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@stefano hi mr stefano, i see you handle a lot of services on your {free, open}bsd server.

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    @stefano This is indeed a great post. Refreshing to read - the author didn't distro-bash but instead highlighted how needs were met.I have been leaning toward #FreeBSD after 20 years on #Debian, which has a special place in my heart. However, FreeBSD's *consistency*, elegant design, and better documentation are driving factors and I just can't look away. Over these two decades, Linux has definitely changed. It's no longer what it once was: a #Unix clone. It's evolved into its own thing. Software does that and that's OK. But a lot of the changes or "improvements" have been needlessly reinventing the wheel with a worsening user experience and convoluted results. The audio subsystems (ALSA -> PulseAudio -> Pipewire and of course the mess that is/was JACK) and #SystemD are two big examples.On SystemD, I don't disagree that Linux needed a modern init system. SystemD is faster, but from a human perspective it's worse. I am now typing *more* characters to manage services. Is there a reason why it couldn't be designed to manage services like:> $SERVICE start/stop/restartInstead, we are left with:> systemctl $SERVICE start/stop/restartBut I digress.#TBT I fell in love with FreeBSD when I first started my Linux journey in the mid-2000s, but only dabbled in it as it was never in any production environment I managed.I have a FreeBSD VM sitting in my lab somewhere but due to other factors rarely do I get to it. I'm thinking it's time I grab a spare laptop, load it up, and use it as a daily driver to really force myself to learn it.
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    @JdeBP @tj @wild1145 Personally, I've updated frequently and never encountered major problems - at least none that couldn't be resolved with a little analysis. The Mastodon update process is generally reliable. In my view, losing a whole day's worth of data implies either poor planning of the operation or a significant dose of bad luck.Before any major update, I take a full snapshot of everything, ready to restore it if something goes sideways. The trouble often stems from the fact that installing and subsequently updating "complex" projects like Mastodon is done in a semi-automated way, perhaps using Docker. This creates an abstraction layer over your actual setup and, consequently, leaves you with little control over what's happening under the hood.
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    @madalex thank you!
  • It's that time of the year again!!

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    It's that time of the year again!! 🐡Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2025/10/21 19:29:37Log message:release 7.8. 59th release. crazy.https://www.openbsd.org/78.htmlAs always, there are great vmm/vmd improvements.Start your sysupgrade engines!!Artwork by Apsephion#OpenBSD #RUNBSD