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Hiya campers, its september which means its time for our annual
september meeting. all the burners are back from burning man, the
bridge is open again, and all the school kids are back in town. so
lets go to the metreon and talk about none of those things, but instead
focus on OpenBSD.

Tuesday the 4th, 7pm, food court of the Metreon. details and maps at
http://sfobug.org.

Meeting time is 02:00 UTC

Originally posted by me to CapBUG.org:

As reported on The OpenBSD Journal, a Linux kernel developer removed the BSD License text from Reyk Floeter’s Atheros wireless driver.

As Theo de Raadt wrote in a comment to The OpenBSD Journal article:

The other files in the driver, written by Reyk, are the replacement for the HAL. This basically is the hidden register access code which Sam (basically employeed by Atheros) refused to release. This code was placed by Reyk under an ISC license, something our project prefers to use since it is so simple that even a grade 5 student cannot misunderstand what it says. It translates to “You can do anything, but not delete the text”.
Only Reyk could change that copyright notice, since he is the author.

At this time, Slashdot does not consider this news (even though a story has been submitted). This must be a too negative reflection of their beloved Linux.

OpenBSD 4.2 will mark the release of a full installation image (install42.iso), minus packages. Will you still purchase an official CD set to support the project?

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I posted a brief writeup on running FreeBSD on the Nokia IP330 IP router appliance over at the Phoenix BSD User Group.

Using FreeBSD on the Nokia IP330

If you’re looking for a very low-dollar router/firewall or just a new rackmount system to have some fun with, the IP330 is a good option.

This month, we’ll meet at the Raba office in Columbia again at 6:30 PM ET. We are considering moving the meetings to PROTEUS in the future, but this month the meeting is at “the usual place”.

Johan will give a short talk on FreeBSD’s GEOM. Bret will stop being a straphanger and give a short talk about contributing code/diffs to OpenBSD. After the talks, if we have time and interest, I can possibly do a demo on starting a port.

After the talks, we’ll then head over to Nottingham’s or The Green Turtle for a couple beers.

Note: the meeting starts at 02:00 UTC.

Location: Casey Moore’s Oyster House Map

This month we will cool off with some brewski and chat.

For any FreeBSD people with a nostalgic side I have a bunch of FreeBSD CDs to give away ranging from 2.x to 6. This isn’t a complete set, but very close! These should go to a loving home, not just the mildly curious.

Note: the meeting starts at 01:30 UTC.

This month, we’ll meet at the Raba office in Columbia again at 6:30 PM ET (22:30 UTC). I will give a short talk on Yaifo. Barring anyone else having a topic to discuss, we’ll then head over to Nottingham’s for a couple beers.

Update: Prior to or following my Yaifo talk, Patrick will give a talk on OpenVPN.

The presentation will be Using PF for Home Broadband by dwc. We will cover some basics of protecting your home network, as well as a little traffic shaping to make home broadband a little more responsive and friendly.

Our gracious host, Wayne Porter, in addition to offering us a venue, will be providing homemade guacamole and chips for us! Yum!

After the meeting we will meeting for drinks and chat at Casey Moore’s on 9th and Ash.

The meetings are held at the GIOS factility in ASU Tempe Center, on the SE corner of University and Mill. GIOS is in the corner, to the East of Sack’s. Parking in the lot is free to the public beginning at 7pm.

Note: the meeting starts at 02:00 UTC.

This month, we’re not having a meeting. We’re just going to meet at Nottingham’s in Columbia for Beer and BSD (stolen from PhxBUG) at 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC).

Nottingham’s Address:
8850 Stanford Blvd, Suite 1100
Columbia, MD 21045

See you there!

It’s just that time of year, so this month will be a Beer & BSD gathering at Casey Moore’s!

More information is available on the PhxBUG web site.

Note: the meeting starts at 01:30 UTC.