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@jorijn not at the moment, and also the akkoma path won’t be initially published as its a bit hit or miss.

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Peter N. M. Hansteen @pitrh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h

OpenBSD 8.0 is due out soon, and -current snapshots identify as 8.0 already. So it's time to reprise "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installe… which should help answer some common questions. #openbsd […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 9h

Minutes since the last "your network isn’t secure because it doesn’t use XYZ" email: 0 Where XYZ is, as usual, some procedure copied from a compliance handbook that would actually make the current setup less secure. #IT #SysAdmin

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 21h

There are things I will never understand. On Android I have at least two users, one for the main things and one for testing. On iOS this is not possible, and for me it is a big limitation. #iOS #Android

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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

For some (many?) years, I’ve embraced a philosophy: _defuse_. When a situation is going nowhere and the tone starts heating up, the best thing to do is to _defuse_. Going on would only make things worse, with the risk of saying something I might regret later. Is it right? Not always. Is it […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

@angel yes, probably. Modern scams using modern tools. "Technology will save us from misinformation". Sure.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

@jorijn ok, probably just a temporary flood of traffic :-)

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

@angel that's incredibly...well, I don't know what to say...

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

@jorijn broke it? It seems ok here

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

Okay, okay. Now I've officially seen it all. Spam has reached a whole new level of absurd comedy. I've just received this at my BSD Cafe e-mail address: Hello, I recently came across the BSD Cafe website and, after running it through our AI-powered business analysis platform, I noticed […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 28/09/2026

SmartOS: The illumos Way of Thinking About Servers A practical look at SmartOS, illumos, zones, LX compatibility and the way this operating system approaches servers. Not a complete guide, just enough to understand why I like it […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 27/09/2026

This hasn’t been created to stay empty.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 20/09/2026

May your Sunday be quiet, peaceful, and relaxing, allowing you to keep the problems that trouble you out of your mind, at least for a while. May the sunshine in this photo gently kiss your forehead, without burning you, while a few clouds drift by from […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

A quiet country road curves through lush green fields and trees under a bright blue sky filled with soft white clouds. Warm sunlight falls across the road and vegetation, creating a peaceful late-summer atmosphere.

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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

BTW, I am very happy that so many people are enjoying this motherfucking website. But just for clarity: it's not mine. I didn't create it. I just shared it. It's by Robin Reel: dreamstation.systems/personal It's a tribute to the original Motherfucking Website […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 27/09/2026

@ploum many people I know do, and I’m using it for a lot of projects. Since 2023, when I started to use it, all I had to do was compile and run. Minimalist portable C, at its best

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 27/09/2026

@luca if the load is low, it's not that heavy. I have (had), a single user instance for some time, and it wasn't that loaded. And for large(r) communities, it's quite good, well structured and scalable. I like it, really. And it's not a Mastodon problem, but a similar problem exists for all the […]

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Stefano on littleFedi @stefano.rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

This is one of the reasons why #littleFedi exists... #littleFedi

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 27/09/2026

I like Mastodon, I really do. But it has so, so many dependencies, and updating it on illumos or OpenBSD is getting really difficult, release after release. Some dependencies are primarily distributed as binaries, or only build on Linux and macOS. It's not Mastodon's fault, but it depends on […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 26/09/2026

Which one, in your opinion, will be the title of the next post on IT Notes (not a poll as they're too long for a poll)? - From nonsense to perfection, the Microsoft way: systemd - How my NetBSD-powered toaster burnt my bread - From Apple to Raspberry Pi Zero W: fruit, without getting fat - I […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 26/09/2026

The next post for IT Notes is almost ready. It'll be out on Monday. #StayTuned

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 26/09/2026

I look at the window. The sun is shining. The glass is filthy. I should clean it. Maybe tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or the day after...

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Berlin FediDay @berlinfediday.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

🎉 They’re finally online: the #Fediday 2026 PeerTube videos! 🎥✨ Now it’s time to watch, share & spread the word! 🚀 🎬 Opening 👉 fair.tube/w/nJuMskSG2imvnPBzhUaWUM 🎤 @_elena 👉 fair.tube/w/csFcmJcnMtHufq5JBr8sid 🃏 A Jester’s Guide to the Fediverse – @tommi 📏 @rstockm – […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

There's a subtle kind of pleasure in shutting down a VM on a FreeBSD host. You suddenly see the RAM becoming available again on the host, and then, little by little, being "taken over" by the ZFS ARC cache. I don't know, it sounds like such a trivial thing, but I find it fascinating. #FreeBSD #ZFS

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Elena Brescacin @elettrona.poliversity.it.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

On November 13th and 14th 2026 I'll speak at @sfscon - to be more precise it'll be on Saturday 14th at 10:20 in the morning. My talk, 15 minutes, is "reclaiming our choice: why digital independence needs accessibility in FOSS" It's a 15 minutes speech where I'm going to explain what's right […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

Beautiful window from the recent Brussels trip #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Interior of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, with a monumental 16th-century stained-glass window glowing beneath the cathedral’s soaring Gothic stone arches and ribbed vaults.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

@troed I'm not against any technology, and AI is one of those technologies that, if correctly developed, ethically trained and properly used, can be useful for many use cases. So I perfectly understand your point. I'm not really considering data here, but mostly what I'm seeing happening to me […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

@troed anyway, I'm only asking to avoid promoting all that. Not prohibiting any discussion or anything else. Just don't spread, from the BSD Cafe, the information that giving everything we have to AI is the only way to be.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

@troed the most important models are produced and sold by the US companies. And there are some powerful, self-hostable Chinese models. Still, made and controlled by some specific companies. The average Joe can adapt them, but cannot create a "new model". And the hardware prices are skyrocketing […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

New rule at BSD Cafe: Do not promote AI BSD Cafe prefers to define itself by what it supports, rather than by what it opposes. We support people, open technologies, decentralisation, technological independence, privacy, user control, the sharing of knowledge, and communities where technology […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026

The day isn't off to the best start: four trips to the bathroom during the night, two already this morning. I've cancelled all my outside appointments for today and let's see how it goes...

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 24/09/2026

[Aggressive sales pitch, insults] A little while ago, my phone rang. Someone was trying to explain to me that their AI is the only way to keep my company from going out of business but, hey, they do everything themselves, in *their* cloud. I only have to […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 24/09/2026

Several requests this morning. The first one: "I broke a configuration and you need to rush and fix it, because this could cause some inconvenience to one of our employees". My reply: "I can take care of it early this afternoon as it’s not really urgent and I'm busy at the moment." "It’s not […]

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