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With [my move away from macOS][mac-alternative] in 2017 to open source
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operating systems I was aware that my software spending would reduce as most
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software I use these days is provided without financial cost. I decided early
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in the year to try to make a point to redirect these savings towards some of
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the projects I was now benefiting from as well as to some people that were
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doing interesting work. In addition, I wanted to ramp up my own open source
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contributions.
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I acknowledge that I'm very lucky to be in the privileged position to have the
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means to contribute time and money to these projects and I'm by no means
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suggesting everyone must do the same. I am still far away from contributing to
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all the projects I benefit from but am thankful for all the time and effort
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that goes into each and every one.
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## elementary OS
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I started the year running [elementary] as my macOS replacement and was
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strongly incentivised to see it succeed. I contributed through [bug
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bounties][bounties], recurring payments on [Patreon][donate-elementary],
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[merchandise][merch-elementary] and an [Indiegogo campaign][indie-elementary].
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**Contribution:** $281.48
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## Arch Linux
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As my primary OS at work and on my laptop [Arch] was also high on my list of
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projects to support. I contribute through [recurring donation][donate-arch].
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**Contribution:** $120
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## FreeBSD
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I run [FreeBSD] on my two Digital Ocean servers, as well as on my NAS and as of
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the latter part of 2017, the primary OS on my home desktop computer. I
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contribute through [recurring donation][donate-freebsd].
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**Contribution:** $120
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## NetBSD
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I run [NetBSD] on a little $15 a year server but also have a soft spot for it
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as it was the first UNIX like OS I installed many year ago. NetBSD doesn't get
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all that much attention these days but they have some interesting projects like
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[pkgsrc], [Rump kernel][Rump], and [anita], so it was important to me to send
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some dollars their way. NetBSD don't have a recurring donation mechanism so I
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made a [one off donation][donate-netbsd] at the end of the year.
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**Contribution:** $60
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## OpenBSD
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I don't run [OpenBSD] directly, aside from an install on my laptop to check in
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with its progress now and then. However, the project has had a huge impact on
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the software world and in my opinion doesn't get enough credit (or funds) for
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this. Some of their projects of note are:
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* [OpenSSH] (including `ssh`, `scp`, `sftp`, `ssh-agent`)
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* [LibreSSL]
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* [tmux]
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* [pf firewall][pf]
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* [OpenSMTPD]
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Even if you don't use OpenBSD directly it's likely you're benefiting from one
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of their projects. I contributed through [recurring donation][donate-openbsd]
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and [merchandise][merch-openbsd].
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**Contribution:** $150
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## Solus OS
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Early in the year I was using the [Budgie desktop][solus] on Arch as my desktop
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environment. Eventually I switched to GNOME but sent them funds for a while. I
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contributed to [Solus on Patreon][donate-solus].
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**Contribution:** $50
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## GNOME
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[GNOME] is the desktop environment I use on all my systems now. I like the
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integration of all the components and the relatively uncluttered UI. The
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project is huge, spanning low level libraries, the GTK toolkit, applications
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built with these libraries, and the desktop environment itself.
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When you, "[Become a Friend of GNOME][donate-gnome]", you get to adopt a
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hacker and receive a post card from a GNOME developer. I chose [Christian
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Hergert], for all the excellent work he's doing on [GNOME Builder].
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**Contribution:** $45
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## Mozilla
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[Mozilla] make my browser of choice, [Firefox], but also favourite programming
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language, [Rust]. They're also strong proponents for the open web and pushing
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new technologies like web assembly forward. I contribute through [recurring
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donation][donate-mozilla].
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**Contribution:** $35
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## Neovim
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I use [Neovim] pretty much every day and it is one of the primary tools I use
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in my day job. This very post was written in it. Supporting its continued
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development is definitely in my interest. I contribute through [recurring
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donation][donate-neovim].
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**Contribution:** $60
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## Individual Creators
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These are people doing interesting work or are responsible for things I benefit
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from.
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* [Jeremy Soller] is creating [Redox OS], an MIT licensed OS written in Rust.
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$60
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* [Gargron] is creating the [Mastodon] federated social network. You can find
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me at <https://decentralised.social/wezm>. $40
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* [Jorge Aparicio] is doing fantastic work building Rust tooling and pushing
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the state of the art of [Rust on microcontrollers][embedded-rust]. $35
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* [Steve Wills] does a stack of work on [FreeBSD ports/packages][swills-ports].
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$10
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* [Drew DeVault] (sircmpwn) is building a bunch of interesting open source
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tools, including the [sway] tiling Wayland compositor for Linux and FreeBSD.
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$15
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**Contribution:** $160
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## Bug Bounties
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Bug bounties seem like a nice way to make bug fixes more appealing, reward
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folks that fix bugs you've encountered or to make a feature request a little
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more rewarding for a developer. Excluding the bounties that resulted from my
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elementary use detailed above I also posted these bounties:
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| Project | Amount |
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| -------------- | -------- |
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| [dopen] | $20 |
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| [neovim-gtk] | $40 |
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| [GNOME - vte] | $100 |
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| [Plack] | $15 |
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| [Maya] | $10 |
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| [Geary] | $50 |
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| **TOTAL** | $235 |
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## Other One Off Contributions
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* [rEFInd boot manager][refind] $10
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* [Pass for iOS][pass-ios] $15
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* [archive.org] $10
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**Contribution:** $35
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## Open Source Contributions
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2018/github-contributions.png" alt="Public GitHub activity at the end of 2017" />
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<figcaption>Public GitHub activity at the end of 2017.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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In addition to financial contributions, in 2017 I also tried to make more open
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source contributions, both to projects and by releasing my own work. Some of
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these were just small README improvements, others were new features or
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operating system support. Some of the highlights are:
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* Add, fix, or improve FreeBSD and OpenBSD support in the [nix], [libc],
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[rust-users] crates.
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* Various [small fixes][pr-dot] to the [dot], dotfiles manager.
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* Replace the deprecated use of `rustc_serialize` with `serde` in the
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[maxminddb crate][maxminddb].
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* Convert the [Scala STM] documentation from Textile to Markdown so that their
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website could be brought back online.
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* Create and maintain some [AUR packages].
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* Build and publish [titlecase] tool and crate.
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## Conclusion
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So all up I donated $1,351.48. That's likely more than I would have
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spent on commercial software in the year but still not a huge amount in the
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grand scheme of things. I hope it helps all these great projects.
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In the past year I am happy with the code and documentation contributions
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I made. In the future I'd like to be releasing or contributing more sizable
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chunks of code... We'll see how that goes in 2018.
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[anita]: https://github.com/gson1703/anita
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[Arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/
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[archive.org]: https://archive.org/
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[AUR packages]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=wezm&SeB=m
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[bounties]: https://www.bountysource.com/people/24354-wezm
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[Christian Hergert]: https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/
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[donate-arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/donate/
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[donate-elementary]: https://www.patreon.com/elementary
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[donate-freebsd]: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/
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[donate-gnome]: https://www.gnome.org/friends/
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[donate-mozilla]: https://donate.mozilla.org/
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[donate-neovim]: https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/neovim
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[donate-netbsd]: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate
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[donate-openbsd]: http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html
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[donate-solus]: https://www.patreon.com/solus
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[dopen]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/59191989-tmccombs-dopen
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[dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot
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[Drew DeVault]: https://www.patreon.com/sircmpwn
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[elementary]: https://elementary.io/
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[embedded-rust]: http://blog.japaric.io/
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[Firefox]: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
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[FreeBSD]: https://www.freebsd.org/
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[Gargron]: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
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[Geary]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/403531-geary
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[GNOME - vte]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/11153430-gnome-vte
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[GNOME Builder]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
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[GNOME]: https://www.gnome.org/
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[indie-elementary]: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-the-pay-what-you-want-app-store#/
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[Jeremy Soller]: https://www.patreon.com/redox_os
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[Jorge Aparicio]: https://www.patreon.com/japaric
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[libc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
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[LibreSSL]: https://www.libressl.org/
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[mac-alternative]: http://bitcannon.net/post/finding-an-alternative-to-mac-os-x/
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[Mastodon]: https://joinmastodon.org/
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[maxminddb]: https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-rust
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[Maya]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/52097-maya
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[merch-elementary]: https://elementary.io/store/
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[merch-openbsd]: https://openbsdstore.com/
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[Mozilla]: https://www.mozilla.org/
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[neovim-gtk]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/40104917-daa84-neovim-gtk
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[Neovim]: https://neovim.io/
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[NetBSD]: https://www.netbsd.org/
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[nix]: https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
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[OpenBSD]: http://www.openbsd.org/
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[OpenSMTPD]: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
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[OpenSSH]: https://www.openssh.com/
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[pass-ios]: https://github.com/mssun/passforios
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[pf]: https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4
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[pkgsrc]: http://www.pkgsrc.org/
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[Plack]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/262089-plank
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[pr-dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
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[Redox OS]: https://www.redox-os.org/
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[refind]: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
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[Rump]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel
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[rust-users]: https://github.com/ogham/rust-users/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
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[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
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[Scala STM]: https://nbronson.github.io/scala-stm/
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[solus]: https://solus-project.com/
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[Steve Wills]: https://www.patreon.com/swills
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[sway]: http://swaywm.org/
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[swills-ports]: http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=committer&method=match&query=swills&num=10&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search
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[titlecase]: https://github.com/wezm/titlecase
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[tmux]: http://tmux.github.io/
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