Shout outs!

I am a big fan of open source and libre software. However, it seems to me that the developers of such software do not get nearly as much love as they deserve.

Since I am really grateful for all the hard work they do, I would like give a shout-out to maintainers of the following software that I absolutely rely on.

• NeoVim
• git
• Firefox
• Thunderbird
• NextCloud/ownCloud
• Darktable + digiKam + Inkscape + GIMP + ...
• XMonad + rofi
• LaTeX

And, there is tons of low level stuff which I cannot list at all. Let me list at least some of them:

• Glasgow Haskell Compiler
• Debian, Ubuntu and its clones, Fedora
• GNU Project (e.g. awk, htop, grep, ...)

I am also fanatic about open and standartised protocols. Let me also pay a compliment to the following (collections of) open standards and protocols:

• e-mail!
• Matrix protocol
• RSS (resp. Atom, JSON feed or h-entry microformat)
• IndieWeb standards
• ActivityPub protocol
• CSS and HTML :-)

Lastly, I also care about civil rights and the health of democracies in general. Here are some very respectable organisations that I highly respect because they are focused on such issues (often focusing on the digital aspect of our world):

• The Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Access Now
• The Free Software Foundation Europe (especially their Upcycling Android and Device Neutrality initiatives)