Tonight, the snac.bsd.cafe instance will run from here. The Raspberry PI 4's internal SD is in read only, while the disk is ZFS, with #BastilleBSD managing the snac jail.
This morning, many people will be returning to work after the holiday season, and they'll immediately inquire if I've completed all the tasks they requested via email just before their vacation.
My wife and I have placed bets on when the first email of this kind will arrive. I bet it will be around 9, while she's betting on around 9:30, as they'll have a coffee and surely an internal meeting before.
On traditional social media, many people respond hoping to go 'viral', post for likes, or aim to become influencers. Often, they just try to conform, not truly expressing who they are or what they think.
This is why I appreciate the Fediverse: here, people express themselves genuinely, without the pursuit of viral fame or dreams of becoming millionaire influencers.
In the Fediverse, people seek meaningful dialogue. This genuine expression and desire for real conversations is what has long been missing in the sea of users on traditional social platforms.
On traditional social media, many people respond hoping to go 'viral', post for likes, or aim to become influencers. Often, they just try to conform, not truly expressing who they are or what they think.
This is why I appreciate the Fediverse: here, people express themselves genuinely, without the pursuit of viral fame or dreams of becoming millionaire influencers.
In the Fediverse, people seek meaningful dialogue. This genuine expression and desire for real conversations is what has long been...
After a good lunch, I decided to go and wash my teeth. I saw my toothbrush and something immediately came to my mind. In an era where even toasters are smart, my electric toothbrush remains a delightful rebel. It shuns the cloud, ignores the Internet, bypasses blockchain, scoffs at crypto payments, and laughs in the face of AI optimization. It's not just anachronistic – it's a statement in simplicity. My toothbrush, an unsung hero in a hyper-connected world!
After a good lunch, I decided to go and wash my teeth. I saw my toothbrush and something immediately came to my mind. In an era where even toasters are smart, my electric toothbrush remains a delightful rebel. It shuns the cloud, ignores the Internet, bypasses blockchain, scoffs at crypto payments, and laughs in the face of AI optimization. It's not just anachronistic – it's a statement in simplicity. My toothbrush, an unsung hero in a hyper-connected world!
A few days ago, I updated BlendIT's Lemmy to the latest version, but I had forgotten to update the lemmy-ui (separate component). There were some session issues (having to log in every time you left the page). This morning, I also updated lemmy-ui, and now everything is back to normal. My apologies!
My preferred containerization solution when I'm not using FreeBSD: LXC/LXD on Alpine Linux.
Back in 2020, I documented the (easy) installation and usage procedure of LXC on Alpine Linux in their wiki: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/LXD
Addendum: By "nobody is pushing hate speech," I mean that no company, owner of the Social Network, can deliberately and aggressively force posts with hate speech onto users solely for the purpose of selling more ads. This does not imply that there is no hate speech - unfortunately, this is a problem that also spreads in the Fediverse, and the tools are not always adequate.
Addendum: By "nobody is pushing hate speech," I mean that no company, owner of the Social Network, can deliberately and aggressively force posts with hate speech onto users solely for the purpose of selling more ads. This does not imply that there is no hate speech - unfortunately, this is a problem that also spreads in...
25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.
Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.
In the spirit of a typical support group phrase, I can joyfully say:
'Hello, I'm Stefano, and I haven't been using Windows as my primary operating system for 25 years.'
25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.
Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.
@stefano so Dos 3.3 and Prodos user until 1991.Then macos7 and atari gem then beos Slackware and os/2. Windows at works. Macosx until 2015 linux fedora since then. Considering switching nomadbsd.
Nsca mosaic on mac, then Netscape then mozilla nightly.
@stefano@bsd.cafe probably about 20-25 years ago I started looking into using Linux, and tinkered with a few distros (Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE) in dual boot set up or as VMs, to test the waters of having a system I could configure for me, not configure myself for it.
Ultimately I made the absolute switch about 15 or so years ago (Arch...btw, and servers set up with RHEL based, Debian or FreeBSD) and haven't looked back.
I still have a Windows VM which I can spin up for those times I need it, but it's pretty much just 2 uses I have for it, I can do everything else on Linux or BSD.
Of course, I still have to support windows as part of my daily work... But of course I provide solutions via Linux or BSD
@stefano@bsd.cafe probably about 20-25 years ago I started looking into using Linux, and tinkered with a few distros (Debian, Fedora, Arch, openSUSE) in dual boot set up or as VMs, to test the waters of having a system I could configure for me, not configure myself for it.
@stefano
> My first (and last) employer complained about my preference for stable and reliable solutions, equating it with lesser profits.
This has been a reason why I left my previous workplace, I was pissed at the amount of unstable and cheapo stuff sales continuously pushed, working every day recovering shitty situations, just because spending a dime more on more reliable and capable hardware and software meant lower call rate/less margin... the sales manager explicitly stated that they measured satisfaction on "how much customers would order again" rather than asking for a feedback to the end users :blobcatsad:
@stefano
> My first (and last) employer complained about my preference for stable and reliable solutions, equating it with lesser profits.
This has been a reason why I left my previous workplace, I was pissed at the amount of unstable and cheapo stuff sales continuously pushed, working every day recovering shitty situations, just because spending...
I'm glad to meet you! I'm the main administrator of the bsd.cafe instance (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with #BSDs and #Linux systems. I enjoy #music and #photography. I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making the most of every day to improve our lives.
I like writing blog articles, especially tech ones (https://it-notes.dragas.net) and, from time to time, some of them are widely appreciated, especially in the open-source community.
Thank you for passing by and reading my introduction, enjoy your stay here in the #fediverse
I'm glad to meet you! I'm the main administrator of the bsd.cafe instance (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with #BSDs and #Linux systems. I enjoy #music and #photography. I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making...
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