Openbsd
I used to run GoToSocial on OpenBSD but, one day, the port was marked BROKEN and I switched to using Mastodon on Linux. Still, I kept testing running GoToSocial on NetBSD, Illumos, FreeBSD and Linux. Not so long ago, GoToSocial started to compile and work pretty nice again on OpenBSD.
After using it for about a year on a SearXNG side project , I decided that I would also use it as my primary account on the Fediverse . This post is about installing and running GoToSocial on OpenBSD .Continue reading...
After watching Wolfgang’s review of the S920 , I went for chasing one and found a refurbished Fujitsu FUTRO S930 for 54€. I bought it with a few extra electronics parts and tested it with a few FOSS operating systems I know.Continue reading...
Some time ago, I adopted VictoriaMetrics as a replacement for Prometheus; which was already replacing InfluxDB. And recently, I realized that GoToSocial was exposing metrics in Prometheus format . So I decided to build a Grafana dashboard to keep an eye on my GtS instance.Continue reading...
As I was testing OpenBSD on my refurbished ThinkPad T480s, I noticed that the fan kept blowing even though the laptop was IDLE. Given that I am a vigilant reader of misc@ , I already knew a few ThinkPads had been reported to be sluggish because of some BIOS settings regarding Thunderbolt.Continue reading...
For reasons, I have a laptop running both Slackware Linux or OpenBSD. To have both available, I split the storage space in two and installed both systems. But if mainstream Linux distros use GRUB, Slackware has an historical love for LILO; and elilo when it comes to EFI-based computers.Continue reading...