Archive: October 2024

From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration

21/10/2024 by Stefano Marinelli in freebsd, proxmox, ownyourdata, bhyve, virtualization, server, filesystems, linux, snapshots, zfs

I share my experience migrating a client’s VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD, using bhyve and ZFS.

Outdated Infrastructure and the Cloud Illusion

19/10/2024 by Stefano Marinelli in server, ownyourdata, hosting, virtualization, proxmox, recovery, ha

A healthcare client risks IT failure by ignoring outdated infrastructure in favor of an impractical cloud migration plan.

Increasing or Modifying Character Limits and Poll Options in Mastodon 4.3

09/10/2024 by Stefano Marinelli in mastodon, ownyourdata, fediverse, hosting, social, web

Mastodon imposes a limit of 500 characters and 4 poll options. Here's how to change them.

Using a Permanent WebFinger Address for My Fediverse Profile

08/10/2024 by Stefano Marinelli in fediverse, ownyourdata, mastodon, snac2, snac, mitra, gotosocial, akkoma, hosting, social, web

Using a Permanent WebFinger Address for My Fediverse Profile - Make it easy to find your profile from any instance.

I Solve Problems

03/10/2024 by Stefano Marinelli in eurobsdcon, freebsd, netbsd, openbsd, zfs, server, ownyourdata

The slides, the video, and the text behind my presentation at EuroBSDCon 2024 - 'Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs.