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BoxyBSD

Your destination for free BSD-based VMs for the community.

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TOC

  • Introduction
  • Motivation
  • History
  • What does it offer?
  • How does it work?
  • What to consider?
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Introduction

  • Introduced in late 2023 by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg @gyptazy
    • Officially lunched in 2024
  • Offers free VMs and Shell accounts
  • Targeting
    • BSD beginners
    • People who might not be able to afford servers or VMs
    • Experienced people for building & testing open-source tools
    • People who want to test IPv6 only setup
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Motivation

Where do people have a free possibility to learn BSD in practical?

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Motivation

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Motivation

  • Boost the awareness of BSD-based systems
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • NetBSD
  • Boost IPv6 usage
  • Provide a place for people to get in touch with BSD
  • Provide something valuable for the community
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History - Personal

  • I became what I am through the open-source community
  • The BSD Cafe (https://bsd.cafe) brought me back into BSD
  • Looking for valuable synergies between open-source and BSD
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History - Project

  • Initially only FreeBSD Jails
  • IPv6 only
  • Limited to BSD Cafe users
  • Limited to amd64 arch
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What does it offer?

  • BSD-based VM
    • 1 vCPU
    • 1 GB Memory
    • 10 GB Disk
    • Free (0 costs!)

Ressources can also be increased if needed.

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How does it work?

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What to consider?

  • Compute resources
  • Network resources
  • Security
  • Service abuse
  • GDPR / Privacy Policy
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Thanks!




Blog:                    https://gyptazy.ch
Twitter:                                @gyptazy
Fediverse: @gyptazy@gyptazy.ch
Matrix:          @gyptazy:gyptazy.ch

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Credits

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