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jgreyz (jgreyz@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-31T12:04:27+00:00

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cardozq

cardozq (cardozq@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-28T06:07:44+00:00

Hey, I'm Shane 👋

I spend a lot of time tinkering with operating systems, reading source code, and figuring out how things work under the hood. Currently exploring FreeBSD, kernels, virtualization, and performance engineering. I enjoy building things, contributing to open source, and occasionally breaking stuff along the way. Always curious, always learning, and usually down a rabbit hole somewhere.

// build things, break things, read the source. // 🐡

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iampaigeat (iampaigeat@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-17T04:25:10+00:00

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jae (jae@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-27T12:09:08+00:00

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location: internet

interests: freebsd, unix history, cryptography, distributed systems, kubernetes, linux

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stefano (stefano@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-26T07:15:38+00:00

Welcome to the BSD Cafe!

We’re excited to serve you the best flavors of BSD, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and DragonflyBSD.

But if you prefer Linux, you’re welcome here too!

Our Services

Here are a few services we're working on recently:

Fediverse, Social and Communication Services

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe - up & running
https://snac.bsd.cafe - up & running, sign up and more instructions here
~~https://blendit.bsd.cafe~~ - the service has been terminated on 1st May 2026
https://billboard.bsd.cafe - up & running
https://matrix.bsd.cafe - up & running, sign up and more instructions here
https://chatmail.bsd.cafe - up & running

Documentation, Information, and RSS Services

https://journal.bsd.cafe - The BSD Cafe Journal - Multi-author news, articles, tutorials, and insights about the BSD and open source world.
https://wiki.bsd.cafe - working on it - running
https://miniflux.bsd.cafe - RSS Reader - up & running, sign up and more instructions here
https://freshrss.bsd.cafe - RSS Reader - up & running, sign up and more instructions here
https://press.bsd.cafe - Wallabag, save your web articles and allows you to read them later - up & running

Coding

https://brew.bsd.cafe - Git server, powered by Forgejo - up & running

myip.bsd.cafe - check your own ip (v4 and v6) via http, https, ssh or telnet - up & running
ntfy.bsd.cafe - ntfy server

Future ideas

Service Requests - you can request a service and keep track of the other users' requests
More to come…

More details and technical details about how we create and manages services can be found here

Our Contents

The BSD Cafe is more than just a community; it's a repository of knowledge and experience shared by BSD enthusiasts. Dive into our namespaces to discover, learn, and contribute.

Docs

Read the docs that our users will produce or link, and learn more about the BSD-related world! → Explore Docs

Reviews

Discover in-depth reviews of BSD-related software and hardware, including detailed discussions on hardware compatibility. Our community shares their real-world experiences with various setups to help you understand what works best with BSD. Whether you're building a new system or optimizing an existing one, these insights can guide your decisions. → Explore Reviews

Tutorials

Whether you're new to BSD or a seasoned sysadmin, our 'Tutorials' namespace offers step-by-step guides to enhance your BSD mastery. From basic setup to advanced tweaks, there's something for everyone. → Start Learning

Users

The 'Users' namespace is the vibrant core of our BSD community. Each member has a public profile page to showcase their BSD journey and a private space for personal drafts and notes. It's a place where BSD users from around the globe can share profiles, experiences, and personal projects. Dive into the collaborative spirit and contribute to our shared knowledge in the public namespaces. → Learn About User Spaces

Our Meetings

Looking to unwind and chat with fellow BSD enthusiasts in a relaxed atmosphere? Look no further! Our weekly meet-up offers the perfect opportunity to kick back, grab a virtual pint, and dive into all things BSD. The BSD Pub is the late time version of the BSD Cafe where we can have a relaxing athmosphere in the evening - just like sitting in the pub and chatting to random people about anything.

Meet the Barista

Meet Stefano Marinelli, the Founder, System Administrator, and guiding spirit of BSD Cafe. Discover more about the 'Barista' of our community!

Offer a Coffee at BSD Cafe

By supporting BSD Cafe, you're not just contributing to a platform; you're nurturing a vibrant community. Your generosity helps us sustain and enhance our services, ensuring that BSD enthusiasts worldwide have a welcoming and supportive home.

You can use both Ko-fi or Liberapay: BSD Cafe Ko-fi page and BSD Cafe Liberapay page

Over the past few months, some people have asked whether it would be possible to donate something to BSD Cafe using crypto. As an experiment, we opened a Monero wallet to see how it goes. If anyone would like to make a donation in Monero, the address is: 82ZTWAe5njHMng5g4c1x3hDs1X552q9yobiJtsbo8R3mcUzx3gBfqxciqZ3kkjZ8reMnFEN9nRvw4467eoknsFmbFe9DJm7

Stay Informed with Our Service Status

To ensure you're always in the loop regarding our service availability and any ongoing issues, feel free to visit our Status Page.

Here, you'll find real-time updates and historical data regarding the uptime and performance of all our platforms and services.

We're committed to transparency and swift communication to ensure your experience with BSD Cafe remains seamless and reliable.

//Logo by Ángel Ortega //

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oneofthedamons (oneofthedamons@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-26T04:23:49+00:00

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grahamperrin (grahamperrin@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-28T11:38:03+00:00

Graham Perrin (grahamperrin)

Until new year's eve 2024, I had two cats – Bill and Pickle. Bill was maybe nineteen years old when I said goodbye to him on 31st December 2024. My first two cats were named Cat, one of them lived happily until the age of twenty-one.

Crushingly dull obligatory tech history follows. Former Mac user (1992–2014; AppleSeed programme member 2009–2014). The GUI of OS X 10.10 Yosemite drove me away from Apple. I gradually switched from OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks to PC-BSD. Then TrueOS, then FreeBSD-CURRENT. In the midst of all that, something with FreeBSD in September 2012 … probably toying with 9.0 on a PowerPC iMac with failing graphics hardware. Not because I was a glutton for punishment (like, the horror of a command-line loader, and the certainty that hardware was failing) – because there was nothing good to be done with the Mac, and I was curious about non-Apple alternatives to Microsoft Windows.

Essentially:

KDE Plasma on FreeBSD-CURRENT since around 2015
Kubuntu since mid-2025.

I try to take a conscientious approach to security issues. CVD, responsible disclosure, and all that. CVE-2009-0014 et cetera.

Bill and Pickle were largely responsible for discovery of a security issue that involved a comedy of errors, and eventual discovery of an old “fixed” bug that's not truly fixed for many users of FreeBSD. Whilst I can't draw attention to the public comedy (it's not entirely amusing), here's a two-point overview:

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111377465852217006
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111421799789564704 explaining the cats' role in discovery.

Sidestep away from the cats. To me, and where I hang out:

I'm dyslexic, reportedly. It probably doesn't show in my writing. Long story.

Avatar in places such as Codeberg: from the cover of the 1970 edition of The Worlds of Frank Herbert (credit: Jan Parker). If you're vaguely disconcerted by detached heads and shoulders in a serene alien landscape, you should tremble in fear at the detached head sometimes encountered by people like me on planet Earth.

Mugshot in places such as GitLab: from a 2018 holiday in Greece.

Avatar in places such as GitHub and BSD Cafe: a bunny rabbit. Partly because it's less confusing than a 1970 vision of a faraway planet, but more because:

bunny rabbits.

Think about them. Think: bunny rabbits. Feel better? I do.

Footnote: bunny rabbits tried valiantly, ultimately failed, to spread happiness at the Forums.

I joined in 2012, quit in June 2022, rejoined in October 2023. All profiles, including mine, are hidden from the public. The May 2024 transformation – from Graham Perrin to Cath O'Deray – was:

largely for giggles (avatar: a cathode ray tube) whilst continuing to provide technical support – with screenshots, as one might expect from a CRT TV screen
harmonious with whims of the intolerant, narrow-minded ignoramus clique that insists upon “The Power To Serve” without the modernity of serving links to a twenty-first century Internet that exists beyond The FreeBSD Forums.

Readers with a sense of humour might note that Cath's primary occupation was Tube. Her secondary occupation, not divulged during her time there: Statistical Analyst – a five-month contract, which involved removal of a few hundred links to the Internet. (She didn't pay attention to all 8,000+ comments, only the subset that was found through normal web browsing.) Conclusion:

links to the FreeBSD subreddit – one of the clique's irrational obsessions – formed less than 0.005% of what's now gone.

Analyses complete, I quit, for the second time, in October 2024 – https://forums.freebsd.org/tags/absence/. I suppose that mean-minded bloodsuckers will continue to infect the place – I'm thankful that those emotionally ugly suckers are so miniscule a part of the community, but more thankful that I quit before they bled me dry.

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bradfish (bradfish@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-07T23:17:48+00:00

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