Part of my job at iXsystems is attending tradeshows to spread the word of FreeBSD, specifically PC-BSD. The booth was full of SCaLE-ians of all skill sets and styles. We had a lot of fun testing out the latest PC-BSD 7.1-Alpha-2, which ended up fixing a mode issue with our Westinghouse LCD.

The BoF was a success, we hung out with some linux guys and suggested they upgrade and install PC-BSD, to which they promptly obliged.

I am sitting in a group of 10 or so people, which is always a great time to focus on blogging from my piece of shit G1 phone that may crash and force before I am able to post. Don’t worry – I’ll include a couple of pics to prove I was paying attention.

Tradeshows like SCaLE are always a lot of fun because of the wide variety of people and distros in use. We give the linux dewdz a hard time – but that should be expected.

Okay, time to bring my attention away from the phone and back to my peepz.

We arrived at the Westin LAX, woooo! That was a pretty easy trip, but hey, I didn’t have to drive. Thanks Matt, you are a trooper! Right now were relaxing in the bedroom and I am finally getting around to installing PC-BSD on Matt’s Lenovo. We want to demo Alpha 2 of PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo at tonight’s BoF – but we may end up demoing 7.0.2 and 7.1-Alpha-1 instead.

Thankfully, the Invincibook (from iXsystems) lives up to its name after surviving the fall from Matt’s luggage to the pavement in the Westin Hotel parking garage. No worries though! PC-BSD booted right up, yay!

Update: I would have installed the latest PC-BSD release on the Lenovo but Matt left the external DVD drive at home. Not a big deal, we have an Alpha on the Invincibook and we’ll have Alpha 2 by tomorrow afternoon.

Also, the PC-BSD USB Keychain installer I have failed me. I’m not sure if I wiped it or if I’m too hard on my keychain. FFS!

We’ve been in the room for about an hour now, I’m ready to eat and be merry.

We finally arrived. First contact with a SCaLE-ian occured shortly thereafter. While communication was initiated the results are still unclear and will require further analysis!

We’ve made it to the Grapevine safely, which is surprising given the amount of G1 and iPhone usage going on in this car.

Anyway, there is snow right next to us and I thought I’d share.