thinking about making a matrix/XMPP account since Signal seems less than secure. Does anyone know what the significant differences are/which you prefer and why? Responses/advice welcome! #feditechhelp

Hey all. I have a strange issue and I can't get to the bottom of it. I'm following two accounts on the @bawü.social instance:

@stadtbibliothekstuttgart and @stuttgart

I noticed, that for quite some time now I can't see any of their posts in my timeline. Does anyone have an idea why? I can open their profiles and view everything there, all good - but nothing is shown in my timeline...

What could potentially cause this behaviour. Could this be a setting on the vivaldi instance? Or is it something in my personal settings? A glitch?

#FediTips #FediTechHelp #FediHelpSprechstunde @Vivaldi @Hlini @jon

Kann ich Heizkörperthermostate irgendwie "eichen"? Oder muss ich wirklich auf Computer wechseln, wenn ich sinnvoll eine gewünschte Temperatur einstellen will?

Die Position und Solltemperaturen stimmen bei einigen meiner Thermostate schlecht bis gar nicht.
#fediHelp #fediTechHelp

I did hear #duolingo is not recommended anymore cause AI slop.
Until now I used #drops cause it also has non-mainstream languages. But their app seems to become slower and slower with each update.
So I search for a language learning app for android for a friend. Friends native language is German and wants to learn English.
#fediHelp #fediTechHelp

engrampa now dies with a segmentation fault whenever I run it. Kubuntu 25.10. Any ideas? #fediTechHelp

#retroComputing:
Is there anything I should do before charging, turning on, and trying install a new operating system a laptop that's been sitting for ten years?

I visibly checked the battery; it looks fine, but it had been attached the entire time.

Also, with #Linux, is there anything I would need to operate the #floppyDrive? Do some distros work better than others for that?

#AskFedi #FediTechHelp

What is good secret Santa gift for a network engineer? Asking for a friend. #FediTechHelp

apropos of nothing, if anyone knows how to get it so your twitch chat can hear you through your headphones when streaming from a PS5, please hit a girl up! #FediTechHelp #PS5 #Twitch #Streaming

So I don't think my headset works whether I stream from my PS5 or my PC...any tips would be appreciated!
#feditechhelp #twitchstreamer

Fedibrain, I have a question. I have an old IdeaPad duet 3 that I'm not really using for anything. Would it be possible to convert it to a drawing tablet? What would be the best OS for doing so? I'd imagine some kind of bootleg version of Surface windows, but I have no idea. I'm a Linux girlie

Danke 💜💋🙏🏻

#FediTechHelp #Chromebook #drawingTablets

Fedi hivemind, this is a request for tech recommendations.

I am managing a very small hyper-local not-for-profit and we need a way to send emails to people. We would like to offer people the opportunity to unsubscribe from the emails.

It needs to be privacy-friendly, but we have no budget. We are entirely dependent on small-dollar donations from the community and have no reliable source of income for the org. I'm not in a position to personally spend very much, if at all.

Right now the solution is "I manually send every email".

What services do you know about? Any that you use?

Boosts welcome, thanks in advance.