Mastodon will no longer support Redis Namespaces. The reasons are fully valid. Redis (or, more specifically, Valkey or KeyDB) is lightweight software that is easy to install/manage, so separation is always a good thing.
However, I read that many admins will face problems because they use Redis "in the cloud" and, therefore, have a single instance. Unfortunately, this is also a side effect of the "cloud," meaning the loss of control over your own software.

On FreeBSD, a thin jail with "Redis" takes up very little space and resources.

#OwnYourData – in the long run – always pays off.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/34198

Report of the day, 19:30:

I’ve finished preparing the talk for Friday. Unfortunately, it’s not as I would have liked: the 25+5-minute limit is extremely restrictive, and talking about the BSDs in such a short time means having to skip over some fundamental points. Specifically, I will need to reduce the emphasis on the initial part, the less technical and more “motivational” section. I would have needed at least 40 minutes. 25 is really too little for a talk worthy of the name.

On the plus side, in the next few days, I will have to set up a new, quite interesting setup based on the BSDs. I’m considering using both FreeBSD and OpenBSD – the power of jails, the security of OpenBSD as an endpoint – unfortunately, I can’t provide many details as I’ve been asked to keep it confidential. Still, it will be very interesting for me to implement.

I’ve also modified several reverse proxies, switching from nginx to haproxy – I’ve integrated Prometheus and Grafana as well, and the ability to impose granular limits has improved the management of traffic spikes for FediMeteo. I’m really satisfied with the results.

WOHWOOOOO....it's Weekend and I #RUNBSD §8-)

I'm finalizing my draft for next week's talk at OSDay in Firenze. One of the key points of the introduction:

"Embracing open source used to mean finding and creating alternative solutions. The whole world was pushing towards Windows; we were pushing towards open-source operating systems. Not because it was easy or free (as a free beer), but to break free from imposed constraints.

Where has that desire for freedom gone?

Yes, using Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes is undoubtedly better than relying on closed solutions. But the moment everyone uses those tools, freedom will die—because we’ll have to use them, simply because everyone else does.

If we had always followed the mainstream, we wouldn’t have Linux or the BSDs today. We would have a thousand editions of Windows and overpriced commercial Unix systems. We would be slaves to licenses, forced to depend on those who grant them just to do our jobs.

That’s why I say: be free and always consider alternatives"

https://osday.dev/

I will never stay in the allocated 25 minutes slot

Apparently in the US today is #PiDay, but in the rest of the world it's 14.3, which means it's #FreeBSD release day! right?

(Don't @ me, I know 14.3 is planned for June, just let me enjoy this.)

Catch up on The FreeBSD Foundation's latest updates:

RAID-Z Expansion: Revolutionizing storage flexibility.

June 2025 Developer Summit & BSDCan: Join us in Ottawa, Canada.

Laptop Support Project: Improving usability.

Read More: https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/february-2025-newsletter/
#FreeBSD #SoftwareDevelopment #RunBSD

"Historical" photo from a friend: Me giving a presentation at a Linux Day event in 2004, explaining the existence of open-source alternatives to the major closed software people were used to on Windows.

@henomis @wildbat Do you remember those days?

Forgotten to post on yesterday evening... Upgraded my GhostBSD install from #KDE #Plasma 5.27.11 to 6.3.2.... smooth upgrade and all is well.

Get ready for the European *BSD event of the year 2025!

The Call for Proposal is now open, and will remain open until 2024-06-21!

Bring your freshest, craziest, most mind-blowing ideas on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD & more!

You can submit yours at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/

The full CfP can be found at https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

See you in Zagreb!

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia
September 25-28, 2025

Only 11 days left until OSDay!
Talk duration: 25 minutes
Things to say: millions (yep, I'm verbose)
Slides ready: none
Time to prepare them: zero

I can totally do this...

Boom! Another milestone!

Long awaited - we reached 400 users at #BSDCafe

Thank you all for being here and making this community so awesome! #RunBSD

I must use the chance to mention our hero, one and only @stefano that is with pure magic giving us super stable and reliable server!

Thank you @stefano - much appreciated

I invite all of you to show your appreciation, as like we all know @stefano runs on coffee !

Use the project donation pages at Ko-fi and a LiberaPay for BSD Cafe at this link: https://ko-fi.com/bsdcafe or https://liberapay.com/bsdcafe

We’re soon starting our free load balancing service!

Still in beta, everything seems to work as expected and sounds like it’s time to move into a stable service. This service allows you to make your website reachable by IPv4, even your box is only available by #IPv6. Just like our #NAT64 service, this should make your life easier on the IPv6 only site!

Thanks to @gyptazy for implementing this service and providing additional IPv4 addresses. #RUNBSD

I've just launched the version of my blog with a BSD-based theme. The main colors are inspired by the BSDs, and badges will appear if a post includes one (or more) BSD in its categories. I've applied a few fixes (there are more to come), but it's already fully usable.
The site is designed to be navigable even without images or JavaScript, and can be used with text-based browsers. The only feature that requires JavaScript is the search function, which runs locally in the user's browser for maximum security and privacy.

For those who have already visited the site in recent days, you might not see the new theme correctly as some CSS parts could still be cached in your browser. I’ve set long expiration times for the CSS, so browsers may not notice the changes right away.

https://it-notes.dragas.net

I had fun creating a BSD-based theme for my blog. It's promising; I just need to fix a few graphic glitches, but I think I'll put it up on the blog tomorrow. And the colors are red, yellow, and orange - I don't think I need to explain why!

#GhostBSD upgraded on the #Lenovo laptop Long but smooth process I'll check it out later and reset my background then get to the others
#RUNBSD
#FreeBSD

Psst... the CFP for @EuroBSDCon just opened!

EuroBSDCon 2025 :: pretalx

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/

See you in Zagreb!