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How hard can it be to use git send-email using an account that has a non-ASCII password??

If you're interested in contributing to #postmarketOS but don't know what to do, #pmbootstrap currently has some missing pieces w.r.t. type hinting. In particular adding `disallow_any_generics = true` under `[tool.mypy]` in pyproject.toml and then running `mypy .` reveals many places where types […]

#postmarketOS #pmbootstrap users: Do you have any use for the "quiet" feature enabled by the `-q` argument and if so why haven't you complained about it being broken for the last two years? 😅

First time navigating with #postmarketOS on the #PinePhone using #PureMaps today. First impressions weren't very good as navigation kept failing due to that my origin was set to somewhere the phone couldn't navigate from and it was a bit non-obvious how to fix this. Once that was fixed the rest […]

I want to extend a big thank you to Oormila Raveendran Andaythu (unfortunately no fedi account) for making an introductory tutorial on how to make your first #MobileLinux app as her master's thesis and presenting it at the first PCM this May. Developer documentation like this is something we're […]

Good news: Your #Purism #Librem5 will soon be able to turn into a ship when running #postmarketOS with systemd: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/8972

device-purism-librem5: fix shipmode with systemd (!8972) · Merge requests · postmarketOS / pmaports · GitLab

The previous effort did not work as this script does nothing if not called with the "poweroff" argument. To remedy this use a short script that simply calls...

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Just made alcohol by accident.

Man the Google AI really lost it this time.

[Sexual assault referenced in link] What's wrong with the GNU project? How do the developers of GNU Parallel think "Hmm yeah that sounds like a good and proper release name"?? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2026-06/msg00000.html

W.r.t. #accessibility of #postmarketOS, I'm thinking maybe we should have some sort of flashing lights warning for the #PinePhone given that—at least on my device—the panel sometimes starts flashing rapidly on startup? Of course this is a bug that should be fixed but perhaps it would be good to […]

"pahole" really sounds like a euphemism for something but I'm not sure what.

I really admire how bad the contrast manages to be on this website.

[svpol] Wow, THANK YOU government of Sweden for giving me the equivalent of 4,5 Euros in reimbursement on my energy bill, lower petrol tax "at the pump" (I don't have a car), 50% off monthly transit passes until the election, and 6% lower VAT on food for less than two years!!!! This makes up […]

Opened an MR to #postmarketOS #pmbootstrap to support specifying paths to arbitrary local apk files in sideload instead of requiring them to be in the pmbootstrap packages directory. Testing welcome: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/-/merge_requests/2952

pmb.commands.sideload: Allow installing local apks + minor related fixes (!2952) · Merge requests · postmarketOS / pmbootstrap · GitLab

If a package cannot be found by the given name and it is a valid path, assume that the user is trying to install a local apk file....

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postmarketOS awesome moment #1: spending 10 minutes wondering why your device boots into debug shell only to realise you forgot to reinsert the SD card

hard image thanks 2010-me for saving this

Started writing rm -fr to understand gen alpha better.

What is Deutsche Bahn warning about. Nothing shows if I hover over it. We are not delayed so you can't slack off when getting off the train?

Why does "grilled cheese" refer to a grilled sandwich with cheese on it instead of e.g. grilled halloumi?

So far I'm enjoying the new #Snälltåget day train to Hamburg. Much better than the decrepit DB & DSB EuroCity I've taken before, nicer carriages and most crucially the staff doesn't act like they have joint custody over a child they hate. Good food too!

The world if the Python docs had type hints

HYPNOTIST: Are you ready, my dear subject? Are you ready for a state of trance? ME: 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 ARMIN VAN BUUREN: Welcome friends it’s a new episode of A State of Trance, 1277 how we feeling Amsterdam (studio audience cheers)

[Misinformation] One of the most prominent examples of the "Brussels effect", the process of European Union (EU) regulations spreading well beyond the EU's borders, is the inclusion of a dedicated Eurovision key (typically labelled with the abbreviated version of the name, "ESC") on almost all […]

Since age verification is hot on the agenda I'm doing the only responsible thing and introducing it for pmbootstrap versions: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/8550

CI: Add check for required pmbootstrap version's age (!8550) · Merge requests · postmarketOS / pmaports · GitLab

While ideally everyone would be running the latest pmbootstrap version, in practice people don't always update right away. And even if they want to, their distribution may not...

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Tagged #postmarketOS #pmbootstrap 3.10.2 with some important bug fixes, see https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/-/tags/3.10.2. An especially big thank you to @craftyguy for figuring out and fixing the file descriptor leak!

3.10.2 · Tags · postmarketOS / pmbootstrap · GitLab

Sophisticated chroot/build/flash tool to develop and install postmarketOS

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Shoutout to Genius for still using the bird logo in the "share to formerly Twitter" button at the bottom.

Incredibly stupid how Google's quick answer AI keeps giving me machine-translated websites (e.g. translated English-language Reddit posts) as sources for translations of specific technical words.

📍 Details for the postmarketOS conference are up, as well as a call for proposals! Details: https://postmarketos.org/conference/ CfP (deadline is 2026-06-30): https://pretalx.postmarketos.org/postmarketos-conference-2026/cfp "We are looking forward to your entry! No matter your background […]

If you're interested in a semi-beginner friendly contribution opportunity in #postmarketOS, we currently have an issue with using Podman/Distrobox in the Console terminal emulator. @craftyguy already investigated it and found a probable root cause, so either just verifying his hypothesis or […]