Puh. Found a way to get the USD->EUR conversion rate for a specific date in LibreOffice Calc by using a web-service in a formula. It's not pretty, but it works! =NUMBERVALUE(REGEX(WEBSERVICE("https://api.frankfurter.app/"&TEXT(D10 […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Wow,The Ansible connection plugin "jailexec.py", that I created this year, which can be used to automate FreeBSD jails without SSH (via jexec) got used in an example git-repository from the @FreeBSDFoundation 😯 […]

I need RHEL+Podman for something. But I also really really like ZFS, that I use on my #freebsd systems ... RHEL 9.7 on a ZFS root 😀 Note: This is ENTIRELY unsupported and shouldn't be done in a production environment 🤡 😆 #linux #rhel #redhat #zfs #openzfs #unsupported #sysadmin

I donate money to a free and open source project each quarter, always selecting one that has impacted my life during that period. The final one for 2025 just went out: the FreeBSD foundation (@FreeBSDFoundation) ? I know they put the money to good use. I […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Another migration complete. Our Mastodon instance burningboard.net now has a working full-text search again! Before: Elasticsearch 7.x on Debian Linux :debian: Now: Opensearch 3.2.0 on FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE :freebsd: Importing 2 billion(!) docs into the […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

We're running the Mastodon instance "burningboard.net" on a hardened FreeBSD/amd64 system (pf firewall, seperation in jails, zfs with snapshots every 15 minutes, offsite replication with zfs send etc.) Since the initial setup of the new system is done and […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

New blog post: Interactive System Troubleshooting with AI using linux-mcp-server Instead of copy-pasting command output into AI chats, your AI assistant can now directly query your Linux systems - checking services, logs, network ports, and resources in real-time. The post includes a live demo […]

Nice! I'm testing Claude Code using the linux-mcp-server to read system information directly from my local machine. This is a huge enabler for LLM-assisted troubleshooting. It can read logs, check the journal, inspect systemd units, and pull hardware info […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Our Mastodon server, that hosts the burningboard.net Mastodon instance is running perfectly fine. The AMD EPYC Rome CPU isn't even sweating on the load :-) It already felt pretty performant, great to see it in graphs as well ! 🙂 #freebsd #mastodon #mastoadmin #grafana #monitoring @tux

Sorry für die 30-minütige Ausfallzeit unserer Mastodon-Instanz burningboard.net. Zumindest laufen wir jetzt mit VIEL MEHR RESSOURCEN !! :-) Die Datenbanken (PostgreSQL und Valkey) laufen jetzt auf einem separaten Host innerhalb desselben LAN (und auf FreeBSD+ZFS). #mastodon #mastoadmin […]

Sorry for the 30 min downtime at our Mastodon instance burningboard.net. At least we're now running on A LOT MORE RESOURCES !! :-) The Databases (PostgreSQL and Valkey) are now running on a seperate host within the same LAN (and on FreeBSD+ZFS) #mastodon #mastoadmin #freebsd #postgresql @tux

Over at my blog (https://blog.hofstede.it), I value privacy. No 3rd-party analytics here! I visualize logs myself without data ever leaving my infra: Caddy (JSON) -> Promtail -> Loki -> Grafana Even ASN/GeoIP enrichment happens locally via MaxMind DBs in […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Wow. 1000 followers 🤯 When we started self-hosting this instance, I wasn’t sure anyone would show up. Now there’s a thousand of you listening to me ramble about Linux, containers, FreeBSD, veganism and sometimes left politics. Danke. Merci. Thanks. This community is why the fediverse matters […]

Cool, the Lagrange client for the Gemini Protocol is also available on Apple iOS via a TestFlight beta version. Amazing, now I can read the Smallweb also on my phone 😁 Lagrange: https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ The Geminispace is amazing. Like the old web […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Ever heard of Gemini? It's a lightweight internet protocol between Gopher and the Web - no JavaScript, no cookies, no tracking, just text and links over TLS. Think of it as the web before it got complicated. Pages are written in "gemtext", a minimal markup […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Path of Exile 2 That's fun so far 🙂 Runs perfectly fine on Linux. #linuxgaming #gaming #pathofexile2 @tux

That specific feeling of relief when you hit "Save" on the Out of Office auto-reply... 😮‍💨✨ That’s a wrap on work for 2025! I’m switching to vacation mode immediately. Wishing you all a restful break and a peaceful slide into the New Year. 🌴 #vacationvibes #worklifebalance #holidays

Is it Linux? Is it Windows? It's Winboat (https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat) a real Windows 11 VM, running inside a Docker container. Accessing the individual applications via xRDP. And it works surpsisingly good! 🙂 #windows #linux #winboat #docker

Testing Linux Kernel 6.18 (from Fedora Koji) on my ThinkPad. Everything working suuuper smoothly 🙂 Amazing new release with lots of improvements :linux: - eDP ALPM support - VRR (Variable Rate Refresh) fixes - Backlight controll of my OLED works fine again […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

I’m Wartezimmer beim Zahnarzt heute gesehen 😂😅🤭 #zahnarzt #arzt #wartezimmer #zahnfee

I just had a weird experience: I was writing YAML code in VSCode when the text editor started to scroll randomly up and down. Both my hands were on the keyboard and not even close to my mouse. After a moment, I found the culprit: My cat, who laying was on the desk, touched the Touchpad of the […]

Lol they actually called that Ruby library for TUI rendering "hawktui" ahahahahahahahaha 😂 🤣 😅 Primitive humor? Yes. But I laughed hard ! https://github.com/jonmagic/hawktui #ruby #programming #library #tui #humor

Unexpectedly had a box with home baked Christmas cookies in my mail today. They came from my manager at Red Hat, who send them 😊 And they are really really tasty nom nom 🍪😋 #christmas #lifeatredhat #redhat #cookies #food

Telekom Internet down again? Can't stop me anymore! My ThinkPad T14s Gen4 AMD has a cellular modem (XMM7560), that works perfectly fine on Linux 🙂 #linux #mobileinternet #alditalk #o2 #backup #telekom

I’ve officially stopped using generate_systemd for my Podman deployments. I updated my Ansible playbooks to use the Quadlet support in the containers.podman collection (state: quadlet). Instead of scripting podman run commands or managing complex systemd […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

@dat3nklo Herzlich Willkommen bei uns ! 🙂 Bei Fragen gerne mich oder @tux erwähnen.

Just published: how I migrated the Mastodon instance burningboard.net to a multi‑jail FreeBSD setup with BastilleBSD. Central PF firewall, real dual‑stack, and clean service separation. https://blog.hofstede.it/migrating-burningboardnet-mastodon-instance-to-a-multi-jail-freebsd-setup/ #freebsd […]

Nice #wrapstodon #year2025 #lookingback #mastodon #2025

[lewd (humor)] Ich wollte für jemanden den (listen) Preis von einem BYD Elektroauto nachschauen... Also byd.de ist schon mal definitiv nicht die Webseite von denen!! 🤦‍♂️ :facepalm:

Slainte 🍻 #beer #beersofmastodon #alcoholfree #guinness

Von ArchäologInnen lernen heißt sieben lernen

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]

New blog post: Production-grade containers without the K8s complexity Podman Quadlets + systemd + Traefik = secure, maintainable container deployments on RHEL - Network isolation - SELinux integration - Automatic updates - Zero orchestration overhead Complete Forgejo deployment walkthrough […]

@bogwood Herzlich Willkommen bei uns 😀

#nowträwelling ICE694 from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt Hbf (on time) Will be another great day at the #redhat office. #lifeatredhat #opensource #foss #office #frankfurt

I did re-launch my personal blog website: https://blog.hofstede.it FreeBSD / Linux / Open Source. All things cleanly engineered ! Severel new articles currently in progress. #weblog #blog #freebsd #linux #opensource #foss

So, der neue #raspberry mit #pihole läuft stabil. Hab der Fritzbox eben gesagt, sie soll den neuen DNSServer verwenden – scheint stabil zu laufen. 13 Geräte aktiv.

Ach Deutsche Bahn. Wir kennen uns doch so lange schon und ich habe eine Bahn Card und einen Vielfahrer Status. Und ihr Siezt mich? Nicht cool 😂 #bahn #db #zug #deutschebahn

Back from the engine room. Everything is up to date on our Mastodon instance: Mastodon :mastodon: : 4.5.0-rc.3 Ruby: 3.4.7 PostgreSQL :postgres: : 18.0 Redis: 8.0.2 Elasticsearch: 7.17.29 Also all operating system updates deployed and re-organized the […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Agentic Al Use Case. Will safe billions. The future is stupid

RE: https://bayerwald.social/@waidler/115480150866567244 Wir betreiben die 4.5 bereits seit der -beta1 und bis auf ein kleines Problem mit SMTP/STARTTLS (das einfach behoben werden konnte) gab es kein einziges Problem bisher 🙂

Might be completely unsupported, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (x86_64) runs perfectly fine on the bhyve hypervisor on my FreeBSD :freebsd: based home-server :-) Running several applications (like Forgejo, Traefik and uptime-kuma) in Podman containers and […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Playing arroud with some BSD. 7.8 is a pretty solid release in my opinion :-) #openbsd #bsd #unix #foss #opensource

Yay! KDE :kde: Plasma 6.5 did land in the Fedora :fedora: updates repository :-) Amazing new release! Thanks @kde and @fedora It's running rock solid and without any issues on my ThinkPad! #kde #fedora #plasma #linux #opensource #foss #thinkpad

@Tempest Welcome :) Sorry for the annoying issue with the signup process. That was related to the recent Mastodon 4.5 upgrade. If you have any questions, feel free to ask @tux me me. We're always glad to help and provide a pleasant experience on our corner of the Fediverse :-) :mastodon:

#fedora 43 is a delight

Fedora Linux 43 was released: fedoraproject.org :fedora: I run the beta/rc since early September and so far, it's absolutely rock-solid and stable! Did a "dnf distro-sync" and a complete SELinux relabel today (running my system in enforcing mode) just to […] [Original post on burningboard.net]

Leaving Switzerland. #nowträwelling ICE 70 from Zürich to Mannheim 🚅 after two absolutely amazing days 🇨🇭 #switzerland #zürich #bahn #db #crossborderrail

Nice tour through the chocolate museum of Lindt in Kilchberg near Zürich, in beautiful Switzerland #chocolate #lindt #switzerland #zurich

#fedora 43 erscheint nächste Woche - LinuxNews.de https://linuxnews.de/fedora-43-erscheint-naechste-woche/