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Thank you returning Sponsors to date!

Netflix

Apple

ARM

ISC

NetBSD

Netzkommune

OpenBSD.amsterdam

ScaleEngine

Please join this wonderful group!

https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/sponsors.html

Seems like we are reaching the good amount of links for a new #OpenBSD webzine issue soon

https://webzine.puffy.cafe/

I’m going to beat up on #OpenBSD

Not because of the tragedy of sysjail (which I funded)

Not for “just enough file system to load your PF ruleset”

Not for discontinuing CDs and STICKERS…

BUT FOR AN UBERTRAGIC LACK OF @bsdcan TALK SUBMISSIONS!

Some of the single greatest #BSDCan talks have been OpenBSD ones!

Let’s go Fish Linux!

Puffy4Evah!

We are back baby!!

BSD-NL Conference - Early 2025 🐡😈⛳

The Call for Papers is now open!
https://events.bsdnl.nl/early25/

Tickets are €15, lunch included!
https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/early25/

📆 2025-04-12 / April 12th 2025
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

How are you using your #OpenBSD VM?

Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,

As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve built together during the first full year of life for BSD Cafe. Launched on 20 July 2023, this project has grown far beyond what I could have imagined. While I haven’t tracked full uptime data, I can confidently say that the downtime was less than 30 minutes overall - even though the main VM hosting our services moved multiple times (including a switch from a Proxmox hypervisor to bhyve on FreeBSD, for the sake of alignment with our mission). In a world filled with over-engineered HA systems, we’ve outperformed many “big-name” cloud providers. Not bad for a community project, right?

For me, this has been an incredible journey. The users here are not just participants - they’re collaborators, and their positivity has been inspiring. The content shared and created at BSD Cafe has been valuable not only to the BSD community but beyond. What truly sets BSD Cafe apart is the openness for dialogue and exchange. Whether it’s social media posts, Matrix discussions, repositories in our brew, or RSS feeds, people seem to genuinely appreciate what we create and the conversations we foster.

BSD Cafe is a journey - one that grows, evolves, and continues. Our goal isn’t endless growth (we’re a community, not a business) but rather to maintain a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels a sense of positivity and belonging. For me, opening any service with “bsd.cafe” in the domain brings joy and pride. That’s the spirit I’ve tried to convey, and I hope it resonates with all of you, whether you’re active BSD Cafe users or friends of the community.

Promoting self-hosting and #OwnYourData has, as a side effect, inspired some users to “go solo” with their own setups. But even then, they remain part of BSD Cafe - in spirit, in purpose, and in connection.

Here’s a look at what we’ve achieved together this year:

- mastodon.bsd.cafe: 370 total users
Active in the past month: 207
Active in the past six months: 286
- snac.bsd.cafe: 14 total users
Active in the past month: 7
- blendit.bsd.cafe: 61 registered users
- matrix.bsd.cafe: 23 users
- brew.bsd.cafe: 29 users - 80 repositories
- freshrss.bsd.cafe: 25 users
- miniflux.bsd.cafe: 11 users
- press.bsd.cafe: 9 users
- myip.bsd.cafe: Constantly used by various users
- wiki.bsd.cafe: Could use a bit more love and content, but it fulfills its role as a functional homepage.
- tube.bsd.cafe: Still in testing - Peertube 7.0 update is on the way.

For detailed stats from our reverse proxy and general router (excluding media services, which generate most traffic but are handled via caching reverse proxies), you can check here - updated hourly: https://netstats.bsd.cafe

The journey of BSD Cafe continues, and I look forward to seeing where 2025 will take us. Together, we’ve built something special - something driven by passion, shared purpose, and a little bit of the BSD magic that makes all of this possible.

Here’s to a new year full of joy, serenity, and connection. Thank you for being part of this adventure.

Wishing you all a fantastic 2025 - and THANK YOU!
Stefano

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements #BSDCafeUpdates #Fediverse #HappyNewYear #Mastodon #Snac #snac2 #lemmy #matrix #dokuwiki #forgejo #freshrss #miniflux #wallabag #peertube #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #BSD

The #OpenBSD Foundation has surpassed its fundraising goal for 2024!

The total smaller donations from the OpenBSD community has reached Iridium tier for the 5th year in a row! Awesome! 😎

https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2024.html

https://github.com/bob-beck/foundation-web/commit/f724f4c

I moved my static web site to Game of Trees because the old method broke since the last time I updated it.

Here's a new post documenting some of what it took to get there:

Moving to gotd for web site version control: https://trustworth.ee/move-to-gotd.html

#OpenBSD

Thanks for gotd! @stsp

#Openbsd #gameoftrees #posse

Building an IPv6-focused OpenBSD home router

https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2024-12-07-building-an-ipv6-focused-openbsd-home-router/

Are you missing the European *BSD event of the year as well? 😈⛳🐡

Our crack video team has been hard at work and released the first batch of videos into the wild.

Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/@EuroBSDcon

📹 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLskKNopggjc4UnB5xEDH9Aup_oOb9Lo7G

🥤🍿

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

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024 #EuroBSDCon2025
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

It's a wrap for the BSD-NL Full Day Event - Late 2024 🐡😈⛳!

A big thank you to everyone who attended our event! 🙏 And a special shoutout to our incredible speakers 🎤.
- Bram van de Burgt (@rock_y)
- Mohammad Noureldin (@mnour)
- Stefan Sperling (@stsp)

This event couldn't have been possible without our generous 🚀 sponsors!
- Nour
- OPNsense
- netzkommune
- LAYLO
- OpenBSD Amsterdam

Lastly the organizers for bringing it all together.
- Nour (@mnour)
- Jeroen (@h3artbl33d)
- Mischa (@mischa)

And we should not forget Angie for pushing all the buttons to make the audio, video and stream go brrr! 🫶🏻@outofcreativity please thank her from us.

See you next year at the BSD-NL Full Day Event - Early 2025 🐡😈⛳!

Keep an eye on https://bsdnl.nl/
And register to our announce 📢 list: https://bsdnl.nl/lists.php?l=announce

#RUNBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD #BSD