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  • That's one of my dilemmas. Due to using BSD and relying on jails I have a hard time using lots of possibly nice apps being released nowadays because they only offer the docker way of installing.

  • [OC] Selling Groceries, Warsaw
  • Most likely corner of Rondo ONZ. Office building popped out there like mushrooms in the last 10 years. Warsaw has changed so much since I moved there 12 years ago. Definitely worth visiting.

  • what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion
  • My feeling is that there is. I think it all started with the speed I can login over ssh. Debian always seems to have a short delay but FreeBSD feels instant. When it comes to rating FreeBSD as a better OS for servers I may be biased as Debian has served me so well over the years. I was never a Docker fan but instantly liked Jails for isolating services. Then we have native ZFS support which simplifies my backup needs. A simple zfs send | zfs receive and you have an exact copy of your service instance on a remote node. Everything feels integrated and not stacked. Again, just a personal opinion.

  • what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion
  • I'm a long time user of Debian myself too. No cutting edge fuzz, just a working, stable OS all of the time. What else do you need for a server? It always did the job.

    But then I stumbled on FreeBSD, and man, that's a server OS. Simple design and blazing fast. No Docker but I never liked it anyway. My Docker is called Jails and in my opinion is they're superior. Service isolation on the next level.

    On my laptop? Debian due to hardware and software support. And I'll stick to that for now. I feel home on that distro.

    I can't say anything about OpenBSD as I never tried it but it sure is a perfect fit for a server as well depending on your needs and preferences. BSD just rocks!

  • Use case(s) for owning a homelab?
  • I was debating between getting myself a NAS or some PC to setup my homelab. I decided for a PC as it gives me more freedom to install and personalize it the way I want.

    At the moment I'm running FreeBSD with jails on a Q920 with an i5 processor, 16 GB of RAM, one internal SSD with 512 GB and 2 external USB SDDs with each 1 TB which costed me around 300 Euros.

    Seems more than enough for the services I want to provide to myself which are the following.

    Navidrome > serves all my music locally and remotely.

    Zabbix > to monitor my servers

    DNSMasq > ad blocking and local dns

    gitea > repo for code and other docs

    Transmission > torrenting

    Radicale > webcal and webdav

    Photoprism > local photo gallery

    Vaultwarden > Password manager

    SearXNG > search

    HAproxy > to serve my public content easily to the web

    Mastodon

    Emby > local media server

    And I run a Linux VM on bhyve to serve 2 tools that I was not able to make work easily on FreeBSD.

    Besides that, the node replicates some data from my VPS as a backup solution.

    And I can't complain at all. That PC is doing its job just fine. No need for any rack that uses huge amount of electricity.

  • Google Photos Alternative
  • Same here. I'm using mainly FreeBSD on my servers so docker is a no go due to lack of support. I have to stick with Photoprism for now as it offers a install without docker and it does the job for me. Anyhow, I'm not happy with the trend that most FOSS projects today limit the deployment on docker and do not offer a way of a plain install on you *nix system of choice.

  • What's your favorite music player on Linux?
  • Thanks for the tip but I'm not sure why I would choose a desktop client over Navidrome itself. I usually have the browser open anyway. But maybe I'm missing something useful by using an actual app?

  • What's your favorite music player on Linux?
  • I settled with Navidrome. It solves 2 use cases for me. Due to being web based it can be used by any PC or mobile device with access to my server. Additionally it supports subsonic which allows me to use a native android app (ultrasonic) and have music on the go. I don't use services like Spotify.

  • Which distro in your opinion is the best for virtualization (Windows 10 on either KVM or VMware), stability, and speed?
  • I jumped onto the FreeBSD train a year ago and needed some virtualization tool for my job. A started using bhyve and must say that I am quite happy with it and don't plan to move to any other tool soon. Not sure how it compares to other tools performance wise but it does the job for me.

  • Bastille Releases 0.10.20231125 - Thanksgiving 2023 Edition
  • Great work! I still haven't found the time to revisit bastille. I guess I'm just to lazy to make the jump from iocage but with all these improvements it's about time for me. How easy is it to migrate my jails to Bastille from iocage?

  • Looking for some windows programs that are helpful that people don't really mention?
  • If I would have been asked to choose one really useful piece of software on Windows it would be Agent Ransack. I use it to find strings in a bunch of files, even compressed ones. I believe it can do much more but I use it for this purpose on daily basis. There's a paid version but the light one is free and does all I need. https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

  • [Question] Lemmy instance on FreeBSD

    Hi all. I was wondering if somebody tried or managed to deploy a Lemmy instance on a FreeBSD machine. When looking at the Lemmy repositories it seems to me that docker is a requirement. Or am I wrong?

    I recently moved all my sites and services to FreeBSD and have no Linux based VPS right now but still would like to run a Lemmy instance.

    Thanks a lot for any help / clarification.

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    lemmy on a FreeBSD jail?

    Just wondering if anyone has tried or managed to run a lemmy instance on a FreeBSD jail. I have had a look on the repository and docker seems to be required. Or am I wrong?

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