New Releases of *BSD and Debian Linux OSes Given Away at USENIX Annual Conference

by Cynthia Deno
USENIX Marketing Director

USENIX is providing grants to the OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Debian Linux development projects, to support each of them in issuing new releases. USENIX has subsidized the production costs for releases of OpenBSD 2.5, FreeBSD 3.2, NetBSD 1.4, and Debian 2.2. The new releases will be available for distribution through each project's usual channels. As a bonus, copies of each of these new releases will be given to every technical-session registered attendee at the 1999 USENIX Annual Conference.

Support of the new releases continues USENIX's long-standing support of the development process for open source software, helping to ensure that development will be characterized by intense yet healthy competition. The FREENIX track at the annual conference is another part of this effort. It is devoted to high-level technical discussion of open source software. FREENIX offers peer-refereed papers, expert talks, and evening sessions hosted by leading developers.

The 1999 Annual Conference takes place June 6-11, in Monterey, California. Programs for the tutorial and technical sessions, including the FREENIX track, and associated events are online. Please see <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99>.