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• Visit our website to find your country and city - https://fedimeteo.com

• Follow your city's account (e.g., @roma@it.fedimeteo.com).

• Enjoy the weather updates!

#Weather #Fediverse #FediMeteo #ActivityPub

#Argentina #Australia #Austria #Belgium #Brazil #Bulgaria #Canada #Croatia #Czechia #Denmark #Estonia #Finland #France #Germany #Greece #Hungary #India #Ireland #Italy #Japan #Latvia #Lithuania #Malta #Mexico #Netherlands #NewZealand #Norway #Poland #Portugal #Romania #Slovakia #Slovenia #Spain #Sweden #Switzerland #Taiwan #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates

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

Week in Fediverse 2025-10-17

Servers

- Mastodon v4.4.6
- Gush! v0.0.25
- Akkoma v2025.10
- Bookwyrm v0.8.0
- Forgejo v13.0
- Manyfold v0.126.0
- GoToSocial v0.20.1
- tootik v0.19.7
- kmyblue v20.4
- NodeBB v4.6.1
- Vernissage Server v1.24.0
- Loops Joins the Fediverse
- appy: A headless ActivityPub server written with Python and fastAPI

Clients

- toot v0.51.0
- IceCubesApp v2.0.7
- Photon v2.1.0

Tools and Plugins

- Altbot: Accessibility bot designed to enhance the Fediverse by generating alt-text descriptions for images, video, and audio

For developers

- Fedify v1.9.0
- ActivityPhp v0.8.0

Protocol

- FEP-1580: Move Actor Objects with a migration Collection

Articles

- Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy
- Who do you trust with your social media data when no one (or everyone) is in charge?
- Fediverse Report – #138

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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0199cfeb-216a-fe8c-33b9-014862b4405a

People of the #Fediverse, please stop posting all this interesting stuff! I've been trying to watch a movie for two hours and I can't drop my phone 🤣

Good morning, #Fediverse
Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe

Not the best morning, today. But, at least, it's sunny.

Have a great day!

#GoodMorning

Good morning, world!

The day started with a report, a suspended user, and an undelivered email because the mailbox doesn’t exist.

Not exactly the best way to start the morning - but that’s part of running a Fediverse instance. ☕️

#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #Moderation

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Good evening, #BSDCafe
Good evening, #illumosCafe
Good evening, #Fediverse

An Italian masterpiece while reading terrible news - I wish you all a peaceful weekend.

https://song.link/y/VtoGYfAefr8

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox #LucioDalla

Week in Fediverse 2025-09-05

Servers

- WriteFreely v0.16
- Misskey v2025.8.0
- Mitra v4.9.0
- snac v2.82
- NodeBB v4.5.0
- Pixelfed v0.12.6
- GoToSocial v0.19.2
- Ktistec v2.4.11
- Lemmy Development Update August 2025
- Forgejo monthly report - August 2025
- Loops: The federated short video sharing platform

Clients

- PleromaFE v2.9.2
- Tuba v0.10.2
- Fread v1.6.1
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.8.0
- Aria v1.3.7
- Pachli 3.0.0 starts now

Tools and Plugins

- Fedinesia v3.4.3
- feed2fedi v3.2.9

For developers

- TootSDK v19.0.0
- Fedialgo v1.1.19
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.3.1
- Mastodon.py v2.1.3

Articles

- Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API
- Fediverse Report – #132

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Good evening, week
Good evening, #BSDCafe
Good evening, #illumosCafe
Good evening, entire #Fediverse!

#Sunset #Photography #Summer #Italy #Weekend

Alt...

The sun sets gently over the still pond, washing the grass and trees in soft gold. The sky glows with the last warmth of the day, whispering that the long, demanding week is finally over. It's okay to pause, to breathe, to let the weight of the days slip away. It's okay to rest.

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumoscafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

May this sun and its warmth illuminate and warm your weekend!

#WeekendVibes #Summer #Photography #Sea #Italy

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A serene, sun-drenched view of a calm sea. The sun glares brightly in the sky, reflecting off the water's surface, creating a path of light leading towards a sandy beach dotted with umbrellas. Lush green grass and manicured trees frame the foreground, with distant streetlights and palm trees visible in the middle ground. The sky is a soft blue with a few wispy clouds.

Week in Fediverse 2025-08-22

Servers

- Mitra v4.8.0
- Manyfold v0.122.0
- yukimochi/Activity-Relay v2.0.10
- Ktistec v2.4.9
- NeoDB v0.12.0
- Wafrn v2025.08.02
- BadgeFed 0.1.1 — Breaking change: per-domain database filenames
- DiveDB: An open-source web application that allows Scuba Divers to catalogue and record their dives, dive sites, sealife and photos

Clients

- Fedilab v3.34.1
- Mastodon for Android v2.10.0
- Jerboa v0.0.83
- Blorp v1.9.12
- NeoDB You v1.0.1
- Relatica v1.1.0
- Fread v1.5.0

Tools and Plugins

- LemmyAutomod v2.22.0
- Bridge Browser: A Privacy focused and Fediverse integrated fork of Firefox

For developers

- Mastodon.py v2.1.0
- Fedialgo v1.1.0

Articles

- CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse
- Relay: August 22nd, 2025: Something Brewing

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We were delighted that @andypiper from the Mastodon team was the featured keynote speaker on day 2 of #FrOSCon this year.

Andy spoke about the importance of the #Fediverse and of decentralisation in order to preserve digital freedom and sovereignty.

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3408-decentralising_freedom_open_source_for_sovereignty

It was a big weekend for the Mastodon team at #FrOSCon in Germany.

If you're curious what we've been working on and what's coming up, as well as updates across the #Fediverse more broadly, @dave provided an update in his talk, "Taking a Fresh Look at the Fediverse".

Fun fact: David was also one of the founding organisers of FrOSCon!

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3346-taking_a_fresh_look_at_the_fediverse

The welcome for illumos Cafe has been wonderful.

The Mastodon instance already has 14 members, and new requests are coming in by the hour. In the 12 hours since the launch, I can only say that it's a very positive result - more than my wildest expectations.

Thank you, friends! Let's continue on this adventure, together!

#illumosCafe #ThankYou #Mastodon #Fediverse

There is a new Café in town. The illumOS Café

The news is wonderful, the concept interesting, the setup simple.

Want to learn more? Surf to this link

Thank you 💕 @stefano

#Networking #programming #OpenSource #FediVerse #decentralized #illumOS

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/

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The screencap displays a webpage titled "The illumos Cafe Project" with a dark background and white text. The content explains that the illumos Cafe is a project similar to the BSD Cafe, focusing on positivity and inclusivity. It aims to provide services running on illumos-based operating systems to demonstrate their reliability and resilience. The text emphasizes the importance of diversifying operating systems to improve the Internet's reliability and resilience, noting that the Internet was originally decentralized but has become a tool for big players. The section titled "Community and Philosophy" highlights the desire to connect and build relationships. The webpage's URL is "it-notes.dragas.net," and the page is viewed on a mobile device with a battery level of 80%. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.185 Wh

My friends, I'm so excited and happy to introduce a new project: the illumos Cafe!

The positive and constructive spirit of the BSD Cafe, created and maintained by all the friends who participated from day one in building a strong and friendly community, deserves to spread to other operating systems. Because there are other OSes that deserve attention, certainly more than they're getting right now.

Operating systems based on illumos (like SmartOS, OmniOS, Tribblix, OpenIndiana, etc.) are mature, stable, secure, and perfectly usable for a wide range of tasks. ZFS is native, zones are an excellent method for containerization, and bhyve and kvm coexist beautifully - and so much more, too much to list in a single post.

So from today, the illumos Cafe will stand alongside the BSD Cafe in creating a positive, respectful, and growth-oriented (but also relaxing!) environment, starting right here in the Fediverse with a Mastodon instance and a snac one.

I've written an introductory article about the project, including some technical details. I invite everyone interested to read it: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/

Choose your table, take a seat and enjoy your time at the illumos Cafe!

#SysAdmin #IT #BSDCafe #illumosCafe #Community #OpenSource #OSS #illumos #SmartOS #OpenIndiana #ZFS #bhyve #kvm #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #ITNotes

I think it's time to write an #introduction for this account as well!

I'm Stefano Marinelli, Barista of the illumos Cafe and the BSD Cafe. I'm a technology and open source enthusiast, a strong advocate for #OwnYourData, and against computer monoculture, even when it comes to open source solutions.

I've been active in the #Fediverse for years and am a firm believer in it. I decided to found this Cafe to bring the positive spirit of the BSD Cafe to curious and passionate users of #illumos based operating systems (#OmniOS, #SmartOS, #Tribblix, #OpenIndiana, etc.).

I'll mainly use this account for content related to this instance and illumos-based operating systems, while my account at the BSD Cafe - @stefano@bsd.cafe - remains my primary one.

For more information about the illumos Cafe, you can read the introductory post here: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/

#illumosCafe #BSDCafe

My #FediforumFriday update this week is that I've been tinkering around at the MVP end of the fediverse, trying out projects like #snac (and also, honk). I really need to write some of these experiences down somewhere! Also, preparing for my talk at #FrOSCON next weekend.

What are you looking at that's interesting and #fediverse-related right now?

What is the best option to host a #Mastodon instance with its own domain name? Max four users, most possibly only me.

#fediverse #SelfHosting

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting #GoToSocial #Mastodon #NextCloud #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Signal #YunoHost #DeGoogle #LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy

Thanks @grunfink@comam.es for the #snac server, @stefano@bsd.cafe for the blog posts that pointed me to it, @voron@snac.nya.pub for the theme and @manton@manton.org for motivating me with your book