TuM'Fatig
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TuM'Fatig writes about running OpenBSD and FreeBSD, covering ad blocking with unbound, virtualization, and small hardware projects.
What HN saysHN commenters link its OpenBSD unbound guide as a way to block ads with a blocklist, and one says it inspired their own setup.
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- 1TuM'Fatig – Ads blocking with OpenBSD unbound(8)2 people · 59 points · first shared 2022 · 29 comments on HN
- 2OpenBSD Workstation for the People2 people · 8 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 3Blocking Ads Using Unbound(8) on OpenBSD2 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 4Why use OpenBSD?1 people · 146 points · first shared 2025 · 103 comments on HN
- 5GoToSocial WASM-based SQLite driver and BSD1 people · 67 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Running a Docker Host under OpenBSD using vmd(8)1 people · 41 points · first shared 2022 · 17 comments on HN
- 7FreeBSD 13 on ThinkPad T460s1 people · 22 points · first shared 2022 · 9 comments on HN
- 8PiKVM using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W1 people · 8 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 9An OpenBSD Desktop Using WindowMaker1 people · 5 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 10Remote Desktop Using RDP and VNC1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 11Using OpenBSD Relayd(8) as an Application Layer Gateway1 people · 4 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 12Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi 31 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 13TuM'Fatig – Migrate a PeerTube Instance from Debian to FreeBSD1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 14Cruising a VPS at OpenBSD Amsterdam1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 15OpenBSD Automatic Upgrade1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
derefr · 2020-05-27
I think that icon was meant to be bait for Microsoft.
The host metadata, as it shows up in the macOS Finder/open dialogs/etc, is configurable by having your host publish an mDNS _device-info._tcp service record. You can publish a display name (as arbitrary unicode), an icon (as a machine model name), etc.
I'm guessing Apple figured that if they made the default icon insulting, that might incense Microsoft into building mDNS support into their SMB stack, just in order to use it to broadcast that _device-info service, to make Microsoft SMB present more professionally on macOS clients.
Sadly, Microsoft never bothered. But at least I get to use it to make my Linux homeserver look like an Xserve! (See https://www.tumfatig.net/20170607/let-mac-os-auto-discover-your-smb-sh…
(Though, sadly, this exact combination of mDNS-announcing-SMB is what is broken in the newest macOS, so I can't recommend you follow the above guide right now. Maybe we'll get support for this back in a few releases...)
idatum · 2024-02-06
If I recall, I was inspired by this:
https://www.tumfatig.net/2022/ads-blocking-with-openbsd-unbound8/
nix23 · 2020-06-24
No problem, just use unbound and a blocklist:
https://www.tumfatig.net/20190405/blocking-ads-using-unbound8-on-openb…