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NEW VIDEO! - what is RKHunter and how do I use it?

#freebsd #opensource #UNIX #rkhunter #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/U1Yw_7bJ_qo

FreeBSD user Shares Top Disk Replacement Secrets in a ZFS zpool!

#FreeBSD #UNIX #opensource #zfs #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/oxkNkJptMOU?si=AuBphlf9HkRI3ddF via @YouTube

The slides, the video, and the text behind my presentation at EuroBSDCon 2024 - 'Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs.'

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/03/i-solve-problems-eurobsdcon/

#ITNotes #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin #EuroBSDCon #EBC24 #EuroBSDCon24 #EuroBSDCon2024 #NoteHUB

Woooow! At @BoxyBSD we provisioned our 500th free VPS instance this weekend. Providing you guys free VPS instances with your favorite BSD based system of choice - #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #DragonflyBSD, #MidnightBSD and also other ones or even #Illumos for our #Solars friends and somehow I'm a little bit proud!

Happy to see that this project provides a huge value to the #opensource community, users, projects and especially for #BSD projects. #RUNBSD with #BoxyBSD!

https://gyptazy.com/boxybsd-empowers-the-open-source-community-by-provisioning-500-free-bsd-focused-vps-instances/

From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/21/from-proxmox-to-freebsd-story-of-a-migration/

#FreeBSD #Proxmox #bhyve #Linux #Migration #IT #SysAdmin #ITNotes #Virtualization #NoteHUB

T-19 days until BSD-NL Full Day Event - Late 2024 🐡😈⛳

The Call for Proposal (CfP) is still open!
You can submit your proposal at https://events.bsdnl.nl/late24/

You can register at https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/late24/

Brouwerij Maximus in Utrecht - https://bsdnl.nl/
2024-11-09 @ 10:00 - 23:00 CET

#RUNBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #BSDNL

My full interview is now online, with a focus on the experience at EuroBSDCon 2024 and BSDs in general. It is available (in Italian, but English subtitles are available) on:

- Peertube: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/ddLTx12THN4xJXtS3iQrP6
- Youtube: https://youtu.be/J2B14sbNdZw

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BSD #EuroBSDCon #EBC24 #EuroBSDCon24 #EuroBSDCon2024

Announcing FediMeteo – Weather in the Fediverse!

Please Note: due to high traffic, the site may occasionally be unreachable.

UPDATE: Ireland has just been added

Weather has always influenced our lives: from agriculture to outdoor activities, to extreme events that, thanks to modern technology, can now be predicted with greater reliability. Personally, weather plays a significant role in my daily decisions, which is why I decided to create a service tailored for the Fediverse.

FediMeteo uses Open-Meteo data to publish updates every 6 hours, including current weather conditions, forecasts for the next 12 hours, and predictions for the upcoming days. Each country is served by its own dedicated instance (e.g., it.fedimeteo.com for Italy), managed through snac to ensure simplicity and efficiency in publishing.

You can follow FediMeteo directly in the Fediverse (on Mastodon and compatible platforms), via RSS, or by visiting the dedicated page for your city (e.g., fr.fedimeteo.com/paris).

Currently supported countries include:
Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands – with many more regions coming soon!

FediMeteo is hosted on a FreeBSD-based VPS, with each country isolated in its own jail to ensure security and scalability.

Visit the main site to explore the national instances and start following your local weather updates today:
https://fedimeteo.com

Happy weather monitoring to all! 🌦️

FediMeteo is dedicated to my grandfather, who every evening would give me the weather forecast based on TV, radio, and his personal experience. He would convince me that the weather would be bad, so he had an excuse to accompany me to school instead of me going alone.

#FediMeteo #Announcements #FreeBSD #FediMeteo #WeatherForecasts #Weather #Meteo #snac #Fediverse #Mastodon

Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,

As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve built together during the first full year of life for BSD Cafe. Launched on 20 July 2023, this project has grown far beyond what I could have imagined. While I haven’t tracked full uptime data, I can confidently say that the downtime was less than 30 minutes overall - even though the main VM hosting our services moved multiple times (including a switch from a Proxmox hypervisor to bhyve on FreeBSD, for the sake of alignment with our mission). In a world filled with over-engineered HA systems, we’ve outperformed many “big-name” cloud providers. Not bad for a community project, right?

For me, this has been an incredible journey. The users here are not just participants - they’re collaborators, and their positivity has been inspiring. The content shared and created at BSD Cafe has been valuable not only to the BSD community but beyond. What truly sets BSD Cafe apart is the openness for dialogue and exchange. Whether it’s social media posts, Matrix discussions, repositories in our brew, or RSS feeds, people seem to genuinely appreciate what we create and the conversations we foster.

BSD Cafe is a journey - one that grows, evolves, and continues. Our goal isn’t endless growth (we’re a community, not a business) but rather to maintain a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels a sense of positivity and belonging. For me, opening any service with “bsd.cafe” in the domain brings joy and pride. That’s the spirit I’ve tried to convey, and I hope it resonates with all of you, whether you’re active BSD Cafe users or friends of the community.

Promoting self-hosting and #OwnYourData has, as a side effect, inspired some users to “go solo” with their own setups. But even then, they remain part of BSD Cafe - in spirit, in purpose, and in connection.

Here’s a look at what we’ve achieved together this year:

- mastodon.bsd.cafe: 370 total users
Active in the past month: 207
Active in the past six months: 286
- snac.bsd.cafe: 14 total users
Active in the past month: 7
- blendit.bsd.cafe: 61 registered users
- matrix.bsd.cafe: 23 users
- brew.bsd.cafe: 29 users - 80 repositories
- freshrss.bsd.cafe: 25 users
- miniflux.bsd.cafe: 11 users
- press.bsd.cafe: 9 users
- myip.bsd.cafe: Constantly used by various users
- wiki.bsd.cafe: Could use a bit more love and content, but it fulfills its role as a functional homepage.
- tube.bsd.cafe: Still in testing - Peertube 7.0 update is on the way.

For detailed stats from our reverse proxy and general router (excluding media services, which generate most traffic but are handled via caching reverse proxies), you can check here - updated hourly: https://netstats.bsd.cafe

The journey of BSD Cafe continues, and I look forward to seeing where 2025 will take us. Together, we’ve built something special - something driven by passion, shared purpose, and a little bit of the BSD magic that makes all of this possible.

Here’s to a new year full of joy, serenity, and connection. Thank you for being part of this adventure.

Wishing you all a fantastic 2025 - and THANK YOU!
Stefano

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements #BSDCafeUpdates #Fediverse #HappyNewYear #Mastodon #Snac #snac2 #lemmy #matrix #dokuwiki #forgejo #freshrss #miniflux #wallabag #peertube #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #BSD

NEW VIDEO! - BEST Audio Setup for Beginners on FreeBSD!

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Unix #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/IAvAOR51Q9M?si=0zxqCe_W39MsYbsG via @YouTube

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.

#FreeBSD #FediMeteo #snac #Fediverse #Efficiency #RunBSD

I've proposed the talk 'Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025' for the upcoming OSDay 2025 in Florence, Italy, this March.
My talk has been pre-selected, but the top 8 talks will be chosen based on votes (👍 on GitHub).

So, if you want me to go to Florence and present our beloved BSDs, go vote at https://github.com/Schroedinger-Hat/osday/issues/564

#BSDCafe #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #Conference #OSDay2025

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

Stefano Martinelli's @stefano article about his EuroBSDCon 2024 experience has been published by the FreeBSD Journal and on the Foundation web site: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/virtualization-2/conference-report-my-eurobsdcon-experience-in-dublin/ (TL;DR: he enjoyed it *a lot*) #eurobsdcon #dublin #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #libresoftware #sustainability #development #freesoftware

In recent days, Deb Goodkin, Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, returned to the Fediverse via her @dgoodkin 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!

#BSDCafe #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Welcome

Having at least one reference laptop (or even desktop) I can recommend or use personally with #FreeBSD would be great. I like the idea of there being such a ‘commitment’:
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/commit/b9496081f7726df19e096fd0d7f2669ee4bf2983

I would like to invite everyone, whether passionate about BSD systems or not, to pay attention to the Berkeley Forest, created and developed by @bforest . Several months ago, Ben contacted me and gave me a preview of what he was creating. I was fascinated by his passion and the result, the potential, and what this could bring.

I encourage you to visit and see what it's about, and for any information, you can directly contact Ben.

Also, I want to publicly apologize because I promised multiple times that I would connect to see the changes Ben had made, with pride, but I have never been able (until now) to keep that promise. Both due to objective reasons and my own fault.
If you notice, I haven't participated in any online meetings (except for those strictly necessary for my work), and things are connected – without going into details.

So, the least I can do is suggest you take a tour of the Berkeley Forest and contact Ben, who will be more than happy to show you what he has been able to conceive and create.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BerkeleyForest

Wondering if @BoxyBSD users running their free #VPS instances would be interested in being reachable on #IPv4 for their website by a shared HA Loadbalancer.

My idea would be, that user can add DNS names in the self-service portal and a service gathers SSL certificates from #LetsEncrypt and creates a reverse proxy Vhost config to the users VPS box instance. But - this would mean that the certificates would be placed on a shared loadbalancer and I’m not sure if I really want to be able to have those certificates on a system which even would provide me the possibility for MITM. Also, it would require a high trust level. However, people asked for something like this after I recently added the #NAT64 gateway.

#IPv6 #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #dn42 #boxybsd #runbsd #opensource #community #bsd #hosting #free #freehosting #dns64 #loadbalancer

FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

#Fediverse #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Hosting #ITNotes #Networking #NoteHUB #Server #Snac #Snac2 #Social #Web

I'm pleased to announce that my company, Prodottoinrete Group SRL, will be a BRONZE SPONSOR of EuroBSDCon 2025.

The organizers do a great job managing everything, and the least we can do is offer a (small) contribution to help the conference maintain the current standards, which, in my opinion, are extremely high.

So, a big thank you to the organizers, the speakers, and everyone who contributes to making this event so great.

https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #HardenedBSD #GhostBSD #AllTheBSDs #BSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #EuroBSDCon25

Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #blogging #bssg #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #ssg #web

New 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗽𝗸𝗴(𝟴) 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [GhostBSD pkg(8) Repository on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/ghostbsd-pkg-repository-on-freebsd/

#verblog #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pkg #server #x11 #drm

Now that it's official, I can announce it - although I may have dropped a few hints earlier! 😉

My talk "Why (and how) we’re migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" has been accepted, and I’ll be honored to present it in June at BSDCan in Ottawa.

The joy of meeting BSD friends in person again (and those I haven’t had the chance to meet live yet) will be immense, and the honor of sharing my story in Canada is truly beyond measure, especially considering the level of other talks and all the people attending.

Of course, I’ll be bringing various BSD Cafe gadgets with me!

For more information, here’s @mwl 's post with further details: https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/

#BSDCan #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD