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. Big fan of bouldering. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈&🏳️‍⚧️ ally. 🇺🇦🍉

Founder of CISOfy; author of #infosec tools rkhunter and Lynis; involved with NLUUG, #openstandards and #opensource; helping companies to secure their #Linux environment; interested in #sustainability and sharing messages in English, sometimes in Dutch 🇳🇱. My Dutch-only account is also @mboelen (mastodon.nl).

#noindex

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

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

loves 🍵, 📷, and 🌌.

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

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

#NoAI in my work.

Free software hacker — Associate, SysAdmin and DevOps Wizard Poto LLC — @debian Developer — Vert - Husband and dad - He/him

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The IT-oriented, more english-speaking account of @DidierRaboud

Pidgin Lead Developer/Maintainer, Democratic Socialist, Premature Internet Activist, Twitch Affiliate. My opinions are my own. 🐥🐦🐧

I'm not burnt out, I went supernova, but quantum entanglement has kept me functioning.

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.

(he/him)

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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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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 #3DPrinting #MiniPainting #fedi22

#FreePalestine #Anarchism #FreeSoftware #Antifa

On eight billion screens
tragedy without justice.
Speak about Gaza!

Profile picture: Drawing of megaphone making waves in colours from flag of Palestine.

Header picture: Free Free Palestine megaphone banner drawing.

I cannot help with money, but I can offer friendship and skills.

No alttext, no boost (w/ Palestine exception).

Ⓐ.🎉️ 🇵🇸️ ☯️🍞️🌹️🌹️ 🏴️ 🏳️‍🌈️

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 👇

FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Principal Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Nonbinary. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC

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

I'm a friendly geek committed to user freedom and computer literacy.
I support Libre and Open Source software.

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

civilisation is dying and i aint try'na deny it

help your community

I work in #audio, formerly #software & #electronics

I do #opensource #dev #selfhosting

I #design and #print #stickers, #posters, #tshirts

#anarchist #antiFascist #antiOligarch #antiAI #musician #jazz #punk

#2slgbtqAlly #mutualAid

#LongCovid #MECFS #wearAMask
#union #IATSE 680

#LANDBACK #FREEPALESTINE

admin metroholografix.ca
formerly [email protected]

#Wabanaki #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #Canada

#noAltNoBoost

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.

Pirate 🏴‍☠️, Frisian in Rotterdam, FreeSoftware (free, as in freedom, not as in free beer) #Ubuntu, #PardonAssange 🍀 #music #politics #woke #leftist and no, I don't want your app.

Civil engineering professor and climate scientist at the City College of New York
#climatechange #cleanenergy #openscience #opensource #agroecology #permaculture

Free open source software – vegan – sustainability – one rights – finance – environment – transparency – Linux – freedom – fairness – politics

Mostly libre software and system safety. Also gardening, DIY, dog photos. Founded @veloren and other projects. Really, really dislikes fascists, born at 364 ppm.

#Technology, #science, and #computing #journalist and #photojournalist. #Author, #Microbit & #RaspberryPi User Guides. Custom PC columnist. Bylines Hackster.io, Make: Magazine, The Register, Bit-Tech, Wevolver, Tom's Hardware, The MagPi, PC Pro, & more. For fun, #retrogaming, #vintagecomputing, #scifi. User of #opensource including #riscv, #linux, #libreoffice, #thegimp. He/Him.

Profile listed on #fedi22.

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Writer about all things open source, as well as music and politics. Once upon a time host of The Sixties in 60 on TheBarrelofRock.com. I have a podcast coming up, so watch this space for the news!

Publisher, editor, & writer at FOSS Force, Alternative Approaches, and If This Be Treason.

#T2Pub

Chair at @dude + @ry, 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 🌈