2026-10-25T23:15:51Z https://nostr.now Brad Taunt :openbsd: :netbsd: https://nostr.now/npub1h23nuv2v5dkyrnhhg0f8a3zctq2hwqs0ulxfzj9c54f4hhuee9mqnfyy9t https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/111/360/189/352/809/556/original/c41657304ba422ab.png https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/111/360/189/352/809/556/original/c41657304ba422ab.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfw9aztl4fndsecz3wv8gk0zwuypugxtmcqu725mul2cejut6xxqqzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvuyzcrx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphyhpkk0zg6e47qd7hn45fjq2leaapkwdfurxee4rkfff4napmugs9nzwz'>nevent1q…nzwz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wrote my brief thoughts about #bill_c22 here:<br/><br/>&#34;1984: The Canadian Edition&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/1984/">https://btxx.org/posts/1984/</a> 2026-10-27T11:49:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsphyhpkk0zg6e47qd7hn45fjq2leaapkwdfurxee4rkfff4napmugzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv3dev3f Since my country is working so hard to destroy our rights and freedoms as citizens, I&#39;m putting together a very streamlined (and hopefully beginner friendly!) guide to placing your entire home network behind a trusted VPN (in my case, Mullvad).<br/><br/>Ref: <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/canadians-are-running-out-time-oppose-dangerous-c-22-surveillance-bill">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/canadians-are-running-out-time-oppose-dangerous-c-22-surveillance-bill</a><br/><br/>It won&#39;t resolve the issue fully, but will at least help.<br/><br/>P.S. If you&#39;re Canadian and haven&#39;t signed the above petition, please do!<br/><br/>#openwrt #privacy #freedom 2026-10-26T15:12:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsraxl4eemt3w67ex8aahtmgjkltu7eps8yajggclhv8ncksyq7ftszyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvxwu82p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqt85ut820xvv3k2j6f5962tl2f62ykrlnjkw88cx8h6hcfzftn3qptqj80'>nevent1q…qj80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Grubby now generates individual pages for each commit (linked under the main commits page). Made some other tweaks for some performance wins as well 👍<br/><br/>Commit example: <a href="https://git.btxx.org/grubby/commits/fa7a3200238db19322f616707557f6a98cdaa36a.html">https://git.btxx.org/grubby/commits/fa7a3200238db19322f616707557f6a98cdaa36a.html</a> 2026-10-19T11:45:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqt85ut820xvv3k2j6f5962tl2f62ykrlnjkw88cx8h6hcfzftn3qzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvc5llsz Pushed out a set of small, but helpful changes to grubby (<a href="https://git.btxx.org/grubby/">https://git.btxx.org/grubby/</a>)<br/><br/>- Avoid creating HTML files for source items larger than 1MB (instead creates a page mentioning &#34;too large&#34;)<br/>- Now shows each file size in the list view and on individual source file pages<br/>- Agnostic on lower/uppercase for README filenames (overlooked that since the beginning - oops!)<br/>- Sticky number lines that stay in position on horizontal scrolling<br/><br/>This is why dogfooding helps!<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m heading off the bed :P 2026-10-18T02:40:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyh9dce3r0ruv505e9jfwt74ukxkfw60paal7cgppgstj4ypj060gzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv250ez2 I know it&#39;s still very much a WIP, but I&#39;m excited to eventually try out AlpineBSD<br/><br/><a href="https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/alpinebsd/">https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/alpinebsd/</a><br/><br/>(NetBSD base + Alpine pkgs)<br/><br/>#netBSD #alpinelinux 2026-10-17T13:02:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyuvrkxpp49k45qa8knk5g65x9hkykjg4e43mdpytjaemndsp2hfszyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvpsjnc9 Tierhive (which is currently hosting my <a href="https://openbased.xyz">https://openbased.xyz</a> and <a href="https://httpd.rocks">https://httpd.rocks</a> projects with #OpenBSD) now supports #NetBSD!<br/><br/>tierhive.com<br/><br/>- 1 vCPU<br/>- 512MB RAM<br/>- 1GB Storage<br/><br/>Under $5 per year! 2026-10-15T16:42:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdv754lj6ty2wm3we5l7n0rc2flu7nytjgnmyrlsss9q26vjwv6uczyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv2z39kg Making some minor tweaks (mostly visual) to my static site generator for #git (grubby!) <a href="https://git.btxx.org/grubby">https://git.btxx.org/grubby</a><br/><br/>No longer listing out repeat files under the same directory. They are now grouped under a single instance:<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/117/417/599/673/691/422/original/d829b02f1b8559c0.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-10T16:41:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcfrgchlsl5m7dgsupkystzdljxnway7ak9hyr6t87y4qrvs5q4gzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvpfnyue I may or may not be tweaking my own fork of a static site generator for #git repos... 👀<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/117/372/332/120/336/359/original/c1461d79699b3afa.png"> <br/> 2026-10-02T16:50:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfjupx9pszu7pakvqtj8nn35ts84mvkfwdpna9wyktvkv0axq5t3czyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvtuuukc The official OpenBSD homepage is now fully responsive! Took me by surprise this morning 😛<br/><br/><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/">https://www.openbsd.org/</a><br/><br/>#openbsd #webdev 2026-09-26T11:47:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkneww2y63w8fq0697rn3xe6lx7h4jx4jnymjryuq864pphdsdkqzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv3wmcjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffc2kuk2pr9mhalpu4yvu4w43v4s5308ws9vzzsmxgx8n4pz4xaq6qrw70'>nevent1q…rw70</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, but then I’m still at the whims of a 3rd party 😛 2026-09-18T21:56:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspktzhj3nwlhnxp4p2lnspm0rhhe5j7uw0cs7dtpa97e9s3glqe3gzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvwr5dsv I think I&#39;m slowly going to make my way back to self-hosting my repositories (via cgit, most likely). Most providers now either have too strict of rules or none at all...<br/><br/>Probably better to have full control anyway 🤷 <br/><br/>#git #selfHosting 2026-09-17T14:29:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs20hk4h72370u5ae76w7mgr8cnuv0grs4em6r5vypaaz6kml4gjzszyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv37nmga In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvznnut9puddest76yjkzjjpacm5p5jwl4nxumyv2ug9sllus0rpc9v5v5u'>nevent1q…5v5u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My M1 Air feels snappier as well. Good job (so far) to Apple. Reminds me of the initial Snow Leopard days. 2026-09-15T18:02:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8jmwj4zn35zn3x7ch677rayr0ztjz7r99sc5grudp7hv7gzdmkczyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv3fukve I finally had some time to put together my quick post about running an #OpenBSD #VPS for just $5 PER YEAR<br/><br/>&#34;OpenBSD VPS for $5 a Year&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/cheap-openbsd-vps/">https://btxx.org/posts/cheap-openbsd-vps/</a> 2026-09-08T14:28:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtkev40urecrjx94pwg7aqp4htfth7pqw4msgvmdgttw67f7gmrgzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvlskq56 Does anyone have any experience running Mox as their mail server?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.xmox.nl/">https://www.xmox.nl/</a><br/><br/>#mox #mail #email 2026-09-04T17:56:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ujfnsf70u9rqcqf3sle0raf863awummtfh78yfs3weac3e3qhwczyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvyh0uuf I&#39;ve updated the instructions on Caddy Ninja to include the option of running everything on #NetBSD <br/><br/><a href="https://caddy.ninja">https://caddy.ninja</a><br/><br/>Bonus: That site is now hosted on NetBSD running #Caddy 😛 2026-09-03T12:21:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrcnk5k7vn8fmh47rfa3sdtsm9p346zncnyne3857ys2ev2d97vgzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvq3j6sz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvt9a77kak00fqe6la9wa6ekqr6rdydm643n2zesvq8xhxluy6mqmkadyn'>nevent1q…adyn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your best bet might be popping into a local Home Depot or Home Hardware (or better yet, a local building supplier) and check if they have a “worker / freelance” business card section. <br/><br/>Most have a set collection of local independent contractor info that might be able to do those repairs. 2026-09-02T11:40:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrl9jpfp6fmljsdsjnc6axgk3s8669ru6xy6kpsg6634w2sdx7h4qzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv8863z3 I’ve been enjoying my time testing out #Caddy running on my #NetBSD server. As much as I love #OpenBSD, NBSD is really grabbing my interest as of late 😎 2026-08-23T01:26:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvde7n5vvh90e6wclagfpeay9280stywm8e57dpvvrhvxex4p5eqqzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvqv2q84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80zp7sxyc69j62xpyfp6wlp93qskr0wqcg4d9khug5myr6zqj8ugprshvf'>nevent1q…shvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wrote a very small post about this recent #httpd change for #OpenBSD here:<br/><br/>&#34;So Long Relayd, and Thanks for All the Fish&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/so-long-relayd/">https://btxx.org/posts/so-long-relayd/</a> 2026-08-17T15:03:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs80zp7sxyc69j62xpyfp6wlp93qskr0wqcg4d9khug5myr6zqj8ugzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvfv6tzy Pretty cool update for #httpd on #Openbsd!<br/><br/>You can now set the Security Headers directly inside httpd.conf. No need to work with relayd!<br/><br/>I&#39;ve updated my guide here: <a href="https://httpd.rocks/">https://httpd.rocks/</a><br/><br/>Note: You will need to be on -current in order to use these new settings. Still awesome though! 2026-08-15T17:17:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qjkzl5g0qkkfagcwe89ajkz3ta9jyvat9w0d6gjtva9qvg5qv6qzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvx655dm The GMKtec G2 Plus I&#39;ve been running as my main personal workstation (since last October) is being listed on eBay now for ~$500 Canadian.<br/><br/>I got mine for $180 all in. The state of hardware prices are insane now... 2026-08-12T18:16:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs286p52jm2pe832dap2z09kh3kek8quf445kgpukhvhrws2mjzarqzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvvvesyp Going to do more testing over the weekend, but I might have found a ~$4/year VPS that can run #OpenBSD #FreeBSD or #NetBSD <br/><br/>- 512MB RAM<br/>- 5GB SSD<br/>- 1vCPU<br/><br/>Caveats: it’s NAT VPS, so TLS needs to terminate at their edge. <br/><br/>Check out stats hosted here: <a href="https://obsd.btxx.org/">https://obsd.btxx.org/</a><br/><br/>You could also go even cheaper if you configured less RAM or storage! 2026-08-07T17:57:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz82ud7huql3u523j9uvavuvq240ry2vl3u6xnup8sv3746udda2gzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvff66a4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmk8nk75l2exqma8lhgqjdcjj09kq4vap7f9xuwcjkhvwk0a4vhcrtp7aj'>nevent1q…p7aj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you have an official “just the flag” asset? 2026-08-05T13:52:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9s3tlc0wtwxv88qkjjy0k55j7t6uspa0jgzfs3x2ldfn5jp5g29szyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvhtt0cp Since I already had the <a href="https://httpd.rocks">https://httpd.rocks</a> domain (focusing on #OpenBSD) I figured it made sense to take advantage of the subdomain:<br/><br/><a href="https://bozo.httpd.rocks">https://bozo.httpd.rocks</a><br/><br/>(Still placeholder until the guide is complete 😉 )<br/><br/>#bozohttpd #NetBSD 2026-08-04T14:19:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmcval5tvtf2ahwajld9tlvg3evdr2n4l3r3djcudkuwzcu4vlqqzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvjvygkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs86uszctxgyq225pde7ptee25tk2e58zsm69p46ehtqyv8efa5t3g2g5e0k'>nevent1q…5e0k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Pi arrived this morning. Impressive!<br/><br/>There is also a microSD card already inserted, so it’ll be exciting to see what that has on it! <br/><br/>I’ll have more time to play with it tonight 👍 2026-07-29T16:08:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs86uszctxgyq225pde7ptee25tk2e58zsm69p46ehtqyv8efa5t3gzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvndvcs2 Just ordered myself a Raspberry Pi 400 (refurbished) for $54 CAD. Not too shabby!<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been wanting to do a 30-day test run with a Pi 400 exclusively as my personal daily driver...<br/><br/>#raspberrypi #sbc 2026-07-28T18:56:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ajqd6pmt9rkwmpvs24qe8avlges7gquv8qd0ldvljpgfcn8wplgzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv4kmhm4 It&#39;s been roughly a week or so since testing out #Ubuntu on my #thinkpad T480s. I&#39;m genuinely impressed how painless everything has been (connecting displays, driver support, wifi etc).<br/><br/>I know Ubuntu is picked on quite a bit, but I think it is one of the best free/open &#34;starter&#34; operating systems to introduce to newbies. 2026-06-17T13:16:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyha9nsjphtzffry8cyuq5p3dwfnjcjvc35n7xhx74hmmm4wz8d5szyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv64qv5h Testing out a fun experiment of running a variation of my existing website locally.<br/><br/>What&#39;s cool about it?<br/><br/>- Served off a Raspberry Pi Zero 1.3<br/>- Running entirely in RAM (thanks Alpine!)<br/>- Web server -&gt; darkhttpd<br/>- Has a tiny ~$4/year VPS in front of it handling the TLS termination<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure things will explode if too many visitors slammed the poor little Pi, but I think regular traffic would be completely fine ;)<br/><br/>If interested: <a href="https://zero.btxx.org">https://zero.btxx.org</a><br/><br/>PS. sorry if it falls over!<br/><br/>#raspberrypi #alpinelinux 2026-04-15T19:29:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxm4xwddhv0a8hnut55axv87swrkva3t9zevh62fx365k8e3kqlegzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvxnkxgx Published a little post about letter mail style sign-ups:<br/><br/>&#34;Snail Mail Sign-Ups&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/snail-mail-signups/">https://btxx.org/posts/snail-mail-signups/</a> 2026-03-13T20:25:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdc6dketts758x8uk3kdqwk9h8vy495msy29fxu9fehrqd6k6v4zczyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvp0ke7a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0pyqwehqpftum7qmuygwnd4vl90s8hsslktaavd75vlfejh32yszgwxcq'>nevent1q…wxcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/115/419/320/801/925/187/original/eadc0e8e67b09d78.png"> <br/> 2025-10-22T18:54:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0pyqwehqpftum7qmuygwnd4vl90s8hsslktaavd75vlfejh32yszyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhvplj7x5 *Tries out multiple, popular Linux distros on a new mini PC*<br/><br/>“Wow - pretty neat!”<br/><br/>*Proceeds to install OpenBSD* 2025-10-21T23:04:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr936dal5jfz6sng9aejrc8xxak5dah64accfgkv54lzh0zlg9f4qzyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhva5k8wq It is far from perfect, but I wrote a quick guide on setting up an #Openbsd #router <br/><br/>&#34;Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/openbsd-router/">https://btxx.org/posts/openbsd-router/</a><br/><br/>Includes setting up #adblock and avoiding Strict NAT on my Xbox console (hooray for online play!) 2025-07-11T14:47:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs270zs4xzyyfvk574pz72crvmlt65tap0727jsv0j7xkqq7tp556szyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhv8dsw4q <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/113/283/599/758/969/643/original/1bf2c483e4e24c10.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-10T14:32:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0euan8qc68m9kwmwrarc86s7jxh3nd6qsptvtfthwgyyq0l7uptczyza2x033fj3kcsww7apaylkytpvp2aczplnuey2ghzj4xk7ln8yhve0nv5g Is #sourcehut #git down for anyone else? Or is this specific to my network? (Tested on both local internet and 4G mobile hotspots) 2024-08-04T12:03:17Z