jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
These are the voyag... uh, things I post about.
Admin email
jrollans@gmail.com
Admin account
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Search results for tag #opensource

gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

The new Proxmox Datacenter Manager got released!

Here you can find my first look and review of it. Let me say one thing: Once this gets released as a stable version, it'll change everything! And the best: It's free and !

gyptazy.com/first-look-at-the-

Juergen M. Bruckner »
@juergen@mastodon.bruckner.email

Congratulations @dansup thats another Milestone for @loops
@nlnet is a great partner and I have had the honor of working on two previous NLnet sponsored projects.

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BoxyBSD »
@BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe

This weekend we started to integrate the NAT64 support for our free VPS infrastructure to make your life easier. Stay tuned, the global rollout is near :)

@gyptazy

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BoxyBSD »
@BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe

Happy to provide you all slowly your based free Boxes (VPS instances) after a pause of one week again :)

The small amount of boxes has been provisioned, offering , , , , and many more - including for our friends!

Provisioning is only and is done by our new Bot. @gyptazy took the time to write and adjust all the things in a great way -

gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

Wow, it’s almost a year when @vermaden initially mentioned my @BoxyBSD project in his 2023/12/11 newsletter. Today, he’s mentioning our first milestone with over 500 provisioned free based boxes to provide people a place to learn and to get in touch with . After all that time it’s simply incredible to see how the BSD community works together in such a great and familiar way, and this is also just because of people like @vermaden who summarizes all the things in a weekly newsletter or @stefano by providing such great community with his or @fosdembsd & @bentsukun doing all the great stuff to provide us a great BSD Devroom at the @Fosdem where people like @imil can show their stuff :)

Yes, the BSD community is different compared to ones - !

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gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

Woooow! At @BoxyBSD we provisioned our 500th free VPS instance this weekend. Providing you guys free VPS instances with your favorite BSD based system of choice - , , , , and also other ones or even for our friends and somehow I'm a little bit proud!

Happy to see that this project provides a huge value to the community, users, projects and especially for projects. with !

gyptazy.com/boxybsd-empowers-t

gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

Virtualization & Proxmox were trending topics in this year and the opportunity of projects to rise! With you can get features like (known from ) into , but also several other features that are still missing in Proxmox. Open-Source products provide us the possibility to extend it to our needs.

Project: github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB

gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

You're a / fan and looking for a simple and minimalistic engine?

might be your solution and comes in a simple and familiar manpage design without big dependencies as a static blog generator.

You can find more about manpageblog right here: github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog

dansup »
@dansup@mastodon.social

Just scheduled my NLnet onboarding for the @loops grant.

They're fully funding our platform development, with one fantastic requirement: open-source under AGPL license.

What this means: Loops is not just staying - we're evolving into a fully federated, open-source platform.

A true, decentralized alternative to TikTok is finally happening.

To our amazing Loops community - you're part of something revolutionary. Let's make history together.

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ティージェーグレェ »
@teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.65 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26783

GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are currently running (two are queued. Hopefully those will go smoothly, but I know at least one of them in particular seems to take an awfully long time recently).

Thanks again to you and other snac contributors for continuing to improve what continues to be my favorite ActivityPub implementation!

Oh, also since this PR was merged: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26633 It appears as if snac is now building correctly on older versions of OS X that were throwing up errors in under "Port Health" from https://ports.macports.org/port/snac/details/ I do have older Mac systems, but wasn't testing on much older OS versions, so I kind of turned a blind eye to the errors that IIRC were showing up on OS X High Sierra back through Lion? Those seem to be working now too! (Though again, I haven't tested such systems personally and won't dig through my storage unit to exhume old hardware of mine to do so for the foreseeable short term future).


Juergen M. Bruckner »
@juergen@mastodon.bruckner.email

@dansup

That sounds great! I'm sure you will do a fantastic work.

Don't hurry, quality and security is more important than a fast publishing.

Thank you for your effords and work!

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ティージェーグレェ »
@teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to version 2.64 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26709

2 out of 3 of the GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks passed so far, which is a good sign.

I don't have commit access, so it's up to someone else to merge it.

As in the past, thank you and to other snac contributors for the continued improvements!


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Stefano Marinelli »
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.

I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.

So, I want to thank all the friends of BSD Cafe, whether local or not, for being here and making this place what it is. And I thank all my friends in the Fediverse, who make my timeline lively, interesting, intelligent, fun, and thought-provoking - every day, at any time.

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ティージェーグレェ »
@teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.63 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26605

GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are running (2 of 3 have passed already which is a good sign).

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

Thank you again for your continued improvements (and also, thanks for not releasing on a Friday! The slacker in me is still 8 hours behind up stream, maybe I can blame time zones? ;)


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Stefano Marinelli »
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

Here is a preview of about one minute (in Italian, but with English subtitles) of the approximately 10-minute interview I gave about my company and why I prefer to solve problems with BSDs.
English subtitles are available.

Peertube link: tube.bsd.cafe/w/gKTWV3pjrs1RdM

Youtube link: youtu.be/MvDP-6Abh_8

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Stefano Marinelli »
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

For today's , I want to thank @grunfink
Their already excellent improves with every release, and they are always available, friendly, and positive.

The world could really be a better place with more people with their skills and attitude.

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ティージェーグレェ »
@teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.61 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26287

GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are progressing (3 out of 4 passed, which is a good sign; I guess MacPorts recently started checking 4 OS versions on GitHub automatically instead of 3 so this is taking a bit longer than I am accustomed to, it seems as if the macos-15 checks in particular are sluggish, maybe that system is overloaded?).

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

Neat to see more Mastodon migration improvements! I think I saw one person already boast of successes of migrating their followers to a snac instance!

Thank you for your hard work and continuing to make my favorite ActivityPub implementation even better!


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Ben Werdmuller »
@ben@werd.social

Here's why I think growing the open social web is a huge opportunity - and some ideas I've had for making it happen: werd.io/2024/helping-to-build-

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gyptazy »
@gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

is great and I’m a long-term user but there’s room for improvements and time to support modern solutions without loosing our identity.

gyptazy.com/freebsd-how-can-we

gyptazy »
@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch

⚠️ I have a new Fediverse profile ⚠️
@gyptazy@gyptazy.com

Please follow me on my new handle, this one won't be used anymore! Thanks

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Stefano Marinelli »
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

A small compendium of the Fediverse platforms I use/know well.

In the past few days, I revisited some of my old Fediverse instances since some friends asked me to help them set up a new one. I also took the chance to perform maintenance on some leftover instances. Here's my experience:

Akkoma: My oldest instance still running, opened in 2022. It was offline for a few months (3/4). I updated everything to the latest version and restarted it. I’m not sure why, but it’s extremely slow, with a heavy load on Postgres and many queries just to open the main page. I like Akkoma - I'll investigate further.

GoToSocial: I updated a friend's instance - GoToSocial itself was up-to-date, but the underlying system wasn’t. I noticed that once it exceeds 2000 followings, it becomes a bit slow. The database is PostgreSQL, but that's not the issue. The GoToSocial process becomes somewhat heavy on the VPS. Still, it's very usable and a software with great potential, in my opinion. The Mastodon API is implemented quite well and works with the major software.

Mitra: It seems well-built. The person had around 1000 followers and followings on a Mastodon account, which they moved from a large instance. No speed issues, though sending a message makes the server “heavy” for a bit, but it’s temporary. The Mastodon API is partially implemented, but the software is advancing quickly, and I find its native interface quite pleasant.

Snac2: I've always had a soft spot for Snac2. The lack of a database and some design choices make it an excellent solution for small instances. For example, sending posts to all known instances increases visibility and interaction. Its basic, JavaScript-free interface is very clear, though it might not be the best for those used to Mastodon. But the Mastodon API is improving version by version, and I think the developer is doing an excellent job. It struggles a bit with larger numbers, but that's due to the underlying file system, not the software itself. If "move" support (both in and out) were added, I would recommend it to anyone starting self-hosting for single-user or small community instances because "move" is one of the options that gives the most freedom in Fediverse software.

Mastodon: My “old” personal instance was stuck at version 4.1.x and had been offline for a few months. I updated the FreeBSD Jail and upgraded Mastodon to 4.2.12 and then to 4.3.0-beta1. No issues. I also helped a friend (who had an old Pleroma-based instance they barely used) migrate. This user has around 5000 followers and followings - Mastodon is running on FreeBSD on a VPS (arm64) for just over 3 euros a month, with no significant issues (apart from media storage, but that's not Mastodon’s fault). Mastodon is sometimes said to be heavy, and that's partly true, but its modularity ensures that even in cases of overload, queues may slow down, but navigation and the local timeline remain reasonably fast. I think this is a good thing for any larger-scale use of an instance.

In short, I think things are moving in the right direction, and the software is evolving nicely. Well done, devs!

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