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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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Alexandre :freebsd:
@alelab@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months 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
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@alelab thank you!
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dlite
@dlite@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Happy birthday, bsd.cafe! And many thanks to you, Stefano, for being such a great Barista, both technically and socially.
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@dlite thank you!
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KaiXin
@kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Happy anniversary and thanks for creating this amazing community!

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Armin Hanisch
@Linkshaender@bildung.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Happy Birthday BSDCafe and congrats to you, Stefano! 👏🏼🎊🥳👍🏼
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@Linkshaender thank you!
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Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
@hnygd@mastodon.africa replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Thanks so much for being such an excellent host and all the great Cappuccino and Cantuccini!
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vermaden
@vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano

With BSD Cafe you did more then other similar initiatives in more then a decade.

Kudos mate!

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@vermaden thank you! But the BSD Cafe isn't just me. It's all of you. I haven't done anything alone. We all did - and you did a lot much, much before the BSD Cafe was even conceived
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Jana
@jana@social.jsteuernagel.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@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.

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d4gli
@d4gli@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Keep in mind - at least when running multiple hypervisor nodes - that bhyve still does not provide possibilities to live migrate guests across the nodes.

@gyptazy wrote a great post about the situation which you can find here https://gyptazy.com/bhyve-on-freebsd-and-vm-live-migration-quo-vadis/

@jana @stefano

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Jana
@jana@social.jsteuernagel.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@d4gli I am aware of that limitations and luckily it is not relevant for my setup :)

Thanks for the heads up though!

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jana thank you for sharing this!
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lorenzo
@lorenzo@snac.bobadin.icu replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

I think #BSDCafe is one of the wonderful comm i've ever seen. Just a lurker here, merry merry christmas to you all!!

Much love,

#Bobadin

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kaveman
@kaveman@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano congratulations on the 2nd anniversary. The warmth and kindness you spread are exemplary, Chief Kindness Officer!

Also, coinciding with the International Chess Day, lovely!

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@kaveman wow, I wasn't aware of it. Thank you!
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TomAoki
@TomAoki@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano
Happy anniversary!
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@TomAoki thanks!
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hakayova
@hakayova@scholar.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Happy birthday #BSDCafe!
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Thomas
@tfb@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Buon compleanno e grazie tante per il caffè !

It's a very nice place here

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@tfb grazie!!!
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radhitya / al1r4d
@radhitya@pl.100indie.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano cheers to another year, bsd cafe!
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Tom
@pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Happy Anniversary! Hopefully many many more to come!
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@pertho thank you!
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dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
@dch@bsd.network replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano happy café-day !!
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Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:
@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@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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Daniel Wayne Armstrong
@dwarmstrong@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@gnemmi @stefano As I type this on my machine running FreeBSD as an everyday new BSD user, I can testify to the truth of this!
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Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:
@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@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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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@gnemmi Thank you, Gonzalo! Reading your words brings me joy.
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Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:
@gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano thank you for challenging your courage and beating it pieces to treat us all with such a marvellous example of what can be done when passion, professional dedication, skill, creativity anda sincere concern for your fellow man can do when pair with a tool that's up to the task!
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Simone Martelli 🏴‍☠️
@simonemartelli@livellosegreto.it replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Buon Compleanno!!
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@simonemartelli grazie!
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carstenraddatz
@carstenraddatz@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano Feels like it was yesterday, thank you for being and hosting welcoming everything :)
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@carstenraddatz thank you!!!
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Andreas (82mhz)
@82mhz@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano
Congratulations!! It's incredible what you built there in two short years. I really thought BSD Cafe had been around for longer. Truly impressive.

Have a nice Sunday Stefano!

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h3artbl33d :openbsd: :antifa:
@h3artbl33d@exquisite.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@stefano

Congratations flan_hurrah You are doing an awesome job - and like you mentioned to me in private, it is the other way around too. If I didn't serve Exquisite, I'd likely be at the cafe!

Here is to another anniversary and milestone flan_beer

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@h3artbl33d Thank you! Wow, your words flatter me
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GNU+Chucho :gnu: :freedo:
@jrballesteros05@elrincondechucho.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Happy birthday and very nice project.

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jrballesteros05 thank you!
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@_elena grazie!!!
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@lejax You’re someone who has always brought positivity into my life, in all of our interactions. So, to me, a friend.
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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@lejax Merci, mon ami !
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