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Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity

By: Stefano Marinelli

18 August 2025 at 07:04

Introducing illumos Cafe: a community-run hub on illumos, inspired by BSD Cafe. Fediverse-ready (Mastodon, snac). Built for OS diversity, transparency, and positivity.

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 2: Forging the FreeBSD Backup Stronghold

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By: Stefano Marinelli

29 July 2025 at 06:00

Build a bulletproof backup server with FreeBSD, ZFS, and jails. Complete guide covering encryption, security hardening, and multiple backup strategies for enterprise-grade data protection.

Migrating Windows VMs from Proxmox BIOS/KVM to FreeBSD UEFI/bhyve

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By: Stefano Marinelli

15 November 2024 at 09:57

I share my experience migrating a client’s Windows BIOS VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD/uefi, using bhyve and ZFS.

From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration

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By: Stefano Marinelli

21 October 2024 at 05:33

I share my experience migrating a client’s VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD, using bhyve and ZFS.