When your phone is designed for #ai, but your OS doesn't have it, you have plenty of memory for useful apps. #grapheneos

Anyone interested in #pixel6a with #grapheneos pre-installed? I'm selling mine for 2500 CZK (€100) + shipping. If you'd like to try GrapheneOS on something cheaper before committing to it with a more expensive phone, this is a great option. It's what I did and happily used the phone for almost […]

I'm glad I purchased the new PC when I did. The Kingston FURY 64GB KIT DDR5 6000MHz CL36 Beast Expo that I bought two weeks ago for €290 is now €535. 🤯

Using an electronic signature stored on a hardware token is still a pretty sad story on #Linux. It took some figuring to make it available in NSS, but it's still broken in Papers and Okular and doesn't work at all in #Flatpak. 😞

A takto to dopadlo. Ukrajinská vdova a maminka dvou kluků dostal dárek, ve který nedoufala. Pomáhat lidem v nouzi je radost. Děkuji, Jirko.

We’re still an absolute skeleton crew of 14 people, competing with teams sometimes 100x as large as ours. To get to our humble team size was only possible through the less than 1% community members who donate to Mastodon, a handful larger donations, & EU grants, all of which we are forever […]

#GrapheneOS for #Pixel10 is finally here! The installation process was straightforward, but the most impressive aspect is how it restores (almost) all applications, along with their data. This is done from a backup, so you can do it even if your previous […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

Just a quick reminder that @yubico is offering 30% off the #yubikey 5 NFC and 5C NFC (for Czechs: in #alza it's even 36% off) until Dec 1, so now is the perfect time to make your life more secure. https://www.yubico.com/store/2025/black-friday-sale/ #blackfriday

Nenapadá vás někdo, kdo by potřeboval počítač? Rodina, která si ho nemůže dovolit, neziskovka, kroužek pro děti, škola... Po pořízení počítače mi zůstal ten starý. Ještě bych za něj asi pár tisíc dostal, ale raději ho daruji někomu, kdo ho potřebuje. Parametry má pořád obstojné: čtyřjádrový […]

Centralised platforms shape the conversation to serve their interests. Mastodon returns power to you. Here connections are authentic, communities set their own rules, and your voice isn’t for sale. Help to power the servers, tools, and communities making […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I had a cheeky comment prepared for today, saying that you shouldn't rely on Cloudflare if you can afford it, and that you don't truly self-host when you use it, but I could not post it because one of the services I don't self-host —my Mastodon instance— depends on #cloudflare, too. 😅

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

The new #pc arrived! \o/ Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on the configuration last week. I've made a couple of changes based on it such as getting a X870E motherboard and a faster disk. #pcbuild #pcbuilding

Seeing open source and privacy companies having Discord as there support channel feels like a vegan community meeting at a steak house for events.

I received $26 from #meta as part of the $725 million privacy settlement, which I immediately donated to #mastodon. Just imagine the difference it could make if even 1/1000 of the users involved did the same!

In 2021, I’ve tabled amendments to the @EUCommission’s proposal of the Digital Markets Act, one of which introduced mandatory messaging interoperability for the gatekeepers. Now, more than 4 years later, real effects on the market are starting to appear […]

I played with GUI for #linux Desktop Migration Tool today. It is still rough around the edges, but it looks promising. Some operations such as selecting applications to reinstall can be done much more easily in GUI than in CLI. #gtk #libadwaita #linuxdesktop

This is pretty wild. Checkout.com got hacked by a group that claims to be Shiny Hunters again. Checkout said in blog post that it would not be extorted by criminals. "We will not pay this ransom. Instead, we are turning this attack into an investment in security for our entire industry. We […]

RE: https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2025/11/13/how-we-streamed-openalt-on-vhsky-cz/ I thought it could be interesting even for the international audience, so I translated it into English and published it on my English blog.

This guy runs the Windows unit at Microsoft, and he's telling you that the company intends to infiltrate "AI" into every aspect of the operating system. If you use Windows, this is an injection of a living, self-replicating virus into your digital existence. Yes I use Linux.

RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433 Looks like my #pixel10pro will finally be put in use. \o/

I'm building a new PC (for work, productivity and some gaming) and this is my current configuration: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - CPU cooler: Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 - Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI - GPU: SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GAMING OC 16G - Memory: Kingston FURY […]

Twenty-nine years ago on this day, #httpget 0.1 was released. I found the tool a few days later and within a few months I became the maintainer. We later renamed it. Twice. The last name it got is #curl. It stuck. httpget was my first insight and lesson into HTTP and since then I have kept […]

From a presentation of an AI tool: "It can perform LDAP queries for you!" "Can I trust the results?" "Well, not really. It's like asking a human; you should always verify the results yourself to be 100% sure." Okay, instead of running the query myself, I'll wait for the AI tool to run it and […]

Today, I finished my first longer trail run: It was 28.3 km with an elevation gain of 911 m. There were parts that were as steep as 40%. The average outdoor temperature was 7°C, it rained and there was looots of mud. It couldn't have gotten more pleasant than that. ❤️😅 #run #running #trailrunning

The last update of the official #mastodon app for Android says it includes support for post quoting. Does it work for anyone? I cannot find the option.

We’re happy to announce that Mastodon 4.5 is now ready for prime time! Quote posts, async fetching of replies, server timeline visibility settings, more moderation tools, and lots and lots of other tweaks and improvements. Announcement on our blog […]

I recently bought the TP-Link NE200, one of the few outdoor 5G modems on the market. As I couldn't find any unboxing videos, and the product descriptions didn't specify what was included, I decided to make my first unboxing and installation video. It's quite amateurish, but maybe someone will […]

Záznam mojí přednášky z @openalt kterou pořídil tým @vhsky - moc díky Mapy a služby v @maptiler.bsky.social anebo od od @openstreetmap k produktu https://vhsky.cz/w/cjzDM5itV17ppVNn1xQfcw

we get a lot of ads for AI companies so anti-AI ads are refreshing

Stručný úvod do fungování platformy Peertube a její instanci @vhsky, přednáší @sesivany. #openalt

Today at 10am (CEST) I will have a short talk (most likely in Czech) on #peertube at #openalt2025 which will be streamed on the PeerTube instance Vhsky.cz. If you'd like to watch, look for A113 once the streams are up on @vhsky. https://talks.openalt.cz/openalt-2025/talk/PLXR9K/ #openalt

#openalt2025 was the first conference I took my six-year-old daughter to. She really enjoyed it. She wasn't interested in the talks, but she loved the swag at the booths. She'll grow into them, though. You have to start early to raise a new generation of open-source enthusiasts. 🙂 #openalt

Killer quote: “I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick […]

Již tento víkend se v Brně koná @openalt a :fedora: tam nebude chybět. Nejenže tam budeme mít stánek, ale v programu najdete i několik přednášek, které se #fedora týkají. 👇 https://mojefedora.cz/fedora-na-openalt-2024/ #openalt #openalt2025

It seems that #bigtech has decided to make October the month of promoting #selfhosting.

I admit that it feels kind of special to have :fedora: #fedora Linux 43 released on my birthday. Thank you, @adamw and others, for your thorough testing, which delayed the release process just enough to make this happen. ☺️ https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-43/

Finally, we have an internet connection worthy of 2025. But the story behind it... Our LTE connection was originally 50/10 Mbps, and the actual speeds remained the same even after increasing the speed to 100/20 Mbps. I spent a lot of time with O2 support […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

In cooperation between @vhsky and @openalt we'd like to demonstrate that even a large-scale conference can be live streamed without #youtube. An initial stress test showed that 7 concurrent streams in multiple resolutions exceeded the capabilities of the server Vhsky.cz runs on (32core i9-13900 […]

I'm quite proud of the fact that I usually find out about downtime of #bigtech services from the news. For years, almost all of my personal online tools have been self-hosted or run in data centres of small regional providers. They aren't immune to downtime, but when they're down, it isn't half […]

Our six-year-old daughter had a burst of artistic creativity today.

Hacker gets annoyed at Amazon’s Kindle apps, reverse-engineers the Kindle web reader’s protocol (which basically sends each page as a set of glyphs in a deliberately broken variant of SVG). Such obscurity, much security. https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/

#openalt conference program is out. I've got two talks accepted: :linux: #linux Desktop Migration and :peertube: #peertube. I will also help with an #endof10 workshop. If it isn't too far for you, come to #brno on Nov 1-2. It is worth it! https://www.openalt.cz/2025/program/ #openalt2025 […]

As free Windows 10 support ends today, consider upgrading to a Linux operating system! You will continue to be protected with security updates, but you will also gain total freedom for your device. Doesn't have to be Fedora - look around for the Linux distro that works for you. :) Learn more […]

One advantage of using #adguardhome is that it provides statistics on the responsiveness of public DNS providers. For me, #dns4eu is by far the fastest (10 ms). Perhaps it's because of their geographical proximity, as they're also based in Czechia. The slowest has been #quad9 at 500 ms. I have […]

Next year in November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft will be ONE full light day away from the Earth! Launched in 1977, it took almost 50 Earth years to reach "just" distance of 1 light day Space is so big and we are so tiny :blobcatgiggle:

My sister-in-law got stuck in a parking lot for two hours because she accidentally confirmed a car software update. In the past, we got stuck because e.g. the spark plug died or the coolant froze. Today, it's because the car is updating.