Great to see the Linux community gathering in Palermo! Open source is the bedrock of secure systems. Wishing everyone a productive and secure #LDI25!
July 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Great to see the Linux community gathering in Palermo! Open source is the bedrock of secure systems. Wishing everyone a productive and secure #LDI25!
From deep dives into #encryption, #opensource5G, & #Mobian, to the buzz around familiar faces of the Italian #LPI Community, #LinuxDayItalia’25 in Palermo was a true celebration of community, curiosity, and collaboration. 🐧💛
Learn more: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
Learn more: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
From deep dives into #encryption, #opensource5G, & #Mobian, to the buzz around familiar faces of the Italian #LPI Community, #LinuxDayItalia’25 in Palermo was a true celebration of community, curiosity, and collaboration. 🐧💛
Learn more: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
Learn more: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
Huge thanks to our friends at #FreeCircle, the speakers, and all participants for making #LinuxDayItalia ’25 in Palermo unforgettable! 🐧💛
Dive into the article to see how the day celebrated #Linux, #learning, and #community: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
Dive into the article to see how the day celebrated #Linux, #learning, and #community: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Huge thanks to our friends at #FreeCircle, the speakers, and all participants for making #LinuxDayItalia ’25 in Palermo unforgettable! 🐧💛
Dive into the article to see how the day celebrated #Linux, #learning, and #community: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
Dive into the article to see how the day celebrated #Linux, #learning, and #community: lpi.org/6d4x
#LPI #LDI25
You probably can't say yet (?) but I wonder how many of the 307 are from LDI25...
April 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
You probably can't say yet (?) but I wonder how many of the 307 are from LDI25...
I meant I probably shouldn't have included Why Don't You in my final 50. Listening to it as part of my LDI25 research reminded of the time I was dating a girl who was a Peggy Lee uber-fan.
April 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I meant I probably shouldn't have included Why Don't You in my final 50. Listening to it as part of my LDI25 research reminded of the time I was dating a girl who was a Peggy Lee uber-fan.
Jockstrap aside, think those were my first non-LDI25 fallers. Bit disappointed with Le Freak’s final position but such are the perks of the split vote.
May 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Jockstrap aside, think those were my first non-LDI25 fallers. Bit disappointed with Le Freak’s final position but such are the perks of the split vote.
Have loved watching the LDI25 posting - my picks were all things I knew already, but have heard lots of stuff that I’ve enjoyed. Even some jazz-adjacent tracks that I would usually avoid like audio plague.
January 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Have loved watching the LDI25 posting - my picks were all things I knew already, but have heard lots of stuff that I’ve enjoyed. Even some jazz-adjacent tracks that I would usually avoid like audio plague.
I went through a big Hank Williams phase at the end of the nineties, after getting into the Alabama 3 and hearing how much they owed to him. Unlike some other of my LDI25 picks, it's got nothing of the novelty about it - this is raw and beautiful.
January 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I went through a big Hank Williams phase at the end of the nineties, after getting into the Alabama 3 and hearing how much they owed to him. Unlike some other of my LDI25 picks, it's got nothing of the novelty about it - this is raw and beautiful.
Hound Dog did it in LDI25 - This Is Your Land actually managed 81
The only other challlenge to see 6 x 11 and 0 x 12 was the 1C000LEST finale.
The only other challlenge to see 6 x 11 and 0 x 12 was the 1C000LEST finale.
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hound Dog did it in LDI25 - This Is Your Land actually managed 81
The only other challlenge to see 6 x 11 and 0 x 12 was the 1C000LEST finale.
The only other challlenge to see 6 x 11 and 0 x 12 was the 1C000LEST finale.
Oh no no no... only 'Strange Fruit' in LDI25 has ever managed that.
Nothing did in #1C000LEST, even with the double bonus system (Donna had 21).
Nothing did in #1C000LEST, even with the double bonus system (Donna had 21).
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oh no no no... only 'Strange Fruit' in LDI25 has ever managed that.
Nothing did in #1C000LEST, even with the double bonus system (Donna had 21).
Nothing did in #1C000LEST, even with the double bonus system (Donna had 21).
#1C000LEST
On this 1,000th and FINAL DAY we'll be starting with:
"Battle For The Lead" teasers.
No reveals until lunchtime/early afternoon UK time.
I can't promise a tie (U250), but nor is it going to be a 117-point wipeout (LDI25), or even 59 (OG U50) or 43 (FOM).
2 points (LDI)?
Let's see.
On this 1,000th and FINAL DAY we'll be starting with:
"Battle For The Lead" teasers.
No reveals until lunchtime/early afternoon UK time.
I can't promise a tie (U250), but nor is it going to be a 117-point wipeout (LDI25), or even 59 (OG U50) or 43 (FOM).
2 points (LDI)?
Let's see.
June 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#1C000LEST
On this 1,000th and FINAL DAY we'll be starting with:
"Battle For The Lead" teasers.
No reveals until lunchtime/early afternoon UK time.
I can't promise a tie (U250), but nor is it going to be a 117-point wipeout (LDI25), or even 59 (OG U50) or 43 (FOM).
2 points (LDI)?
Let's see.
On this 1,000th and FINAL DAY we'll be starting with:
"Battle For The Lead" teasers.
No reveals until lunchtime/early afternoon UK time.
I can't promise a tie (U250), but nor is it going to be a 117-point wipeout (LDI25), or even 59 (OG U50) or 43 (FOM).
2 points (LDI)?
Let's see.
I've got a few matches with one of those lists though.
It's numbers I'm more interested in - every chance (especially after Tom's cross-promo) of getting a surprise like LDI25.
It's numbers I'm more interested in - every chance (especially after Tom's cross-promo) of getting a surprise like LDI25.
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I've got a few matches with one of those lists though.
It's numbers I'm more interested in - every chance (especially after Tom's cross-promo) of getting a surprise like LDI25.
It's numbers I'm more interested in - every chance (especially after Tom's cross-promo) of getting a surprise like LDI25.
#1C000LEST
Tomorrow we have the 40-plus-bonus(es) songs.
32 of those, including five players' top songs and three more JOKERS...
(also: only three songs from LDI25)
Tomorrow we have the 40-plus-bonus(es) songs.
32 of those, including five players' top songs and three more JOKERS...
(also: only three songs from LDI25)
#1C000LEST
***HITLIST RE-OPENED***
It's about time we took the...
🥊🥊
📴
I only had room to focus on two, but we've collectively ignored lots of other very good songs here!
(many of them from C21)
***HITLIST RE-OPENED***
It's about time we took the...
🥊🥊
📴
I only had room to focus on two, but we've collectively ignored lots of other very good songs here!
(many of them from C21)
May 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#1C000LEST
Tomorrow we have the 40-plus-bonus(es) songs.
32 of those, including five players' top songs and three more JOKERS...
(also: only three songs from LDI25)
Tomorrow we have the 40-plus-bonus(es) songs.
32 of those, including five players' top songs and three more JOKERS...
(also: only three songs from LDI25)
#1C000LEST
UPDATE TO HITLIST
I somehow missed Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' from the unranked singleton 10s, so we're now at #870 not #871.
This song was ranked #100 in LDI25 and slots in at #885 in the final countdown.
UPDATE TO HITLIST
I somehow missed Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' from the unranked singleton 10s, so we're now at #870 not #871.
This song was ranked #100 in LDI25 and slots in at #885 in the final countdown.
#1C000LEST
*three hours later*
DAY 965 - OPEN FOR BUSINESS
What does The Next Day bring...?
- Unranked Singleton 10s.
- There are 64 of them, taking us from 934 - 871.
Includes a most notable debut appearance (two, in fact).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
*three hours later*
DAY 965 - OPEN FOR BUSINESS
What does The Next Day bring...?
- Unranked Singleton 10s.
- There are 64 of them, taking us from 934 - 871.
Includes a most notable debut appearance (two, in fact).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#1C000LEST
UPDATE TO HITLIST
I somehow missed Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' from the unranked singleton 10s, so we're now at #870 not #871.
This song was ranked #100 in LDI25 and slots in at #885 in the final countdown.
UPDATE TO HITLIST
I somehow missed Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' from the unranked singleton 10s, so we're now at #870 not #871.
This song was ranked #100 in LDI25 and slots in at #885 in the final countdown.
#1C000LEST
***FINAL CALL FOR LISTS***
As usual I'll extend to American Samoa time tomorrow, but no further.
I am at work and won't finalise anything until the evening; may also be waiting for a habitually late poster who was also last to finish LDI25.
Speak now or forever, etc...
***FINAL CALL FOR LISTS***
As usual I'll extend to American Samoa time tomorrow, but no further.
I am at work and won't finalise anything until the evening; may also be waiting for a habitually late poster who was also last to finish LDI25.
Speak now or forever, etc...
May 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#1C000LEST
***FINAL CALL FOR LISTS***
As usual I'll extend to American Samoa time tomorrow, but no further.
I am at work and won't finalise anything until the evening; may also be waiting for a habitually late poster who was also last to finish LDI25.
Speak now or forever, etc...
***FINAL CALL FOR LISTS***
As usual I'll extend to American Samoa time tomorrow, but no further.
I am at work and won't finalise anything until the evening; may also be waiting for a habitually late poster who was also last to finish LDI25.
Speak now or forever, etc...
This is the bit I don't get., because for every challenge (bar LDI25) I was at pains to say you could base a selection on any mix/version of a song also released as a single.
This challenge is designed for album tracks and B-sides - I've made other concessions but I'm not going that far.
This challenge is designed for album tracks and B-sides - I've made other concessions but I'm not going that far.
May 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is the bit I don't get., because for every challenge (bar LDI25) I was at pains to say you could base a selection on any mix/version of a song also released as a single.
This challenge is designed for album tracks and B-sides - I've made other concessions but I'm not going that far.
This challenge is designed for album tracks and B-sides - I've made other concessions but I'm not going that far.
No, and I understand that completely. I didn't pick anything from LDI25 (even my 12) because I'd be lying to myself.
I'm still really surprised by the juxtapositions though. Even ignoring LDI25, the same applies to LDI/U250 bottom-end versus FOM top-end.
I'm still really surprised by the juxtapositions though. Even ignoring LDI25, the same applies to LDI/U250 bottom-end versus FOM top-end.
May 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
No, and I understand that completely. I didn't pick anything from LDI25 (even my 12) because I'd be lying to myself.
I'm still really surprised by the juxtapositions though. Even ignoring LDI25, the same applies to LDI/U250 bottom-end versus FOM top-end.
I'm still really surprised by the juxtapositions though. Even ignoring LDI25, the same applies to LDI/U250 bottom-end versus FOM top-end.
But it's a lot of the same people playing, and LDI25 had about double the participation I expected.
As I say, you can't legislate for the same people preferring a 50-point bottom-tenner from LDI to a 300-point top-tenner from LDI25.
As I say, you can't legislate for the same people preferring a 50-point bottom-tenner from LDI to a 300-point top-tenner from LDI25.
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
But it's a lot of the same people playing, and LDI25 had about double the participation I expected.
As I say, you can't legislate for the same people preferring a 50-point bottom-tenner from LDI to a 300-point top-tenner from LDI25.
As I say, you can't legislate for the same people preferring a 50-point bottom-tenner from LDI to a 300-point top-tenner from LDI25.
Given that we’ve been sat on just two LDI25 songs passing 100 points for about three weeks now, you have some indication that he’s not alone.
I didn’t have the highest expectations for LDI25, but as it was fresh in the mind and people were so enthusiastic, I thought it’d do better than this.
I didn’t have the highest expectations for LDI25, but as it was fresh in the mind and people were so enthusiastic, I thought it’d do better than this.
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Given that we’ve been sat on just two LDI25 songs passing 100 points for about three weeks now, you have some indication that he’s not alone.
I didn’t have the highest expectations for LDI25, but as it was fresh in the mind and people were so enthusiastic, I thought it’d do better than this.
I didn’t have the highest expectations for LDI25, but as it was fresh in the mind and people were so enthusiastic, I thought it’d do better than this.
#1C000LEST
You can clearly see the dominance of the middle two challenges here. The April Top 20 has:
10 from #UncoolTwo50
8 from #Let5D0It
1 each from #LetsDoIt25 and #FearofMu21C
Of the 12 medallists, only half are in the top 20 at present.
All 3 U250
2/3 for LDI
1/3 for LDI25
0 😞for FOM
You can clearly see the dominance of the middle two challenges here. The April Top 20 has:
10 from #UncoolTwo50
8 from #Let5D0It
1 each from #LetsDoIt25 and #FearofMu21C
Of the 12 medallists, only half are in the top 20 at present.
All 3 U250
2/3 for LDI
1/3 for LDI25
0 😞for FOM
Six months after the U250 pub guessing game with @meikle.bsky.social , here's the official
#1C000LEST APRIL TOP 20
for you all to speculate about!
Similar to before, but the number of words in title is just "odd/even" instead of giving it away.
PS: Things tend to change a LOT in Month 2.
#1C000LEST APRIL TOP 20
for you all to speculate about!
Similar to before, but the number of words in title is just "odd/even" instead of giving it away.
PS: Things tend to change a LOT in Month 2.
May 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#1C000LEST
You can clearly see the dominance of the middle two challenges here. The April Top 20 has:
10 from #UncoolTwo50
8 from #Let5D0It
1 each from #LetsDoIt25 and #FearofMu21C
Of the 12 medallists, only half are in the top 20 at present.
All 3 U250
2/3 for LDI
1/3 for LDI25
0 😞for FOM
You can clearly see the dominance of the middle two challenges here. The April Top 20 has:
10 from #UncoolTwo50
8 from #Let5D0It
1 each from #LetsDoIt25 and #FearofMu21C
Of the 12 medallists, only half are in the top 20 at present.
All 3 U250
2/3 for LDI
1/3 for LDI25
0 😞for FOM
It is very much appreciated.
I've given myself leeway by not sticking to a rigid countdown schedule (keeps everyone on their toes as well!).
But I have a lot on in June besides this, so I don't want to end up resenting the workload (which did happen during LDI25).
I've given myself leeway by not sticking to a rigid countdown schedule (keeps everyone on their toes as well!).
But I have a lot on in June besides this, so I don't want to end up resenting the workload (which did happen during LDI25).
April 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is very much appreciated.
I've given myself leeway by not sticking to a rigid countdown schedule (keeps everyone on their toes as well!).
But I have a lot on in June besides this, so I don't want to end up resenting the workload (which did happen during LDI25).
I've given myself leeway by not sticking to a rigid countdown schedule (keeps everyone on their toes as well!).
But I have a lot on in June besides this, so I don't want to end up resenting the workload (which did happen during LDI25).
Also, I admit I'm going to be more confident/doctrinaire the more recent the song is ;)
Others can probably advise better on LDI and especially LDI25.
Others can probably advise better on LDI and especially LDI25.
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Also, I admit I'm going to be more confident/doctrinaire the more recent the song is ;)
Others can probably advise better on LDI and especially LDI25.
Others can probably advise better on LDI and especially LDI25.
#1C000LEST 40,000 POINTS UPDATE
Not going to bother with a thread, but:
100+ 83 songs (2:34:33:14 by challenge, chronologically; last ten ALL LDI/U250, 5 each)
200+ 4 songs (2:2 LDI/U250)
Breakdown of zeros and overall points by challenge in screenshots below, along with lists/posts.
Not going to bother with a thread, but:
100+ 83 songs (2:34:33:14 by challenge, chronologically; last ten ALL LDI/U250, 5 each)
200+ 4 songs (2:2 LDI/U250)
Breakdown of zeros and overall points by challenge in screenshots below, along with lists/posts.
April 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#1C000LEST 40,000 POINTS UPDATE
Not going to bother with a thread, but:
100+ 83 songs (2:34:33:14 by challenge, chronologically; last ten ALL LDI/U250, 5 each)
200+ 4 songs (2:2 LDI/U250)
Breakdown of zeros and overall points by challenge in screenshots below, along with lists/posts.
Not going to bother with a thread, but:
100+ 83 songs (2:34:33:14 by challenge, chronologically; last ten ALL LDI/U250, 5 each)
200+ 4 songs (2:2 LDI/U250)
Breakdown of zeros and overall points by challenge in screenshots below, along with lists/posts.
Apart from the astonishing over-subscription for a 2 song per day challenge (LDI25), it is the only thing that's come close to breaking my enthusiasm :)
April 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Apart from the astonishing over-subscription for a 2 song per day challenge (LDI25), it is the only thing that's come close to breaking my enthusiasm :)