Dutch gov OSPO | Open Source | GovTech | Digital Sovereignty | Gaming | IT nerd | 🇪🇺🇳🇱

Advocate for open, ethical alternatives to big tech. Posting on a personal title.

One of Fosstodon's admins. Boardmember of F-Droid. Staff of Pookie and Wessie. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈&🏳️‍⚧️ ally. 🇺🇦🍉

Founder of the Free Software Database
#developer · #webmaster · #sysadmin

I'm a friendly geek committed to user freedom and computer literacy.

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#it #foss #free #freesoftware #opensource #software #fedi22 #activism #hacking #programming #italian #linux

Organizational hacker. Lover of simple things. Nice as a person. Thinks through writing. Created @silverbulletmd. #OSS #PKM #SelfHosting #EndUserProgramming

product designer who codes.
I design and build software.
both how it looks, and how it works.

🌱 laid off in 2026 and now running free design services for #FOSS projects. want to become a sponsor? https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors 🌱

been doing design in #OpenSource like #GNOME, #Pidgin, #Intel, #RedHat, #Xamarin, #VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating #PixelArt #RetroGames for #GameBoy / #NES.

loves 🍵, 📷, and 🌌.

#NoAI in my work.

Package Management Nerd, working on mapping the world of open source software https://ecosyste.ms and blogging about package managers at https://nesbitt.io

Hacker, IT Infrastructure, Open Storage, Open Source, ProcoliX Hosting, Open Internet Discourse Foundation, HackerHosting, Protagio, Fediversity #Privacy #Sustainability #Transparency 
Husband of Tessa, father of Emma, Huub and Lieke.
Plays Viola, rides horses. Always busy, seldomly quiet.

Hacker, activist, free-softie ◈ techie luddite ◈ formerly information security and infrastructure at https://isnic.is/ and https://occrp.org/ ◈ my opinions are my own etc.

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profile image: drawing of a head and shoulders of a cat-person, in a space suit.

banner image: long-exposure photo of a large tent, brightly illuminated from inside, looking as if it is made of lava

#foss #libre #privacy #infosec #fedi22

(public toots CC By-SA 4.0 if applicable)

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Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests :)

Likely to toot in NL/EN/DE on:
#technology #techpolicy, #opensource #openstandards #opencontent #publicdomain #creativecommons #copyright #sustainability #diy #infosec #security #data #privacy #accessibility #ui #ux #interactiondesign #ethics #webdevelopment #devops #sysadmin #climatecrisis #food #music #linux #debian #ubuntu

Toots vanish after 3 months

Longtime open-source user, advocate, and contributor. I’ve been working with and writing about Linux and open source since 1999. Now writing for LWN.net (@lwn). Become a subscriber here if you're not already! https://lwn.net/subscribe/

I post about Linux, free and open-source software (FOSS), music, cats, politics, writing, and anything else that comes to mind. Hates gen-AI slop.

"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." Mark Twain

CTO at @dude, a programmer and administrator of several servers like this one, a *nix user, and an advocate for an open and ethical internet. I work with servers, websites, and open-source projects for a living. I'm safe 🌈 Oh, and I'm a certified Techbro Asshole.

Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.

Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https://fietkau.software/tag/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https://directory.hci.social.

He/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost.

Developer Relations @matrix

freelance technologist & #PenPlotter artist.

I do things with code, & tinker with gadgets

• co-runner of #Maker meetup 🛠️ @hackwimbledon
• one-third of a weekly #Podcast 🎧 @gamesatwork_biz

#3DPrinting #MicroPython #PlotterArt #LEGO #OpenSource #DoctorWho #fedi22

Technical Writer @ UJET.cx (Portugal). PhD in Communication Sciences (ISCTE-IUL). Past: technology journalist, blogger & communication researcher.

#TechnicalWriting #WebDev #WebDevelopment #OpenSource #FLOSS #SoftwareDevelopment #IP #PoliticalEconomy #Communication #Media #Copyright #Music #Cities #Urbanism

Hello!👋😊
Self-hosted Canon/Zwo photographer, mainly Icelandic landscape
Retired IT company director, 71 yo she/her in Scotland
Owned by a cat
15.2kW solar, 19kWh battery, EV owner
Immunodeficient so 😷 + 9 x 💉
No AI or LLM
I already give to charity and I have nothing for sale
Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
I ❤️ ALT text, #OpenSource & 2FA
No bio ∨ posts = no follow
Boost ≠ endorse
I unfollow dormant accounts and use lots of filters
Conditional 2 wk auto-delete
Profile pic = Vegvísir
Intro pinned 👇

Founder and CEO of Nextcloud, Co-founder and Vice Chair Eurostack, Board Member MariaDB Foundation, Founder of ownCloud, Free Software Developer, former KDE e.V. board member, Photographer

Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.

Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk

Previously: https://dxw.com, https://somethingnew.org.uk, https://openpolitics.org.uk, https://apolitical.co, https://theodi.org, https://www.amee.com and more.

Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.

#OpenSource #Ruby #Rails #Python

Cara estranho, anarquista, entusiasta de FOSS, escritor e podcaster responsável por cometer o Teatro Escuro do Pensador Louco. Siga-me por tua livre e espontânea vontade.

she/her

🐈 Cat lady, atheist, feminist 🏳️‍🌈

Chaotic Good

#Java Champion
Software Engineer and #OpenJDK developer at IBM

ex-President of @osgeo
#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource enthusiast, #SVQTech

If you don't like me at my worst jokes, you don't deserve me at my best.

"The postings on this site are my own and don’t represent my employer."
#fedi22

Pirate 🏴‍☠️, Frisian in Rotterdam, FreeSoftware (free, as in freedom, not as in free beer) #Ubuntu, #PardonAssange 🍀 #music #politics #woke #leftist

Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of @briefecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere

Interests include: #ecology #geography #forests #biodiversity #carbon #theory #rstats #writing #photography #socialism #anarchism #ecofiction #FOSS #unions #cycling #basketball

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Chair in @ItaLinuxSociety 2024-2027 (unpaid). Former tech Commission in #Wikimedia Italia (they deleted commissions...). IT consultant for #Wikimedia Switzerland (work).

I love #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #GNU #Debian #OpenStreetMap #LineageOS #FDroid. #Fairphone De-Googled.

I damn like #Phorge/#Phabricator. #sax #jazz

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