🤝
Make a deal with matthew - retroedge.tech
🔒 Paid proposals held safely in escrow — released only when the work's approved.
Followers
802
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
🧰 Free analysis for matthew - retroedge.tech
Known for
19 views
I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
12 views
I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key configuration is slightly different.
Eventually, I'll get around to pairing BSPWM with LXQt, as I think that'd be fun. For right now, I'm running cortile which maxim
11 views
Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then readjusting after the clone.
It is important to run chkdsk from Windows after a partition resize, otherwise cloning will fail. I usually run chkdsk twice, jus
📊 Post engagement
13
Avg engagement / post
1.6%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: "If the federal government had access to every email you've ever · 32 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
6.1 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 862 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
View on Mastodon ↗
A better shell for UNIX based on Plan 9 rc - developed by @odc
https://codeberg.org/rc23/rc23
#rc #C #plan9 #shell #programming
"But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to…
If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, …
Federated protocols of the future should consider designing themselves so that even if they use DNS, it is not the foundation of their own identity system so they are not hopelessly bound to it. Federated networks which have message relayi…
Anybody try this yet ?
I don't have much experience with Speech to Text applications, but I know a couple people who would be interested in using this if it.
#Linux
RT: https://mas.to/users/alternativeto/statuses/116959284001095105
Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then…
The Linux Command Line
book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print:
https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
#linux #books
I sold two laptops with Linux last Friday.
Things are looking like I'll be selling a laptop and a desktop with Linux on them tomorrow (ThinkPad and ThinkCentre) to someone new to Linux.
Refurbished by me, of course.
#Linux
I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good.
So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it i…
I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key config…
I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then…
The Linux Command Line
book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print:
https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
#linux #books
I sold two laptops with Linux last Friday.
Things are looking like I'll be selling a laptop and a desktop with Linux on them tomorrow (ThinkPad and ThinkCentre) to someone new to Linux.
Refurbished by me, of course.
#Linux
I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good.
So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it i…
I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key config…
I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
social.retroedge.tech
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 13 views per post.
📤Posts about 6.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
80/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.6% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Work: computer repair, refurbished computer sales, sysadmin
#linux #artix #debian #devuan #linuxMint (debian edition)
#bsd #netbsd #OPNsense
#programming #c #lua #neovim #go #v
#voluntaryism #liberty #cypherpunk
📸 Gallery
🔀 Audience overlap
EstimatedEstimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.
Julie Carpenter, PhD
16%
1moremin
15%
Tecno & Soft 🔻🐧 💻️
14%
kiki
13%
Sarah Matthews
11%
Michael Connor Buchan
10%
More like this
Find more →
Mastodon
Tecno & Soft 🔻🐧 💻️
@tecnoysoft@mastodon.online
802
Followers
Mastodon
Julie Carpenter, PhD ✓
@jgcarpenter@fediscience.org
806
Followers
Mastodon
Michael Connor Buchan
@thefake_vip@linuxrocks.online
802
Followers
Mastodon
kiki ✓
@kiki@chaos.social
802
Followers
Mastodon
Sarah Matthews
@sarahmatthews@tweesecake.social
802
Followers
Mastodon
1moremin
@1moremin@mastodon.ie
802
Followers
✉ Message matthew - retroedge.tech
Reaching out to influencers is a Pro feature. Upgrade to message any influencer directly — perfect for brands and agencies booking sponsorships.
- ✓ Message any influencer from their listing
- ✓ The influencer gets notified by email
- ✓ Manage every conversation in one inbox
Already Pro? Log in.
🎤 Event / appearance with matthew - retroedge.tech
Booking an event / appearance is a Pro feature. Upgrade to book matthew - retroedge.tech for an in-person or virtual appearance — payment held safely in escrow until the event is done.
- ✓ Book them for events, livestreams, panels & more
- ✓ matthew - retroedge.tech gets notified by email
- ✓ Fee held in escrow, released after the appearance
Already Pro? Log in.
🚀
You're out of free requests this month
Free accounts get 5 per month. Go Pro for unlimited sponsor pitches, collab requests & sponsorship deals — plus featured placement, the Verified badge, free withdrawals and more.
Upgrade to Pro — $9.95/mo →Your free limit resets on the 1st of next month.