Post by @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

Yesterday, as I sat here, using a laptop running on Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to connect, by means of a secure tunnel formed by Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to multiple servers, all running Free software written and maintained by volunteers, to apply patches prepared urgently by volunteers to resolve security vulnerabilities, I felt *incredibly* grateful for every single one of those volunteers, who makes the fact that I could do *any* of this possible.

Thank you, genuinely.

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #Linux

#freesoftware #foss #linux

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Mr. canvas

@mrcanvas@mastodon.world 32 min. ago

I completely agree! 🙏 As a digital artist, I know my 3D art and 4K wallpapers would never reach anyone without the silent, incredible work of these volunteers.

Thank you for everything! If you appreciate art, check my profile bio to see my collection and please follow my journey to support a new artist. ❤️🚀

Aho

@aho@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@neil as long as your free software is opensource, there is possibility to patch it even 100 years after the developers ended the project, not possible with other free software...

Neil Brown

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk 1 hr. ago

@aho I'm fine with "open source" too, but personally I prefer "Free" as a description.

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho@mastodon.online 2 hr. ago

@neil Being part of FOSS/OSS feels great. Getting appreciation for it feels even better. Receiving something in the wallet from a few people that appreciate what we (the programmers, developers, artists, authors, etc) do is off the charts. But, I'll settle for the first two since far too few gets the FOSS/OSS concept 😀

So, with that said, you're welcome 😎

The Wolves' Shogun

@TheWolvesShogun@mstdn.party 3 hr. ago

@neil
Free ? The Fench internet and phone provider ?

Yorik van Havre

@yorik@mastodon.social 3 hr. ago

@neil i seriously wish "written and maintained by (human) volunteers" would become a kind of quality label

Fonant

@Fonant@social.vivaldi.net 4 hr. ago

@neil We don't need Big Business and Competition, we just need to be helpful and collaborate.