, and the door is always open.

Grab a drink, take a seat, and relax.

This is the off-topic corner of the BSD Cafe Billboard.

Introductions, random thoughts, tech tangents, music recommendations, photography, mechanical keyboards, or whatever else is on your mind - it all belongs here.

The only rule: be kind to each other.
We're pro, not against. Supporters, not haters. Builders, not destroyers.

The Lounge is meant to feel like the best part of a conference - the hallway track, the dinner after the talks, the conversation that starts with "so what do you actually run at home?"

Say hi. We'd love to know who's sitting at the table.

Zones. ZFS. bhye. KVM. The cloud's best-kept secret.

SmartOS brings the full power of illumos to hypervisor and container workloads. Discuss installations, vmadm, imgadm, Triton, or just share how you're using SmartOS to quietly run circles around the competition.