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Why is it so annoyingly hard to set up a Fediverse node? (feddit.de)
submitted 2 years ago by tux0r@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Everyone (and their mother) have been trying to convince me that I should use one of my less loaded servers to be a Fediverse node. However, all Fediverse software packages I checked only support being installed on complicated systemd + Docker machines. My servers don't have either of those, because neither systemd nor Docker even exist on OpenBSD and illumos.

I know that it would be possible to manually install (e.g.) Lemmy, assuming that I won't ever need official support, but I wonder why the world outside a limited subset of the Linux ecosystem is - at most - an afterthought for Fediverse developers.

How can I help to change that?

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[-] meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe 1 points 2 years ago

there is no reason to ever use *BSD in a modern system.

Pfsense/OPNsense has been running on my router for... I can't even remember how long ago I built it. The BSD family of OSs are great pieces of opensource software and they absolutely have niches they excel at. Use the best tool for the job, and don't fall prey to marketed loyalty.

[-] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 1 points 2 years ago

well I did say:

with the exception of routers, and other consumer appliances

but definitely, use whatever tool you like

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