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Mbin patch release 1.5.1 is out. Which is an important update for server admins to upgrade as soon as possible in order to fix sending emails (both during registration form as well as contact form). This patch release was created to fix those email issues.

More info: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.5.1

Mbin release version 1.5.0 is out today.

Official release notes: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.5.0

User notice: https://gehirneimer.de/m/mbinReleases/t/192724

So thanks to OpenWRT (it's a fork but still..), we have a Banana Pi Wifi 6 router for just 35 dollars/euros.

After 1.4.0 release we found some minor issues, it's wise to update your instance to the latest 1.4.1 patch release if you didn't had already.

More info at: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.4.1

If you didn't follow the 1.4.0 release notes yet, then BE SURE TO carefully follow the those upgrade instructions as well: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.4.0. From 1.4.0 we changed how the transport messenger (AMQ) is working on bare metal instances.

We are planning soon for a new minor release (v1.5.0). Thanks for using Mbin!

Personally, I'm also planning to setup mbin.melroy.org which will replace this instance. However, ActivityPub will see that new domain as a totally new instance. Migration is not straightforward too bad.

I have used many many distros in the past, from Debian to Gentoo, from Ubuntu to Arch, etc. etc.. But I need a system that works and does the job well, hence I'm using Linux Mint for the past few years. Linux Mint XFCE Edition to be precise.

However, always during the end of the Linux Mint support cycle.. I have the issue that it's based on Ubuntu LTS, also known as long term support (instead of the latest release), causing a lot of issues in my daily work.

I just want to use the latest clang format & compiler. Or a newer GCC compiler. And/or other tools I love and use on a daily basis... The problem now I need to add a lot of manual package repos / PPA's to the version I want. Furthermore, it introduce sometimes package conflicts. Do NOT get me started with PHP8 from ondrej + Wine stable from WineHQ.

I do not want an unstable distro like Arch, my time is limited (sorry Arch lovers). I also tried Manjaro. Also broke my system once I think, I do like Manjaro. I like Linux Mint a bit more, except at the end of the support cycle (where we are now at).

That all being said, I think I'm ready for something new... Void Linux! That is right, I think I will move over to Void Linux, created from scratch. Using a rolling release, but focused on stability (we will see). It's therefore also using it's own package manager (XBPS). As well as it's own init system: "runit". Non-free packages might be a bit harder to find, but I mainly use VSCodium, Element (Matrix), Nextcloud, KeePass, Firefox, Telegram, Transmission, Wine (Windows games :P), Mumble, Inkscape and of course various dev tools: npm, go, php, gcc/clang, pip, you name it... I use them all. I think Void Linux will be a good fit. I will keep you posted.

Feel free to leave a comment if you have ideas/feedback or your own story on your distro you're using. Are you planning to distro hop again?

We released version 1.3.0 of Mbin today.

More info: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.3.0

We also publish tagged Docker image(s): https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/pkgs/container/mbin

I used to work with Photoshop for years (industry standard, I thought). Moving to Linux, GIMP was the next to go logical step. I was never good in manually drawing vectors or embracing the vector image manipulation tooling in general which I regret now that I didn't move to Inkscape from day one. Yes, I used Inkscape back and forth but I used Gimp more in the past years.

Inkscape is 20 years old and improved a lot in terms of usability in the past 10 years! I still think the right-sidebar options are too much hidden to be honest. For some unknown reason to me the Inkscape UI was just confusing for me. But I get the hang of it now (I think :D). Except exporting to plain SVG is still a bit strange where the image size I entered is not becoming the SVG document size during a SVG export. Inkscape still has a lot of room for improvements in those kind of areas.

That being said, I embrace SVG images more and more! I use it for business logo designs and recently also for Mbin logo designs.

I'm not going back to Gimp for logos that is for sure. And you shouldn't either, use Inkscape!

Single tilde test: ~test~ double tilde (strike thought): ~~test 2~~

Ledger Live, the most popular crypto hardware wallet software, is tracking and transmitting sensitive user data to third parties.

If you are running big applications on top of PostgreSQL or having a lot of queries your performance might be impacted. By default the default PostgreSQL configuration is to say the least, less than ideal. Same is true for MariaDB but that is out of scope now.

Performance fine tuning your server configuration is key for better overall improvements and making the best use of your hardware! Increasing several key configuration settings in PostgreSQL can already make a huge impact! In the guide below I explain which configuration you need to pay extra attention to and also advise to increase huge pages under Linux when you're using PostgreSQL or MariaDB for that matter.

Please follow the latest PostgreSQL configuration I shared here for Mbin specifically, but can be applied to any application using a PostgreSQL DB: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/blob/main/docs/admin_guide.md#postgresql-configuration

For more information on fine tuning MariaDB, Nginx, PHP or other Linux kernel configurations, I advise you to checkout my snippets on my GitLab instance: https://gitlab.melroy.org/-/snippets/609, https://gitlab.melroy.org/-/snippets/92, https://gitlab.melroy.org/-/snippets/87