Notices by Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe)

23:05
Outside: 29 degrees, 87% humidity
Inside: 35 degrees
Rain is expected.

Let's hope it won't be a strong hailstorm but I hope rain will come ASAP 🙂

Last night, I set up the new workstation for my father-in-law. He was using a roughly 10-year-old computer with Windows 10 and an old monitor. It has been replaced by an Intel N150 MiniPC and this HP monitor, which was on sale at the shopping center near his house.

The total cost for the setup shown (excluding headphones but including the monitor) was 240 euros.

It's running openSUSE Slowroll, which I'll update occasionally when we visit him.

He started working and exclaimed, "It's super fast!"

You don't need a lot of money to have a valid and performant workstation, especially if you choose the right OS.

My only regret is not being able to use one of the BSDs, as none of them were perfectly supported by the MiniPC.

#Linux #openSUSE #OwnYourData #KDE #Plasma #kde_plasma #plasma6

I'm working at the office, as we have AC here. I'm waiting for a meeting at 17. The 158-euro MiniPC is doing great!

#Working

@tris clean enough. But you'll never see my desk at home. It's a...mess!

Let's prepare for another HOT and long day

#HotWave #GoodMorning

28 degrees at half past midnight is crazy...

@silverwizard @jamesoff same for me. Tons of aliases as people mispell my name

Client messages me: "Login isn't working! Fix it immediately!" - followed by a string of complaints about how it can't just stop working "all of a sudden" on a Saturday morning.

I ask for their login details, immediately notice they're using the wrong username, and point it out.

Their reply: "Ok."

Sometimes a "sorry" would be nice. 😂

#IT #SysAdmin

@jamesoff oh yes, I had to do this, too. A person was sending e-mails to a customer misspelling the surname. The customer asked me to create an alias 🙂

32.2 degrees at 22.18
Crazy

@feld @evilham @oxyhyxo @pertho @ricardo @Tubsta @patpro true. Many of my clients are still in love with Zimbra for its good integration.

@feld @evilham @oxyhyxo @pertho @ricardo @Tubsta @patpro I agree. Those solutions are good for "common people" (and by common people I mean people that haven't dealt with e-mail servers in the last 20 years).
Still, I think that tools like Dovecot or Cyrus are battle tested - Fastmail has been using (and improving) Cyrus for so many years.

Good morning, world! I'm extremely sorry about the removal of the replicator from Dovecot 2.4 - it was always my go-to replication tool, and #BSDMail also relied on it. Since I don't have many accounts yet, I can look into alternative solutions.

The one I believe comes closest is Cyrus IMAP, which also has its own clustering and replication systems. Furthermore, Cyrus doesn't have a commercial counterpart, so it's unlikely to be influenced by tight economic dynamics.

On one hand, I'm excited to do these experiments, but on the other hand, with this heat, I would have preferred to do something else 😃

#GoodMorning #SysAdmin #IT #OwnYourData

@oxyhyxo Same. I used to consider Dovecot a reliable friend, one of those solutions that evolve without changing everything. I'm sure they have good reasons to do this, but still...

Just saw this scrolling through Facebook. I don't know anything about the matter, but my point remains valid: using other people's platforms does not and never will guarantee the safety of your data.

@_elena 's video is extremely relevant: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#OwnYourData

@h3artbl33d @mwl @fosdembsd 😅ok ok i will stop here

Since Dovecot 2.4 is dropping replication, I'll definitely need to rework my mail servers and those for BSDMail. I think I'll be going back to Cyrus, which I last used over 20 years ago. The problem is my memories have long faded, so it'll be like studying it again from scratch. And that makes me happy, because it'll be like learning something totally new!

Special thanks to @h3artbl33d for the heads up!

#BSDMail #OwnYourData #MailServer #Dovecot

@h3artbl33d @fosdembsd @mwl opensmtpd is great. It Is how a SMTP server should be.

@mwl @h3artbl33d @fosdembsd I switched from sendmail to exim - then postfix, and it looked like extremely simple (compared to the other two).
When I tried opensmtpd, I couldn't believe it could be that simple...

While I was at BSDCan, I had an idea that I shared with @dgoodkin and would like to quote in one of my upcoming talks and/or articles. Many young people aren't familiar with the BSDs, and we could try using a bit of psychology to pique their curiosity.
Something like: "Hey, consider investing some of your time in FreeBSD. Maybe you'll become an adopter or a dev. After all, Windows is (probably) powering your PC at school, while FreeBSD is powering your PlayStation and Netflix. Maybe you can do without Windows, but what would life be without the other two?"

#FreeBSD #RunBSD