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This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.
It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.
It consumes just under 1W.
Its database is this size:
-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db
That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.
Its average CPU load is extremely low.
It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.
I have 401 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.
I promise myself to use it more, and I will.
You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.
You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.
Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.
EDIT: littleFedi allows to transform posts into blog posts, having its own SSG (Static Site Generator). The one generated by this post is reachable by clicking here.
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Current pow.
Somehow #Caturday style, I guess
@rl_dane@polymaths.social it's proceeding. I had less time, but the devs kept doing dev stuff so there are some new things/bugfixes that need to be integrated.
A little tired…
stefano@MBPProM1 ~/s/smolBSD (main)> ./startnb.sh -i images/rescue-evbarm-aarch64.img
➡️ using QEMU version 11.1.0
➡️ using kernel kernels/netbsd-SMOL-aarch64.img
➡️ using console: com
➡️ using disk image images/rescue-evbarm-aarch64.img
🔚 ^D to stop the vm, ^A-X to kill it
qemu-system-aarch64: warning: driftfix 'slew' is not available with this machine
boot NetBSD/aarch64
initarm
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD/evbarm (fdt) booting ...
main
[ 1.0000000] smolBSD 11.0_STABLE (MICROVM) Notice: this software is protected by copyright
[ 1.0000000] Detecting hardware...[ 1.0000030] WARNING: system needs entropy for security; see entropy(7)
[ 1.0000030] done.
[ 1.0080588] kernel boot time: 121ms
Created tmpfs /dev (1359872 byte, 2624 inodes)
Impressive!
@the_coffee_lover@littleone.littlefedi.social @stefano this one is running from a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD 😉
Yawn...oh sorry 😪
@mjack@bsd.cafe we will also provide the complete builds, so you won’t even need to compile it. More, there is a make target that will compile for all the platforms. It’s cross compiling by default.
@82mhz@bsd.cafe I was a bit late with this, but kept up to date with the 4.5 branch, that will still be supported for a long time.
Me, looking at the email queue that needs answering...
Also me, spotting a bug in littleFedi - then noticing Mastodon 4.7.0 beta just dropped, and realising it's time to schedule the update for BSD Cafe and illumos Cafe.
One quick ssh later, and BSD Cafe is updated...
As for illumos Cafe, that's going to take a bit more effort (the process on illumos is slightly different, and that blog post has been waiting for over a year).
Yeah, I should probably go for a walk...