May 2026 be the year I get into #FreeBSD.
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@jpmens haha thank you JP! Considering all the self-hosting I managed to achieve in a month (original goal: 4 years) maybe I can get a grasp of FreeBSD sooner than later... maybe by end of April 2026 ๐โ
@elena sounds good, then you could travel to Brussels in September for EuroBSDcon https://2026.eurobsdcon.org and give a talk on your experience learning FreeBSD.
I could well imagine such a talk being accepted, but I'm not on the comittee.
:-)
Cc: @pitrh
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May 2026 be the year I get into #FreeBSD.
My last #mysocalledsudolife action of 2025 is... downloading the FreeBSD handbook.
I was about to print it at my in-laws' but I'm not sure my father-in-law would appreciate the consumption of 935 sheets of paper. I also don't want to sacrifice a tree for it. So off it goes to my iPad ๐คชโ
Wishing everyone a great day!
@elena Happy Wednesday! I hope you have a great day. Happy New Year in advance too! ๐๐ฅณ
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@elena Happy Wednesday! I hope you have a great day. Happy New Year in advance too! ๐๐ฅณ
@ikklegemzuniverseplus thank you, you too!
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@elena sounds good, then you could travel to Brussels in September for EuroBSDcon https://2026.eurobsdcon.org and give a talk on your experience learning FreeBSD.
I could well imagine such a talk being accepted, but I'm not on the comittee.
:-)
Cc: @pitrh
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@elena sounds good, then you could travel to Brussels in September for EuroBSDcon https://2026.eurobsdcon.org and give a talk on your experience learning FreeBSD.
I could well imagine such a talk being accepted, but I'm not on the comittee.
:-)
Cc: @pitrh
@jpmens @elena We certainly welcome submissions from people who have not been to our conferences before, and there is no requirement to be the "internet greybeard" type.
So while I can no guarantee acceptance (and my vote would be only one of 7 or 8 IIRC), I would definitely encourage you to submit any time while the call for papers is open (https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/ has the details such as they are).
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@jpmens @elena We certainly welcome submissions from people who have not been to our conferences before, and there is no requirement to be the "internet greybeard" type.
So while I can no guarantee acceptance (and my vote would be only one of 7 or 8 IIRC), I would definitely encourage you to submit any time while the call for papers is open (https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/ has the details such as they are).
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@mischa considering the application deadlines, that gives me 3 months to learn FreeBSD.
First thought: massive respect to actual programmers, Iโm having some humble pie this morning and thinking that September 2027 is totally fine too as a goal.
And I could always study and read up and attend the 2026 edition to meet folks and hear presentations :)
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@mischa considering the application deadlines, that gives me 3 months to learn FreeBSD.
First thought: massive respect to actual programmers, Iโm having some humble pie this morning and thinking that September 2027 is totally fine too as a goal.
And I could always study and read up and attend the 2026 edition to meet folks and hear presentations :)
Te first three months of experience are incredibly helpful too. Hearing about the challenges that you come across and how to best help newcomers navigate through those challenges.
The decision is all yours, just saying that you are very welcome to submit an abstract for EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels!
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Te first three months of experience are incredibly helpful too. Hearing about the challenges that you come across and how to best help newcomers navigate through those challenges.
The decision is all yours, just saying that you are very welcome to submit an abstract for EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels!
@h3artbl33d @mischa @pitrh @jpmens thank you! I will definitely keep this in mind :)