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Stefano Marinelli

A few times, in my life, I've experienced moments of complete well-being. It's hard to explain, but it's like mind and body live a moment of total and complete peace and harmony. As if all thoughts suddenly disappear, and the body becomes something ethereal. This only lasts a few seconds, but it's so intense and engaging that it leaves an impression on my mood for days.

After a long time, for a few moments today, I felt this sensation, this emotion, this well-being. In the meantime, there was this song playing. I've always liked it, but from today it will evoke the memory of that moment. A memory I will carry with me for life.

yewtu.be/watch?v=ko3m0NBbq1o

#Mindfulness #Wellbeing #Harmony #Peace #MomentOfZen #Emotions

A few times, in my life, I've experienced moments of complete well-being. It's hard to explain, but it's like mind and body live a moment of total and complete peace and harmony. As if all thoughts suddenly disappear, and the body becomes something ethereal. This only lasts a few seconds, but it's so intense and engaging that it leaves an impression on my mood for days.

6 July at 19:35 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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@stefano There's also another way - meditation.

Have a nice day! 🙂

6 July at 19:37 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
linus

@stefano this made me think of franco battiato's "summer on a solitary beach"

6 July at 20:03 | Open on telegrafverket.cc
Stefano Marinelli
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vermaden

@stefano

Thank You very much.

Added to Valuable News and to Hacker News :)

4 July at 9:10 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
linus

@stefano for some reason, every time I've tried getting Alpine vms to work on FreeBSD they fail to boot because they can't find the kernel, both with your blog post settings and with the default profile (I was using vm-bhyve at the time). Eventually I gave up and tried Debian, and it worked right away. Never managed to figure out why though.

4 July at 9:28 | Open on telegrafverket.cc
release_candidate

@stefano There are lots of topics and classics in this story!

A WP plugin allowed remote code execution, it uses unmonitored autoscaling in the cloud, and dev team decides "we need moar power!". Classics on top of classics!

I believe this have to happen like every day around the world.

Now, I'd like to point that is not that Alpine/Linux is less secure than FreeBSD. It's just more popular, so vulnerable WP plugins execute Linux binaries if they can.

I am a firm defender of both cloud and self-host. In one hand, It's very hard to have the physical security and electrical/network redundancy of an actual datacenter. On the other hand, no cloud provider will offer truly data ownership, sovereignty and vendor independence . So, both approaches have their places.

I've seen AWS billings that would buy very nice hardware, every month. And salaries of "cloud experts" are no cheaper that old-school sysadmins. Specially if you have to pay their cloud certifications too.

I hope that manager learned the lesson.

@stefano There are lots of topics and classics in this story!

A WP plugin allowed remote code execution, it uses unmonitored autoscaling in the cloud, and dev team decides "we need moar power!". Classics on top of classics!

I believe this have to happen like every day around the world.

Now, I'd like to point that is not that Alpine/Linux is less secure than FreeBSD. It's just more popular, so vulnerable WP plugins execute Linux binaries if they can.

4 July at 10:14 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Excited to announce the release of NotiMail 1.0!

📧 NotiMail now includes:

* Log rotation based on size or time for efficient log management.
* Thread-safe email processing for seamless multi-account handling.
* Enhanced configuration validation to ensure smooth operations.
* Continued support for multiple push providers including Apprise, NTFY, Gotify, and Pushover.

Upgrade now and experience extended battery life, swift notifications, and reduced data consumption.

Check out the full changelog and installation guide on our GitHub!

github.com/draga79/NotiMail

#NotiMail #Email #Notifications #Tech #OpenSource #Python #Apprise #NTFY #Gotify #Pushover #SQLite #OwnYourData

Excited to announce the release of NotiMail 1.0!

📧 NotiMail now includes:

* Log rotation based on size or time for efficient log management.
* Thread-safe email processing for seamless multi-account handling.
* Enhanced configuration validation to ensure smooth operations.
* Continued support for multiple push providers including Apprise, NTFY, Gotify, and Pushover.

2 July at 12:55 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Enhancing FreeBSD Stability With ZFS Pool Checkpoints

Discover how to enhance the stability of your FreeBSD system using ZFS pool checkpoints, providing robust backup and recovery solutions.

it-notes.dragas.net/2024/07/01

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #ZFS #DataRecovery #BackupStrategies #IT #SysAdmin #NoteHUB

1 July at 7:45 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
david_chisnall

@stefano It's not well documented, but zfs also supports taking atomic snapshots of collections of datasets. The underling snapshot ioctl that the zfs command uses takes an nvlist of snapshots to create.

This means that you don't need pool snapshots to create a consistent atomic snapshot of a set of filesystems and can create a snapshot of a subset of all of your ZFS filesystems (for example, all of the ones that contain system data, but not home directories, allowing you to roll back base-system + ports upgrades, without losing user data).

@stefano It's not well documented, but zfs also supports taking atomic snapshots of collections of datasets. The underling snapshot ioctl that the zfs command uses takes an nvlist of snapshots to create.

This means that you don't need pool snapshots to create a consistent atomic snapshot of a set of filesystems and can create a snapshot of a subset of all of your ZFS filesystems (for example, all of the ones that contain system data, but not home directories, allowing you to roll back base-system...

1 July at 8:42 | Open on infosec.exchange
Lovis IX ♿ :exodus:

@stefano

Very interesting. I was knowing this feature, but without a "guide".

Thanks for sharing.

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #ZFS #DataRecovery #BackupStrategies #IT #SysAdmin #NoteHUB

1 July at 8:58 | Open on social.zdx.fr
Stefano Marinelli
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@stefano and the same to you and your family 😊

30 June at 16:44 | Open on mstdn.ca
Stefano Marinelli

Friends of #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, good morning and happy Sunday!

I've made some changes to our setup. Last week, there were some slowdowns in the services at BSD Cafe, especially in the #Mastodon instance. After investigating, I discovered that the issue was with the DNS resolution (it was the DNS! 😆 ).

I’ve now installed two jails with unbound on the two BSD Cafe VPSs. This allows us to perform all DNS resolutions locally with caching, so we don’t have to rely on external services.

This way, services like Mastodon or Matrix, which make extensive use of name resolution, can benefit from local caching and resolve domains autonomously.

#BSD #FreeBSD #DNS #Decentralization #SelfHosting

Friends of #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, good morning and happy Sunday!

I've made some changes to our setup. Last week, there were some slowdowns in the services at BSD Cafe, especially in the #Mastodon instance. After investigating, I discovered that the issue was with the DNS resolution (it was the DNS! 😆 ).

30 June at 7:50 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli
Stefano Marinelli

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

#Life #LifeLessons #Quotes

27 June at 20:03 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Tionisla
Saupreiss #Präparat500

@stefano

If a Job is always fun, you pay for it. If it is not, that’s the opportunity for “compensation”.

27 June at 20:05 | Open on pfalz.social
Stefano Marinelli

This has been (and still is) a very special week. The past 7 days have been emotionally (and, to a lesser extent, work-wise) very challenging. And even when I'm tired, I realize that, in my opinion, I have the best job in the world. Because working with open-source tools provides everyone with the same opportunities, in the most open and free manner possible. Few fields offer the same conditions, and I feel like I belong to a great group, a group of passionate and constructive people, without any distinctions of any kind.

#OpenSource #BestJobEver #Community #Inclusivity #TechLife

This has been (and still is) a very special week. The past 7 days have been emotionally (and, to a lesser extent, work-wise) very challenging. And even when I'm tired, I realize that, in my opinion, I have the best job in the world. Because working with open-source tools provides everyone with the same opportunities, in the most open and free manner possible. Few fields offer the same conditions, and I feel like I belong to a great group, a group of passionate and constructive people, without any...

27 June at 19:48 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
gyptazy
@stefano@bsd.cafe I think turning your hobby into a well paid job is the best thing you can do! And we know how we open-source guys love doing our job with so much precision!
27 June at 19:57 | Open on gyptazy.ch
Stefano Marinelli
Stefano Marinelli

I'm thrilled to announce that my talk for EuroBSDcon 2024 has been accepted! I am incredibly happy and honored. It will be a fantastic experience. Thank you to the team for your trust!

#EuroBSDcon #TechConference #OpenSource #BSDCommunity #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD

22 June at 15:04 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Tara 🌷

@stefano Amazing news! Well deserved .
Also in my (re)birth city 🇮🇪

22 June at 16:45 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
gyptazy
@stefano@bsd.cafe wooooohooooo! Congratulations!!! Happy to hear that :)
22 June at 17:02 | Open on gyptazy.ch
Raven
Stefano Marinelli

This photo is over 12 years old. In the evenings of June, I used to relax in the garden to enjoy the sunset. He would come and keep me company. He from the wall, me from the deckchair, we silently enjoyed the peaceful countryside sunset together. Once the sun disappeared, he would come to say goodbye and leave. It was an almost daily ritual that went on for years.

#Caturday #Cat #Cats #Friendship #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse
22 June at 9:55 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Bo Stahlbrandt

@stefano Great story. Your advantageous outlook was probably a great stalking point on his daily evening/night hunt. 👍🏻

22 June at 17:12 | Open on infosec.exchange
Stefano Marinelli

Blocking Access From or to Specific Countries Using FreeBSD and pf

Learn how to block access from specific countries on your FreeBSD server using pf and ipdbtools to enhance security and manage traffic efficiently.

it-notes.dragas.net/2024/06/16

#FreeBSD #pf #GeoIP #IT #SysAdmin #NoteHUB

17 June at 7:41 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Juan Camós

@stefano as always, very nice!!!

Thinking of it (using my phone, so this is just a thought), this could also be useful for only allowing access from a specified country by adding a negation. For example "block drop quick from ! <Allowed_countries>"

17 June at 8:38 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Supervisor Whiskers ensuring everything is in purrfect order at the construction site.

#Caturday
15 June at 8:24 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Raindrops trace the paths of forgotten moments, slipping away, like tears in rain.

#Photography #ThrowbackThursday #Photo #Pic #Picture #Rain #Sea #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
13 June at 10:32 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, have a great day!

And remember that today is #MeerMittwoch - #SeaWednesday - the day of the Sea!

#Photography #Photo #Pic #Sea #Water #Green #Blue
12 June at 6:28 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶
Juan Camós

@stefano
Happy sea day for you too! Here is one I took a couple of days ago from your seashore 😉
12 June at 10:46 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank @gyptazy
His BSD Pub is a weekly event of great interest to me, managed with precision and a will to create a true and solid community, in the pure spirit of the BSD Cafe idea.
Additionally, yesterday he helped me with some insights regarding the latest article on my blog, preventing potential questions that might have arisen.

So, thank you for everything!

#Community #BSDPub #Gratitude #Support #BSDCafe #ThankYou #TechCommunity

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank @gyptazy
His BSD Pub is a weekly event of great interest to me, managed with precision and a will to create a true and solid community, in the pure spirit of the BSD Cafe idea.
Additionally, yesterday he helped me with some insights regarding the latest article on my blog, preventing potential questions that might have arisen.

11 June at 18:01 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Stefano Marinelli

Proxmox vs FreeBSD: Which Virtualization Host Performs Better?

Since migrating many servers from Proxmox to FreeBSD, we have consistently felt that the VMs are more responsive. It's time to conduct some concrete tests.

it-notes.dragas.net/2024/06/10

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

10 June at 7:16 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Lovis IX ♿ :exodus:

@stefano

Great post. Thanks for sharing your result. Always a source of inspiration.

10 June at 14:04 | Open on social.zdx.fr
Fritz Adalis

@stefano
This is excelent, thanks for sharing it. One other test that might be interesting would be to overprovision a bunch of VMs and see how it handles scheduling when resources are scarce. Of course it's easy for me to think tasks up when it's not my time.

10 June at 16:38 | Open on infosec.exchange
❄️ freezr ❄️

@stefano

Nice article! 💪
Are you trying to do the competition to Phoronix? 🤪

10 June at 19:04 | Open on friendica.myportal.social
Stefano Marinelli

The world is full of amazing people, immersed in their lives and passions. You often won't notice them because they aren't interested in being noticed. But when you interact with them, you'll be enriched on a human level. You won't notice them amid the frantic noise of those who only want to be seen; they remain in composed silence, engaging only when there is something beautiful and constructive to offer.

#Inspiration #LifeLessons #SilentHeroes #PersonalGrowth #PositiveVibes #HumanConnection

6 June at 19:34 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Amber

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe One of the best places you can see this in action is right here on the fediverse. You'll have a lot of humble people who will absolutely blow you away in terms of knowledge but they don't freely share it unless you ask them about things. I've met a lot of diverse people like that on the fediverse, people with wikipedia pages dedicated to them. It helps remove that fear of "oh they're too busy to talk to me" I genuinely like that a lot about this place, everyone feels approachable unlike what you'd see elsewhere.

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe One of the best places you can see this in action is right here on the fediverse. You'll have a lot of humble people who will absolutely blow you away in terms of knowledge but they don't freely share it unless you ask them about things. I've met a lot of diverse people like that on the fediverse, people with wikipedia pages dedicated to them. It helps remove that fear of "oh they're too busy to talk to me" I genuinely like that a lot about this place, everyone feels approachable...

6 June at 19:39 | Open on transfem.social
Stefano Marinelli

Friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse, for those who may not have heard, we recently lost Mike Karels, a truly significant figure in the history of our favorite operating systems. Among our BSD Cafe community, we have his niece - @kristin_charlotte

Let's show her family our warmth and gratitude for the role he played.

#MikeKarels #BSD #TechCommunity #InMemoriam

4 June at 19:59 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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