Mastodawn

R.L. Dane

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11h ago

lol #FreeBSD, my belovèd, why are you like this? 😆

rld@Intrepid:~$ uptime; sysctl kern.boottime
 8:47AM  up  1:54, 4 users, load averages: 0.04, 0.15, 0.15
kern.boottime: { sec = 1765284843, usec = 713731 } Tue Dec  9 06:54:03 2025
rld@Intrepid:~$ 
rld@Intrepid:~$ # ((( S3 sleep for almost 9 hours )))
rld@Intrepid:~$ 
rld@Intrepid:~$ uptime; sysctl kern.boottime
 5:35PM  up  1:54, 4 users, load averages: 0.30, 0.20, 0.17
kern.boottime: { sec = 1765316465, usec = 19718 } Tue Dec  9 15:41:05 2025

I guess I'm gonna have to do a

grep -- "---<<BOOT>>---" /var/log/messages |tail -1

And invent my own uptime.

Like, seriously, I was expecting that the seconds counter would change, BUT THE ACTUAL BOOT TIME OF DAY IN kern.boottime CHANGED, TOO?!? WHAT THE WHAT!!!! XD XD XD

#RunBSD (very carefully) 😂

Justine Smithies 17h ago

Anyone using XigmaNAS based on #FreeBSD ? Is it any good for setting up a home nas or would I be better off just using straight FreeBSD ? #RunBSD

Have you #RunBSD yet???? ;)

Moar unixy feels. ¡Me gusta!

gyptazy 1d ago

People keep asking for free VPS / VMs and I’m evaluating a good spot for reopening the registration at @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe

I think #FOSDEM might be a perfectly good slot to provide people BSD based systems for free again.

#opensource #learning #education #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #bsd #freevm #freevps #hosting #ipv6 #homelab

Stefano Marinelli 2d ago

This morning, as the zfs-send/receive had finished its job during the night, I performed the last sync and moved FediMeteo from the previous 4 euros/month VPS - netcup - to a 4 euros/month VPS - OVH, Milano, Italy.

Thanks to #BastilleBSD and the jail setup, it was easy peasy.

So, the weather forecasts are now broadcast from Italy and the performance has skyrocketed - while still being served by a 4 euro/month VPS.

I suspect the netcup VM had been capped by the provider - but I'll investigate.

So...Ciao, FediMeteo!

https://fedimeteo.com

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #VPS #FediMeteo

FediMeteo - Weather Forecasts on the Fediverse

Real-time weather updates for the Fediverse covering 38 countries

FediMeteo 2d ago

Ciao, FediMeteo!

In the past few days FediMeteo seemed to be having some performance trouble. I dug into it and only found minor issues, until I realised the VM itself had fallen off a cliff. After several reboots it became clear that both bandwidth and I/O latency had dropped to absurd levels. I suspect the provider slapped a cap on it.

So I took the chance to move everything to another VM and provider, still at 4 euro per month. And starting today, forecasts will be delivered straight from Italy. The performance jump feels like going from a storm to clear skies.

FediMeteo’s mission goes on. More countries are coming (stay tuned!) and we will keep aiming to serve everything from a 4 euro VM. I do have powerful hardware available, but proving that the project can run on tiny resources is still part of the mission.

#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoServices #VM #RunBSD #FreeBSD

Stefano Marinelli 2d ago

This morning I converted two setups from "jail in jail" back to jail on VM. They worked well enough, but the advantages probably didn’t justify the changes needed to upgrade to FreeBSD 15.0, so for now they’re back in VMs.
Still, I’m keeping everything ready and I’m not ruling anything out. In the end, it’s just a matter of a ZFS send and receive.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #ZFS

Anders Gulden Olstad 3d ago

In order to enable audio support in a jailed #xrdp desktop, install pulseaudio-module-xrdp package. Viola! Works like a charm with MS Windows RDP app.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/12/13/how-to-create-a-freebsd-jail-hosting-xrdp-and-xfce-remote-access-desktop/

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #RDP #BastilleBSD