Notices by Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe), page 2

Mullvad: Removing OpenVPN 15th January 2026

https://mullvad.net/it/blog/removing-openvpn-15th-january-2026

#VPN #Mullvad #MullvadVPN

@zirias @vermaden I agree. Generally speaking I want to know when things crash, and why.
Programs should never crash and they should deal with problems gracefully.
Snac doesn't daemonize by itself, so daemon could be a nice choice here.

I woke up this morning:

- I have a bit of a headache
- The BSD Cafe snac instance had crashed, so it was down - I modified the rc.d script to run under daemon(8) to restart automatically (and I sent a PR to include it)
- a critical virtualized Windows server for a client was in total crash (resolved by doing a stop/start from the Proxmox console, but this will also move to bhyve soon)
- I spilled half of my coffee on the floor - and being an espresso, I have very little left

I’m waiting for the locusts...

#TGIF #snac #BSDCafe #Proxmox #bhve #coffee

@vermaden I agree. I created that snac rc.d script one year ago, and didn't use daemon to keep it simple. But there's no reason to avoid using it. I'm going to modify all my rc.d scripts and ALWAYS use daemon

@fiery@snac.bsd.cafe @fiery@mastodon.sdf.org Welcome!!!

November Sunset
Cento, Italy

23/11/2012

(There's a story behind this photo. I was walking alone, attempting to unwind after a particularly rough day. Behind me was the local cemetery (the road leading to it).
I noticed this light and grabbed my Galaxy Nexus. Although the phone had a subpar camera, this time, with some minor color adjustments, it produced a surprisingly good result.)

#Photography #Photo #Picture #Pic #ThrowbackThursday #Autumn #Sunset #Orange #FallenLeaves #November #Italy

@duncan_bayne I'm performing some tests with Peertube at BSD Cafe - it seems to be a very good and complete solution. I like it!

@duncan_bayne if you want to have a look at it: https://tube.bsd.cafe

@doerk @hiway @tonytoon evolution, not revolution

@tonytoon this is the most common problem with BSD systems 😆

This morning a colleague told me he tried both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. He said he found them "strange." For example, FreeBSD doesn’t have the bash in the base system, and even after installing it, it’s not in "/bin/bash", "which it should be because all the scripts expect it to be there."

I explained to him that scripts shouldn’t have hard-coded paths, but unfortunately, they do. He said he gave up and that he might try again later since "the BSDs do things their own way."

One of the problems for those approaching a new operating system is they should consider it as a standalone entity rather than a "variant" of another. Linux users are often confused because they regard BSDs as just another "distribution." They don’t realize that having a shell doesn’t mean having the same operating system or procedures underneath.

I’m reminded of the famous saying by Oscar Wilde, that the English and the Americans are two peoples divided by the same language: paradoxically, for a new user, it’s easier to perceive the difference when the two operating systems are extremely different (like Windows and Linux) than when they are seemingly similar (like Linux and the BSDs).

I will try to have a "four hands" session with my colleague because I believe he would greatly benefit from using BSDs.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #RunBSD

Friends of the #BSD world, has anyone among you tested "side-by-side" the performance of a nginx/FreeBSD and relayd/OpenBSD reverse proxy?

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD

My old friend Simone decided to come back to the BSD world.

Here's his experience: FreeBSD on a ROCK64 Board

https://simonevellei.com/blog/posts/freebsd-on-a-rock64-board/

#FreeBSD #RunBSD

@xenotar @justine I know 😉

@xenotar @justine unfortunately, I can't eat like this every day or I'd be quite unhealthy. But, from time to time... 🍰

Home made tiramisu
Sorry, @justine 😉

In the garden's quiet heart, where time stands still, a cosmos flower shares its silent wisdom.

#SilentSunday #Photography #Photo #Picture #Pic #Italy #AutumnFlowers #Autumn

@zirias I don't want it, too.
Have you tried to change the Mastodon theme and select the "original" one? Maybe it's a bit different.

The final part of a proper Italian lunch. With love.

#Photography #Photo #Picture #Pic #Food #Italy #Tiramisu #Love

I posted here about how I didn’t agree that, in many companies, a technician's career had to necessarily evolve into a managerial role.
I just opened LinkedIn and found a message: 'Hey! We noticed you had a great technical background! Join our school, and you’ll become an excellent manager, advancing your career immediately!'

LOL. 😆

#Funny