Posted on September 23, 2023
| 9 minutes
| 1787 words
| Stefano Marinelli
VPNs are very useful both for management and personal use. Many people turn to commercial companies that provide them, but it is easy to install your own on a FreeBSD VPS. Be the owner of your data.
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Posted on August 27, 2023
| 3 minutes
| 635 words
| Stefano Marinelli
In 2010, one morning, a client called. My task was to set up a new complex server within a tight two-day window. Given the constraints, I opted for my top choice at the time for such tasks: NetBSD and Xen. To my astonishment, over 10 years later, the server was still up and running perfectly
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Posted on August 17, 2023
| 7 minutes
| 1327 words
| Stefano Marinelli
While following/followers numbers might not be of critical importance, especially in the fediverse, understanding the dynamics behind them can be intriguing. And that’s precisely what motivated the creation of the program we’re about to discuss.
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Posted on August 14, 2023
| 2 minutes
| 291 words
| Stefano Marinelli
In the recently created FreeBSD VPS, the network performance of vnet-enabled jails was significantly lower compared to that of traditional jails. Upon investigation, it appears that there is an issue related to Virtio drivers.
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Posted on June 12, 2023
| 15 minutes
| 3154 words
| Stefano Marinelli
I’ve always kept an eye both on Android and iOS devices. I’ve been using an iPhone for the last 3+ years, and, one month ago, got a Google Pixel 7. Here’s what I found out.
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Posted on April 3, 2023
| 10 minutes
| 2053 words
| Stefano Marinelli
VPNs are very useful both for management and personal use. Many people turn to commercial companies that provide them, but it is easy to install your own on a OpenBSD VPS. Be the owner of your data.
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Posted on March 21, 2023
| 3 minutes
| 506 words
| Stefano Marinelli
RouterOS 6 is running great on bhyve. Unfortunately, things change when dealing with RouterOS 7. It doesn’t boot at all. Here’s how to solve.
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