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Salvatore Sanfilippo (creator of Redis, and more) published a beautiful video inspired by my latest blog post. I was really pleased! It's in Italian, but auto-generated English audio track is available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNqbKEx2mBM

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

Why I (still) love Linux

I usually publish articles about how much I love the BSDs or illumos distributions, but today I want to talk about Linux (or, better, GNU/Linux) and why, despite everything, it still holds a place in my heart.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

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IT Notes

@itnotes@snac.it-notes.dragas.net · last month

Why I (still) love Linux

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

As expected, on some well known news sites my latest blog post also drew some interesting comments, offering a few things to think about. On average, the readers who replied see "Linux" as the opposite of macOS or Windows, basically an anti something. Not because of its strengths, but because of the flaws they associate with its "competitors". They also focus entirely on the desktop world, which I can understand.

Many of them also confuse popularity with quality. The fact that other operating systems such as the BSDs or illumos are less widespread leads them to assume they are less "interesting". That is an ideological contradiction, because by the same logic Windows and macOS would be far superior to everything else simply because they dominate an enormous share of desktop systems.

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

Why I (still) love Linux

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

#Linux #OwnYourData #Server #SysAdmin #Workstation #OpenSource #ITNotes

IT Notes

@itnotes@snac.it-notes.dragas.net · last month

Why I (still) love Linux

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

Ok, the next article for IT Notes is ready. It’s not a guide and it will be a surprise for many.
I’ll publish it on Monday.

Stay tuned!

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

I'm writing the first in a series of articles that I will be publishing on IT Notes, hopefully starting as early as next week. And the first one will be a surprise for many 😉

Stay tuned!

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

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Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe · last month

"The contrast with Docker is striking: while the Docker container required 100% CPU to reach peak for the HTTP and HTTPS throughput, the FreeBSD jail delivered the same speed with ~60% of the CPU sitting idle. In terms of performance cost per request, Jails are drastically cheaper."

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

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