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OpenBSD desktop running on Slimbook

Posted on za 11 november 2023 in runbsd

So over the week I spend some time configuring the Desktop on top of OpenBSD 7.4. Installing OpenBSD it self was rather pleasant. The X server and drivers for various devices (Wifi etc) just worked without any manual intervention from my side.

That was last week, but to be …


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Dual booting Zorin/OpenBSD anyway

Posted on vr 03 november 2023 in runbsd

So last May my dual boot setup of Linux/Windows on my Slimbook PROX got fscked up. I figured I would give up on dual booting.

But that was last May. And the first BSD NL day is coming next week which I plan to attend. And there was no …


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Using Nextcloud news instead of Inoreader/Feedly followup

Posted on zo 29 oktober 2023 in rss

So after a couple of days there are issues that need resolving:

  • One of the feeds keeps coming up with hundreds of old headlines presented as new (nrc.nl)
  • The Nextnews iOS app appears to have it's own administration of read and unread items

One of the feeds keeps coming …


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Using Nextcloud news instead of Inoreader/Feedly

Posted on di 24 oktober 2023 in rss

I've been using Feedly in the past and Inoreader for the last couple of years. Both are great webbased ways to manage my news consumption based on RSS feeds. The functionality is great, and the costs are OK to me. But the idea that someone, somewhere, is keeping track of …


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Eerste schets migratie pad mastodon.nl naar kubernetes gebaseerde setup

Posted on za 07 oktober 2023 in mastodonnl

De huidige infra setup van mastodon.nl is gebaseerd op een flink aantal virtual machines met Debian 11 als operating system. Daarboven is deels met de hand en deels met ansible automation de benodigde applicatie en middleware uitgerold. In november 2022 is in een lange nacht de grootste set uitgerold …


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