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@etrigan63 Yes, I have replied

@grahamperrin I totally understand your point of view. Maybe this can be improved.

@etrigan63 Deltachat is, for now, similar to Signal's concept, not like Matrix. It's more oriented towards a one to one communication than a "one to many". That's why there's the concept of qr code or link: the idea is that you can exchange your link with the people you want to.

Send me a message: https://i.delta.chat/#35785273EDA8016AC3F52535A476DDD42385EECC&i=U1cPHyyzkkxJiwPE4P2r7je2&s=tzXnLPG9aT6e5nW6xtbdk0JQ&a=cttf6p58k%40chatmail.bsd.cafe&n=Stefano+Marinelli

I'll point to some groups. Consider that the users in the groups are all admins (it's not meant for public chats, but more for group chats) so I'd prefer not to disclose them here.

@grahamperrin Just send me a message here:
https://i.delta.chat/#35785273EDA8016AC3F52535A476DDD42385EECC&i=U1cPHyyzkkxJiwPE4P2r7je2&s=tzXnLPG9aT6e5nW6xtbdk0JQ&a=cttf6p58k%40chatmail.bsd.cafe&n=Stefano+Marinelli - first contact

Deltachat is, for now, similar to Signal's concept, not like Matrix. It's more oriented towards a one to one communication than a "one to many". That's why there's the concept of qr code or link: the idea is that you can exchange your link with the people you want to.

@grahamperrin I think reading the faq could help. This is a little different from the other messaging apps - and it's better, I'd say.

https://delta.chat/help

@thomrstrom@triangletoot.party Sure, just paste this into your browser: dcaccount:https://chatmail.bsd.cafe/new

It should open the DeltaChat app and start the new account creation procedure

@grahamperrin Try to paste this: dcaccount:https://chatmail.bsd.cafe/new
It should open the DeltaChat app and request for an account

@kbm0@mastodon.social because it's using proven, reliable and decentralised technologies instead of creating a new, written in rust (but with memory safe constraints disable for easy vibe coded development) platform

@kbm0@mastodon.social the server part is just a postfix, opendkim, dovecot and some helper applications, so quite lightweight.

@grahamperrin uhm that's strange. Maybe the invite has vanished. Try to delete that chat and re-join.

Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,
One of the principles this place was built on has always been free communication. Whether on the Fediverse or on Matrix, the goal is the same: open, secure, private, decentralized tools. Because we know, from experience, that anything centralized will sooner or later come to an end.
Matrix is great, and we like it. But it's tied to its server - you can't migrate away (easily). It does its job well, yet sometimes it asks for more than a conversation should: heavy to host, hard to leave.
So when my friend @outofcreativity@exquisite.social brought it up again at EuroBSDCon, I decided to give Delta Chat another try after many years. And yes - its philosophy fits mine, and the Cafe’s, well.

For a few months we ran a relay - a chatmail server - but it was on Debian, and I didn't want to make an official service that runs on Debian. Not because it doesn't work: it works perfectly. But because it wouldn't be in the spirit of this place.

Thanks to @feld@friedcheese.us 's excellent cookbook recipe, I also kept a private relay of my own running for months, just to test it. It held up beautifully. So yesterday, with the help of some friends in the cookbook chat, I migrated the Debian server to FreeBSD - accounts and data included - and I can finally call it a stable, official Cafe service.

Our chatmail relay - https://chatmail.bsd.cafe - runs on FreeBSD, in a jail. Which means it gets everything the other services get: hourly backups via zfs send and receive, FreeBSD's security, and all the rest.

I'd encourage everyone to try Delta Chat. Secure, decentralized communication built on protocols we already know and trust: the ones behind email. And the development is moving fast. Multi-relay is no longer a promise - it's here, and it's solid: a single profile can use several relays at once, so your account and your reachability survive even if one of them goes down and disappears. That's real resilience. The real decentralization, the one we love.

Because Signal is great. But Signal, too, is centralized. And we happen to like the true spirit of the Internet.

I'm not sure about it. I'll check. Thank you for pointing it out!

@mware@ottawa.place oh, I didn't remember I already sent it to you Sorry

Yes, I'm having a look at Gatus and I'd like to try it (again). Thanks!

@mware@ottawa.place said
Incidentally - I tired of Uptime-Kuma being FreeBSD hostile, so I rummaged and found Gatus - it's great!

Yes, I know it's hostile - that's why I've already written about it

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/07/22/install-uptime-kuma-freebsd-jail/

@carson@social.chittom.family it keeps the different monitoring parts in different files/tables, so it's more efficient (data becomes big in some time, so better optimise the db since the beginning)

A guide on how to set up LibreNMS inside a FreeBSD jail.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/05/07/monitor-your-services-with-librenms-on-freebsd/

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Yes, this is a nice idea. I'll consider if add a generic Unix or a Shell category. Thanks!

@Tionisla I've just moved it

Good idea. I've just created it!