Based on a couple of comments, I have altered the default theme and done a little cleanup. I’m not sure it’s perfect, but it should do for now. I’m willing to take suggestions on graphics and colours.

We now have the Forum software installed. This should allow for a better flow of information, as well as add some flexibility. Suggestions, contributions, or anything should be accepted. I have put in a couple of general topics, but no content yet. I’m hoping to get some stuff posted this weekend..

Monthly Meeting this Thursday at AlteraI just spent the weekend at BSDcan 2004, the first BSD conference in Canada. Turnout was considerably higher than expected (something like 175 vs 75), making it a complete success. There were some very interesting presentations, and we even managed to tape about 1/3 of them. I’ll be bringing one copy of freeBSD 4.8 and one copy of netBSD 1.5.3 to the meeting to give away.

I finally got around to getting the newer version installed.Of course, the backup I did from the previous server (e-smith based) was considered lost, as the default backups only include a limited subset of the system, and I thought I had forgotten to use the built-in backup tool. I found the backup, but I’m not sure where the corruption happened last time, and this version is currently working. I think I’ll hold off on screwing with it until it’s soaked overnight.

I have been rather emiss in the maintenance of the site. I had made an attempt to upgrade the system, and it resulted in major corruption of the back end database. Attempts to recover and go back were not completely successful. A new version will be installed next week, along with a different server machine. It will be a clean install, and I will be attempting to copy over data from the current database.