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Stefano Marinelli's IT Notes on operating systems, servers, self-hosting, networking, caching, and system administration.

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• SmartOS: The illumos Way of Thinking About Servers #SystemAdmin #Server #OpenSource

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  Sep 28, 2026

• Aggressive caching for a Mastodon reverse proxy: what to cache, what to never cache, and why content negotiation will eventually betray you #Tech #OpenSource #Networking

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  Jun 5, 2026

• Copying Remote Command Output to Your macOS Clipboard #MacOS #ServerAdmin #Networking

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  May 26, 2026

• FediMeteo, timezones, and the art of not breaking what already works #Fediverse #SystemAdmin #Networking

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  May 25, 2026

• FediMeteo, HAProxy, and the art of not wasting snac threads #OpenSource #Networking #SelfHosting

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  May 18, 2026

• Monitor your devices with LibreNMS on FreeBSD #FreeBSD #Monitoring #SystemAdmin

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  May 7, 2026

• EnshittifAIcation #SysAdmin #OpenSource #AI

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  Mar 20, 2026

• Why I Love FreeBSD #FreeBSD #SystemAdministration #OpenSource

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  Mar 16, 2026

• Time Machine inside a FreeBSD jail #FreeBSD #Server #Backup

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  Jan 28, 2026

• Installing Void Linux on ZFS with Hibernation Support #Linux #ZFS #SystemAdmin

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  Dec 22, 2025

• Why I (still) love Linux #Linux #SystemAdministration #OpenSource

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  Nov 24, 2025

• Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared #SystemAdmin #OpenSource #WebHosting

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  Nov 19, 2025

• Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS #SelfHosting #Tech #OpenSource

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  Nov 6, 2025

• The Email They Shouldn't Have Read #SystemAdmin #CyberSecurity #PrivacyTech

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  Oct 8, 2025

• FreeBSD vs. SmartOS: Who's Faster for Jails, Zones, and bhyve VMs? #FreeBSD #Virtualization #SysAdmin

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  Sep 19, 2025

• Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity #OpenSource #Community #SystemAdmin

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  Aug 18, 2025

• Make Your Own Backup System - Part 2: Forging the FreeBSD Backup Stronghold #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #Backup

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  Jul 29, 2025

• New Article on BSD Cafe Journal: WordPress on FreeBSD with BastilleBSD #FreeBSD #SysAdmin #WebHosting

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  Jul 21, 2025

• Make Your Own Backup System - Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts #Backup #SelfHosting #DataManagement

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  Jul 18, 2025

• How to install FreeBSD on providers that don't support it with mfsBSD #FreeBSD #SysAdmin #Tutorial

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  Jul 2, 2025