[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] THURSDAY PLUG Meeting: Switching to BSD Unix from GNU/Linux

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

Who: Michael Dexter
What: Switching to BSD Unix from GNU/Linux
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
When: Thursday, May 5th, 2016 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live (PSU WiFi Permitting)

By popular vote!

Got the systemd/iptables/wish-I-had-OpenZFS blues?

Relief is just a download away!

BSD Unix has been quietly powering the Internet and a little bit of just 
about EVERYTHING that rubs ones and zeros together for... ever.

Once named the "Greatest Software Ever Written*", the University of 
California, Berkeley Computer Science Research Group's "Berkeley 
Software Distribution" is better than ever in the form of modern 
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and their derivatives.

* http://www.informationweek.com/d/d-id/1046033?print=yes

LEARN what Enterprise-class file systems and firewalls are available 
out-of-the box on modern BSD Unix

SEE the bhyve "BSD Hypervisor" in action on FreeBSD

FRAG** better on FreeBSD thanks to its faster-than-Linux Linux emulation

** I take people's word for it

This talk was originally proposed by long-time GNU/Linux user Larry 
Cafiero for LinuxFest Nortwest 2016 but was delivered by Portlander 
Michael Dexter when Larry could not attend the event.

About Michael Dexter

Michael fell in love with BSD Unix the moment he sat down in front of it 
at Lewis and Clark College in January of 1991. Since then, he has 
shepherded five virtualization and containment strategies into three 
BSDs, raised money for BSD efforts, organized three bhyvecon 
conferences, written dozens of articles about BSD Unix and spoken about 
BSD Unix-related topics at more events than he can count.

While PDXBSDCon has yet to take place, Michael is seriously considering 
printing "PDXBSDCon 2014" t-shirts.

Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250469901

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.

Rideshares Available

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PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
mailing lists or at its meetings.

See you there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer