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Why is it so annoyingly hard to set up a Fediverse node? (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] tux0r@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate to break this to you, but OpenBSD is an antiquated OS masquerading as a modern one, and OpenBSD’s lack of willingness to support modern standards results in the difficulty you’re having.

Ok, let us assume for a moment that “modern” is the same thing as “great”: why do people still use Linux’s terminal, which emulates an actual 70s line printer, although there have been superior input capabilities since the 80s?

[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's irrelevant to this discussion. I was talking about OpenBSD's lack of kernel features and driver support.

As for the Linux vs OpenBSD terminal comment, I feel like you're grasping. What does OpenBSD's terminal do better? We have had augmentations on top of the Linux terminal for years, adding things like auto complete and syntax suggestions that the 80's could never have dreamed of.

[–] tux0r@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

What does OpenBSD’s terminal do better?

Nothing (well, depending on whether you like the ksh), and I never said it was. The point is that a terminal is not modern either, it's actually the exact opposite of modern, yet you're happy with it.

I was talking about OpenBSD’s lack of kernel features and driver support.

OpenBSD has more reliable WiFi on a ThinkPad than Linux has ever had - at least for me. It seems that "lack" is a highly subjective term.