bidzan.net

About me

I am a guy from the Czech Republic. I have many interests in life, among the biggest ones would probably be computer hardware and software. As my primary job, I work as a server failure assessment technician, but in my free time I do services for people, such as librebooting computers, building meshtastic nodes or 3D printing.

In the past I'd probably consider myself a linux nerd, but now I'd consider myself just a linux user. I use gentoo btw.

I can libreboot your computer!

If you are interested in librebooting/corebooting your computer, you can contact me, and we can make a deal about a send-in librebooting service. I have flashers for both SOIC-8 and SOIC-16, so that encompasses most computers that can be librebooted. Note that it's probably easiest if you are from the EU or Europe in general, shipping from countries outside Europe may not be worth it due to the cost of shipping.

Services I host and/or use

This is a list of all services I use. Most are self-hosted and run on my server, all are free software.

🌍Main Site	bidzan.net	That's what you see right now!
⚡Matrix	@jakub:drgnz.club	My #1 choice when it comes to secure messaging
📬E-mail	jakub@bidzan.net	See also my GPG pubkey for encrypted messaging.
🫖Forgejo (git)	git.drgnz.club	Lightweight git frontend that doesn't suck
📹PeerTube	video.drgnz.club	A Free Software, Federated video-sharing platform.
🔍Searx	searx.drgnz.club	High-quallity Meta-search engine.
🐄Gentoo Wiki	lr.drgnz.club	Gentoo is great. That's why I like editing its wiki

Public keys for verification

GPG public key
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pub   rsa3072 2023-02-24 [SC]
      F67B F5CC A413 1304 EB84 58BD 366B DA26 4366 E815
uid           [ultimate] Jakub Bidžan [jakub@bidzan.net]
sub   rsa3072 2023-02-24 [E]

Computers I use

Main PC

This is a copmuter that I built a few years ago and continued to upgrade it ever since. I use it as my "main" computer at home. I use it to play video games, It's more of an entertainment and general purpose machine than anything else, for work and productivity I use my ThinkPad T440p.

[SYS]: Gentoo Linux
[CPU]: Ryzen 5 2600
[RAM]: 16GB DDR4
[SSD]: 2x512GB nvme
[SSD]: 2TB WD BLUE
[PSU]: Silverstone 350W FlexATX PSU

ThinkPad T440p

This ThinkPad is currently my daily driver. It runs 100% Free Software including the BIOS, it has phenomenal keyboard, has only trackpoint which I prefer, has tons of expansion and tons of ports. I also replaced the battery for a new one.



[SYS]: Gentoo Linux
[CPU]: Intel Core i7-4800MQ
[RAM]: 16GB DDR3
[DIS]: 250GB SSD + 1TB HDD + DVD
[SCR]: 1980x1080 IPS panel

Server

This is a server that runs bidzan.net, waffelo.net, drgnz.club and all of its services.
[SYS]: Gentoo Linux
[CPU]: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
[RAM]: 32GB DDR4
[HDD]: Samsung 970 EVO (2TB)

Special credits

Waffelo (waffelo.net) - for motivating me to continue making this site.
Finnegan (finnswonderland.eu) - author of the website avatar
Last updated: 2nd of August, 2025