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My personal reflections and opinions.


Beyond Community: The Legal and Political Dynamics of Open Source

First of all, I want to emphasize that this is my personal opinion and does not represent the GNOME Foundation or any other organization. I am not involved in the actions mentioned,

Behind the Scenes of Innovation

I recently came across the article “Why We Can't Have Nice Software” by Andrew Kelley; this is a very critical view of the world of software and technological innovation, but it seems,

Plasma has all the pieces, but where is the glue?

KDE Plasma is among the most popular desktop environments, renowned for its flexibility, customizability, and modern appearance, excelling in these aspects. However, in my recent experience with it, I found that while

Goodbye Apple

Since I purchased my first Apple device, an iMac, the world of technology has seen considerable changes. Back then, macOS (known as OS X at the time) was a revolutionary platform that

Building Strong Foundations

Communities play a key role in supporting many open source projects. These communities are the backbone of an open source project and are made up of people who share a common goal

My experience making a Linux distribution

Creating a Linux distribution is a challenging task that requires a lot of dedication and focus, and I learned a lot through the process of creating my own. The Beginning In the

Open Source in the Wrong Way

It often happens that developers start a new project, instead of contributing to an existing one. This decision can lead to various problems, not just for the software authors of the existing

Vanilla OS Stable First Thoughts

Yesterday we released the first stable release of Vanilla OS (22.10 Kinetic). In this article I want to do some small reflections on how things are going. This article might seem premature

This is why Bottles is about to leave Flatpak

Wait, this article is obsolete, there have been some changes of decision and I invite you to read this comment. Bottles was born as an absolutely non-pretentious project in 2017, it

The IDE I was looking for

I've been a developer for several years now, I started to googling how to make a website I was 14 years old and since then I've made (I switched to StackOverflow 👅).

The Responsibility of Prominent Figures

Sometimes I find myself stopping to think about issues that probably, actually definitely, don't need my involvement, and this happens at the most inopportune moments: while I'm talking to someone, while tidying

Racist terms and where to find them

Racism is a problem that has plagued people for many years, I would dare to say forever. Black, yellow, white, blue, Lega Nord supporters, and so on. One way or another, we

Keep it fucking simple @css

What I want to talk about today is the method that anyone usually uses to develop a website's interface. Initially (and I'm talking many years ago), websites were limited by the lack