10 yrs in #RedHat today. Feel like I need to write something profound. I love my job not just because it involves #opensource and #community, but mostly because of the wonderful colleagues I work with & amazing managers I work for. I'm thankful for #LifeatRedHat. That's all I have to say about that.

#CfgMgmtCamp 2026 schedule is now complete and available! cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/sc... The event is free, but don't forget to register! cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/re... Schedule is also accessible via the #GiggityApp 👍

#Tampere Vapriikki area, photos taken with #JollaC2, testing out #openvibe

Trying out some #Pebblebee Clip 5s. Love the colour! Let's see if the functionality also shines.

Trying to use my #JollaC2 more. Not quite a daily driver, but using it when I want to disconnect (as it disconnects from wifi often 😆). The lag makes me doom scroll less. It's still clunky, but ebooks are fine on the big screen. Just downloaded #Kalevala! Well made #SailfishOS apps are a joy to use.

-18C : it's sunny, I think I'll go for a walk -26C : I think I "feel like" staying home after all 😅 #Tampere

9 countries in 2025: Switzerland, Belgium, USA (FL, IN, OH, PA, NY, MA, CT, RI), Netherlands, Sweden, Czech republic, Japan, UK (England, Scotland), France. First 2 trips booked for 2026: Belgium (work) & Taiwan (visit family). US work trip in May conflicts with an orchestra performance, we'll see.

We didn't have a white Christmas but it looks like we'd get a white (and cool) new year's day. 2025 has been challenging overall (ending with a flu), but I'm grateful for opportunities and blessings I've had along the way. Here's to a better 2026 for all. Hyvää uutta vuotta! 新年快樂！ Happy new year! ❤️

#BlueskyWrapped by @olof-loves-ai.bsky.social Get yours here: www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap... Thank you all for making this a great place to share and connect! Mine with more details: www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

While you were gorging on leftover ham and lemon bars... We were finding you more clean and free software. Today's list from OlderGeeks.com #computing #software #downloads

#ADHD #perimenopause #quidditch #analogy Images generated with #PixelStudio. Text my own, inspired by a certain fictional game from the HP series. Everyone's experiences are different, this is just me trying to make sense of my struggles.

A few speaking opportunities over the past year. Much joy and fortune to collaborate with some charismatic co-presenters at several top-notch events connecting with fantastic communities. Look forward to more of such interactions with y'all in the coming year, starting with #FOSDEM and #Cfgmgmtcamp!

Music: A Christmas Festival by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra It was part of the soundtrack along Main Street at #Disneyland #Paris. Fun park, even if cold and foggy. Not as crowded as the other Disneys even though it was "sold out".

Inside Out, #Paris edition 1. Sadness at not being able to go inside #NotreDame (hours-long queues) 2. Embarrassment from the #EiffelTower selfie trope 3. Anxiety over having my big head served on a platter someday 4. Joy in strolling down #ChampsElysees without cars (though still too many people)

Directly after #fosdem in Brussels, #CfgMgmtCamp (Config Management Camp) will take place in #Ghent. #EU_OS just had its talk accepted. We gonna tell you more about: EU OS use case study: #bootc based laptop fleet management with #foreman. Most of the EU OS partners will also send their experts.

#Tampere #joulutori (Christmas market). No snow this year, but still pretty festive.

Christmas markets visited in #Paris - Tuileries Gardens - Place Saint Michel - Quai Branly/Eiffel Tower Music: Little Christmas Market Waltz (Paris Holiday Jazz) by Santiago Heart

Registrations for #CfgMgmtCamp 2026 are open! While the main schedule is being finalized (we're still working on a few final acceptances), you can already register via this link and reserve your places in the workshops/fringes on Wednesday (Feb 4). #opensource @cfgmgmtcamp.bsky.social

The Rhode Island Blood Center is seeking donors after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and injured nine others Saturday afternoon. More details: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/ri-blood-center-seeking-donations-to-bolster-supply-after-deadly-brown-shooting/ 

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode because no Star (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated nor Pixar.

What a year ... and this is not even the half of it. Plenty to be grateful for, but also lots to deal with. Might need a year or two to recover from 2025. The roller coaster of life 🎢

A dark and rainy day... What better way to beat the blues than listening to some #Tchaikovsky. Live. Today at 19:00 at the Tampere university. Join us!! taso.fi/wordpress/tu... #orkesteriTASO #orchestra

First #joulutorttu of the season

Caught the #MatrixResurrections on TV two nights ago, enjoyed it almost as much as the first one. It's not just humans vs machines, but that there are some machines/AI which are on the human side, and that one such #synthient is called Cybebe.... awww <3 matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Cybebe #thematrix

A prominent Russian politician described Finland's decision to allow same-sex pairs compete in domestic events as "ridiculous", but others in the sport have warmly welcomed the development.

Couldn't get tickets to fffest.tw (sold out just before I heard about the event), but decided to head down to #Helsinki today anyway for a meetup www.meetup.com/helsinki-dat... Can't rock out, but at least can geek out. 🤘🤓

“Foreman + AI” 2025 meetup, tomorrow (Nov 27) in #Brno! It's a meetup centered around AI and is intended as an opportunity to discuss how (and if) Foreman, Katello, and friends should adapt to the growing use of AI technology. community.theforeman.org/t/foreman-ai...

#Lumiukko concert this Sat (29/11) at #TampereTalo. Join us! www.tampere-talo.fi/en/events/81... Such a fun piece even if playing it for the 5th year. I could probably play all the percussion parts if I had enough arms and reach, but it's the group effort that makes it special. #konsertti #tampere

Barricading a bunch of "Dearly Departed" zombies, we stopped the cult from raising more of the dead, without our investigators getting insane/wounded. Quite a feat for this 5* difficulty scenario played across 2 sessions totalling 4 hours. Need lore galore! #mansionsofmadness #boardgame #boardgames

Pulled out my SailfishOS devices again in Sept ’25. Still love the gestures + UI, but ecosystem and value prop remain shaky. Not daily-driver ready yet. Full write-up here: https://geekyschmidt.com/post/sailfishos-sept25 #sailfishos #jolla #linuxmobile #fediverse #maemo

#SailfishOS update on my #JollaC2. I wish I could enjoy Sailfish more on this device like I did with previous devices but the C2 is just slow and laggy enough to put me off. Or maybe I'm getting old and cranky. Anyway, #nextgenjollaphone sounds promising! Looking forward to the progress.

Finland is number 1 again - this time with the highest percentage of companies (in Europe) making use of generative AI 🤖 #AIDay2025 #Finland #FCAI @[email protected]

Midlife crisis - need more new toys! Well here's one to keep a closer check on health as I get older. Yet another app to install though... #Omron #M7IntelliIT

Oh wow, totally stumbled across this post. You can change how the iOS Files app opens images, to use Quick Look instead of Preview which was a major change in iOS 26. So much better now! leafandcore.com/2025... #iOS26 #Files #UX #smh

My nine y.o. #QC35 has a new lease on life! I definitely use them more than my QC Ultras as they are more comfortable for long stretches of meetings throughout the day. Not sure what Bose tweaked in the newer designs, like sure the sound + ANC are better but why mess with the almost perfect comfort?

Are you attending #opensourcesummit #korea today? Feel free to swing by my session, "Building Enterprise Solutions in the AI-Native Era with Red Hat" at 11 am! Share your thoughts and ask me anything about #AI #RedHat #Java sched.co/295jJ

Pin collection from this year's #RHSummit on my new favourite jacket #redhat #ospo #opensource #upstream

7 years ago while in #Edinburgh for #OSSEU I walked past this building after dinner thinking it looks cool and reminds me of #Gringotts. This year while checking out hotels for our August trip there I'm like hey this looks familiar! And booked it. And got upgraded to the suite right under the dome.

The concert season is upon us! First up is #MOZART #REQUIEM at the #Tampere Cathedral this Saturday (Nov 1), with choirs #Pirkanpojat and #Sympaatti, accompanied by #orkesteriTASO. Tickets from www.ticketmaster.fi/event/mozart... (I miss singing in a choir! But that's a topic for another day...)

Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Robinhood and many other online services #devopsish

Work trip to #London bookended with leisure - we managed to squeeze in 2 Agatha Christie plays, 2 IMAX movies, a musical, a lunar festival, Uber boats to 2 museums & a park. Sensory overload - London is great but only in small doses! Now back to my cocoon... Pics on #polarsteps - bit.ly/ps-london25

CFP closes today @ 23:59 CET! Propose your #cfgmgmtcamp talks now! cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/cfp #opensource @cfgmgmtcamp.bsky.social

Hacker bier 🍺 #Oktoberfest

Sweet reminder of our summer #Japan trip by @polarsteps.bsky.social even if it's just scratching the surface. #Expo2025 was memorable but challenging. Better plan ahead for Expo 2030! 😆 bit.ly/ps-japan25 #tokyo #osaka #disneysea #expo2025 #teamlab #universalstudiosjapan #toyosusenkyakubanrai

Big News: Ten years of #mgmtconfig Version 1.0.0 now released I've started a company called "m9rx" We have a crazy deal on our website right now, so please share the news and sign-up today! purpleidea.com/blog/2025/09... github.com/purpleidea/m... m9rx.com/news/10-year...

Updating stickers on laptops... let's see how many I can tag @matrix.org @instructlab.bsky.social @undergrounddonut.bsky.social @pytorch.org @github.com @kubefloworg.bsky.social @trustyai.bsky.social #ramalama #docling #vllm #llmd #ospo #ansible #thinkpad #womeninfedora #expo2025 #cushingcenter

this is neat. not even considering genai stuff it's nice to be able to convert random stuff to markdown to put in smth else github.com/docling-proj...

IBM Granite-Docling-258M a tiny VLM that fits into the docling toolchain that converts PDF->html/markdown painlessly this addition is now the default for docling huggingface.co/collections/...

Tally at the end of August: 11 trips so far in 2025. Staying in Finland for the whole of September feels strange but nice. At least I'm actually *in* Finland for my 18th anniversary (tomorrow) here! (I'll) carry on... 🎦 Snippet from #TheRockOrchestra candlelight concert in #Tampere last month.