ffuent.es 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.
another #OpenBSD machine uneventfully upgraded to 8.0
$ doas sysupgrade
[it chugs along]
[it reboots]
[I log into my VPS web-console and enter the FDE password]
[it chugs along]
[it reboots]
[re-enter FDE password]
$ doas sysmerge
[confirm a few local modifications to /etc/mail/aliases, and sshd_config]
$ doas syspatch
[it chugs along, noting relinked kernel]
$ doas shutdown -r now
[re-enter the FDE password]
$ doas pkg_add -u
[chugs along]
$ doas rcctl restart dovecot
And done.
Well, except for reopening tmux and re-establishing all my panes 😆
*edit: s/sysupdate/syspatch/*
12 years on, #OpenBSD's port of #nginx still maintains its default chroot(2) patch.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rnagy/nginx_chroot_patch/master/nginx-1.30.0-chroot.patch
Reyk Floeter attemped to clean up nginx, wrote a large patch replacing all risky malloc calls w/ reallocarray(3), but upstream gave no indication they would accept, it was eventually discarded due to difficulty maintaining it.
https://www.openbsd.org/papers/httpd-asiabsdcon2015.pdf
After ~3 years in base, & the subsequent discovery of multiple "Heartbleed accelerating custom allocators", ngnix had outlived & outgrew its welcome.
Not great timing, I know, but I'm thinking a Intel mini PC (e.g: N150, 11th Gen i5/i7) would work for my #OpenBSD testing & hacking, Any help towards this would be greatly appreciated.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZQJC48GUPB3UU&source=url
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2E7N6O3GTI6JF?sort=custom
Pigs really can fly, the moon is made of cheese and Wine now runs on #OpenBSD!
Largely made possible by the work of Andrii (NethIafin), fabien@, and thfr@, 64-bit Windows applications (yes, games) run on -current!
WIP ports@ patch here: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175&w=2
No quedó un registro audiovisual de la charla pero espero poder dejarlo por escrito en mi web personal en unos días.
Very much looking forward to Ori Bernstein (ori@)'s #EuroBSDCon 2026 talk "GEFS: The File Shredder of the Future"
Ori Bernstein (ori@) has sent an "early preview" diff for GEFS, the "Good enough file system" to #OpenBSD tech@.
GEFS is a new crash-safe, snapshotting, copy on write [filesystem]
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=178948744271633&w=2
While still experimental, GEFS has been used in production on 9front/plan9.
GEFS on OpenBSD: A very early preview https://lobste.rs/s/buzdkb #openbsd
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=178948744271633&w=2
Breaking! 🚨 🎉 Ayer quedó finalmente instalado en el rack de servidores de Undernet el equipo dedicado a la comunidad Tilde-UnderNET. Se trata de un proyecto Pubnix (servidor Unix de acceso público) corriendo sobre OpenBSD 7.9 con servicios legacy como IRC, finger, FTP, Usenet, Gopher y Gemini. La idea es fomentar el intercambio de ideas, código y experiencias en un entorno donde se privilegia el uso de la terminal de texto plano. No tenemos claro si es la primera iniciativa de este estilo en Uruguay (o por lo menos activa) y nos motiva mucho inaugurar nuestro propio rincón nerd. Todavía quedan un par de cosas por pulir, pero ya tenemos varios servicios online y funcionando. Les dejo algunas capturas. Si quieren solicitar una cuenta pueden hacerlo enviando un correo a contacto@undernet.uy con las razones para unirse, un username de login y una llave pública SSH. Todavía estamos discutiendo, proponiendo cosas y tirando ideas. Nuestro canal de discusión principales son el grupo de XMPP xmpp:tilde@salas.undernet.uy?join y la propia Usenet interna #tilde #plaintext #textoplano #retro #consola #terminal #unix #pubnix #uruguay #undernet #openbsd #nerd
Bueno, comenzamos la migración de la comunidad Tilde Undernet al nuevo servidor dedicado OpenBSD y estamos finalizando el nuevo servidor de respaldo cifrado redundante. Luego de todo esto, se viene una tremenda, pero no voy a adelantar nada aún #tilde #undernet #plaintext #textoplano #openbsd #bsd #pubnix #uruguay