From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 16:25:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6B716A422 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:25:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bschonhorst@gmail.com) Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF2743D64 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:25:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bschonhorst@gmail.com) Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o2so12990uge for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:25:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=XBrCPwCCH/bmi7xy7D0NZkH7Evdlp5a4dEIy8l8Zvbzq6mGpYHw8SOVU7ahDqcB8uJnkKxivPon4MFDV3kv6E0xhyd9tAtIC7TrrQMSDTt2EQ9A7QrcsyE5kZiFj7bEiVLsI1m9KLe7G1hrkB6S1XmXwJrkZZPtRUtXj76ZxP6A= Received: by 10.49.34.18 with SMTP id m18mr2918586nfj; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:58:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.94.1 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:58:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7708fd680602100758q3202eb10pbea9865eaa4b80e3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:58:56 -0500 From: Brad Schonhorst To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: NYCBUG Launches new website X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:25:32 -0000 The New York City *BSD User Group (NYC*BUG) web site has been revised and relaunched at www.NYCBUG.org. In addition to a large number of enhancements and new features, the web site is now hosted in a cabinet provided by New York Internet (www.nyi.net) with a full 10 meg pipe. Other projects in this cabinet include BSDCertification.org and OpenBSD's FTP2.USA server (ftp2.usa.openbsd.org), the NYCBUG Tor node (tor.eff.org) and a good number of various group and project mailing lists. The updated and revised applications are all now PostgreSQL-driven, with the exception of one. Additionally, since NYC*BUG now hosts the devices, all monitoring, statistics and administrative tasks have become easier. A new online section has been developed for NYCBSDCon (www.nycbsdcon.org), a *BSD conference that was first held this past September at Columbia University. We look forward to this year's NYCBSDCon being held in an expanded and fuller format in the fall of 2006. Current online applications that are included and updated include: dmesgd, a repository for user to submit dmesgs from their *BSD systems. The application makes checking hardware compatibility easier with full text searches. Library, a section of the NYC*BUG site which contains a number of documents for *BSD users and administrators. Contributions are strongly encouraged. BSDTracker, which includes databases of both *BSD service providers and *BSD using entities. BSDTracker is a tool in illustrating the often hidden, but large penetration of the BSDs into enterprises. The Links section now allows for the easy submission of *BSD related links. It's an excellent tool to publicize your projects connected to the *BSD community. Links includes a section for date-based events and happenings, so that the actual organizers can provide information easily and quickly. The Gallery now hosts photos from various *BSD events with a nifty interface. Finally, in conjunction with Tao of Security guru Richard Beijtlich (taosecurity.blogspot.com), NYC*BUG has launched PortRequest for FreeBSD ports. While at the time of this release there are some 13306 ports available through the FreeBSD ports section, every sysadmin finds a useful application not yet in the ports tree that would not only benefit themselves but others also. PortRequest is an attempt to bridge the gap between systems administrators and port developers. For all these new and enhanced applications, we encourage *BSD users to contribute and submit their dmesgs, useful documentation, etc. NYC*BUG does not view itself as an ordinary coming-together of end-users on a regular basis, but rather as a technical user group working to strengthen and build the *BSD community. It's contributions from those in New York City and beyond which has already given NYC*BUG over two strong years. As hardware contributions continue, we will be adding additional mirrors and projects to the colocation cabinet, including mirrors for each of the projects not already included. For anyone with hardware to donate, whether full rack-mountable systems or parts, especially RAID cards and hard drives, please contact us under the About section of the web site. NYC*BUG would like to thank all those who have provided the sweat, input and material for the new web site. This includes New York PHP (www.nyphp.org), which has provided hosting for the site and mailing lists in our first two years.