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Tomorrow the #opensource #FOSDEM #conference starts in #Brussels, #Belgium!
Let’s see if we can attract more people to #BSD based systems by providing free #vps running #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #illumos as an #opensolaris solution.
@gyptazy will be onsite to provide you more information or even stickers ;)
#FOSDEM 2025 - anyone interested into #GPG key signing?
If you're interested:
* Provide a printed snippet of your fingerprint (gpg-key2ps)
* I will send you the signing to your email (instead of uploading them to key servers [gpg-mailkeys])
* You can find my key at https://gpg.gyptazy.com and you're allowed to upload them to key servers.
* Have you passport / ID card with you to validate your identity
* I'll probably be mostly in the #BSDDevroom but you can also ping me on Matrix
Happy key signing!
#encryption #freebsd #bsd #runbsd #keysigning #keysigningparty #email #communication #conference #brussels #belgium #opensource #security
Anyway, I've reduced my ambitions ever so slightly, and am now in the process of installing NetBSD (-CURRENT) on what is essentially a 386SX-class machine: 16-bit bus, 24-bit addressing, 16MB RAM, and nearly as unpleasantly slow as the 286 I had planned to use. It is however equipped with an IBM-branded 486SLC, which is from the Blue Lightning series. This one definitely has a full 486 instruction set. More hardware details will follow when I've completed the build (and installation).
Meanwhile, the obligatory screenshot from the installer. Note the ETA for simply unpacking base.tgz ..
#RunBSD #Retrocomputing #Slowcomputing
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Screenshot from installer. Shows base.txz being extracted, at a speed of 110 KB/s. ETA given is about 30 minutes, which turned out to be relatively accurate.
#HowTo install & run #snac on #FreeBSD - run your own #ActivityPub instance in the #Fediverse!
In the last days I often got asked about #snac / #snac2 as an alternative to #Mastodon and I can highly recommend it! I few months ago, I already wrote a HowTo about setting snac up on a FreeBSD instance - might be worth to share again :) if you’re using snac, you might also want to use my relay service at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com to make your posts more visible in the Fediworld.
#opensource #fediverse #fediworld #alternatives #community #FreeBSD #RUNBSD #BoxyBSD #activitypub #mastodon #relay #community #federated
https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/
In recent days, Deb Goodkin, Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, returned to the Fediverse via her @dgoodkin@mastodon.social account.
But with my great joy, she has also decided to sit at a table of the BSD Cafe: @dgoodkin.
Welcome back to the Fediverse and to the BSD Cafe!
One of the joys of setting up a nice #FVWM desktop is the amount of time you can use to just get one tiny toe wiggle. OK new background picked from local $HOME/.fvwm folders, but how to pick and display a bgicon from the same local config folder is a harder nut to crack. “+ "$[gt.Space]%bgicons/bg3.png%" SetBG bg3.png” #OpenBSD #RUNBSD
Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the #Fediverse and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!
But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of #snac [1] / #snac2 - and I can recommend the usage of relay services (it doesn't matter which one!) to everyone. It provides more content from connected instances to you, but also brings your posts - from your local instance - up to other ones within the federated network where it can get much easier distributed around other instances.
#snac is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the #ActivityPub protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated #Mastodon API, you can also use most of your usual clients or web clients. Snac is light, fast, does not require any database and follows the KISS way - which the most of us BSD people are living. With relay services, it's the perfect match for singe-user instances and @grunfink is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be #Mastodon, #GoToSocial etc!
And if you're using any other software, you may still benefit by using relay services. And if you're still looking for a guide, howto setup snac2 on #FreeBSD, my howto [3] might help you out.
[1]: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
[2]: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
[3]: https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/
#community #opensource #development #coding #c #clang #homelab #hosting #BSD #RUNBSD #Howto
@E Enlightenment 0.27.0 Release #Linux #unix #RunBSD https://www.enlightenment.org/news/2025-01-11-enlightenment-0.27.0
When I founded BSD Cafe, I did it because I knew the community around BSD is amazing. More like a family than just a community. And every day I get confirmation of that.
I can finally, officially confirm that the talk "Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025" has been accepted and is scheduled for the next OSDay 2025, which will take place on 21/03/2025 in Florence, Italy.
There was a vote on GitHub, and this talk, by a narrow margin, received the most votes overall. Another testament to how the BSD family moves as one.
It is an honor to receive all these votes and to present, in a brief 25-minute talk + 5 minutes for questions, our beloved BSDs. I will try my best not to disappoint you, but for now, let me say a huge: THANK YOU!
#BSDCafe #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #ThankYou #BSD #BSDCommunity
wow, that was quick - more than 30 instances already connected to my relay in just such a short time :) Let's be federated and help even smaller #instances to distribute their content & posts!
You can find more information at:
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
The instance is reachable on IPv4 and IPv6.
#fediverse #mastodon #snac #snac2 #activitypub #relay #activtypubrelay #Pleroma #BSD #RUNBSD #devops #opensource #ipv6 #gotosocial #community #akkoma #pixelfed #selfhosting #homelab
All of those things are absolutely wonderful and make many of todays software developers look ... spoiled? What I want, however - and what I love doing - is making this old hardware do stuff its makers never dreamt of, things that are as far removed from their time as possible. That's why I will, if #NetBSD permits, run bleeding edge BSD on a 286-on-486steroids, and why I run web+ftp+irc servers (yes, multitaskign) on one 286 and multiple BBS nodes on a 386 - like one used to do, of course.
I cannot state often enough how amazing it is that there's still software developed today that will work under such constraints.
ctwm (window manager), urxvt (terminal emulator), mrxvt (tabbed terminal emulator), pload (network monitor) and, in the spirit of the 90s, hot-babe (CPU monitor), I have a nice and borderline usable "desktop" on this 486.Until #snac starts doing work of course. Then I just sit back and wait.
#RunBSD #Patience
The #BoxyBSD project is taking a pause from provisioning completely free #vps instances / #vserver. For further questions, reach out to @gyptazy or in our Matrix chat.
After publishing the new self-service portal and making it easier to use and get a free VPS instance, we got a lot more new users who requested an instance than usual. We’re not out of resources but we want to provide a great and reliable service and have a buffer for upcoming things.
We’re already restocking the resources and adding new nodes to the project but temporary stop provisioning new instances. In the meantime, we will provide new services that will make the overall experience for users much better and easier.
We already started this with the new #NAT64 gateways and the new free #loadbalancing service that allows you to serve your website also on #IPv4, even your box is #IPv6 only.
We’re addicted to the #BSD community and hope to provide your quickly more #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #DragonflyBSD and all the other bsd based systems again. In the meantime - have fun and #RUNBSD
#free #hosting #bhyve #zfs #firewall #networking #community #opensource #fediverse #services
boostedWe just added a free #loadbalancing service to #BoxyBSD!
This new feature got added by @gyptazy in addition to the newly introduced #NAT64 gateways to make your life easier and is currently tested with a few users! This provides you the ability to make your website also reachable by #IPv4 even your box is only running on #IPv6. This feature can be managed from your self-service portal and simply requires you to add a DNS name that should be balanced and to point the DNS A record to a given IPv4.
Making the legacy internet life easier, we hope for a higher #BSD adaption where people might be more motivated to try #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #opensolaris with #illumos.
#hosting #opensource #runbsd #hosting #free #service #saas #community #vps #vserver #server #vm
The latest issue of the FreeBSD Journal has just been published and contains an article written by me: My EuroBSDCon Experience in Dublin
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/virtualization-2/
#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD # #EuroBSDCon #EBC24
Client: Help, emergency. I have 24 hours to move my workload to another server. What do we do?
Me, five minutes later: "Done. Your workload is now running on the new server."
Client: "How did you move over 200GB with just a minute of downtime, from one provider to another and in a different country?"
Me: "Thanks to FreeBSD, ZFS, and a little bit of proactive planning."
I have a task that replicates all the VMs from one server to another every 15 minutes using zfs-send/zfs-receive. This VM connects to a VPN with two reverse proxies.
Meaning, when I move this VM, we don’t need to change any IPs since it’s not directly exposed.
I powered it off, cloned the differences in seconds, and restarted it.
Client in disbelief.
Me, relaxed and happy.
Thank you, FreeBSD, thank you, ZFS!
#FreeBSD #ZFS #TechSupport #ServerMigration #OpenZFS #SysAdmin #RunBSD
Wonder if I’m ready for new adventures. #OpenBSD 7.6 ran without any great issues. The iwx driver worked like a charm after getting its firmware, but maybe I should start looking into #NetBSD - it’s about time to get acquainted with the whole family #BSD #RUNBSD #UNIX
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Old HP workstation with 2 4 core XEON prosessors
2025 is starting great - and I took all opportunities!
Like probably all personal playgrounds, I started small with many technically working but not ideal solutions. Ignoring several RFC's, standards etc,.
This also applies to my @BoxyBSD project that provides free VPS (#BSD focussed, such like #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD but also #illumos / #opensolaris etc.,) boxes for the #opensource community and beginners to provide them a place for learning and education.
I decreased (yeah decreased) the amount of overall systems. Instead, we now have bigger sized systems which makes the overall management easier and also improved the whole networking stack. Also some other benefits came along with this ;) I'm really happy to see what 2025 brings up - and there're several great things to be announced soon :)
#unix #runbsd #retrocomputing #486
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Console screenshot. Plaintext 80x50 mode, with screen(1) running htop(1) and neofetch(1), split horizontally.
Okay, okay... you guys asked a way too often for this and I want to make your life easier:
BoxyBSD now also offers NAT64 for your #FreeBSD, OpenBSD, #NetBSD, etc. VPS boxes! Next to the reverse proxies, you can now simply use the new NAT64 way :)
@BoxyBSD #homelab #hosting #opensource #community #RUNBSD
Running NATS on a FreeBSD Jail
https://simonevellei.com/blog/posts/running-nats-on-a-freebsd-jail/
Some technical details for those interested:
The entire FediMeteo setup runs on a FreeBSD VM costing around 4 euros per month. It supports almost all major EU countries (plus the UK), with just a few left to complete. Currently, there are 25 separate jails, each running its own instance of snac, totaling 25 instances. The VM load typically stays around 10%, which increases to 30% when updates are published for countries with larger numbers of cities (currently Germany and Italy). The only time the load spikes is when new countries are announced; during that time, all remote instances connect to all cities to download their details.
As for RAM usage, excluding the ZFS cache, it's currently a total of 213 MB. Yes, MB.
I just signed up for the #BSDNL conference!
Happy to see you all in #Utrecht
Tickets are €15, lunch included!
tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/early25
📆 2025-04-12 / April 12th 2025
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NETBSD #dragonflybsd #midnightbsd #bsdcafe #conference #meeting
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BSDNL Conference
The 
#OpenBSD VPS at @OpenBSDAms tour is also available on #PeerTube; because the Fediverse deserves more #RunBSD content 😀