help wanted, quiet place to stay for a bit
@joepie91
We stayed in this Airbnb in kapellen (5km from the NL border) last month. They are absolutely totally quiet. Have everything you ask for, though obviously I don't know what budget there is or if there is any objection to using Airbnb (which would be fine)
HTH.
https://www.airbnb.com/l/KWVxVNF9
We stayed in this Airbnb in kapellen (5km from the NL border) last month. They are absolutely totally quiet. Have everything you ask for, though obviously I don't know what budget there is or if there is any objection to using Airbnb (which would be fine)
HTH.
https://www.airbnb.com/l/KWVxVNF9
FOSDEM 2026: 31st January and 1st February https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-09-18-fosdem-2026/
@CyrilBrulebois
Collectieve ArbeidsOvereenkomst!
(collective work agreement, a Belgian legal term for a particular type of agreement between unions and employers)
Collectieve ArbeidsOvereenkomst!
(collective work agreement, a Belgian legal term for a particular type of agreement between unions and employers)
@ariadne
No, but only because I spent most of today in a tin can kilometres high up in the air.
No, but only because I spent most of today in a tin can kilometres high up in the air.
@RichiH
To clarify.
The date of FOSDEM depends on the academic calendar of the ULB (which has been graciously hosting FOSDEM since before it was called that). The organisation team has approximately zero influence over that decision.
FOSDEM must wait on the ULB to plan its calendar and communicate to it before it can announce anything.
@Karelt @fosdem @me
To clarify.
The date of FOSDEM depends on the academic calendar of the ULB (which has been graciously hosting FOSDEM since before it was called that). The organisation team has approximately zero influence over that decision.
FOSDEM must wait on the ULB to plan its calendar and communicate to it before it can announce anything.
@Karelt @fosdem @me
Termux, Android tablet, and Bluetooth keyboard make for some happy #perl hacking on the two long-haul flights I'm about to embark upon.
@bagder
Gently nudge them towards https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/sreview? 😉
(You know it from fosdem)
Gently nudge them towards https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/sreview? 😉
(You know it from fosdem)
@kcarruthers
"100% effectieve"
Followed by
"Almost 100% protection"
Followed by
"Around 99% protection"
Not that this isn't good news, but sometimes I wish journalists would not do such obvious things to improve click bait...
"100% effectieve"
Followed by
"Almost 100% protection"
Followed by
"Around 99% protection"
Not that this isn't good news, but sometimes I wish journalists would not do such obvious things to improve click bait...
@bloopmuseum
Yeah, it definitely might be a bit much. Just thought I'd offer, they're just lying there gathering dust. 🤷
Good luck with the search!
Yeah, it definitely might be a bit much. Just thought I'd offer, they're just lying there gathering dust. 🤷
Good luck with the search!
@bloopmuseum
What is 'high capacity'?
I have 5 2TB NAS HDDs in storage. Identical models. Previously in my home server, they were decommissioned when I replaced them with 4 6TB ones.
Note, 5, not 4, because smartctl started warning and I replaced it as a precaution. Others are fine.
If you're interested and happy to pay for shipping from Cape Town, they're yours. Alternatively, I'm leaving for Belgium on Thursday. I could take them and ship from there if you confirm soon.
What is 'high capacity'?
I have 5 2TB NAS HDDs in storage. Identical models. Previously in my home server, they were decommissioned when I replaced them with 4 6TB ones.
Note, 5, not 4, because smartctl started warning and I replaced it as a precaution. Others are fine.
If you're interested and happy to pay for shipping from Cape Town, they're yours. Alternatively, I'm leaving for Belgium on Thursday. I could take them and ship from there if you confirm soon.
@disorderlyf
Fair. That's context which I didn't have, and in that context it's indeed more complicated.
Theoretically it's still possible to set up a shim and grub from somewhere else and then sign your own kernels, but that's way more involved than just to disable secure boot.
@mjg59
Fair. That's context which I didn't have, and in that context it's indeed more complicated.
Theoretically it's still possible to set up a shim and grub from somewhere else and then sign your own kernels, but that's way more involved than just to disable secure boot.
@mjg59
@disorderlyf
Current laptop has never had secure boot turned off, and also has not run Windows not-virtualized since I got my grubby fingers on it 🤷. It just works, and turning off secure boot is too much effort.
@mjg59
Current laptop has never had secure boot turned off, and also has not run Windows not-virtualized since I got my grubby fingers on it 🤷. It just works, and turning off secure boot is too much effort.
@mjg59