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2026-04-14 05:55:55 UTC

Just had to transfer ~ 25GB before heading off to $DAYJOB. What caught my surprise was that the average wireless throughput was 45.3 MByte/s with iwx(4) on #OpenBSD (current).
It might be even faster - I was a bit off from the nearest AP and it had to work through a solid wall or two.

2026-03-25 07:38:01 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
Have a great day, dear friend :flan_heart:

2026-03-02 15:35:41 UTC

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@nprofile…65q8
Ah, meh :( I feel like - but not entirely sure, that some of the screen protectors are better served with the option off.
Still, I have a privacy screen high on my todo list - will report back what I got and whether it works. Main daily driver is a P9P.

2026-03-02 15:29:10 UTC

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@nprofile…65q8
If we are talking GrapheneOS, have you enabled the screen protrctor mode?
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/116/160/284/343/041/827/original/126f46fc77ca3d96.jpg

2026-03-02 12:52:54 UTC

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@nprofile…lwur
Als we nu eens crowdfunding opzetten om advertentieruimte in te kopen en zo Signal onder de aandacht te brengen? :flan_XD:
(niet serieus, Meta krijgt geen ene cent óf bit van mij)

2026-02-27 16:26:37 UTC

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In my humble opinion, hosting instant messaging is something completely different than ActivityPub - due to the instant aspect of it.
With this, availability is a far more important aspect of it all. Hence the high available setup. Ofcourse, backups are just as important, but it shouldn't cause a full service outage in the unlikely event that one datacenter has a blackout.
You have given me your trust - and I want to do just by all of you. No matter whether you are messaging a family member about dinner or blowing the whistle about injustice.
At the moment in the upcoming two weeks when Exquisite.chat will be taking signups, I will be vocal about it. Thank you all - Exquisite has been such an awesome experience from the very start. And continues to be just that. :flan_heart:
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2026-02-27 16:14:15 UTC

Announcing Exquisite.chat :flan_cheer:
Within the upcoming two weeks, Exquisite.chat will officially be launched. The first iteration will be an XMPP server - in a later phase more services will be added.
It does have a few twists:
Uses a hardened setup, powered by both OpenBSD and HardenedBSD.
We have our own STUN/TURN setup so you can talk / video with your beloved ones.
No logs, full encryption to benefit your (and our) privacy.
It is setup in 'high availability' mode. Served from two different datacenters in the Netherlands (our main datacenter, DC1 in Amsterdam, but now adding Rotterdam to the mix) for increased resiliency. So, no clouds (oh hai us-east-1).
And some more details that will follow shortly :flan_XD:
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2026-02-24 23:44:06 UTC

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@nprofile…dla5
Not the only one :openbsd:
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/116/128/260/304/788/069/original/6c01170a83ecf156.jpg

2026-02-23 09:31:22 UTC

In September, Exquisite.tube, our #Peertube instance, reached one hundred accounts. We have just surpassed double that - a whopping 200 members :flan_hurrah:
I don't celebrate the numbers themselves, but I do celebrate that more and more people are choosing solid alternatives for Big Tech platforms.

2026-02-17 07:08:01 UTC

Stay tuned and hold your XMPP horses. Mark the 27th on your calendars :flan_aww:

2026-02-12 22:25:58 UTC

Also, a large Dutch telco - Odido - was hacked. The following data was breached from 6+ million Dutchies:
Name
Address
Phone number
Email address
IBAN
Date of birth" (For the majority if not all) Identification document no and validity
This data shouldn't have been on their records to begin with. Identification papers are needed for the "loan" of a mobile device - but could easily be wiped after the necessary checks are made. Keeping a DoB on file is shite as well.
Always minimize PII data of others (whether persons or orgs) and wipe evey detail as soon as possible.

2026-02-12 22:09:24 UTC

And thanks to fantastic software like imapsync, the migration is a breeze and can be done relatively simple. Even by the clients themselves.
Granted that they aren't likely to run Perl scripts from the terminal. But a web interface is included - and a custom one is quickly build.

2026-02-03 21:04:01 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
For sure. And our momentum is right now. Move all the things off proprietary clouds and big tech. Decentralize the net (again).

2026-02-03 20:58:21 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
I personally like to think that it is not just waiting; but being brave enough to be yourself and not letting anyone tell you otherwise.
On the verge of taking your comment too literally: nothing will happen if we all were playing the waiting game :flan_XD:

2026-02-03 20:29:31 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
Never ever. Fun fact - when I finally gave them the "no, can't do that, not even for my weight in diamonds" - the following day I was contacted by a new client with a project for months, that suited me way better.
Just came back from them a couple of hours ago, and I am very happy to be able to go there again tomorrow!

2026-02-03 20:20:50 UTC

Tools of the trade
Ask any SysOp what kind of tools they prefer and you get very different answers. And that is a beauty, because any SysOp whom has been in "the field" have build up their preferred toolchain :flan_hacker:
In the last decade (or so), I've grown quite fond of Ansible, for system automation and orchestration. It is not perfect - far from it. But it allows me to manage fleets of machines and keep everything running well :flan_hurrah: I was asked to partake in a project. Big (sub)client, quite a high pay. It required being comfortable with Terraform. No previous experience, just being comfortable with it.
I told them I was willing to give it a go and learn it on the fly. But heck, I ended up throwing in the towel after one week - due to it seriously draining my energy (and with that, my mental health).
High pay is nice. But your mental health should never, ever be for sale. No amount of money should weigh up to selling your soul.
[/rant]

2026-02-02 21:51:34 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
This. Hundred percent.
Thank you for doing the right thing. :flan_heart:

2026-01-31 16:56:35 UTC

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Also, another way cool thing is that @nprofile…gxkf choose to go with Exquisite.tube.
In the quest to abolish Big Tech, I am so incredibly grateful to serve you all.
And there isn't a better 'second in command' than the awesome @nprofile…n5vr, of @nprofile…tqgk fame :flan_hearts:
Really, thank you all for sticking with us. The privilege is all mine - truly.

2026-01-31 16:51:23 UTC

I am really honored that @nprofile…hevt choose our instance for their Fediverse presence. If you need repository hosting that isn't big tech, go with them :flan_heart:

2026-01-26 19:39:18 UTC

I think I might switch my mailservers over to SmarterMail. It has this dandy feature that allows resetting the admin pass, remotely, without authorization.
I am fed up with forgetting the password to my OpenSMTPD+Dovecot root account - at least this will give me a solid experience.
(Please note, this shitpost is highly sarcastic and refers to an actively exploited vuln in SmarterMail - which doesn't seem that smart)

2026-01-26 17:20:13 UTC

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@nprofile…65q8
Haven't had any issues with the stable v10 series.
However, the biggest surprise is yet to come. And it will be quite painful: the selfhosted UniFi Network application will eventually be discontinued in favor of UniFi OS Server.
Which can also be selfhosted - albeit being containerized with Podman.
Rumor has it that it might just bring the selfhosted Protect (formerly Video) app back on-prem too.
I really dislike them discontinuing the Network app. Personally don't need / want all that other shite.

2026-01-20 23:32:39 UTC

Enough for today. 32 mins in.
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/115/930/025/289/231/319/original/1314d6e77b6dfe96.webp

2026-01-12 20:00:42 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
This is madness.

2025-10-11 18:21:00 UTC

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@nprofile…naem
Even better to have the privacy policy cover that completely.

2025-10-11 16:12:28 UTC

Truly excellent writeup about the current clusterfuck that is Framework (computers):
Framework under fire for Omarchy/DHH/Hyprland support?
There are alternatives!
Get a refurbished ThinkPad through Minifree, preinstalled with Libreboot and funds the further development.
Or get a vintage ThinkPad with modern internals.
Also, there is:
MNT Reform
Tuxedo
Slimbook
NovaCustom
Star Labs
and others

2025-10-08 16:57:28 UTC

I want custom emoji in Signal. So we can finally have Flans :flan_guns:

2025-10-08 15:10:48 UTC

Linus Torvalds in late 1993:
"If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened."

2025-09-10 06:38:21 UTC

Tracking someone for hours to days is considered stalking. But when Big Tech does it, it is considered a service? :flan_think:

2025-09-09 20:00:56 UTC

Apple introduces EMTE. #GrapheneOS has a stronger version in production for years.
Still, happy to see this in a broader ecosystem.

2025-09-09 18:10:12 UTC

Erm, fellow mailserver hackers: did I miss something?
I was just told that I should use SHA256 hashes, rather than SHA512 for MTA DANE (meaning: eg 3 1 1 rather than 3 1 2).
Is this correct? I fail miserably at finding the corresponding RFCs.
#DANE #MTA #DNS #mailserver #RYOMS #selfhosting

2025-09-06 13:37:51 UTC

After having updated (and subsequently fixed) our Mastodon instance, going to take the bike out for a long nice ride.
Non-motorised and non-electrical - but hacked nevertheless :flan_hacker:

2025-09-06 09:03:53 UTC

Winter is Signal backups are coming

2025-09-03 20:23:15 UTC

wE uSe DoCkEr BeCaUsE oF sEkJoErItAaHj
Yes.

2025-08-27 22:06:43 UTC

Things are escalating fast :flan_aww:
Both me and the awesome @nprofile…sr9k will be giving a talk at @nprofile…qs6z: Liberating the social web using *BSD
I will be giving a talk at BSides Querétaro: "Defending the democracy - through hacking"
And I have some blogs lined up to be published soon-ish ™️
It is a true honor to serve you all. I am incredibly grateful to be given this space - and your attention. Don't ever forget that, no matter whom you are - you are awesome and you really deserve to be you.
If you ever want to talk: just reach out.

2025-08-27 21:04:33 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
Possible reason: because they are hallucinating (like an AI) what "good" an AI unleashed on the Fedi would do.
If this is the reason, please connect them with me. I will have a stern talk with them.

2025-08-27 20:37:20 UTC

Fuck you, Bloomberg :flan_molotov:
They tried to silence journalism and news reporting, by hitting an in-depth report of Gamers Nexus with a copyright strike over an included reference of mere seconds.
I won't stand by and allow this to happen. Not on my watch. It seems that Bloomberg is unfamiliar with the Streisand effect.
Well, here you go, Bloomberg. Fucking pieces of shit you are.

2025-08-21 22:31:03 UTC

Complaints about Bluetooth chips not working on OpenBSD... Well duuuh. There is no BT stack. There was, way back, but didn't get maintained and thus removed.
#OpenBSD isn't against BT or anything - just no one that could be bothered to implement and maintain it.
Over the years I have been asked whether I would be open to implementing it. I don't code in C nor do I have the deep level familiarity with it.
More importantly, for me personally it is a big and hard "no I don't trust Bluetooth". Sending your keystrokes through the air seems one of the most terrible ideas mankind ever had.
And for audio, Creative actually has BT audio dongles which do work on OpenBSD because they aren't Bluetooth adapters, but rather audio interfaces that do the BT part on-chip.

2025-08-21 20:16:25 UTC

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@nprofile…t4qe
Haha sorry - was a joke referring to my Puffy tattoo. And I know of two others whom have the permaPuffy 😁

2025-08-21 19:55:25 UTC

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@nprofile…t4qe
Will you be the fourth person permanently wearing Puffy? :flan_XD:

2025-08-20 11:35:25 UTC

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@nprofile…x2sd
Depends on what you need. I personally use Ansible for automation - enough Playbooks readily available that cover nearly every scenario.

2025-08-20 11:30:53 UTC

"Slightly" mad
Yeah, bit more than slightly in my case. But nevertheless, this is a real gem :flan_hearts:
The book is even better. And you should definitely patronize mwl cause we need moah books - SELFHOST ALL THE THINGS!
#RYOMS #runyourownmailserver #selfhosting
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/115/060/832/234/340/548/original/0963b561ebffd045.jpeg
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/115/060/835/362/449/190/original/40eeaf37f8f7b5f5.jpeg

2025-08-17 15:25:38 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k @nprofile…7dm2 @nprofile…93qq
That sounds Fantastic! Where can I sign up?

2025-08-16 11:17:56 UTC

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ps. You can follow the @nprofile…dd7e account to keep in touch with new videos from your favourite ActivityPub instance!

2025-08-16 11:00:01 UTC

The @nprofile…qs6z 2021 😈⛳🐡 video's are now mirrored on Exquisite.tube.
So, if you want to:
Learn how to setup high available WANs with OpenBSD,
Get familiar with GhostBSD as a daily driver,
Verify whether 'our' Dexter is a serial BSD tester and not the serial killer,
Learn why FreeBSD Aarch64 Virtual Machines are boring,
Now you can! Errr, you already could, but now more privately, federated and without Big Tech.
The playlist for all 2021 talks can be found here.
Good weekend all and happy hacking! :flan_hacker:
#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #GhostBSD #RunBSD

2025-08-13 17:24:34 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
Hahaha never underestimate a passionate Italian person, that much I do know. So my bet is on you.

2025-08-12 18:15:38 UTC

The fact that the UK Government is asking people to delete their emails rather than to ban AI factories and other nonsense is so incredibly upsetting and so fucking inhumane...
:flan_molotov:

2025-08-12 08:16:47 UTC

If you are feeling somewhat down, perhaps this Corgi puppy snorkling for food will cheer you up :flan_hearts:

2025-08-07 20:30:26 UTC

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@nprofile…t4qe
Asking for a friend: where lies the difference between a homelab and homeDC?

2025-08-07 17:29:16 UTC

Sometimes the world has to fucking burn. Today was one of those days - so I challenged myself to see how easy it would be to get #OpenBSD -current to run Python 2.7 code, alongside with downgrading modules (like lxml and cryptography).
A bit ro my surprise - it was relatively easy to both install packages from 7.2 in -current and have it operating stable and smooth. When attempting this on Linux, it ends up uninstalling systemd :systemd: with most package managers :flan_XD:
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME - OR WHEREVER - DO NOT TRY THIS AT ALL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

2025-08-02 14:22:19 UTC

Hooman, I go make a nap, bye and serve me again in an hour or so.
#caturday #lazy #saturday
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/114/959/610/559/715/018/original/ae9b9a9057e5dd9f.jpg

2025-07-23 18:53:58 UTC

I am sorry to inforn you that I will be pulling the plug on Jouwbuis (Piped) and Cybernuk.es (Redlib and Searx). It has become way too much of a constant cat and mouse game and the instances had more issues than they were actually available for use.
This will free both some time and mindspace on my side, that I like to throw at the Fediverse and actually building stuff that is the future, rather than fighting big tech that won't be around anymore in a couple of decades.
It has been a wild ride - but the time has come to step up and do the right thing - contributing towards humanity, rather than wasting it on ductaping the shit of big tech gazillionares together.

2025-07-22 21:07:25 UTC

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@nprofile…f796
OBSDAms out if budget? Their network is excellent to run your own mailserver.

2025-07-22 19:00:52 UTC

Casual reminder: you are supposed to run your own mailserver
If you aren't operating your own mailserver by now, what is your excuse? Don't have the hardware? Get a VM with @nprofile…h2u5. Too much effort? Nah, @nprofile…q5wq has you covered.
Never surrender the protocols.
Run your own mail server.
Revolt.
Rebel.
#RYOMS #mail #selfhosting #decentralize #reclaim
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/114/898/419/642/717/082/original/f9aac1308812b4c3.jpg

2025-07-22 07:11:27 UTC

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@nprofile…38gs @nprofile…t4qe
PPP is single threaded on OpenBSD and AFAIK all of the *BSDs. If I have that correct, should be no difference switching whatever sense to Puffy :openbsd: :runbsdBg:

2025-07-20 10:08:46 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
Congratations :flan_hurrah: You are doing an awesome job - and like you mentioned to me in private, it is the other way around too. If I didn't serve Exquisite, I'd likely be at the cafe!
Here is to another anniversary and milestone :flan_beer:

2025-07-19 23:16:48 UTC

From hackers of the lost RAID to hackers of ACPI S3.
Goodnight all - will be sleeping for 12 hours :flan_XD:
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/114/882/436/062/842/918/original/8a0e53438eee2674.gif

2025-07-19 13:49:40 UTC

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This is a part of the documentation process - ultimately I want to share any and all changes that we make for fellow OpenBSD instances.
The guide to selfhost Mastodon on OpenBSD has come a long way and is at... 80/90 percent of completion.

2025-07-19 13:47:41 UTC

Exquisite.social maintains an extra version string, in addition to the official one; EXQ-x.xx.
I have originally set that up so I could maintain a changelog of updates and maintenance. Just made that one public: https://codeberg.org/exquisite/mastodon/src/branch/main/changelog.md

2025-07-15 19:28:42 UTC

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@nprofile…t4qe @nprofile…l6g7
Oh - listen to 61 - Winter of 95. Almost like Brian Adams turned OpenBSD :flan_XD:
And if Prodogy is your thing too 68, Hacker People.
My blog is near empty, but finishing multiple posts the upcoming weeks :flan_hacker:

2025-07-15 19:03:09 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
I sniped her too much and then contacted John Mastodon. I think getting a single call from John was sufficient.

2025-07-15 15:15:59 UTC

Bruce Schneier on Ubuntu disabling the spectre mitigations:
I agree with this trade-off. These attacks are hard to get working, and it’s not easy to exfiltrate useful data. There are way easier ways to attack systems.
(source)
Uh yes, lets replace the blast doors at bank vaults with wooden doors because humans working there are an easier attack surface.

2025-07-13 19:29:18 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k 2,5 months, give or take :flan_hearts:

2025-07-13 18:14:49 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
The first real life BSD café?

2025-07-12 12:16:13 UTC

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@nprofile…q5wq
Oh my - you are coming? I will start saving in case you throw yet another fundraiser that I must win :flan_XD:

2025-07-12 00:08:07 UTC

This is your casual reminder to #selfhost :flan_hacker: At least that what you are comfortable with :flan_guns:
#selfhosting is about being independent. About owning your data. About reclaiming the 'net and decentralizing it. It is about taking control. Being able to do things the way you see fit. And it is about breaking free from subscriptions and from big tech which is #enshittifying like there is no tomorrow.
Go #selfhosted the way you see fit. In small steps, one platform at a time - or with a head first dive if you are feeling adventurous. Share your experiences, write a blog about it, create a video or post about it on the Fediverse.
It most definitely is not too late to revolt. To give big tech the middle finger. Firmly stand your ground. Be a rebel. :flan_molotov:

2025-07-10 06:06:31 UTC

The #homeautomation protocol is named #Thread, perhaps that is a typo as #Threat is more apt and accurate. If you roll your own device you might very well experience the full force of their blood thirsty lawyers.
What the actual F.

2025-07-07 20:05:51 UTC

I recently found an iPhone at a café - looked like one of the more premium models. Tried to give it to the bar personnel, but the seat wasn't reserved and they had no clue how to contact the owner.
The phone and the case didn't have anything identifying. Tried to see if it was secured and it showed that it had a pin of six numbers. Pretty sure I couldn't get in, I tried all zeroes and 123456. Bingo. The latter one was correct
I opened the phone book just to check whether there was a favorite contact. There wasnt but there was an ICE. Texted the ICE that he phone can be picked up at the café and handed it to the personnel, solely stating that it would be picked up.
But OMG. It feels so incredibly wrong to go over those details - if I had malicious intentions I might have been able to inflict serious harm.
Please, if you want your phone to be recoverable: make sure it has some identifying info (or enable Find My) - and if you don't want that, make sure it is impossible for a hack like me to get in that easily.
Mobile phones often contain data that you don't want to share completely with one person!

2025-07-05 06:40:41 UTC

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@nprofile…ra5j
Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
Yes, bitte! :flan_coffee:

2025-07-04 22:46:12 UTC

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@nprofile…0ntv
Yeah, right, who the F does that? This has to be a trap.
A paraphrase of my thoughts. But somehow, I wanted to check it out, curious where the fine print was hidden away...
Well - there wasn't any. The 5K was in fact credited to my new account, with the sole condition that it was valid for three months. My thoughts ran wild with all the possibilities - so many ways to spend 5K on compute resources.
I eventually settled on writing a script that would add extra horsepower to Peertube, remote runners to assist with transcoding if the demand was there.
And it was succesful. I have yet to do more testing - but the initial results are very promising. If EuroBSDcon is livestreamed to Exquisite.tube then keep in mind that this is due to Lewis' excellent social engineering skills.
You better be warned :flan_XD:
🧵 2/2

2025-07-04 22:36:42 UTC

Listen up folks! I really don't like to kiss and tell - but I feel like I have to make an exception for this individual, @nprofile…0ntv.
Lewis socially engineered me into liking @nprofile…85m8, by playing my love for OpenBSD among others. Low and behold - as this was just the beginning.
After following UpCloud, Lewis began deploying the second phase of their carefully crafted masterplan, luring me into checking out UpCloud on a more regular basis. This was achieved by carefully writing the occasional shitpost on their account. Evntually I caved in and came to really like their Fediverse presence.
In a way that would make the NSA-TAO jaleous, Lewis then initiated the third and final stage of the playbook: offering a 5K credit reward for signing up.
🧵 1/2

2025-07-02 20:45:55 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
And somewhat for OpenBSD: https://h3artbl33d.nl/blog/openbsd-on-scaleway
(doesn't just apply to Scaleway but nearly every IaaS providers except the ones that use OpenVZ - because OpenVZ is stupid)

2025-06-30 19:46:02 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
Same - I will be walking around with that broad smile that you wore in Dublin at least the upcoming weeks!

2025-06-30 19:43:17 UTC

Whoop :flan_hurrah: The wonderful @nprofile…sr9k and I are going to give a talk together at #EuroBSDCon 2025 :flan_guns: Fantastic!
The title of our talk is: Liberating the social web using BSD.
Would love to see you at Zagreb - but the talk will be livestreamed and published for on-demand viewing too.
Sooo looking forward to this!
#RUNBSD

2025-06-29 18:54:32 UTC

Cosplaying as a sysadmin on a lazy sunday evening
(thanks to @nprofile…fefa for the beer! :flan_heart:)
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/114/768/156/432/147/514/original/e1a8a6d44ec0ab52.jpg

2025-06-28 11:19:28 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k
Sorry and thank you, on behalf of that client!

2025-06-28 11:04:40 UTC

In the shadow I livez hooman
#caturday
https://media.exquisite.social/exquisite/media_attachments/files/114/760/652/939/846/790/original/f32dad5831ce1c7f.jpg

2025-06-26 20:05:15 UTC

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@nprofile…0qm5
Do you really? I mean, I do limit conversations to a retention of four weeks by default - as I firmly believe that nothing should be on a permanent record.
If I wouldn't apply that limit I'd be far over 100G :flan_XD:

2025-06-26 16:37:31 UTC

Signal is currently testing 'cloud' backups with the staging version of the Android app.
Details:
Fully end-to-end encrypted (duh),
Free and paid tiers - free supports unlimited messages and media up to 45 days, paid is $1,99/mo for 100GB,
This does NOT replace the local backup.
In fact, the local backup is getting a revamp too! :flan_hurrah: It will gain cross-platform support (iOS <=> Android), changed format (taking seconds rather than minutes) and external syncing tools (like Nextcloud) will be faster too.
#Signal #Backups

2025-06-26 09:37:02 UTC

Ubuntu is going to disable the mitigations against in-silicon vulnerabilities "because of a 20% increase in performance".
Surely this is fine :this_is_fine:

2025-06-25 22:30:41 UTC

Casual reminder that every day is :runbsdBg: #RUNBSD day :flan_hacker:
Exquisite.social runs on #OpenBSD (and #HardenedBSD for S3 and backups), I have been daily driving BSD the last two decades.
My mother daily drives BSD - and so should you.
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2025-06-22 21:44:02 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k @nprofile…q5wq @nprofile…50sw
Exim. Please stop.

2025-06-22 21:23:05 UTC

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@nprofile…q5wq @nprofile…sr9k @nprofile…50sw
Yeah - totally. Slay the Gods. I mean - there is a certain case for the looney bin that is Postfix.
I might be a privileged postmaster - but no legacy crap for me.

2025-06-22 21:16:30 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k @nprofile…50sw @nprofile…q5wq
Totally. Six lines of Postfix config are equal to three letters (!) for OpenSMTPD: tls.

2025-06-20 07:01:30 UTC

Moin dear Fedi :flan_coffee:
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2025-06-18 07:05:26 UTC

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@nprofile…vr4d
Does it really need to be a dongle or is internal okay too?

2025-06-18 05:11:15 UTC

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@nprofile…ukpd
Bill be like:
Think I am mansplaining? Do you? Hold my beer.
This man truly goes where no man has gone before. New depths to dig himself into.
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2025-06-13 06:48:28 UTC

I have sent a USB drive to Ireland, by mail. It took 160 hours, end to end, for 250GB.
Meaning: the sneakernet transfer went with 434KByte/s.
It would have been much faster if we did the transfer over the internet. My connection is 1Gbit FttH. The other end would be the limiting factor, since they have a 80Mbit connection.
If we calculate in some overhead and transfer those 250GB at 70Mbit/s, then it would have taken 7 hours and 56 minutes.
Cool excersize though!

2025-06-12 22:18:08 UTC

#GCP / #GoogleCloud being down is amazing. Enjoying my evening while the cloud is on fire.

2025-06-12 13:28:34 UTC

I can't recommend @nprofile…m5lp's Fediverse introduction enough. Please, show it to family, friends and beloves ones. The future is federated!
(just in case, the video is mirrored on Exquisite.tube as well)

2025-06-12 08:53:18 UTC

gurk-rs on OpenBSD does have an extra (sub)dependency: gmake. Without it, building the openssl-sys extension fails.
So, you should be able to install gurk-rs with:
$ doas pkg_add rust protobuf-c gmake
$ cargo install --git https://github.com/boxdot/gurk-rs gurk
There is currently an issue with an upstream package that requires gurk-rs to be ran using the full path, so that'd by default be:
$ /home/$USER/.cargo/bin/gurk
#OpenBSD #Gurk #Signal

2025-06-04 17:25:13 UTC

Exquisite.tube, our #Peertube instance was just updated to v7.2.0 stable, from the release candidate. This squashed some bugs... but more importantly, the Studio is back :flan_aww:

2025-05-27 21:22:04 UTC

Wait - whut? Mastodon doesn't allow security keys without TOTP?
This isn't the first, nor will it be the last security issue I have with Mastodon. Currently, I - as an admin - can't enforce MFA. Should I enforce it? Don't know. Should it be an option? Most certainly.

2025-05-23 09:21:47 UTC

Sigh. No more Home Assistant on OpenBSD. The developers have announced the deprecation of core and supervised installs.
Oh well. Going to flash Home Assistant OS on a mini PC and migrate to that.
#HomeAssistant #OpenBSD #Home #Automation

2025-05-19 20:44:48 UTC

If anyone ever wondered why I never got into the YouTube career: I honestly tried. Then I was sent a €5K Ubuntu-based application server "for the keeps".
That was the end of it. Before that machine was able to boot Ubuntu, I already slapped OpenBSD on it :flan_XD:
Bottomline, my YT career was over before it began. And today, I would be a far worse choice as I don't publish on whatever Big Tech silo.
#shortstories

2025-05-18 20:04:45 UTC

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@nprofile…t4qe
I can get graphics support and font awesome icon support using kitty but it's not the latest version, it's about 2 years old for various reasons.
Isn't this solvable by grabbing a Nerd Font, installing it to /usr/local/share/fonts and updating the cache? Or am I missing something?

2025-05-17 08:25:11 UTC

I will chill here hooman, thy are my strong servant
#caturday
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2025-05-16 16:39:01 UTC

If you ever wondered why I rage against clouds and push towards selfhosting and a more sovereign Europe, here you go: Microsoft has kicked the ICC out of their e-mail platform.
It was ordered by Tangerine Mussolini - but Microsoft might be even more at blame here with their Ireland spin-off bullshit and hoax. As many suspected, it was a bold lie.

2025-05-14 18:20:17 UTC

If you and your friends/family/acquintances are using Nextcloud, please spread the word about how the Play Store version is being crippled by Google.
Switching over to a version that isn't distributed through Google Play fixes the issue.

2025-05-13 06:06:54 UTC

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Also, please read this thread by @nprofile…7x4s that sparked the above post:
https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/114498932059227196

2025-05-13 06:04:35 UTC

The argument
"I have nothing to hide"
Is false and devoid of humanity. It is above all else a human trait. Choosing not to share what you did last weekend with your employer, that was a choice that deliberately favored your privacy. When you chose to withhold the tears in that emotional and vulnerable moment, that was a choice for privacy too. We all have things to hide, because again, it is a human trait Moreover, these choices impact others as well. If the "I have nothing to hide" argument preceeds giving your unlocked phone to a random party, you violate the privacy and therefore humanity (and its respect) of those close to you. Remember that friend you've exchanged Signal messages with, about that particular dire situation you are in? You just grossly violated the trust put in you.
Same with random apps you install and grant whatever permission they ask for. Please, please always be considerate of others. Seemingly small actions might have a dire impact on those close to you. Do better and be better.
Thank you :flan_heart:
#privacy #security #data #opsec #rights