Contributed by jose on from the user-groups dept.
"For awhile I've considered starting my own user group in the Seattle area devoted to OpenBSD. I want the group to focus on all things OpenBSD.Anyone else doing local BSD user groups? I know of a few in some more metropolitan areas, and they seem to be doing some interesting things collectively. Any others out there doing this?OpenBSD on the desktop, installing things via ports, and most of all, pf/altq firewalling.
I envision a once a month meeting place for local OBSD fans, as well as the one stop shop for people around the world to grab code for their pf filtering solutions and to read up on ways to block potential attacks. I think there is no better Operating System for this than OBSD, and want to spread the word.
So far I have some ideas in my head as to what to do. I've considered the name SNOB/S Seattle Networks OpenBsd/Security.
Would anyone in the Seattle are who's interested please contact me via email: butthead@integrity.com, please put "SNOBS" in the subject line to it's easy to filter."
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By grey () on
There are definitely others; in the San Francisco bay area, there's SFOBUG (http://www.sfobug.org)
Also, check:
http://www.openbsd.org/groups.html
Though I know that the http://www.ungeek.com/obug/ group has been gone for a _long_ time now (three years?).
Also, if you do run a group [or no longer do] submit diffs for the /groups.html page so that others can be made aware as well!
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By Bryan Irvine () butthead@integrity.com on mailto:butthead@integrity.com
I think I can come up with a meeting place. I'll ahve to check with my work.
--Bryan
By oversize () oversize@gmx.li on oversize.kicks-ass.org
i m not doing one, but hope there will be one in Frankfurt (where i live close to) again.
See http://www.frankfurtbsd.org. The webpresence is now being rebuild for more then 3 Months, and i hope it will be done soon. Maybe a Member of Frankfurtbsd reads this *g* and says:" We should get that page done!"
best regards
oversize
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By stephan () on
but i doubt it :(
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By Anonymous Coward () on
Get a few friends together, and chat about OpenBSD. If you don't have enough friends, start a generic BSD group, ...... Unix group, ....... Computer group, and if you don't have enough people for a computer group, I'd give up ;-).
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By stephan () on
By click46 () click46@genmay.net on mailto:click46@genmay.net
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By pixelfairy () on mailto:pixel [shift + 2] not photoshop ORG(y)
By Anonymous Coward () on
http://www.sdbug.org
There's actually a very active security-minded community down in San Diego at least.
By bsdguy () on
Thanks
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By marco () on
now that things have been a little more consistent, i may re-reg the domain and get started on it.
marco
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By Chris Jensen () emcis@cox.net on mailto:emcis@cox.net
By Matt () on
Check it out here:
http://dc.securitygeeks.com/
There is a meeting in about 2 weeks too just in case you want to check it out.
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By Jason L. Wright () jason@openbsd.org on mailto:jason@openbsd.org
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By elmore () on
I was going to say that I'd love to have an OBSD user group in Atlanta Ga. however to the best of my knowledge there isn't one. I've debated on starting one up myself however I find that I have little time that I could devote to getting a new group started and off the ground. Anyone out there in Atlanta willing to work together in getting an OBSD user group started?
By coldie () rolick571@duq.edu on mailto:rolick571@duq.edu
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By Mike () http://www.nedyah.org/feedback.asp?rel=OpenBSD on nedyah.org
My company uses OpenBSD for VPN / pf / DNS / DHCP (hey, its a pentium 90).
By Anonymous Coward () on
By jms () on
nonetheless, i would attend a user meeting in pittsburgh if we could find a good location.
send me an email: jms37@37.com
By ch () ch@shot1.org on mailto:ch@shot1.org
Still havent made it to the geek night at the foundry.
By seele () seele_nospam_@obso1337.org on http://www.obso1337.org/
By pgh bsd user () info@pitbug.org on http://www.pitbug.org/
let me know if you're interested...
By Anonymous Coward () on
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By Jeff () jeff@jtan.com on mailto:jeff@jtan.com
-Jeff
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By keith () keith@karmajunkie.com on mailto:keith@karmajunkie.com
By Anonymous Coward () on
Definitely ditch the LUG's if they're doing spiels on gaim. At least your group could report on silc [www.silcnet.org] or, if you are challenged for meeting times - or even to those who are challenged to find others interested in OpenBSD in their locales - you could use silc as a forum. There are already quite a few folks out there, though perhaps no longer part of the main silcnet...
By Chris () on
-Chris
By ME () jimmynetstep@yahoo.com on mailto:jimmynetstep@yahoo.com
I am relatively new to the area and to the OS, but so far ........ I luv it.
'I don't mean to offend. I offend to mean.'
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By Devilbunny () awilson8@hotmail.com on mailto:awilson8@hotmail.com
No group here, obviously. What there was of a tech community here died with Worldcom.
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By ann onymous () on www.dumpbox.net
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By Will () will_macdonald@hotmail.moc on mailto:will_macdonald@hotmail.moc
Where abouts are you ?
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By Will () wdawson@blueyonder.co.uk on mailto:wdawson@blueyonder.co.uk
By Chris Hedemark () chris@yonderway.com on mailto:chris@yonderway.com
TriBUG ( http://tribug.org ) - Triangle BSD Users Group. This is a newer group, not well organized, no appearance of regular meetings or formal structure. But they do get together for beer when the fancy strikes.
TriLUG ( http://trilug.org) - Triangle Linux Users Group. Don't let the name fool you; their charter welcomes all free software and there are a number of *BSD enthusiasts in this group that aren't involved with the other group. TriLUG is a more mature group, with a formal structure, steering committee, regular meetings, etc.
The two groups have quite a different feel from one another so give them both a try.
By Chris Hedemark () chris@yonderway.com on mailto:chris@yonderway.com
By Craig Buchek () on http://www.stlbsd.org
By ubiquitin () expertise@phpconsulting.com on http://www.phpconsulting.com
By Jacek Artymiak () on http://www.bsdux.com/
By James () jimboliv@hotmail.com on mailto:jimboliv@hotmail.com
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By Mark Beihoffer () mark atsign dragonfly-7.com on http://www.dragonfly-7.com
By Alan P. Laudicina () alanp@unixpower.org on http://www.wuug.org/
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