Likes to hack Linux, barebox, in-betweens and beyond.

Alexander ist Policy Consultant der FSFE.

Alexander Wirt arbeitet als Projekt- und Teamleiter bei der credativ GmbH in Mönchengladbach wo er an der Umsetzung von Kundenprojekten mit OpenSource beteiligt ist. Zusätzlich ist er Mitglied in mehreren OpenSource Projekten wie Debian oder GRML.

Exherbo Linux developer

Andreas Mantke ist seit der Gründung der Document Foundation und von LibreOffice für beide mit kurzer Unterbrechung ehrenamtlich tätig. Er ist derzeit Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitee der The Document Foundation mit Sitz in Berlin.

Angelo Veltens is a Software Develeoper and IT-Consultant at codecentric in Hamburg. He is active in the Solid Community and maintainer of PodOS - a web-based operating system for facilitating data from Solid Pods.

Annika Niemann ist Rechtsanwältin und befasst sich schwerpunktmäßig mit IT-Recht und Cyber-Resilienz. Im Mittelpunkt ihrer Arbeit stehen Open-Source-Compliance und der Cyber Resilience Act. Daneben befasst sie sich mit IT-Sicherheit, NIS2, dem Data Act und KI-Recht. Im engen Austausch mit Entwickl...

Part of the it-collective Local-IT, enthusiastic about Open Source, accessibility and queer feminist perspectives on IT.

Berater, Trainer und Podcaster

I'm in IT since more than 25 years and I use Linux and OSS since the early beginning. In my professional daily work I deploy Enterprise software on all available operating systems. In my spare time I do security analysis, microservices and try to stay up to date with all parts of IT and Tech.

Claudia Krell ist Head of Office der Samba Foundation und begleitet den Aufbau organisatorischer Strukturen rund um Kommunikation, Sponsorship, Governance und nachhaltige Beteiligung am Samba-Ökosystem. Bei der SerNet GmbH arbeitet sie an der Schnittstelle von Marketing/Kommunikation und Open Source...

Software Engineering professor at Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences and convinced supporter of free and open source software

Seit meinen ersten Kontakten mit einem Epson HX20 in meiner Kindheit fasziniert mich Computertechnik im gleichen Maße, wie mich die Missbrauchsmöglichkeiten der Technik erschrecken. Aus diesem Grund war mir immer die selbstbestimmte Techniknutzung und die Vermittlung des dafür nötigen Wissens ein An...

Gründer der Freie-Software-Jugendorganisation Teckids und Co-Maintainer des freien Schul-Informations-Systems AlekSIS. Seit 2005 in der Schnittmenge aus Freier Software und Bildung unterwegs.

Industrie-Veteran mit mehr als 30 Jahren Erfahrung in den Bereichen Software-Entwicklung, Betriebssystemen mit Fokus auf FLOSS, Middleware und Embedded Systems. Und einer der Linux Inlaws.

I'm a freelance software developer working on Arch Linux.

Bei OpenStreetMap seit 2009 als beitragende Person dabei. Aktuell auch im Vorstand von OpenStreetMap Deutschland (FOSSGIS e.V.) aktiv.

Florian Snow is a software developer from Nuremberg with a background in a variety of different fields such as teaching, programming, linguistics, and design. He has been interested in Free Software since about 1999 and has been active in the community since about 2006. In addition to his work as a ...

Zinneke and CRA wonk.

🐒 Passionate code monkey 👩‍💻 Geek 🎮 Gamer 🧗‍♀️ Bouldering apprentice 💡 Problem solver 🐍 Python wrangler 🐙 Creator & Maintainer of OctoPrint

I’m gyptazy (ɡʏpˈteɪziː), a passionate DevOps engineer and software developer focused on automation, infrastructure, and operational efficiency. I work across cloud and on-premise environments with a strong focus on open-source software, FreeBSD, and the Proxmox ecosystem, where I lead projects such...

TeX seit 1986, Linux seit 1992, S3-Treiber für XFree86 von 1993 bis 2001, ...

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Lumiera core developer

Benedikt Hiepler leads the AI unit at Krankikom GmbH in Duisburg, bringing AI into client and product projects. He also develops EuConform, an open-source format for verifiable AI Act evidence. His focus is on bias measurement, machine-readable compliance artifacts, and why a green light in a ven...

Johannes Näder works with the Free Software Foundation Europe. He coordinates the Public Money? Public Code! initiative and the FSFE's policy work in Germany.

josie works on infrastructure and security. she spends work hours on linux userspace networking, free time on porting distros to weird architectures, and contributing to CNCF projects. she unironically thinks s390x is cool and will argue about it. occasionally writes crystal, and likes ele...

Ehemann, Vater, Open Source Enthusiast, 1x Engineer, Sysadmin und Red Hat Technical Account Manager (TAM). TAM Ambassador und Open Sourcerer. Seit über 20 Jahren in der IT unterwegs.

Luca Weiss works as Android & Linux Kernel Engineer at Fairphone working on extending the software lifespan of phones, enabling them to last longer. He is also maintaining and contributing to many open source projects such as postmarketOS, a Linux distribution for phones, and contributes various pat...

Principal Consultant at SWAGLab, web architect, developer, trainer and author. Experienced software engineer and team lead, systems architect, consultant and trainer. Two decades’ worth of experience across different technologies and organizations. Co-author of “The Rails Way” book series. Seasoned ...

Lukas Kahwe Smith joined in the open source scene in 2000. He became release manager for PHP 5.3. In this role he established the PHP RFC process. As part of the core team in the PHP project Symfony, he initiated the Symfony Diversity initiative. After leaving the web agency Liip, he co-founded Wit...

Marie is Co-Director of Prototype Fund. She studied literature and cultural journalism and was previously involved in various projects at the intersection of journalism, data protection and FOSS.

Linux-Kernel Entwickler, Codasip GmbH

Python, Linux, Automatisierung. Und alles rund um Daten aus (semi)offenen Schnittstellen

Mathis Rudolf works in the PostgreSQL team at credativ and is passionate about building stable, highly available software infrastructures. His focus is on HA architectures, automation, and open-source technologies around PostgreSQL. He values pragmatic solutions, reliable systems, and active knowled...

Michael Christen is maintainer of the YaCy Search Engine Software. He has a Masters Degree in Computer Science. He also worked on a free personal assistant SUSI.ai

Michael Kleinhenz ist Software-Architekt, Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Questor GmbH in Berlin. Dort ist er für Technologiestrategie und die Produktentwicklung verantwortlich ist. Er beschäftigt sich insbesondere mit Themen wie Enterprise Open Source Software, Middleware-Infrastrukturen, Prozessma...

Susanne (miracee), Dipl. Inf., B. Sc. Psychology, has been active in the Open Source world since 1996. She combines her long-standing experience as a principal consultant and trainer for MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL with psychological topics such as communication, rhetoric, leadership, and the spe...

Freelance open source developer (PHP/TYPO3) and workshop trainer (leadership, team development, software development).

Patrick Steinert is a computer scientist with 20+ years of experience in the development of online platforms in a wide range of applications (such as telecommunications, media & entertainment, Internet of Things). His focus is on software platforms, cloud technologies, IoT and technology management....

* Project Associate at the Institute for Digital Participation at Bremen University of Applied Sciences * Open Source Enthusiast * Accessibility Advocate

Sebastian Bergmann has believed in Open Source from day one. He has a university degree in computer science, and has created the industry-leading testing tool PHPUnit, which has played a vital role in professionalizing software development with PHP. He shares his comprehensive experiences in publ...

Geboren in Herne, verheiratet, zwei Hunde, ein Pferd, in die Schweiz ausgewandert. Selbständige Hundetrainerin und Erwachsenenbildnerin.

I'm a professional Embedded Linux and Embedded Android engineer and general open source enthusiast. Also I write blog posts occasionally.

Cypherpunk, Hacker, Open-Source-Entwickler und -Evangelist, ehemals NetBSD-Entwickler und Sicherheitsforscher, jetzt Sicherheitsarchitekt bei einem IT-Dienstleister.

Freelancer by day, Debian developer by night.

Cyclist, Berliner, freelancer Over the past few years, I have worked on various FOSS projects in the public sector, including OpenCode.de, the Sovereign Tech Fund, OpenDesk and the Administrative Cloud framework.

Thorsten is a LibreOffice hacker and standards wonk. He works on code, community & business models around FLOSS

I'm an open source smarthome (home assistant) and voice technology enthusiast, contributed my voice for the community in the Thorsten-Voice project and share knowledge in the identically called Youtube channel.

Volker Lendecke ist Mitgründer der SerNet GmbH in Göttingen und Mitglied des Samba Teams

Erklärtante für das Fediverse, Moderatorin für diverse Mastodon-, Pixelfed-, PeerTube- und Flohmarkt-Server und Administratorin eines Castopod-Servers.