Stefano Marinelli<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> VM has been updated to <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> 20250918T000550Z</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeServices</span></a></p>
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Dan McDonald<p>A well-written and even-handed article.</p><p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/smartos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115230199889571534" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@lobsters/1152</span><span class="invisible">30199889571534</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Erarlier than expected...</p><p>FreeBSD vs. SmartOS: Who's Faster for Jails, Zones, and bhyve VMs?</p><p><a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19</span><span class="invisible">/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/kvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kvm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virtualization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zones</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>FreeBSD vs. SmartOS: Who's Faster for Jails, Zones, and bhyve VMs?</p><p><a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19</span><span class="invisible">/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/kvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kvm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virtualization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zones</span></a></p>
IT Notes<b>FreeBSD vs. SmartOS: Who's Faster for Jails, Zones, and bhyve VMs?</b><br><br><a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/</a><br><br><a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=itnotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITNotes</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=notehub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoteHUB</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bhyve</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freebsd</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hosting</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illumos</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jail</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=ownyourdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ownyourdata</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#server</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=smartos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartos</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sysadmin</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virtualization</a> <a href="https://snac.it-notes.dragas.net?t=zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zones</a><br>
Stefano Marinelli<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> has been upgraded to joyent_20250904T002931Z</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeAnnouncements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeAnnouncements</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>One of my plans for the next few weeks is to take a nice "dip" back into <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OpenIndiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a>, which I haven't tried in a while. I currently have installations of both <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OmniOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniOS</span></a>, each with its own specific target. I also want to try installing <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tribblix</span></a> on a PC that's not exactly new, but still perfectly functional.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>I broke my FreeBSD home server - it's now running on SmartOS 😃 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/115096681908613819" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/115</span><span class="invisible">096681908613819</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Tonight I made a simple, yet destructive (or at least partly) mistake: when I told FreeBSD which disk to destroy, I accidentally gave it the system disk of my little home server. This happened because it had the same size as the external SSD I had just plugged in, and I got confused.</p><p>I lost some reproducible configurations (the server’s name was in fact tempfbsd01), but I took the chance to run an experiment. My home server runs FreeBSD in read-only mode (that's the part I destroyed). From there, I manually enable the external drives (encrypted with GELI) and, in turn, the ZFS pools. Then I start the various jails and the (single, Proxmox Backup Server) VM.</p><p>Since I also have another test box running SmartOS, I decided to experiment: I connected the disks to it, created a FreeBSD bhyve VM on SmartOS, and passed the entire disks through to the VM. I reconfigured the FreeBSD VM with the bare minimum and booted it all up. The jails with BastilleBSD started without any issues - obviously the Proxmox Backup Server VM itself is still missing, but I’ll deal with that later.</p><p>I’m tempted to leave everything like this for a while.</p><p>And yes, for anyone wondering: I had fun 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DisasterRecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRecovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> server has been updated to <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> 20250821T002042Z</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafeAnnouncements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafeAnnouncements</span></a></p>
stratacast<p>This summer I got to teach an <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ansible</span></a> workshop. I decided to write on getting set up for it, because it went pretty sideways at the beginning but ended up working out perfectly well.</p><p>My <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> Live Demo Failure, and Success</p><p><a href="https://blog.passwordclass.xyz/posts/2025-08-21-my-smartos-live-demo-failure-and-success/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.passwordclass.xyz/posts/2</span><span class="invisible">025-08-21-my-smartos-live-demo-failure-and-success/</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>SmartOS works perfectly on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glitchy.upcloud.world/@upcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>upcloud</span></a></span> VMs<br>I'll also try with <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OmniOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniOS</span></a> in the coming days.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OmniOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniOS</span></a></p>
chimay<p>Some links on :</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illumos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.illumos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">illumos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://illumos.org/docs/about/distro/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">illumos.org/docs/about/distro/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://illumos.org/man/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">illumos.org/man/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/openindiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openindiana</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.openindiana.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openindiana.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/getting-started/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.openindiana.org/handbook/</span><span class="invisible">getting-started/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/omnios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>omnios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://omnios.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">omnios.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://omnios.org/download.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">omnios.org/download.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://omnios.org/info/ipsrepos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">omnios.org/info/ipsrepos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/omniosorg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/omniosorg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.tumfatig.net/tags/illumos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tumfatig.net/tags/illumos/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tribblix</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.tribblix.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">tribblix.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="http://www.tribblix.org/Use/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">tribblix.org/Use/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="http://www.tribblix.org/man/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">tribblix.org/man/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://github.com/tribblix" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/tribblix</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/smartos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.smartos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">docs.smartos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://wiki.smartos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wiki.smartos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pkgsrc.smartos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.tritondatacenter.com/smartos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tritondatacenter.com/smartos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://docs.tritondatacenter.com/public-cloud" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.tritondatacenter.com/publ</span><span class="invisible">ic-cloud</span></a><br><a href="https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20250807T000218Z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent</span><span class="invisible">_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20250807T000218Z</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>I needed an Alpine (Linux) zone on my <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> server. I just created a new zone. Then, I wanted to see how much memory that zone was using: 2996K <br>Less than 3 MB for an "entire" Alpine Linux zone.<br>Efficiency, <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> style!</p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>...and we're on Phoronix!</p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Illumos-Cafe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">phoronix.com/news/Illumos-Cafe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OmniOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OpenIndiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tribblix</span></a></p>
Raven<p>I don't know why but I never looked at the illumos based operating systems. I think I will change that and try out either OpenIndiana or SmartOS and compare them with Linux and BSD.</p><p>Areas I want to compare:<br>- Availability of software<br>- Simplicity of system management<br>- General system usage<br>- Security and Storage features</p><p>Are there any illumos users or admins out there with an idea on which things I should try out?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/smartos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openindiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openindiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/opensolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensolaris</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>My friends, I'm so excited and happy to introduce a new project: the illumos Cafe!</p><p>The positive and constructive spirit of the BSD Cafe, created and maintained by all the friends who participated from day one in building a strong and friendly community, deserves to spread to other operating systems. Because there are other OSes that deserve attention, certainly more than they're getting right now.</p><p>Operating systems based on illumos (like SmartOS, OmniOS, Tribblix, OpenIndiana, etc.) are mature, stable, secure, and perfectly usable for a wide range of tasks. ZFS is native, zones are an excellent method for containerization, and bhyve and kvm coexist beautifully - and so much more, too much to list in a single post.</p><p>So from today, the illumos Cafe will stand alongside the BSD Cafe in creating a positive, respectful, and growth-oriented (but also relaxing!) environment, starting right here in the Fediverse with a Mastodon instance and a snac one.</p><p>I've written an introductory article about the project, including some technical details. I invite everyone interested to read it: <a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18</span><span class="invisible">/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/</span></a></p><p>Choose your table, take a seat and enjoy your time at the illumos Cafe!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenIndiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/kvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kvm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ITNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITNotes</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>I think it's time to write an <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> for this account as well!</p><p>I'm Stefano Marinelli, Barista of the illumos Cafe and the BSD Cafe. I'm a technology and open source enthusiast, a strong advocate for <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OwnYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnYourData</span></a>, and against computer monoculture, even when it comes to open source solutions. </p><p>I've been active in the <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> for years and am a firm believer in it. I decided to found this Cafe to bring the positive spirit of the BSD Cafe to curious and passionate users of <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> based operating systems (<a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OmniOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OmniOS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/SmartOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartOS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/Tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tribblix</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/OpenIndiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a>, etc.).</p><p>I'll mainly use this account for content related to this instance and illumos-based operating systems, while my account at the BSD Cafe - <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stefano@bsd.cafe</span></a></span> - remains my primary one.</p><p>For more information about the illumos Cafe, you can read the introductory post here: <a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18</span><span class="invisible">/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/illumosCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumosCafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCafe</span></a></p>
I've never hidden my admiration for #illumos-based systems. I have a few setups based on #OmniOS and #SmartOS, and they're solid as a rock. I like them both: OmniOS is more "malleable", while SmartOS is more of a hypervisor like #xcp-ng or #xen - meaning you install it on the host and delegate everything else to the zones.
I also love #FreeBSD jails, but zones sometimes cover use cases that jails can't (and vice versa). For example, imposing RAM limits in jails works, but it effectively "denies more ram" to a process when it requests more memory. The end user doesn't see this directly. On illumos, the user sees everything. I have some `lx` zones with Debian and Virtualmin, and users have never noticed that they aren't really on #Linux. A free or top will show only the assigned RAM.
And that's one of the biggest problems with open-source operating systems: they all have something good, and I always feel the urge to use them all! 
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