Was trying out Game of Trees and more specifically gotwebd [https://gameoftrees.org/gotwebd.8.html] the other day and LOVED it. So simple to whip up via httpd. Tiny and easy to digest configs. Was able to toss some things over from certain other proprietary repo hosting without any sweat or issue.

Looks like they just had a recent release too: https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260211061627
#OpenBSD

@osuosl is raising funds to cover critical extra expenses that incurred while moving and modernizing their data center.

They host and maintain not only our gitlab instance, but also a bunch of services for a long list of important free software projects, including @alpinelinux, @armbian, #busybox, @chimera, #Debian, @fdroidorg, @fedora, #ffmpeg, #fosdem, #freedesktoporg, #gcc, @gentoo, @gnome, @inkscape, @kde, #kodi, @LineageOS, the #linux kernel, @llvm, #openbsd, #qemu, @reproducible_builds, @rust, #tor, #vlc and many more:
https://osuosl.org/communities/

Consider donating to them or boosting this post if you want to help them out. Thank you!

OSU Open Source Lab » 🌐 2026-02-10 / 2026-02-10
@osuosl@fosstodon.org

The Open Source Lab is on the move!

Moving a data center is about more than just hauling servers—it’s an opportunity to modernize. We’re raising funds to cover the critical extra expenses incurred during this transition, including new high-speed networking equipment, remote management tools, and hardware upgrades.

Support our student-led team as they build a faster, more resilient network for the open source community.

https://osuosl.org/blog/data-center-migration-update-fundraising/
https://www.beavsgive.org/organizations/open-source-lab

🦾 Can my SPARC server host a website? // Darko Mesaroš,

｢ TL;DR: I’m hosting a website on a 25-year-old Sun Netra X1 SPARC server running OpenBSD 7.8. The setup includes: Noctua fan mods for quiet operation, httpd serving static HTML/CSS, OpenBSD’s pf firewall with default-deny rules, and Cloudflare tunnels to expose it safely without port forwarding. The server pulls ~55MB of RAM and serves pages from my garage ｣

https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/

#sparc #openbsd

unix should be fun 🚀
#unix #openbsd #bubbleuniverse

i try to push shell as far as it reasonably goes. for most tasks, sh, find, grep, sed, and cut is more than enough. only when things become truly complex or painfully slow do i reach for another language.

i used to care a lot about strict portability, but in practice i only run my scripts on macos and #openbsd. that simplifies things: if shellcheck is happy, i'm happy. i'm 99% sure my scripts work on other unix-like systems, but i don't feel the need to check.

what really draws me to shell is that it's always there. it's part of the base system, requires no extra installation, and the runtime has been stable for decades. that stability translates directly into confidence: shell scripts feel future-proof.

i know i can run something like ssg.sh ten years from now and it will still work --- certainly on #openbsd, and hopefully on macos too. there's no dependency churn, no worrying about the "right" version of python or ruby, and no hoping the ecosystem hasn't moved on.

it just runs.

Alt...

built with /bin/sh

#snac #openbsd #retrocomputing

This is very slow. And that's not caused by the old CPU. Hopefully a new ssd + ide>sata adapter will arrive soon.

#retro #retrocomputing #retroserver #oldhardware #pentium3

Alt...

Messy working table with an old 4:3 lcd display and a white / blue bordered pc case from ~2000 , medion lifetec tower with pentium iii. the screen shows jwm window manager with three terminals open, one large on the left with the daemon log showing the snac log, then two smaller ones on the right side, the top showing fastfetch with ascii fish and under that the terminal is running htop showing system stats like cpu and ram usage , running processes

Was looking at running stuff from #OpenBSD httpd(8). SearXNG drove me to those markdown notes on how OpenBSD's httpd handles its #FastCGI parameters. Debugging it with slowcgi from @AFresh1 . Great lecture. Thanks Andrew!

Oops. Just stumbled on an old machine that I didn't use for months. Ten mins later and it is now running the most current #OpenBSD snapshot

New #OpenBSD snapshot, new packages and new Masto release. Everything so you all can remain Tooting and be your Exquisite self

In addition to helping me experience the importance of audio in-game audio cues and learn how to interpret it, the other big takeaway from the last -- uh, eight?! -- years of watching #PUBG #Twitch streamers: use a foot pedal for mic mute, esp. push-to-talk. I implemented on my #OpenBSD workstation using a #MIDI foot controller, momentary pedal switches, and some shell scripts. My #KORG #FC6 had extra buttons, so I use them for switching virtual desktops and such. 1/n