@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch
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gyptazy

@gyptazy@gyptazy.ch

Believer in the power of open-source & community-driven innovation.

Former AS20621 NetOp that loves FreeBSD & illumos. Currently mostly in DevOps & developing (Python, Rust). Contributes to #Ansible & #GradenLinux. Evaluating and production usage of #RISCV hardware/software.

Projects:

  • BoxyBSD.com - A free VM hosting service to provide some value back to the community.
  • manpageblog.org - A static blog generator in manpage design.
  • QualvoSec - A security patch management tool.

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koyu, to random
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How to selfhost your entire online life:

  • Caddy (Webserver)
  • Nextcloud (File storage, calendar, contacts etc.)
  • Mailcow (E-Mail)
  • ejabberd (XMPP, instant messaging)
  • Invidious (YouTube client)
  • Mastodon (social media)
  • Vaultwarden (Passwords, credentials and secure file sharing, replaces services like 1Password or WeTransfer)
  • Joplin (note taking)
  • Miniflux (news)
  • Agate (Gemini server for people who want to view your content through the CLI)

Thank me later :3

gyptazy,
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@koyu I guess these things sound very easy to people like us - like for a mechanic telling me in a car forum how easy it is to repair the 8 cylinder by machining of cylinder heads and grinding the cylinders while you just need some simple tools and a lift - assuming everyone has something like that in place.

chema, to fediverse
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If you're looking to host your very own single-user/a-few-users instance, you cannot go wrong with . It is simple to install on Ubuntu and works very well with some really solid clients. It is also written in C, so it is fast, with few dependencies. Great work @grunfink, you've got a new monthly supporter on Ko-fi!

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

gyptazy,
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@ewhac @chema As @grunfink mentioned, which instructions? Did you used the linked one to my one at https://gyptazy.ch/blog/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/ ? If yes, let me know what didn't work out for you to update the docs.

gyptazy,
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@ewhac @chema @grunfink I've updated the howto for the mentioned things. Thanks for reporting.

gyptazy,
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@grunfink @ewhac @chema updated the howto regarding the mentioned things.

gyptazy, to FreeBSD
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Puh, after almost 20 years (when version 1.1 got released in 2005) I switched from to . Feels strange because I always refused to use any other jail manager. But I guess it's time to move on... Btw, also like the TUI if .

Have a nice weekend fans (and of course also everyone else).

stefano, to Discord
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I still don't understand how projects that are strongly focused on open-source and promote the open-source movement have their official support channel or discussion platform set as Discord.

gyptazy,
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@lcheylus I always have mixed feelings about such things.

While I’m fully into and services, I can also see the benefits of major and proprietary solutions from a beginners perspective.

I think it is always about the targeted user base and how to make it comfortable to them.

I can also see this with , where I’m targeting beginners who cannot afford virtual machines to learn and practice. However, to help them, you need to catch them at their starting point, which is mostly a well known service like Discord, Twitter etc. Beginners are not aware of the Fediverse, Matrix, IRC and all the other solutions. It won’t provide them or the communities to exclude them.

Moving code away from GitHub may reduce the visibility of projects and potential contributions. Moving support to nerd services may exclude them. Forcing them to deal with it, results in dead useraccoujts in long-term.

Teach them at the beginning, show them alternatives and as soon as they do it by their own will, they will switch and contribute.

I really love free and opensource software, projects and services but it does not mean that we should force people to avoid it. We should more be happy about people that decide to publish and contribute their code to the community in any way and also providing any solution to provide feedback, support etc. Decisions to a specific solution like Discord may have several reasons like not being aware of it, not having the time for it, no personal needs to deal with it (if it works, it works). Not everyone is deeply into FOSS or cares about it.

I always contributed heavily into opensource within the last years and was only on Twitter and never saw the needs for Matrix or Fediverse. I simply didn’t had the time nor the fun to deal with it - nowadays I’m running my own instances.

louis, to random
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Here at Emacs.ch we run an experimental side instance [1] based on Snac2 [2], which is a Mastodon-compatible Fediverse server written in C, runs completly file-based and features a zero-JS UI.

It doesn't have many of the fancy features of Mastodon, but is a bright example of how a super-minimal system can do the job very well. It'll also work with your mobile Mastodon apps and small browsers like Dillo[3].

It runs on OpenBSD and we accept a few more testers. There is no automatic sign-up, so if you are interested, DM me with the desired account name and I'll send you the credentials.

[1] https://snac.emacs.ch
[2] https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
[3] https://dillo-browser.github.io

gyptazy,
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@louis here also a happy snac user. Easy, minimalistic and stable

gyptazy, to ubuntu
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I guess 24.04 is going really hot!

mrecondo, to FreeBSD
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Installing on via ports. Some non documented ajustsments but so far it's a easy tool to install :)

gyptazy,
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@mrecondo luckily it's finally available :)

gyptazy, to VintageOSes
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Wow, that was fast. People may remember my idea behind ? Temporary jails for testing and debugging? It got immediately abused for spamming etc.!

Now, I’m running a friendly beta test within the Community (primary & BSD fans) for free small sized hosted / (IPv6 only).

The first system is already full. Let’s see how this will be (ab)used?! Maybe, the next stack will start after Easter.

gyptazy, to linux
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Puh, I haven’t used any for personal use since 2008 anymore and have just set up my firsts Linux based server after years. It’s the first time I’m cheating on ()) after more than 15 years. That feels somehow crazy…

gyptazy, to random
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Everyone tells me about „infinity“ scaling and resources in the . What if I tell you that I can scale pretty well ? I think 1,72TB RAM / Memory is pretty cool…

Guess, I can finally run a single Java app without running oom (hopefully) 😉

gyptazy,
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@cuddle

2x Epyc 7473X 24 cores (48 threads)
1x Epyc 7453 28 cores (56 threads)

Please don’t ask any questions why different cpus were used 😉

emacs, to random
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@mast:~$ uptime

17:29:05 up 499 days, 18:00, 3 users, load average: 1.51, 0.86, 0.86

6 hours to go, and Emacs.ch has reached peak uptime of 500 days! 🎉

gyptazy,
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@emacs hm, what about sec updates?

DesRoin, to swimming German
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Did 10x400m today for basic endurance, tomorrow I think will be a spinning day 😅

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gyptazy,
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@DesRoin wo gibt es denn aktuell solch angenehme Temperaturen? :)

gyptazy, to random
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I want to get away from iCloud Photos, but a must have is that I can access my photos in an easy way on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Next to it, I must find photos by given text like „summer beach wife high heels red dress“ or „yellow motorbike nordschleife“. Therefore, it needs not only face & object recognition but also usable apps for mobile devices. Clicking 10 minutes through a web ui is no solution. I gave nextcloud and immich a try and unfortunately both failed. Nextcloud tooks ages for previewing thumbnails even this features are only available in the web ui, immich looks pretty good but could only handle a subset of photos for testing because it takes long time to import and scan everything. So, immich looks promising before taking the efforts, maybe someone can give some insights with bigger libraries.

I need to process more than 8TB of photos and additional TBs of videos…

gyptazy,
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@jrollans I can fully see the struggles. Immich comes close to it, but it’s slow - especially when you initially need to index your database, can’t use Neural Engine from the iOS to speed it up. Then it’s all „alpha“… I think photos will keep me forever in the iCloud.

lindworm, to random German
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Ach schön und virtualbox funktioniert unter M1/2/3 nicht. Hach da muss ich wohl mal nen Dauerauftrag kündigen, wenn ich mir das durchlese was die Entwickler dazu sagen.

Was würdet ihr denn als alternative empfehlen? Parallels ist mir etwas unsympathisch vom Auftritt.

gyptazy,
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@lindworm dann wurde da ggf. was in neueren Versionen geändert. VMs nicht klicken zu müssen, wäre mir dies aber wohl wert.

gyptazy, to ubuntu
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This is how one of the cases looks like for the board.

Happy serving on & . Hopefully soon again back on .

gyptazy,
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@cnx yeah it gets really hot and active cooling should be done. According to geekbench the performance decreases in long term if not cooled.

gyptazy,
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@cnx better to have one. Do you also have the drivers in place to read the thermal values? I’m not sure if they’re finally in vanilla kernel present (currently not following the RV64 support for VF2 anymore).

gyptazy,
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@cnx aha?! That’s pretty interesting!

In my tests (https://gyptazy.ch/misc/collection-of-images-and-information-for-risc64-board-visionfive2/) I came always over 70° without active cooling. Running geekbench it consumed more than 13W.
Measured with a Refoss power plug. Even in idle I had more than 7W.

(measured without any device attached/plugged in, running from SD (no NVME attached), so basically no additional consumers).

gyptazy,
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@cnx PSU from a RPi 5Volt, 3 Ampere (15W). Seeing other benchmarks are more to my measured one, but I’ll try another power measure plug to compare the results

gyptazy,
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@cnx I'd more assume that one power meter is not accurate.

Having a look at the specs of the VF2 doesn’t solve the issue for me:
https://doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/Datasheet/VisionFive_2/power_consumption.html

So the standby is 4.1W in table 1 and full 9.3W in table 3.

But I think element 1 and 2 in table 3 are mixed? They’re the same except of a fan on top, but with fan lower consumption?

gyptazy,
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@cnx honestly, I haven't validated it but according to https://doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/PDF/VisionFive2_QSG.pdf on page 21, I'd guess it's always max. 5V.

But maybe @DesRoin can tell us more here.

gyptazy,
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That's also how I'd understand this. Just had another look at the docs, where it defines the input power support on page 15 with:

  • Power adapter with fixed voltage from 5 V to 20 V on the USB C power port
  • Support USB Type C PD 2.0, 9 V/2 A, 12 V/2 A, 15 V/2 A, 20 V/2 A

So (but it's still guessed), it is fixed to the 5V for the fan.

CC: @DesRoin

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