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EuroBSDCon 2004 Early Registration Begins

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the get-your-daemon-on dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The 3rd European BSD Conference (EuroBSDCon) will take place 2004 Oct. 29-31 in Karlsruhe, Germany, with one day of tutorials and two days of talks. Topics include, but are not limited to new data structures, new file systems, system administration issues and Developer-User interaction. Early registration at a reduced fee will be open for a few more days via the conference web page."

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  1. New England/Atlantic Canada BSD cons? by T.Hobbes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is a little OT, but does anyone here know of BSD cons in the New England / Atlantic Canada area? I'm about to become a OpenBSD user and would really love the chance to hobnob with some gurus.

    1. Re:New England/Atlantic Canada BSD cons? by MavEtJu · · Score: 2, Informative

      http://www.bsdcan.org/

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    2. Re:New England/Atlantic Canada BSD cons? by T.Hobbes · · Score: 1

      Damn, I'm impressed. That was a fine troll. It just goes to show you; that extra bit of effort is what seperates the lamers from the leet.

  2. Language? by WebCrapper · · Score: 1

    I'm in germany and I don't know if it would be a good idea to attend because I don't know what langage they speak. The website is in German, but if all the speakers speak German, I'm screwed...

    1. Re:Language? by javax · · Score: 1

      I suppose as the titles of the tutorials are in English, the tutorials will be, too.
      As Jordan Hubbard spoke some years ago on EuroBSD, I expect that at least some speakers will speak english - at least Jordans German is still far from perfect...

    2. Re:Language? by SillyNickName4me · · Score: 1

      Heh.. out of personal interest, how do you get around there without speakign the language?
      My girlfriend lives in Berlin, and since I speak some German, I can get around... I was initially just amazed at how few peopel would understand and speak English there (being Dutch myself, and beign used to most people speakign at least some English here)

    3. Re:Language? by XemonerdX · · Score: 1

      There's a vast difference between knowing enough German to order a loaf of bread at the local bakery in German and knowing enough German to follow a tutorial on the technological intricacies of FreeBSD in German.

    4. Re:Language? by jschauma · · Score: 1

      I'm quite certain that the overwhelming majority, if not all, of the talks and tutorials will be in English.

      On another note, it might be worth pointing out that there are a lot of developers attending/speaking, so if you want to meet some of the people behind your favorite OS, this looks like a good opportunity.

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    5. Re:Language? by WebCrapper · · Score: 1

      Like another reply, there is a difference. I can speak VERY basic German for right now (been in country for, um...3 months now. I spoke it fluently as a kid, but its gone now. I actually speak more Dutch than I do German due to being stationed there for 2 years. I can understand German if I think about it, but usually the blank look while I think about what they're saying just frustrates the Germans.

    6. Re:Language? by SillyNickName4me · · Score: 1

      > Like another reply, there is a difference. I can speak VERY basic German for right now (been in country for, um...3 months now. I spoke it fluently as a kid, but its gone now. I actually speak more Dutch than I do German due to being stationed there for 2 years. I can understand German if I think about it, but usually the blank look while I think about what they're saying just frustrates the Germans.

      Heh.. I do speak some German as well, enough for things like shopping etc.. but it seems not enough for actually being able to find me some work there... not that that is anywhere easy in Berlin anyway ;)

    7. Re:Language? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wake up. It's 21st century. No one speaks German any more.

    8. Re:Language? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Also die rund 100 Millionen Menschen in D/CH/A sehen das etwas anders...
      Inklusive mir selbst.