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Mastodon.nl upgraded to latest release 3.5.3

Posted on za 05 november 2022 in mastodonnl

Like most of the fediverse, the sudden influx of users came as somewhat as a surprise. Last weekend we barely kept the system responsive by extensive live system tuning. Just after the weekend Maarten was interviewed by a national newspaper. So it was decided to move to a larger VPS …


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Second mastodon.nl support call

Posted on za 29 oktober 2022 in mastodonnl

Vanmorgen bleek ik geen plaatjes meer te kunnen uploaden op mastodon.nl. Niet veel later bleken meerdere gebruikers daar last van te hebben.

Toen ik de credentials van de server ergens uit een Signal chat had gevist, kon ik op onderzoek uit. Uiteindelijk bleken er tienduizenden berichten in de sidekiq …


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Self hosted OBS recording using Linux

Posted on za 29 oktober 2022 in software

My first vlog

Vanmorgen had ik bedacht dat het wel leuk zou zijn om hier ook video content te kunnen toevoegen. Dus OBS Studio was snel (weer) geinstalleerd en het eerste video was zo gemaakt. Maar hoe krijg ik het dan op deze website? En dan echt op deze website …


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Migrating the RHEL9 desktop to Eurolinux 9 desktop

Posted on ma 24 oktober 2022 in hardware

So the desktop install of RHEL9 on my Dell XPS desktop must be what, two weeks old? Great time to plunge into a new desktop migration adventure.

Just yesterday I discovered Eurolinux. I created a virtual machine on my Macbook running Eurolinux 9 and migrated all my stuff from the …


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Distro selection for 2023 and beyond

Posted on zo 23 oktober 2022 in hardware

Every other year or so I come up with a list of tools/technologies I will focus on for the next few years. Right now I'm in the proces of considering RHEL9 as a desktop (as I work for a client which is heavily invested in RHEL), but I might …


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