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**Ruben Schade** @rubenerd@bsd.network · 15h

I say as someone whose friends are mostly American, and who has worked there and loved the country: I’m glad more conferences are shifting to Canada. I *badly* wish VCF would.

(Thankfully #bsdcan was always hosted in the land of moose)!

**Michael Lucas** @mwl@io.mwl.io · 1d

Michael Lucas @mwl@io.mwl.io

Folks have asked, so:

I will not be selling books at #bsdcan 2025.

**BSDCan** @bsdcan@bsd.network · 2d

BSDCan @bsdcan@bsd.network

#BSDCan 2025 registration is open!

https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

The schedule of amazing talks with a great selection of #FreeBSD , #NetBSD , and #OpenBSD topics will be up shortly!

www.bsdcan.orgBSDCan ConferenceBSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

**Peter N. M. Hansteen** @pitrh@mastodon.social · 2d

Peter N. M. Hansteen @pitrh@mastodon.social

Registration is open for #bsdcan, program published - see the blog post at https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/ for details, or go to https://bsdcan.org (direct to registration link: https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/registrations/8/) #bsd #unix #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #development #devops #sysadmin #freesoftware #libresoftware

blog.bsdcan.orgBSDCan 2025 Talks, Tutorials, and Registration – BSDCan Operations Team

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**Gonzalo Nemmi** @gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org · 2d

Gonzalo Nemmi @gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org

@nekohayo by all means: Attend even as a non-user.

If you have to start somewhere: #BSDCan is the best place to do it.

You'll be surrounded by #BSD users, devels, admins, and just BSD people for 2 whole days (or 4 if you want to attend to any of the tutorials) but most important than anything else, if you want to dip your toes into the BSD world: don't miss this opportunity. Most of us just don't have it.

... and buy as many @mwl books as you can. All you need to know is in there!

Have fun!

**Jeff Fortin T.** @nekohayo@mastodon.social · 2d

Jeff Fortin T. @nekohayo@mastodon.social

Alright #BSD fans, for a business management person like me who has been running (and contributing to) GNOME on Linux for 20 years, but knows next to nothing about BSD other than "It seems like even more of a niche than Linux, sounds like Asian-Dad-level Hard Mode™…", should I attend #BSDCan out of the blue? Is it a trap?

Attend even as a non-user
It's mostly for existing users
It's mostly for BSD devs
It's a trap!

**Jeff** @overeducatedredneck@bitbang.social · 3d

Jeff @overeducatedredneck@bitbang.social

Oh boy, it's official now. How did my name get on that list:
https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/

Anyway, I will be talking about #wayland on #openbsd and #netbsd at #bsdcan in June!

blog.bsdcan.orgBSDCan 2025 Talks, Tutorials, and Registration – BSDCan Operations Team

**Stefano Marinelli** @stefano@bsd.cafe · 3d *

3d *

Stefano Marinelli @stefano@bsd.cafe

Now that it's official, I can announce it - although I may have dropped a few hints earlier!

My talk "Why (and how) we’re migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" has been accepted, and I’ll be honored to present it in June at BSDCan in Ottawa.

The joy of meeting BSD friends in person again (and those I haven’t had the chance to meet live yet) will be immense, and the honor of sharing my story in Canada is truly beyond measure, especially considering the level of other talks and all the people attending.

Of course, I’ll be bringing various BSD Cafe gadgets with me!

For more information, here’s @mwl 's post with further details: https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/

blog.bsdcan.orgBSDCan 2025 Talks, Tutorials, and Registration – BSDCan Operations Team

#BSDCan #RunBSD #BSD

**Michael Lucas** @mwl@io.mwl.io · Feb 27

Feb 27

Michael Lucas @mwl@io.mwl.io

The final talk selection for #bsdcan is brutal. We got ~45, can take 30. After a handful of obvious rejects, a few "I love this but you're right it should go," and a bunch of "errr, it's less awesome, fine, we drop it," we're down to only the great talks... and still have to drop a couple.

But we should have decisions next week.

**Michael Lucas** @mwl@io.mwl.io · Feb 26

Feb 26

Michael Lucas @mwl@io.mwl.io

I will not be presenting or teaching at this year's #bsdcan

It's my last year as con chair and the ops committee, so I am dedicating my time to mercilessly wielding my power, crushing my enemies, and eating gelato. Not in that order.