https://git.smithies.me.uk/freebsd-dotfiles/tree/

#FreeBSD #RunBSD

#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/

Heading to #Fosdem'25?

Join us in the BSD Dev Room on Feb 1st for some exciting #FreeBSD-focused talks. Deepen your FreeBSD knowledge, meet enthusiasts, and gain insights from experts. Don't miss it!

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-at-fosdem-2025/

Stop by FreeBSD Stand in Building K to connect with contributors, learn about the latest updates, and grab some cool swag!

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!

#BSDCafe #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Welcome

Learning en orienting myself into the code of snac

Snac is fascinating

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming #snac

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screenshot of a Codeberg page showing the project "grunfink/snac2," described as "A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance written in portable C". The page displays statistics: 3201 commits, 69 tags, 1 branch, and a size of 9.2 MiB. There's a list of files and folders including "default," "artwork," "doc," "examples," ".gitignore," and "activitypub.c."

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/01/27) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/valuable-news-2025-01-27/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

¿This relay has been closed indefinitely due to user abuse right @gyptazy ?

I'm correcting myself, why leaving the error up. I see that I've convoluted two different services

It is a beautiful FediVerse relay service
Thank you for the time that you've taken to set it up for us all

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com/

🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming

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Screen capture which shows the "AodeRelay" app information page. The top displays "AodeRelay v0.3.116-main-6ff7b597 on fedi-relay.gyptazy.com". Below, an "About" section details the app as a free Fediverse relay service supporting smaller instances, particularly single-user setups, by improving visibility and connectivity. It's powered by ActivityPub software and supports platforms like Mastodon, Pleroma, and GoToSocial. The bottom shows a website address "fedi-relay.gyptazy.com" and a "Rules" section. A number "16" and three icons are also visible at the bottom right.

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

@justine you might simply wait for the repository to gain bumps of packages that were affected by the bug in versions 2.0.0–2.0.2 of pkg, and then use version 2.0.3.

Chat in BSD Cafe:

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#FreeBSD #pkg #bug

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Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan

Alright, now that I have migrated to my home grown instance, it's time for an #introduction!

I hack. I've always been drawn to #programming both to solve problems, and to have fun. More recently, I've gotten deep into #electronics design and repair, which dovetails nicely with #RetroComputing. And because I inherited a 3D printer, I've gotten into #3DPrinting, #3DModeling (#Blender), and #CAD (#FreeCAD, #OpenSCAD). And for no reason whatsoever, I've recently gotten into #FreeBSD. I like it.

Occasionally I do some #art things, mostly #procedural or #generative. Or #PixelArt (I'm not good at it). Or #music (also not good at it). I have been known to #dj (I am OK at it, and I love #house and #techno).

I've found the Fediverse fascinating and challenging. Eager to dive deeper. :)

Discover how @NYI leveraged the power of #FreeBSD to build a stable, scalable, managed infrastructure services environment for its customers. From flexibility to a strategic partnership with @FreeBSDProject, NYI sets new standards in open source innovation. Read the full case study! #opensource #infrastructure #tech

https://buff.ly/3WuOhN9

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

New BSDNow episode out https://www.bsdnow.tv/594 - Name that Domain - with the BSDCan CFP (https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html) interview #bsd #bsdnow #bsdcan #callforpapers #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #conference #freesoftware

The BSD community is great.
That's all I can say for now. More details in the coming days... 😉

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

btw, if you're interested, how I post to fedi for my linkblog:

it all starts in my "bookmark" ruby script. It adds the bookmark to yaml file, which is then used to build the blog. This has not changed since last version.

I've added creation of a .txt file which will be the body of the toot. Then, my "deploy" script rsyncs the file to the server and removes local copy.

On the server, #snac is running in a FreeBSD jail. The folder where I upload the .txt file is mounted via nullfs.

Every minute a shell scipts iterates over the mounted folder, pipes contents into "snac note" and deletes all .txt file

I'm using Snac from #FreeBSD ports.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/commit/468b7a38885152cb2d61537abfdd9a4cda9c847a/doc/snac.8#L587

I've followed the #FreeBSD hashtag for now and will see what happens. One thing that does come to mind is that you now have a user called relay that doesn't actually seem to do much other than follow the actors ????
Do I now have to follow my relay or is this something that the snac server takes care of ???

Also is it a good idea or can the relay user follow multiple relay actors ??

💻 CDE for the Modern Era 💻

I've decided to return to my roots, in some respects. Unfortunately, the Sun Ultra 60 workstation is not (yet) sitting at my desk, but I can partially relive its day to day experience of the CDE desktop by using NsCDE.

It's clean, crisp, responsive, and fast. Maybe once I finish customizing its retro-ness there will be some time for screenshots.

Now, back to eBay to find a proper Ultra 60... 😊

#Solaris #FreeBSD #Linux #Desktop #Engineering #OldPeople #KidsTheseDays #OSS

FreeBSD Laptop and Desktop Working Group Survey – LDWG Work Relevance Ranking

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#FreeBSD #Ludwig #LDWG

!Sunday Patreon Only Benefit!

Did you know that four years ago in the original Techno-Mage story-boards Girl had a love interest?!

#unix_surrealism #technomage #comic #openbsd #linux #freebsd #runbsd

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Daemon Boy strapped with a Model-M keyboard.

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Puffy: "This concludes today's lesson. Go have some fun outside for once. And get some food. We're out." Girl and Penguin leave the hideout. Penguin: "What's the plan?" Girl: "I have an idea." Machine junkyard. Penguin: "This is your idea of fun?" Girl: "I've been coming here for a while now..." *NOISE" Penguin: "Did you hear that?" Girl: "Probably a landslide... Or... A MACHINE GHOST!" Penguin: "A WHAT?!"

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Girl: "Master never told you?" Penguin: "No...?" Girl: "Some say the spirits of abandoned machines haunt all who dare enter!" Penguin: *GULP* "Really?" Girl: "I'm just messing with you." *NOISE* Girl: "Maybe we should go..." Penguin: "Agreed." A machine walks up. Penguin and Girl are shook. The machine turns out to be just a boy with horns. Boy: "Hi!" Penguin: "You're not a ghost!" Boy: "Nope! Just a boy looking for some things for my game."

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Girl is enamored. Boy: "You guys wanna try it?" Penguin: "A game?! Yes!" Penguin to Girl: "What is wrong with you?" Girl, Boy, Penguin play homebrew pong and have a good time. Penguin and Girl walk home. Penguin: "You saw he was wearing a skirt, right?"

Has anyone else noticed that https://cgit.freebsd.org/
has been down for a while now ? #FreeBSD