Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp last week

Dear friends of the #BSDCafe
Exactly two years ago, on 20th July 2023, I made a post announcing a new project: The BSD Cafe.
It was an idea I had been thinking about for a while, but never had the courage to truly take on. Yet, in those days, I pushed past my doubts, finalized the last bits of the setup, and decided to go public.

I never imagined the warmth, the kindness, the support I would receive. Friends started signing up, new friends arrived, and two years later I can proudly say that the community we’ve built is truly amazing.
The BSDs as our guiding star, technology as our shared passion, and - above all - acceptance and open-mindedness as our core values.

Supporters, not haters.

I’m genuinely happy about all this, and in my upcoming talk at #EuroBSDCon I’ll be sharing both technical and human sides of this experience.

Happy birthday, BSD Cafe. And thank you all, my friends, for making this such a wonderful journey.

The Cafe is always open. The coffee machine is always warm.

Your Barista,
Stefano

#BSDCafe#BSDCafeCelebrations#BSDCafeBirthday
Alexandre :freebsd:
@alelab@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@stefano Thank you so much for this 🙏🏻
BSD Cafe is a valuable project. All BSD experts, developers, users or just curious people are in the same place.
For me, this is an important BSD place, like the mailing lists and the forums. We are all together to share experiences and tips, provide help to the community.
Thank you @stefano for everything ❤️🫶🏻 freebsdrunbsd
Jana
@jana@social.jsteuernagel.de  ·  activity timestamp last week
@stefano The BSD cafe is the reason I learned about the existence and the quality of BSD operating systems.

Now I am running multiple OpenBSD systems as routers and Webservers and I‘m in the process of setting up a big FreeBSD box with BastilleBSD and bhyve to replace a Proxmox box.

These systems have managed to re-ignite a curiosity for systems, that I had lost with Linux. It’s a whole different set of tools, which I get to learn from scratch and regularly my reaction is: „Oh, this is so nice and simple!“ or „This makes so much sense!“

I am excited to see how they will establish themselves in my workflows long-term. But they are definitely here to stay.
Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:
@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org  ·  activity timestamp last week
@stefano I can't think of any other project that did more (or a better job) at closing the gap between #FreeBSD and the regular "everyday" computer user.

Your endeavor and commitment outperformed every other attempt ever made (by the longest shot, and by any entity) to bridge that gap and put FreeBSD on the spotlight for those who felt the "itch" and those who still hadn't feel compelled to leave the "lurking" zone in the last (at least) 20 years.

Happy birthday bsd.cafe! 🎂🍾🥂🥳

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Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:
@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org  ·  activity timestamp last week
@stefano And congratulations on your ability to, single handedly, achieve what no other attempt ever achieved!.

You actually managed to put a FreeBSD systems at the service of the general public, open a new world for those who didn't even know that FreeBSD existed, and even raised the eyebrows of those who knew about it but never cared to look outside their own comfort zone.

And all of that speaks a lot louder about you and your work than about anything else! 👍

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