📢 Looking for first-time *BSD speakers! 😈⛳️🐡

The EuroBSDCon 2026 Call for Papers is open, and we’d love to hear from you, yes you! Whether you are just starting out or have a unique perspective to share, your voice matters.

Have you:
- Discovered something cool about *BSD?
- Solved a tricky problem or learned a useful thing?
- Want to share how *BSD can make a first-time user experience better?

This is your chance to share your story, learn from others, and grow as a speaker in a supportive community.

🔗 Submit your idea here: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/cfp
📅 Deadline: June 20, 2026

We are here to help, mentorship and guidance available!

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #CFP #FirstTimeSpeaker

BSDCan 2026 Travel Grant Applications Are Now Open

The FreeBSD Foundation is now accepting travel grant applications for BSDCan 2026 / FreeBSD Dev Summit, taking place June 17–20, 2026, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

📅 Application deadline: April 23, 2026

We encourage eligible community members to apply.

Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to submit your application:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/grants/travel-grants/

#FreeBSD #BSDCan2026 #OpenSource #FreeBSDFoundation #CommunitySupport

The European BSD conference, EuroBSDcon 2026 will be in Brussels, 9-13 September 2026.

You can send your talk, tutorial, BOF or other session submission to our program committee before June 20th, see https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

For more about the BSD conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #programming #devops #bsd #conference @EuroBSDCon

BSDCan 2026 is June 19-20, with tutorials 17-18. If you register before May 1, the closing reception is free!

Register at https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops

This weekend is the perfect time to get your #eurobsdcon submissions done!

The Call for papers https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ is open until June 20th, for the conference in Brussels September 9-13, 2026.

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

All our #git repository hosting VMs have now been updated in production and are running the #gameoftrees web server gotwebd.

See here for how to configure the web server in gotsys.conf: https://gameoftrees.org/gotsys.conf.5.html#WEB_SERVER_CONFIGURATION

The web server name to use in the configuration is your subdomain.gothub.org

Custom domains can be added on request (and you'll need to set up an A record).

For my company I have put together #gameoftrees and #OpenBSD support packages which cover tasks I have been doing via ad-hoc consulting gigs for years now. And I asked some freelancing friends from the OpenBSD community to share the work with me.

We support deployments of OpenBSD in server and firewall roles via yearly fixed-price contracts. All base system components can be supported.

From our existing client base we know for a fact that there are small and mid-sized businesses out there who run OpenBSD and would benefit from working with us. We want to find more of them.

https://chirpysoft.be/support.html

Only a few days to go - apply by Feb 1st, 2026!

Do you want to go to EuroBSDCon https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/ but need support to do so?

Or do you know someone in that situation? Apply for the Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant before February 1st, 2026!

https://eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant.html

#eurobsdcon #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #conference #travelgrant