Re: BSD Meetup in London?

Hi Polarian,

Please make contact with:

https://www.garyhtech.uk/ or https://www.youtube.com/@GaryHTech

or

https://www.youtube.com/@RoboNuggie

I think they can help you.

Greetings,
Jack Raats


Op 14-07-2025 om 21:07 schreef Polarian:
> Good evening,
>
> I apologise, this is slightly off topic but also kinda not? It is a
> question, and it is freebsd, and I couldn't really find a better place
> to ask it so I choose to stick it here (please don't moderate me :P)
>
> I have been discussing Linux meetups a lot as a substitute for BSD as
> there is no BUGs (BSD User Groups) left in the UK (at least none that I
> can find publicly). Most LUGs are dead as well in the UK, and
> hackerspaces have become engineering focused and pretty much abandoned
> open source/Linux/BSD, which leaves a whole lot of nothing.
>
> Recently, one of the LUGs I follow had a user try to revive meetups
> there. I thought if they could do it, why not try for BSD too?
>
> There used to be a UK FreeBSD mailing list, however the domain is now
> gone and the list disappeared without any warning, I was originally
> going to ask this there, but due to lack of better list to stick it on,
> I have come here.
>
> Is anyone interested in attempting a BSD meetup somewhere in London,
> likely a pub (open to suggestions) and see how it goes from there?
>
> Feel free to offlist, XMPP is within the email signature, and my nick
> is polarian on libera.chat and efnet.
>
> Again, apologies if I stuck this in the wrong place, didn't know
> anywhere better to ask.
>
> Thank you,