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MeshCore Release v1.4.2 veröffentlicht

2 x Heltec V3 (Repeater und Companion Radio), sowie einen RAK4630 und einen Seeed Studio Xiao S3 WIO auf die MeshCore Version 1.4.2 aktualisiert 😀

Die Aktualisierung OTA (over the air) war übrigens ganz einfach. Ein Vorgeschmack darauf, wie einfach es werden wird, einen Repeater "in the wild" zu aktualisieren.

A generous member of the #AustinMesh passed out some FemtoFox nodes (Linux based with meshtasticd) to other members. github.com/femtofox

And as a bonus I received a Ikoka node as well! Same radio as the FemtoFox but is otherwise a minimalist low power node that includes a QWIIC connector for expansion.

It’s been an afternoon of fun exploring these new (to me) nodes. After meeting my “dealer” in a parking lot to pick up a baggy. 🤣

LILYGO T-Deck Pro is a mobile dev kit with an ePaper display, QWERTY keyboard, 4G and

Last summer LILYGO launched a pocket-sized mobile communications device called the T-Deck Plus that looks like a phone, but is really more of a mobile dev kit with a 2.8 inch IPS LCD display, a BlackBerry keyboard, and support for WiFi, Bluetooth, and LoRa wireless connectivity… but no support for cellular networks.

The new LilyGo T-Deck Pro is another mobile dev kit with a similar design […]

#devBoard #devKit #epaper #lilygo #lilygoTDeckPro #lora #tDeck #tDeckPro

Read more: liliputing.com/lilygo-t-deck-p

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The Pine Phone Pro arrived earlier this week. After a few unfocused, false starts I finally got it booting into Gnome on PostmarketOS and currently installing Waydroid over ssh.

My wife uses a cheesey coupon clipping app (iOS/Android) for doing the groceries and such. I'll need to take a look at what traffic flows in-n-out of this app to see what is being farmed and segregate/container off if required.

We are heavy Signal users but I may use this as an excuse to set up a XMPP server. Twas on the 'roadmap'.

Initial impressions are good. Definitely not as shiny and smooth as an iOS or Android device but - it's a phone. We spent half our lives with dumb rotary dialing doohickeys - we'll survive. lol

Pretty impressed with Gnome on a touch device so far. This is my first real experience with it. No 'klunkiness' so far but just scratching the surface.

It will be interesting to see how a non-technical person takes to it. I'm going to monkey with it myself for the first week or so to find the hard edges to save her the frustration.

I want to experiment with Android Auto - see what (if anything) is possible.

I also obtained a Seeed Studio Sensecap T1000-E (meshtastic, lora, etc.) to connect to this device. We'll see how far I get with that.

I really need a staff... 🙃 Ha!

"Das ist dann wohl im Stream untergegangen." oder "Habe ich leider nicht gesehen". Deshalb da capo 😀

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Alles unter einem Dach, die 2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Über meine Idee, eine deutschsprachige Community für Mesh-Netzwerke wie Meshtastic, LXMF (Reticulum), MeshCore und weitere auf Discord zu erstellen, war ich ja nie so richtig glücklich.

Aber alle aktuellen und auch die zukünftigen Mesh-Netzwerke unter „einen Hut“ zu bringen, war und ist nun einmal, sowohl aus administrativer (!) als auch aus Nutzersicht, sinnvoll.

Mir wurde dann die Idee zugetragen (danke noch einmal dafür!), dies doch mit einem Space und Unterräumen auf Matrix zu realisieren. Diese Möglichkeit kannte ich bisher noch nicht, hatte sie aber gleich aufgegriffen und in die Tat umgesetzt.

Tatsächlich gefällt mir diese Lösung doch wesentlich besser, als die Umsetzung auf einem Discord-Server.

Hier der neue Link zu diesem Matrix-Space:

🔗 matrix.to/#/#mesh-netzwerke-de

Sorry für das Durcheinander!

Attending #RightsCon2025 was incredible, so many wonderful encounters and happenings!

- A Local Network Workshop with #g0v
- A DWeb Community Roundtable
- Stop Surveillance Copaganda Sessions
- DWeb Community dinner

Especially if you couldn’t be there, learn more about it by reading @mai’s recap article: blog.archive.org/2025/03/26/dw

blog.archive.orgDWeb and Digital Rights: A Report Back from RightsCon in Taipei | Internet Archive Blogs