Sometimes I just sit down and realise:
- Tinkering with Linux eventually resulted in my dream job
- Many FOSS tools I use are made by awesome individuals, most of them working on things on their free time
- I trust my devices more now that I use these tools
- Since I run tools like Nextcloud myself, I can trust that my data is not being misused
- I have knowhow to help my friends and family to keep their data safe (sometimes I wish they would follow my advice but anyway lol)
- Since I dont use corpo social media, none of the crap around it concerns me
- I am just generally happier since I do not have worry about any of the techbro nonsense
Makes me feel oddly sated. Calm.
Is any of it perfect? No. But I take these always over the user-hostile corpo solutions.
So people who work on all of these free tools: Thank you. :)






