Happy I Love Free Software Day! đź’•
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
Without further ado, THANK YOU to:
- @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
- @fedora@fosstodon.org, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
- @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
- @gnome@floss.social and @GTK@floss.social, for being just gorgeous
- @calyxos@fosstodon.org (thus @LineageOS@fosstodon.org), for powering my #Fairphone5
- #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg@floss.social for distributing them
- #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
- @element@mastodon.matrix.org, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
- #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
- @signalapp@mastodon.world, for keeping me connected with the people I love
- @Mastodon@mastodon.social, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
- #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
- #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
- @openstreetmap@en.osm.town, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
- @organicmaps@fosstodon.org, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
- @protonvpn@mastodon.social, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy@mastodon.social #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
- @libreoffice@fosstodon.org, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
- #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
- @photoprism@floss.social, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
- #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
- @readeck@mastodon.online, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
- @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
- #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
- #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
- @eleventy@fosstodon.org, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
- @forgejo@floss.social, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
- @musicbrainz@mastodon.social for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz@mastodon.social for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
- The @fsfe@mastodon.social, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
I am super sorry if I forgot someone!
#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz