The continuing growth of OpenBSD depends on attracting new users, developers, software suppliers, and consultants. One means of reaching new users is via users groups, where people can exchange experiences, ideas, free software, and find out that there are others with similar problems and solutions.
The following user groups are either specific to OpenBSD or at least to the BSD family of systems. However, the OpenBSD Project does not necessarily endorse any of these. Please contact the User's Group directly.
These entries are arranged geographically by country, so that you may more readily find a users' group near you.
Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mexico Norway Pakistan Philippines Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden The Netherlands, Belgium USA Ukraine United Kingdom Venezuela YugoslaviaIf you want to see your group listed, the format is quite rigid; please use this template (do not just copy and paste plain text from your browser!). When you think it's ready, mail it to www at openbsd.org, with a Subject: line containing the word "groups" and either the word "new" or "update".
Group Name/ Contact Person |
City/ Province |
When Meeting | Email URL |
Type of group | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | |||||
Alejandro A. F. Japkin EnsamblE - Wireless |
Buenos Aires |
No establecida |
ArpateC@gmx.net |
OpenBSD | *BSD | |
Gastón Senac OpenBSD Rosario |
Rosario Santa Fé |
Irregular |
gaston_senac@hotmail.com |
OpenBSD | |
Australia | |||||
BSD Users Group of Sydney |
Sydney |
Irregular | http://www.bugs.au.freebsd.org/ | *BSD | |
Austria | |||||
Philipp Huber bugat |
irregular |
uebs@gmx.at http://www.bugat.at/ |
*BSD | ||
Belgium | |||||
Nick Nauwelaerts bsdaemon.be |
Gent |
irregular |
inphobia@bsdaemon.be http://www.bsdaemon.be/ |
*BSD | |
Brazil | |||||
Vagner Rodrigues Fernandes OpenBSD-BR |
Sao Paulo SP |
irregular |
vagner@openbsd-br.org http://www.openbsd-br.org/ |
OpenBSD | |
Christiano Anderson Grupo dos Usuarios de *BSD de Sao Paulo - GUB-SP |
Sao Paulo SP |
Irregular |
neptune@terra.com.br |
*BSD | |
Gleydson Soares "Eyd" Security Analyze Team |
Bahia Salvador |
irregular |
eyd@securityanalyze.com http://securityanalyze.com/members/eyd/ |
OpenBSD | |
Joao Salvatti OpenBSD-PA |
Belem Para |
Web Group |
salvatti@openbsd-pa.org http://www.openbsd-pa.org/openbsdpa.html |
OpenBSD | |
Richardson Edson de Lima < HACHID > Openbsd-Pernambuco |
Pernambuco |
p4ck37f1lt3r@gmail.com http://openbsd-pe.codigolivre.org.br/ |
OpenBSD | *BSD | ||
Bulgaria | |||||
Andrey Rousseff Bulgarian BSD Users Group (BBSDUG) |
Sofia Bulgaria |
irregular |
zethix@sofiaonline.com http://www.daemon.online.bg/ |
*BSD | |
Stanislav Grozev BSD Users Group, Sofia (BUGS) |
Sofia Sofia |
irregular |
tacho@daemonz.org http://daemonz.org/bugs/ |
*BSD | |
Canada | |||||
Greater Toronto BSD User's Group |
Toronto Ontario |
third Wednesday of each month at 19:00 (7:00 PM) | http://www.gtabug.ca/ | *BSD | |
Alan P. Laudicina Windsor Unix Users Group |
Windsor Ontario |
Irregular |
alanp@wuug.org http://www.wuug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Chile | |||||
Owner Respectivo (Freddy,Jorge, Ricardo) todoBSD |
Chile Chile |
Todos los dias |
bsd@inf.utfsm.cl http://www.todobsd.cl/ |
*BSD | |
Pablo Aravena Martinez OpenBSD Chile |
Santiago Region Metropolitana |
Cada sabado o domingo a las 3pm |
bjunk@openbsd.cl http://www.openbsd.cl/ |
OpenBSD, FreeBSD | |
Alex M. Alvarez A. Sistemas BSD Chile |
Santiago Region Metropolitana |
Viernes 20:00 Hrs |
kuarzo@freebsd.cl http://www.freebsd.cl/ |
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, PicoBSD | |
China | |||||
stick BSD Users Group |
Wuhan Hubei |
irregular |
yli@wtwh.com.cn http://www.hust.edu.cn/ |
OpenBSD, *BSD | |
Denmark | |||||
Danish *BSD User Group, BSD-DK |
majordomo@bsd-dk.dk http://www.bsd-dk.dk/ |
*BSD | |||
France | |||||
BSDFR |
Paris |
irregular |
bureau@bsdfr.org http://www.bsdfr.org/ |
*BSD | |
Germany | |||||
Dirk Mader Ulmer BSD User Stammtisch |
Ulm Baden Wuertemberg |
last Thursday in the month |
sierrax@u-bus.de http://www.u-bus.de/ |
*BSD | |
Michael Moll BSE (BSD Social Event) |
Munich Bavaria |
every 28 days |
bse@42.org (list) http://bse.42.org/ |
*BSD | |
Christian Schroeder, Tim Saueressig Cologne BSD UserGroup |
Cologne NRW |
in the first months irregular |
info@cbug.de http://cbug.de/ |
*BSD | |
BSD-Crew BSD-Crew Dresden |
Dresden Saxony |
irregular |
bsd-crew@mail.skyhub.de (list) http://www.bsd-crew.de/ |
*BSD | |
BSD User Group Hamburg |
Hamburg |
First Wednesday of month, 7 PM | http://www.bsdhh.org/ | *BSD | |
Greece | |||||
Patroklos Argyroudis Greek BSD Users Group (BSD.GR) |
Thessaloniki |
irregular |
argp@bsd.gr http://www.bsd.gr/ |
*BSD | |
Hungary | |||||
Magyar BSD Egyesület |
Budapest |
irregular |
titkar@bsd.hu http://www.bsd.hu/egyesulet/ |
*BSD | |
India | |||||
Saifi Khan TWINCLING Society |
Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh |
1st and 3rd Saturday each month |
info@twincling.org http://www.twincling.org/ |
*BSD | |
Indonesia | |||||
Fery Wibowo BSD YK |
Solo/Jogja Central Java/Jogja Municipal |
"irregular" |
ferywu@artdico.or.id http://ferywu.sysadmin.or.id/ |
*BSD | |
Reynaldo Parulian Kelompok Studi OpenBSD UGM |
Jogjakarta DIY |
Every Thursday 13.00 WIB |
root@bumbustudio.com http://www.bumbustudio.com/ |
OpenBSD | |
Abdullah A. Koro Great Indonesia OpenBSD User Group (Kelompok Pengguna OpenBSD Indonesia) |
Jakarta DKI |
irregular |
koro@alliance.globalnetlink.com http://www.openbsd.or.id/ |
*BSD. | |
Bayu Krisna OpenBSD Indonesia User Group |
Surabaya East-Java |
Every 1st. Each month |
krisna@palapa.org http://openbsd.rtfm.or.id/ |
OpenBSD | |
Ireland | |||||
Mark Reardon Irish *BSD users group |
Dublin Dublin |
irregular |
mcr@gofree.indigo.ie http://gofree.indigo.ie/~mcr/ |
*BSD | |
Israel | |||||
Yaron Zabary Israeli BSD Users group |
yaron@aristo.tau.ac.il http://il-bsd@post.tau.ac.il/ |
*BSD. | |||
Italy | |||||
Fabio Cazzin Beer OpenBSD User Group |
Venice |
irregular |
fabio@openbeer.it http://www.OpenBEER.it/ |
OpenBSD | |
Japan | |||||
Takahiro Kambe Kansai *BSD User's Group, K*BUG |
Kansai |
irregular |
kbug-admin@kbug.gr.jp http://www.kbug.gr.jp/ |
*BSD | |
Kamo Hiroyasu Wakakusa OpenBSD Users Group |
Nara |
wakakusa-admin@openbsd.ics.nara-wu.ac.jp http://www.openbsd.ics.nara-wu.ac.jp/wakakusa/ |
OpenBSD | ||
Kazakhstan | |||||
Artur Fatkulin OpenBSD KZ-Crew |
Uralsk Western Kazakhstan |
irregular |
mindart@mail.ru |
OpenBSD | |
Kuwait | |||||
Sulaiman Alhasawi Kuwaity Unix Group |
Salmiya Kuwait |
selmux@bigfoot.com http://selmux.tripod.com/ |
OpenBSD | ||
Meshal Alawadhi Kuwait linux user group |
Kuwait Kuwait |
irregular |
q8linux@gmail.com http://www.q8linux.net/ |
*BSD | |
Kyrgyzstan | |||||
Kuzmin Artem (Erta Slash) Kyrgyzstan Active BSD User's Group |
Bishkek KG |
2nd Sunday |
slash@kabug.org.kg http://www.kabug.org.kg/ |
*BSD | |
Malaysia | |||||
Ariff bin Abdullah MyBSD Malaysia Project |
Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan |
Every Sunday, 9 p.m. |
skywizard@MyBSD.org.my http://www.MyBSD.org.my/ |
*BSD | |
Mexico | |||||
Gerardo Santana Gomez Garrido OpenBSD Mexico |
Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas |
irregular |
santana@openbsd.org.mx http://www.openbsd.org.mx/ |
OpenBSD | |
daemon Dos grupos: Adiora, y Malexa. |
Sonora. Hermosillo |
Irregulares. |
pelon@antionline.org |
*BSD | |
Manuel Montoya MonoNeurona.org |
Coyoacan DF |
irregular |
manuel@mononeurona.org http://www.mononeurona.org/ |
*BSD. | |
Juan Pablo Feria GULP! |
Hermosillo Sonora |
Last Thursday of each month |
jferiago@gmail.com http://www.gulp.org.mx/ |
*BSD, Linux | |
The Netherlands, Belgium | |||||
Wijnand Wiersma NedBSD |
Amsterdam Noord-Holland |
irregular |
core@nedbsd.nl http://nedbsd.nl |
*BSD | |
Norway | |||||
Norwegian BSD User Group |
Irregular | http://www.nobug.no/ | *BSD | ||
Pakistan | |||||
S. Hussain OpenBSD Pakistan User's Group |
Lahore Punjab |
"irregular" |
shahrukh@oxtersolutions.com http://oxtersolutions.com/openbsd/ |
OpenBSD | |
M Asad Rasheed BSD Pakistan Promoters and Users group |
Karachi Sindh |
Irregular |
Asad@bsdpakistan.org http://bsdpakistan.org/ |
*BSD | |
Philippines | |||||
Sparc Urani Philippine OpenBSD Users Group |
Pasig Metro Manila |
Quarterly, any day in the first week |
sparc@uraniid.net http://groups.google.com/group/poug |
OpenBSD Systems | |
Portugal | |||||
Vitor Mendes OpenBSD Portuguese User Group |
Setubal |
irregular |
Abyss@sysfuck.com http://Abyss.homeunix.org |
*BSD | |
Nuno Morgadinho OpenBSD Portuguese Users Group |
Country All |
Yearly |
www@openbsd-pt.com http://www.openbsd-pt.com/ |
OpenBSD | |
Russia | |||||
Michael Marackaew Penza UNIX Users Group |
Penza Mid Volga |
irregular |
mm@puug.org.ru http://www.puug.org.ru/ |
*BSD | |
Slovenia | |||||
Primoz Gabrijelcic OBSD.si |
Ljubljana |
irregular |
gabr@17slon.org http://obsd.17slon.org/ |
OpenBSD | |
Spain | |||||
Jacobo Arvelo ETSII-BSD |
La Laguna Tenerife, Canary Islands |
irregular |
unix4all@gulic.org http://bsd.corralito.org |
*BSD | |
Sweden | |||||
BSD Users Sweden (a.k.a BUS) |
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Luleå |
irregular, quarterly |
bus@stacken.kth.se |
*BSD | |
Olof Kasselstrand OpenBSD.nu |
Ronneby Ronneby |
irregular |
seemer@openbsd.nu http://www.openbsd.nu/ |
OpenBSD | |
Peter Laur OpenBSD Sweden |
Uppsala |
Irregular |
peter@openbsd.se http://www.openbsd.se/ |
OpenBSD | |
United States | |||||
Darrin Chandler Phoenix BSD Users Group |
Phoenix Arizona |
1st Tuesday, 7:00PM |
dwc@bsd.phoenix.az.us http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ |
OpenBSD, *BSD | |
Shawn Nock Tucson Free Unix Group (TFUG) |
Tucson Arizona |
Irregular |
nock@email.arizona.edu http://www.tfug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Jason Antelope Valley BSD User's Group |
Antelope Valley California |
irregular |
root@intheav.com http://bsd.avlug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Zeke Krahlin Berkeley Unix User Group |
Berkeley California |
Every Thursday, 7pm |
buug-admin@weak.org http://www.weak.org/buug/ |
*BSD | |
D. Adam Karim Central California BSD Users Group |
Central California California |
2nd Saturday, 2:00 PM |
adam@akarsoft.com http://www.ccbug.org |
OpenBSD|*BSD. | |
Ben Lovett San Diego BSD Users Group |
San Diego California |
1st Thursday of every month at 7PM | http://www.sdbug.org/ | *BSD | |
Dan Weeks San Francisco OpenBSD Users Group |
San Francisco California |
1st Tuesday 7pm AND 2nd Saturday Noon |
info@sfobug.org http://www.sfobug.org/ |
OpenBSD | |
Jesse Monroy SVBUG Silicon Valley BSD User Group |
San Jose California |
1st Thursday each month at 7PM |
jessemonroy@email.com http://www.svbug.com/ |
*BSD; including OS X | |
OpenBSD Users Group of Silicon Valley |
Silicon Valley California |
Third Monday of the month at 7PM in Mtn View |
obug@ungeek.com http://www.ungeek.com/obug/ |
OpenBSD | |
Joe Phillips Southern Connecticut OpenSource User Group |
New Haven Connecticut |
Monthly |
info@scosug.org http://www.scosug.org/ |
*BSD, Linux, other UNIX | |
BSD Users Group of Orlando |
Orlando Florida |
http://bugo.zepa.net/ | *BSD | ||
David T. Harris BSD Enthusiasts and Professionals |
Orlando Florida |
1st Saturday of every month |
blueninja83@yahoo.com http://www.beap-cf.org/ |
*BSD | |
Brian Ring Eastern Iowa Free Unix Society |
Cedar Rapids Iowa |
1st Thursday every month, 7:00 p.m. |
drzharko@eifus.org http://www.eifus.org/ |
*BSD | |
Patrick Klee WLABUG - Wichita Linux And BSD User Group |
Wichita Kansas |
Friday and Saturday on irc.slashnet.org #wlabug |
drwho@futureks.net http://www.geocities.com/mykros78/wlabug.html |
*BSD, some Linux and occasional OS X | |
New Orleans *BSD User Group |
New Orleans Louisiana |
Third Thursday each month | http://www.nolug.org/ | *BSD | |
Mike Erdely CapBUG |
Maryland, Virginia, DC |
Last Tuesday or Wednesday of the month |
mike@erdelynet.com http://capbug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Pat Lynch New England Area BSD Users Group |
Boston Massachusetts |
irregular |
bsdpat@neabug.org http://neabug.org/ |
*BSD. | |
SouthEast Michigan BSD User Group |
Detroit-area Michigan |
2nd Wednesday each month at 8PM |
semibug@mail.msen.com http://www.semibug.mi.org/ |
*BSD | |
Brian Hershey Princeton Area OpenBSD Users |
Princeton Minnesota |
irregular/virtual |
brian@lanwatchsecurity.com |
OpenBSD | |
Buck Pyland St. Louis BSD Users Group |
Saint Louis Missouri |
irregular |
buck@stlbsd.org http://www.stlbsd.org/ |
*BSD | |
Cheryl Jones Ozarks Linux Users Group (OzLUG) |
Springfield Missouri |
1st Monday each month |
moo@bluecows.com http://www.ozlug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Jonathan Franks Capital District *BSD Users Group (CDBUG) |
Albany New York |
Last Sunday Each Month at 5pm |
jonathan.franks@gmail.com http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/cdbug-talk/ |
*BSD | |
NYC *BSD Users Group (NYCBUG) |
New York New York |
1st Wednesday each month at 6:00 PM | http://nycbug.org/ | *BSD | |
Eric Radman BC BUG |
Broome County New York |
4th Tuesday of every month |
theman@eradman.com http://www.bcbug.org/ |
*BSD. | |
Ryan Younce Triangle Area BSD Users Group |
Research Triangle Park North Carolina |
3rd Thursday each month at 7:00 PM |
info@tribug.org http://www.tribug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Tim Howe Bend Unix Users Group |
Bend Oregon |
To be determined |
thowe@empnet.com http://www.bendug.org/ |
*BSD | |
PitBUG info Pittsburgh BSD Users's Group |
Pittsburgh and western PA Pennsylvania |
To be determined |
info@pitbug.org http://www.pitbug.org/ |
*BSD; some Mac OS X | |
Wes Peters SLLUG-BUG |
Salt Lake City Utah |
3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:10 pm |
sllug-bug@bsdconspiracy.net http://bsdconspiracy.net/sllug-bug/ |
BSD | |
Bruce Dang Tacoma BSD/Unix User Group |
Tacoma Washington |
irregular |
bd@alpha.slogin.org http://www.tbug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Russ Ingram Laramie Wyoming Freenix Users Group(LWFUG) |
Laramie Wyoming |
irregular |
ringram@gargoylecc.com http://www.lwfug.org/ |
*BSD | |
Ukraine | |||||
Sergey Prysiazhnyi Ukrainian OpenBSD Users Group (UAOUG) |
Kiev |
On OpenBSD Release days. |
apelsin@atmnis.com http://www.uaoug.org.ua/ |
OpenBSD | |
United Kingdom | |||||
Sam Smith Manchester BSD User Group |
Manchester |
Usually 2nd week of the month | http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/manchester/ | *BSD | |
Shriman Gurung LONBUG: London BSD User Group |
London Greater London |
Last week in each month, day varies |
shriman@venus.co.uk http://www.juiceco.com/html/lonbug.html |
*BSD | |
Venezuela | |||||
Juan José D'Alessandro M Grupo de usuarios BSD Venezuela |
Valencia Carabobo |
(+58412) 7407112 Desconocido |
juancho@bsd.org.ve http://www.bsd.org.ve/ |
Grupo de usuarios que se encargan de dar soporte y asesorías referente a sistemas UNIX, BSD a todos los usuarios Venezolanos que deseen aprender y/o a usuarios ya experimentados en los sistemas. | |
Yugoslavia | |||||
BSD Users of Yugoslavia |
bsdyu@bsd.org.yu http://www.bsd.org.yu/ |
*BSD |