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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!
#Fediverse #Akkoma #GoToSocial #Mitra #Snac2 #Snac #Mastodon #SelfHosting #InstanceManagement #FreeBSD #OpenSource
Any #Rust folks giving up on Linux:
#FreeBSD has no current plan for Rust, but we want one! We want experienced Rust people to tell us how it should work. We’re interested in being able to add Rust in both userspace and the kernel, but we need a way of using Rust that works with multi-year support cycles (we need to be able to easily merge security fixes in trunk back to a branch that was originally made four years ago).
Personally, I’d love to see a new service management framework for FreeBSD written in Rust + Lua.
THE USUAL MAGES
#unix_surrealism #technomage #dragonflybsd #freebsd #openbsd #9front #linux #comic #cirno #puffy #beastie #tux #fred
Interesting 🤔 how #CVE are leveraged as resume items, putting #programmers #developers & project leads under pressure by #bogus CVE reports or unnecessary high CVE ratings.
Popular and obscure programs are affected in the #OpenSource #POSIX world e.g #Linux #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD
#Curl ➰ by #Daniel #Stenberg and #IP by #Fedor #Indutny are popular programs hit by this #phenomena which can lead to unwarranted #panic in the users space
FreeBSD Foundation and Digital Security by Design (DSbD)
<globenewswire.com/news-release…>
❝… CHERI and CheriBSD, developed to revolutionize hardware-based protection against memory safety vulnerabilities, were developed by a collaboration from researchers from the University of Cambridge, alongside corporate partners such as Google, Microsoft, Arm, and SRI International, and with support from the UK government. …❞
FreeBSD Foundation and Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Announce Beacon Award Winners for Innovations and Improvements to CheriBSD
Winning Projects Highlight CheriBSD's Role in Advancing Digital Security...FreeBSD Foundation
Good question.
The only person I know that is even remotely into that stuff may be @ncommander.
After all, #backporting #curl to legacy #FreeBSD sounds like the kind of #SoftwareGore and #DigitalMasochism he's likes to showcase on his #YouTube channel...
Anyone happen to know anything about #FreeBSD (legacy) header files and wants to help us out with a #curl build issue?
github.com/curl/curl/pull/1210…
curl.h: only include "osreldate.h" on pre v8 FreeBSD by bagder · Pull Request #12109 · curl/curl
Follow-up to b89789d. This header does not exist in all modern versions. Fixes #12107 Reported-by: Faraz FallahiGitHub
The #FreeBSD Foundation is hiring:
opensourcejobhub.com/job/6152/…
#softwaredevelopment #hiring #jobs #tech
FreeBSD Userland Software Developer (Remote)
Are you a versatile problem-solver with a knack for operating system development? Do you thrive working in an open source development environment with a diverse team? If so, the FreeBSD Foundation is searching for a software developer with varied i…Open Source JobHub
RT @marzlberger@twitter.com
Hey @matrixdotorg@twitter.com , i made an entire german series of introducing the Matrix protocol and installing it onto a #FreeBSD / #TrueNAS jail for self hosting, supported by an OPNsense firewall, which is doing the HAProxy and cert stuff. Maybe you like it: bsdbox.de/matrix
A new #blog post appears!
I discuss porting chibicc and kefir, two C compilers, to #OpenBSD.
briancallahan.net/blog/2022062…
#compile #compiler #compilers #C #Unix #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #program #programs #programming
I installed chrome, viber and slack on linux #jail on #FreeBSD using github.com/mrclksr/linux-brows….
It's almost morning, I'll write a blog post about it in the morning.
GitHub - mrclksr/linux-browser-installer: Script to install Linux browsers under a Linux chroot on FreeBSD
Script to install Linux browsers under a Linux chroot on FreeBSD - GitHub - mrclksr/linux-browser-installer: Script to install Linux browsers under a Linux chroot on FreeBSDGitHub
hey #freebsd peoples
we just learned that bsd.network is listed on wiki.freebsd.org/Community and docs.freebsd.org/en/books/hand… and we don't find that appropriate.
this is a closed community, not a resource for freebsd (or netbsd, or openbsd for that matter). our users happen to be just regular people, who may or may not have an affiliation with a *BSD project.
if we're on other pages in your documentation we'd appreciate being removed from them, too, let's keep this unofficial