Hah! Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Nintendo Switch is based on FreeBSD!? That's interesting!
-- Cell/WhatsApp/Signal: +256790884905 On Tue, 27 Mar 2018, 17:18 Mark Tinka, <[email protected]> wrote: > 16 years ago, who'd have ever thought a Microsoft office would host a > FreeBSD event? > > I like this... > > Mark. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [MyNOG] FreeBSD event on the 29th March > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:17:09 +0000 > From: Jenna Kassim <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi everyone, > > My name is Jenna and I'm with Women Who Code KL. We're a non profit > organization and we have an event this coming Thursday, 29th March at > Microsoft Office in KLCC with FreeBSD Foundation. > > This event is free with limited tickets and it's open to all who are > interested. > Tickets are available at: > wwcodekl-freebsd.peatix.com > > Hope to see you there! > > --- > > Ever been curious about FreeBSD and why Operating Systems such as MacOS X, > iOS, Nintendo Switch System software, Sony's PS3/4, etc are built on top of > FreeBSD code base? FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating > system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution > (BSD). The first version of FreeBSD was released in 1993, and as of 2005 > FreeBSD was the most widely used open-source BSD distribution, accounting > for more than three-quarters of all installed systems running open-source > BSD derivatives. > > If you think Operating Systems are somehow magical and difficult to work > on, in this session, Philip Paeps from FreeBSD Foundation will help to > dispel your notion of it and uncover more about the community behind the > project and how you can be a part of it. > > *Speaker* > Philip Paeps is an independent consultant and contractor based in Belgium. > He provides research and development on low-level software and operating > systems, particularly in an embedded or real-time context. His main > interests are bootloaders, device drivers and high-performance networking. > He can also be convinced to teach courses and workshops on a variety of > networking-related topics. > > In his so-called free time, Philip is a FreeBSD committer contributing > mainly to the kernel and a member of the FreeBSD security team. He was one > of the main organisers of FOSDEM, the largest annual open source software > conference in Europe, from the early 2000s until 2015. He denies having any > involvement with amateur radio or tabletop role playing games. > > https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/about/board-of-directors/ > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way.
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