Stefano Marinelli

Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse, some of you have expressed the desire to offer a bit of support to BSD Cafe. In response, I've set up a Ko-fi page and a LiberaPay account for the project. You can now buy a coffee for BSD Cafe at this link: https://ko-fi.com/bsdcafe or […]

Today has been a busy day, and not just work-wise. Some random thoughts: - FreeBSD jails and ZFS have saved a client once again. Because things happen, and when they do, it's good to be prepared. - Mixing different PHP versions on a Debian or Ubuntu host is never easy, especially in the long […]

Same day, same mess. #ThrowBack

# Even With All That Mess _Bologna, 2003. A messy room, a graduation approaching, a FreeBSD Handbook gone missing. Twenty-three years later, I look back._ https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/10/27/even-with-all-that-mess/ #MyNotes #Life #Memories #OpenSource

We are planning to release new Mastodon security updates for versions 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and nightly this Thursday, Oct 29, at around 14:00 UTC. It solves a critical severity security issue. We encourage server administrators to plan for an update in the hours following the release to ensure […]

23 November 2003. Bologna. Sunday, late afternoon. I've just returned to my university apartment after spending the weekend with my parents. The bed beside mine is covered with clothes, bags, and all sorts of things I probably should put away. But […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

My desk in my house in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna), 22 March 2005. That printer is the "famous" one I've mentioned so many times: the one I asked my parents to buy me so I could "print university materials", but which actually ended up printing mostly […] [Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Psst... Coffee time at BSD Cafe! ☕️ It might be a little early, but if you fancy a sip of BSD, the Barista is ready to serve! https://sip.bsd.cafe #BSDCafe #BSDCafePreview #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #IT

Meeting Renzo Davoli at Linux Day brought me back to 20 years ago. "My" FreeOSZoo: https://web.archive.org/web/20051220093645/http://free.oszoo.org/ #FreeOsZoo #IT #SysAdmin

MOON GIRL AND THE TRICERATOPS #artwork #makeuglythings #noai

Something new is coming to the BSD Cafe. We're getting there...and it will be...nice 😉 #StayTuned

LibreSSL 4.4.0, 4.3.4, 4.2.3 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261025115016 #openbsd #libressl #ssl #tls #https #crypotography #crypto #security #networking #www #developement #freesoftware #libresoftware

Problem solved #Pizza #Food

There is something clearly missing here

Do what you love. Always smile. And aim for the sky! #LoveLife #AlwaysSmile

Very nice people here! And meeting @steffo and his friends has been fantastic! #LinuxDay #LinudDay2026 #Modena

Presenting at Linux Day in Modena #LinuxDay #LinuxDay2026

Preparing for the Linux Day! #LinuxDayItalia #LinuxDay

If you want to make something on the Fediverse, please make it. If someone tells you they don't like it or they don't think it's necessary, tell them they don't have to use it. It's a big Fediverse out there. Lots of open space.

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 24, 2026, I'll be speaking at Linux Day in Modena, with a talk titled "Beyond Linux: A Journey Through the Open Source Ecosystem." Will I talk about Linux? Of course. But I'll also talk about BSD, illumos, monocultures, and why we should never forget that there are […]

Domani, sabato 24 ottobre 2026, sarò al Linux Day di Modena con un intervento dal titolo «Oltre Linux: viaggio nell'ecosistema Open Source». Parlerò di Linux? Certamente. Ma parlerò anche di BSD, illumos, di monoculture e di quanto sia importante non dimenticare che esistono sempre altre strade […]

So, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Security, Reliability, and Cryptography is, quite obviously, 4 #IT #SysAdmin

Safari, on my Mac, has always been much more sluggish than Firefox or Chrome. I found out the Bitwarden extension has a HUGE part in this: when it's enabled, the performance drops significantly. #Safari #Mac

For some reason, a few of my clients’ e-commerce sites break after updating PHP. I can’t share any more details at the moment, as they’re still working on it. On a completely unrelated note, two customers of my clients insisted on having a call, both involving the cybersecurity department of […]

From what I’ve read, they used AI to find the PHP vulnerability and then - hey! - used AI to fix it. What if we’d just skipped the whole thing and left that bug sitting there for another twenty years? 😂 #php

We need moooaar cooores! #FreeBSD #php

I look at the customers' system running older php versions... #php

“Sovereign doesn’t mean alone” cool demo of NATO, France, Sweden, and Germany separate #Matrix installations and operations exchanging fully secure messages. #MatrixConf - this was the demo I’ve been most excited to check out! Great team effort.

On a day like this, this is exactly the kind of ps output I like to see: # ps aux | grep php root 74704 0.0 0.0 13824 2356 9 S+ 12:35 0:00.00 grep --color php # Still, there are plenty of other servers keeping me worried. #php

Important announcement from BSD Cafe

This #ThankYouTuesday, I want to send a huge, public Thank You to @h3artbl33d ! Like so many truly wonderful human beings, @h3artbl33d does incredible things for the Fediverse, the BSD ecosystem, internet security, and... the entire world. Exquisite is a shining example of security, thoughtful […]

TIL about Dovecot Wormhole - https://codeberg.org/errror/wormhole And this brings back on track the #BSDMail project! #RunBSD

Not as straightforward as on FreeBSD, but you can make your own read only NetBSD device quite easily. I've been doing it for years, and it works perfectly. Make your own Read-Only Device with NetBSD https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/10/make-your-own-readonly-device-with-netbsd/ #NetBSD #RunBSD

Let the fun begin! #OpenBSD #RunBSD

Happy OpenBSD 8.0 release day to all who celebrate! https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261020021401 + https://www.openbsd.org/80.html #openbsd #newrelease #development #security #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

From the #OpenBSD 8.0 changelog: ... - VMM/VMD improvements: o Added MP support for up to 64 VCPUs per guest VM. o Redesigned to use files to manage VM ownership. o Added x2apic mode support for guest virtual machines. o Fix for when vmd(8) does not detect kernel on startup. o Provide faulting […]

Now that the new release is out, "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html) has been updated (version numbers incremented) […]

OpenBSD 8.0 Released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261020021401 #openbsd #newrelease #development #security #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

Alea iacta est 😉

#Mastodon is getting a new look in our upcoming 5.0 release. We wrote a bit more about our design process and how we approach community input. If you’re on mastodon.social you will see the new design tomorrow, on Tuesday. We rely on your feedback! […]

We didn’t want to require you to have a GitHub profile to report issues or suggest ideas, so starting now you can do it on our new community forum. You can also vote for other people’s ideas to keep things manageable. It’s the main place we’ll be looking for feedback! […]

Many of you are starting to explore NetBSD, and it's a great idea. Why don't you also consider to use it for your online presence? Make Your Own Internet Presence with NetBSD and a 1 euro VPS - Part 1: Your Blog […]

Good morning, #BSDCafe Good morning, #illumosCafe Good morning, #Fediverse This is an appropriate soundtrack, today: https://song.link/s/4ElWUpVugvt9e7f5dGal2G

Without planning it, my playlist started playing Time by Pink Floyd. And for the first time in my life, “Home, home again…” played at the exact moment I was pulling through my gate. In all these years, that had never happened before. And I smiled.

With a fresh OpenBSD release just around the corner, this may be a good time to reprise my 2021 article "What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_about_openbsd.html (also available in smaller chunks at apnic.net) #openbsd […]

Introducing uncm(4) https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261018200218 #openbsd #uncm #networking #usb #tethering #android #install #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

Pizza! #Food

I asked my wife to take a look. She lowered her eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, then said: "I think it's too long." Obviously, I'm talking about the text of my talk at Linux Day next Saturday...

Good morning, #Fediverse It's a warm Sunday morning, I'm supposed to be doing something more urgent but I'm totally stuck in a dilemma: FreeBSD or SmartOS for that new setup? Life can be hard. #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS

Then on Saturday night at 20, your favourite provider hits you up with an email: 'Ok, syspatch-ed the physical server and rebooted, all good. I'm here if you need anything. They're truly inimitable. Thanks, @OpenBSDAms ! #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin #VPS

This week has been quite a whirlwind. It's been incredibly rewarding and gave me an incomparable buzz, but I've had a lot on my plate, I'm falling behind on other things, and there were a few rather impactful setbacks. Still, it's been a good week. I must admit, though, I'm feeling a bit wiped […]