Step 1: say totally mundane and boring thing step 2: ? step 3: some guy on youtube rants about you for 10-20 minutes, and what he says is about 0.01% accurate, and then he asks his viewers to pay him money i recently saw this with two of my friends. same youtube guy, and he made a video about them. maybe i should say something boring too. thoughts? the guy in question is... insane. a cringe low quality rip-off of alex jones or something and he specifically covers people/orgs in open source.

if someone has a #libreboot t480 or t480s, please report to #libreboot irc on libera.

Kiwi IRC

there is a patch i want to test, relating to thunderbolt functionality. i will also test this myself, but having another user present will help too. this patch: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/88490 i will send you a rom to test

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories.

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

FUN FACT: Today it's December 9th. I'm making sure that orders ship before December 15th where possible - any orders nearer then will likely ship between December 15-18th. If you want yours before December 25th, best order before December 15th. Libreboot (free software BIOS/UEFI replacement) pre-installed offering many security benefits, with Debian Linux. I'm Libreboot's lead developer and founder. Sales fund the project.

i heard a sentence in german today that i understood, without having to look up any words: "dass sie lachen, das ist voellig klar" - literally translated, it is "it's obvious that they are laughing" (that they laugh, is fully clear". the speaker/context is irrelevant. i laughed too. i wrote it down and stuck it on my monitor. i'm still learning german - at unhuman speed. native germans who wish to help me practise, would be greatly appreciated. talk to me about whatever you want (in german).

@npub1d57c...t4pd showed me this meme today, and it's absolutely correct, and i love it. this made my day.

This post is dedicated to a very nice organisation, that I bet you've heard of: the Internet Archive! @npub1umd6...wfr7

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Want to play Sonic the Hedgehog in MAME in your browser? Or read that website from 1998 that no longer exists? Or download that file you really, really need or its ur ass but it vanished in 2005? *Internet Archive saves your bacon.* It often comes under attack, and costs a lot to run. Perhaps donate? Here:

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

I just sent $50.

Fun fact: did you know passports were not required for travel before WW1?

Passport - Wikipedia

During WW1, governments made them mandatory to monitor their borders more closely. After WW1, there was even talk of abolishing them! But WW2 came and afterward, they became entrenched. So next time you hear about government doing deals with each other for immigration/trade, note that they are merely giving you back a subset of freedoms that they already took away themselves. #AbolishPassports

Libreboot has joined *Software in the Public Interest* (SPI) as a member project:

Libreboot – Libreboot joins Software in the Public Interest (SPI) as Associated Project

Libreboot – Libreboot joins Software in the Public Interest (SPI) as Associated Project

Libreboot – Libreboot joins Software in the Public Interest (SPI) as Associated Project

SPI is one of the oldest, largest fiscal and legal sponsors for Free Software projects. They support Debian. Libreboot's page on SPI:

Libreboot

This was the resolution, for inviting Libreboot:

Resolution 2025-07-14.js.1: Libreboot as an Associated Project

SPI's board meeting was held on IRC, and the vote to accept Libreboot was *unanimous*: 📃.txt Thank you SPI! You've made me very happy :)

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories. Shipping worldwide:

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

These computers come with Libreboot pre-installed, which is a Free Software project that replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI. It offers greater security and customisation than what most people are used to, and faster boot speeds. I'm the founder of Libreboot, and its lead developer. Sales fund the project. Your choice of Debian Linux, other Linux distro or a BSD. A warranty is also provided on every order.

I must say, that was the smoothest Debian version upgrade I've ever done. I updated my own personal workstation from Debian 12 to the new Debian 13 release several days ago; 13 came out in early August, but I've been so busy. No major issues. I run a *lot* of weird shit on my machine. I usually am down for half a day when I upgrade. I did have to re-build LXDE. Ended up just using the one from apt for now, but I normally run my own modified one built from source. I love Debian. It's the best.