Not only does it serve virtually 'everything' much faster, but is also
highly configurable and therefor tweakable. I am really satisfied with
the result. Besides from that I have also set up a system monitor and
log file analyzer, which I haven't had for a while. But in order to
deliver relevant content the importance of such tools should never be
underestimated. I also have moved my voice mailbox from an old raspberry
pi b+ to this server. This simplifies my backups, improves its
reliability and as a bonus I do not have to deliver my voice mails
across the internet or at least I don't have to let asterisk know any
of my smtp passwords ;)
I have moved my infrastructure to my own virtual server and now have a
central point to administrate everything. Thanks to FreeBSD and it's
jails I was able to separate services, which are known to have security
issues regularly. Also I have already operated that server for two years
and fine tuned many things, like firewall rules and kernel parameters. I
am now pretty happy with the result. Among many other advantages which I
gained by doing so, I have also improved the accessibility for my
visitors: My sites are available over IPv6 and HTTPS, which tended to be
too expensive on my previously used shared webspace. I am currently
thinking about writing an article or creating a video about what I have
learned about the differences and similarities between self hosted
environments and shared webspace, because I managed to run unsupported
code and languages on my shared space for years, which some of you may
find interesting.
qspacestatus is a program to display the status (open/closed) of your
hackerspace in the notification area. Source code
and binaries for Linux and Windows are available for download, packages for
different distributions will follow.
I created it, because the old icon had only 32x32 pixels and looked ugly when
scaled up. However I liked it and tried to keep mine close to the original.
actually... 
