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Yes, there is Konqi, Katie and their friends :) See the whole ...

2026-04-29T10:51:11Z

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Yes, there is Konqi, Katie and their friends :) See the whole lore at https://community.kde.org/Konqi

I spent most of today in video calls (mainly with customers), I ...

2026-04-28T17:38:18Z

I spent most of today in video calls (mainly with customers), I am so tired now 😭 Video calls are extremely good at sucking energy out of me

I don't know yet, I am running a few half in Mai, so I ...

2026-04-26T20:18:46Z

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I don't know yet, I am running a few half in Mai, so I don't want to try to do any PB but just to enjoy it

Brw if anyone is based in #riga and wants to run the half ...

2026-04-26T16:21:16Z

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Brw if anyone is based in #riga and wants to run the half Marathon. A friend of mine had to cancel the trip and still has his bib to giveaway

Looks like I will go to Riga in Mai to run the half Marathon ...

2026-04-26T16:17:18Z

Looks like I will go to Riga in Mai to run the half Marathon there :) just booked my trains and hostels

I just released a new version of the SAML extension for ...

2026-04-23T11:29:10Z

I just released a new version of the SAML extension for Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 (npub1rk6…hv4q) . The biggest change for this release is the port of the admin interface to Vue, as well as numerous fixes for code issues found via static analysis.

https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/user_saml/releases/tag/v8.0.0

I started running almost 2 years ago every Wednesday with a cool ...

2026-04-15T22:02:04Z

I started running almost 2 years ago every Wednesday with a cool run club and it's been one of the best decisions I could ever make for my physical and mental health 😃

#running #berlin

2h15 PB 🎉😍 ...

2026-04-11T12:10:41Z

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2h15 PB 🎉😍

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2026-04-10T20:48:45Z

Running my first half marathon tomorrow :)

I spent the evening sorting my photos from my latest trip in ...

2026-04-03T22:14:40Z

I spent the evening sorting my photos from my latest trip in #Morocco (and a day trip to Copenhagen) and added some of them on my website :)

https://carlschwan.eu/photography/

#photography

And I am definitely becoming a travel addict 😅 So far this ...

2026-03-29T21:10:43Z

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And I am definitely becoming a travel addict 😅 So far this year, the city I visited: Brussels, Girona, Barcelona, Sevilla, Gilbratar, Tanger, Chefchaouen, Fès, Merzouga, Marrakech, Essaouira, Agadir and Copenhagen. And I'm itching to do a weekend trip to Bratislava or somewhere in Poland next week because I still have 2 days left on my Interrail 😅

Last day of vacation 😭 After exploring Morroco for one week, I ...

2026-03-29T16:27:39Z

Last day of vacation 😭 After exploring Morroco for one week, I am not ready to go back to the work routine starting tomorrow 😭

The buses in Morocco have USB-C!!!! ...

2026-03-27T17:18:31Z

The buses in Morocco have USB-C!!!!

I should write a blog post about how to take a ferry to Morroco, ...

2026-03-16T00:59:26Z

I should write a blog post about how to take a ferry to Morroco, that was an interesting experience 🫠 But I arrived safely now to my hostel

TIL: Gilbratar has it own currency: the Gibraltar Pound ...

2026-03-15T13:04:26Z

TIL: Gilbratar has it own currency: the Gibraltar Pound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar_pound

✅ Went to the UK 🇬🇧 ✅ Walked across an airport ...

2026-03-15T12:32:46Z

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✅ Went to the UK 🇬🇧
✅ Walked across an airport

On a bus from Algeciras to La Línea de la Concepción for a ...

2026-03-15T11:29:24Z

On a bus from Algeciras to La Línea de la Concepción for a sidequest :)

It's planned. We started already rewriting the text editor to ...

2026-03-13T20:03:24Z

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It's planned. We started already rewriting the text editor to allow this and be generally more flexible, stay tuned, but likely for the next release :)

Taking a high speed train in Spain feels like taking a plane :( ...

2026-03-13T17:35:56Z

Taking a high speed train in Spain feels like taking a plane :( It's the same annoying security check and boarding gate.

But anyway just boarded my train from Madrid to Sevilla

It’s now possible to access files in S3 (or any compatible ...

2026-03-13T16:17:23Z

It’s now possible to access files in S3 (or any compatible services) with Dolphin! We just released the first version of KIO S3, which bridges S3 with all KIO-powered apps.

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/13/introducing-kio-s3/

#kde #linux #s3

Another successful week around the @npub1ncy…3x0q app ...

2026-03-08T21:45:19Z

Another successful week around the KDE (npub1ncy…3x0q) app ecosystem. With a first release of Glaxnimate as part of KDE, more improvements regarding Marknote and much more!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/08/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#twika #linux #linuxApps

I post first on my blog, then post on mastodon and then edit the ...

2026-03-04T10:51:36Z

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I post first on my blog, then post on mastodon and then edit the blog to add the id. It means that for a few minutes no one can comment on it, but I don't feel like this is a big issue.

yeaaahhhhh 🎉

2026-03-03T08:50:15Z

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yeaaahhhhh 🎉

of course :)

2026-03-02T15:20:02Z

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of course :)

It’s been a while, but here are some updates regarding ...

2026-03-02T13:26:08Z

It’s been a while, but here are some updates regarding KDE (npub1ncy…3x0q)
apps. This includes many new features in Marknote and Drawy, some UI improvements in Itinerary, a new home page for Audiotube, and much more!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/02/this-month-in-kde-apps/

KDE (npub1qla…qv2c)

#twika #kde #linuxApps

It has been a very productive evening cleaning up technical debt ...

2026-02-26T23:32:25Z

It has been a very productive evening cleaning up technical debt from #Nextcloud 🧹 And now time to sleep 💤

and I am so looking forward to it :)

2026-02-24T20:11:13Z

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and I am so looking forward to it :)

very sad to hear :(

2026-02-24T12:44:13Z

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very sad to hear :(

Part of the fun of planing a trip is to ensure #KDE Itinerary ...

2026-02-22T22:50:14Z

Part of the fun of planing a trip is to ensure #KDE Itinerary supports all the new exotic tickets from the trip. So after writing a few more custom extractors, here is the full journey:

#travel

Not really a new advice sadly :/

2026-02-22T16:25:31Z

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Not really a new advice sadly :/

My roommate baked some amazing palestian Qatayef typical food ...

2026-02-21T18:06:38Z

My roommate baked some amazing palestian Qatayef typical food during Ramadan🤩

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatayef

Also using old lenses laying around is so much cheaper than ...

2026-02-20T17:11:19Z

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Also using old lenses laying around is so much cheaper than buying new one and using manual focus is much more fun 🙂

Buying some converter for the old lenses from the camera of my ...

2026-02-20T17:08:05Z

Buying some converter for the old lenses from the camera of my dad and uncle to use them on my digital camera was such a great idea :) Here some photos from the last few sunny days in Berlin. I love the aesthetic.

#photography #fujifilm

to be fair, I worked 2 years at Nextcloud in 2021-2022 and then ...

2026-02-19T12:50:28Z

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to be fair, I worked 2 years at Nextcloud in 2021-2022 and then left, and only rejoined last year 😅

❤️

2026-02-18T21:12:56Z

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❤️

And now time to celebrate a bit in the Nextcloud office in Berlin ...

2026-02-18T19:05:37Z

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And now time to celebrate a bit in the Nextcloud office in Berlin with some community members :)

My day job is working for Nextcloud :) And I am not alone, a few ...

2026-02-18T17:40:30Z

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My day job is working for Nextcloud :) And I am not alone, a few other KDE developers and contributors are working at Nextcloud and there is a bit of history between these two projects :)

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/116092044856390715 Super ...

2026-02-18T17:33:51Z

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/116092044856390715

Super proud of the work my team and I did for this release. I personally mostly worked on performance, scaling and fixing some long standing technical debt issues. I hope you will enjoy it :)
nostr:note1uvf3c8skr7lfa285g00uvhplhehffpph2f38fl2pwa2g3dk50fhql28zqh

;)

2026-02-12T14:13:33Z

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;)

I book hostels on hostelworld and use their chat to meet the ...

2026-02-12T14:12:40Z

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I book hostels on hostelworld and use their chat to meet the other people backpacking there at the moment. It always worked but the target age is 18-30 😃

https://youtu.be/pqJ-9SUPFwY

2026-02-12T13:04:50Z

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https://youtu.be/pqJ-9SUPFwY

Found on reddit, I thought I should share it here too :) ...

2026-02-12T11:45:20Z

Found on reddit, I thought I should share it here too :)

https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/1r2ew81/vibe_check/

#kde #microslop

Looking good :)

2026-02-08T16:05:49Z

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Looking good :)

Uploaded a bunch more pictures of the cold winter in Berlin from ...

2026-02-08T15:49:22Z

Uploaded a bunch more pictures of the cold winter in Berlin from the past few days on my website https://carlschwan.eu/photography/ :)

#photography #berlin #fujifilm #art

right, sorry for the typo. I meant klocks 🤣 ...

2026-02-05T18:16:45Z

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right, sorry for the typo. I meant klocks 🤣

Even with the KDE pride logo ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 ...

2026-02-05T17:38:15Z

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Even with the KDE pride logo ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

RE: https://meow.social/@chirpbirb/116014711339837040 We might ...

2026-02-05T17:35:51Z

RE: https://meow.social/@chirpbirb/116014711339837040

We might not have frozen kizza in the store, but we have a lot of fancy accessories and clocks 😍

https://www.cafepress.com/shop/KDE

I got Deutsch Bahned yesterday and I arrived home 6 hours after ...

2026-02-02T11:54:07Z

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I got Deutsch Bahned yesterday and I arrived home 6 hours after my expected arrival time 🙃

4 hours of delay and someone in my compartment probably ...

2026-02-02T11:48:33Z

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4 hours of delay and someone in my compartment probably didn't shower in a week and was smelling very strongly 😬

Thanks, looking closely at ...

2026-02-01T20:29:38Z

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Thanks, looking closely at https://int.bahn.de/en/booking-information/passenger-rights/legal-regulations I should first try to ask reach out to some DB staff on my current train from Brussels to Cologne and they can provide me with an overnight accomodations or another means of transport. And if they can't, I can choose an hotel

Anyone from the #bahnBubble knows if there is a way to get an ...

2026-02-01T20:13:13Z

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Anyone from the #bahnBubble knows if there is a way to get an hotel in Cologne paid by DB?

The alternative 🫠🥲🙃 ...

2026-02-01T20:10:53Z

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The alternative 🫠🥲🙃

Getting DeutschBahnned 🫠🥲 ...

2026-02-01T20:09:05Z

Getting DeutschBahnned 🫠🥲

We have some nice @npub15gm…ck39 beavers at the Nextcloud booth ...

2026-01-31T10:18:07Z

We have some nice Collabora Office (npub15gm…ck39) beavers at the Nextcloud booth :)

#fosdem

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2026-01-30T08:26:38Z

3h30 delay on my night train to Brussels 🫠

but they got their delay already in Pragua

2026-01-29T21:19:53Z

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but they got their delay already in Pragua

right 😂

2026-01-29T21:18:57Z

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right 😂

it's not DB, it's European Sleeper 😅

2026-01-29T21:17:16Z

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it's not DB, it's European Sleeper 😅

yes first time with them. But not the first time on a night train ...

2026-01-29T21:11:00Z

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yes first time with them. But not the first time on a night train :)

Okay I will have to wait a bit longer 🫠 ...

2026-01-29T20:44:56Z

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Okay I will have to wait a bit longer 🫠

Waiting for my night train to Brussels #fosdem ...

2026-01-29T20:24:44Z

Waiting for my night train to Brussels

#fosdem

i had that too for some time on my old laptop. It took me a while ...

2026-01-29T16:45:35Z

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i had that too for some time on my old laptop. It took me a while to identify why random stuff were constantly crashing 🫠

I will be giving a talk about building and scaling the European ...

2026-01-26T14:08:13Z

I will be giving a talk about building and scaling the European Cloud with Nextcloud and MariaDB at MariaDB Day next Sunday at 17:20h in Brussels. If you want to attend, there is still time to register, it's free ;)

https://mariadb.org/events/mariadb-day-brussels/

And I also decided to cancelled my Netflix subscription which I ...

2026-01-24T16:51:40Z

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And I also decided to cancelled my Netflix subscription which I had since 2017, as I wasn't really watching it that much anymore anyway. I still thinking about getting a cinema subscription for 20€ a month at the local cinema chain with good selection of film (York Kino). But since I need to buy a whole year advance, I am still a bit on the edge about this

At the end of last year, I decided to change a few things in my ...

2026-01-24T16:49:14Z

At the end of last year, I decided to change a few things in my subscriptions. For music streaming, I decided to switch from Spotify to Qobuz. I'm pretty happy with it, it's not as good in term of music recommendation, but I was able to migrate 97% of my playlists and the share of my subscription going to the artists is significantly higher and the company behind it is not complicit of that happens in the US right now.

so schön 😍

2026-01-22T21:02:08Z

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so schön 😍

same issue with a bunch of functions like in_array what takes a 3 ...

2026-01-22T20:11:40Z

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same issue with a bunch of functions like in_array what takes a 3 arguments whether the operation should be using strict operator or not and the default is false

no but full scientific notation 0e1 is then equal to 0e2 🫠

2026-01-22T20:10:37Z

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no but full scientific notation 0e1 is then equal to 0e2 🫠

correct and I hate it, the fix is to use === instead of ==

2026-01-22T18:59:07Z

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correct and I hate it, the fix is to use === instead of ==

What do you expect the following PHP code to return? 🙃 ...

2026-01-22T18:51:24Z

What do you expect the following PHP code to return? 🙃

<?php

$a = "0E1";
$b = "0E2";

echo ($a == $b ? "true" : "false");

I bought 2 and it is definitively too few :/

2026-01-20T09:45:36Z

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I bought 2 and it is definitively too few :/

As promised yesterday, here is a new issue of This Week in ...

2026-01-19T16:36:35Z

As promised yesterday, here is a new issue of This Week in KDE (npub1ncy…3x0q) Apps.

In the menu, there is a lot of new stuff in NeoChat (npub108v…tcek), a release of Calligra Plan with Qt6 and more work toward Drawy!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/19/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#twika #linuxApps

Pretty productive day :) - Made my first @npub108v…tcek merge ...

2026-01-18T22:43:36Z

Pretty productive day :)

- Made my first NeoChat (npub108v…tcek) merge request in a very long time
- Created https://kde.org/community/calendar/ to see the list of events where KDE (npub1ncy…3x0q) is attending
- Wrote a new issue of This Week in KDE Apps (to be published tomorrow)
- Had waffles
- Had ice cream
- Went for a long walk outside and took some pretty pictures 📸

Feel free to upstream your syntax file here: ...

2026-01-12T16:12:57Z

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Feel free to upstream your syntax file here: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/tree/master/data/syntax?ref_type=heads

Kate developers are very eager to support more syntax files even for niche languages :)

Congrats!

2026-01-12T08:53:28Z

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Congrats!

🤗

2026-01-11T18:25:24Z

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🤗

is that a physical personalized advertisement?

2026-01-11T09:11:39Z

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is that a physical personalized advertisement?

Congrats!

2026-01-08T22:24:09Z

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Congrats!

Finally wrote a small blog post to summarize very shortly the two ...

2026-01-08T22:05:37Z

Finally wrote a small blog post to summarize very shortly the two events I went last December.

- #KDE PIM sprint in Paris
- #39c3

https://carlschwan.eu/2026/01/08/events-in-december-2025/

Thank you :)

2026-01-08T20:58:58Z

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Thank you :)

I’ve started publishing my photos on my website, feel free to ...

2026-01-08T20:39:13Z

I’ve started publishing my photos on my website, feel free to check them out if you’re interested: https://carlschwan.eu/photography/

#photography #fujifilmXM5

that's why you choose matcha instead

2026-01-03T00:00:59Z

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that's why you choose matcha instead

Und gut gelaufen?

2026-01-02T11:10:29Z

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Und gut gelaufen?

2026 so far: - 5 hours dancing at a club 🖤 - 4 hours of sleep ...

2026-01-01T18:27:56Z

2026 so far:

- 5 hours dancing at a club 🖤
- 4 hours of sleep
- 15 km running in the cold 🏃‍♀️

I would say it's a good start so far :)

Bratislava ;)

2025-12-31T14:59:07Z

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Bratislava ;)

oh wow. Great work! 😀

2025-12-31T12:18:08Z

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oh wow. Great work! 😀

Only stayed during the weekend at #39c3 but still had a great ...

2025-12-30T23:18:34Z

Only stayed during the weekend at #39c3 but still had a great time at the KDE assembly 😃

I even made it on national television 🙈

nein

2025-12-28T21:12:52Z

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nein

yeah, I belong to the elite club with them ;)

2025-12-27T17:40:17Z

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yeah, I belong to the elite club with them ;)

some people go to KitKat, some others have a kinkpad, I do both ...

2025-12-27T16:58:04Z

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some people go to KitKat, some others have a kinkpad, I do both 😈

they fit ...

2025-12-27T16:07:37Z

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they fit

only in a very limited supply 🥲

2025-12-27T11:22:45Z

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only in a very limited supply 🥲

and not only me but also @npub1yd7…jtsx @npub1eet…z0mx ...

2025-12-27T10:48:31Z

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and not only me but also Jonah :kde: (npub1yd7…jtsx) Tobias Fella (npub1eet…z0mx) Volker Krause (npub14t7…k3ah) KDE Eco (npub1ekj…md6l) and Victoria Fierce :vbike: (npub1rcc…0whk)

But I have some vegan haribo :)

2025-12-27T09:43:30Z

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But I have some vegan haribo :)

If you are congress this year and wants to #KDE stickers. The ...

2025-12-27T09:23:52Z

If you are congress this year and wants to #KDE stickers. The supply is very limited, this was completely avoidable if I didn't start pack my back 10 minutes before leaving my home to catch a train 🙃

#39c3

I'm still super happy that a few years ago, me and my sisters ...

2025-12-24T18:05:52Z

I'm still super happy that a few years ago, me and my sisters managed to convince the rest of my family to not eat meat for Christmas 😃

No animals need to suffer for Christmas!

Love it :)

2025-12-19T20:13:41Z

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Love it :)

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2025-12-17T22:21:27Z

I hate timezones 😭

thanks for the heads-up. I was planning to do Paris-Berlin with ...

2025-12-16T17:20:39Z

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thanks for the heads-up. I was planning to do Paris-Berlin with interrail this week and I only had booked a seat reservation with DB. I didn't knew that for international train even with DB I needed the pass surcharge 🫠 I booked that now.

I have two at homes, I believe (but not 100% sure) we will bring ...

2025-12-09T23:25:24Z

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I have two at homes, I believe (but not 100% sure) we will bring some more at FOSDEM this year. They are made with love by the mother of one of our contributor