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This weekend, i was at a event called Fosdem. I'm an open source fan as long as i've been using computers but this weekend something hit me. It's not just the software that makes me happy when i'm using open source software, for a big part it's the community around it.

I saw a lot of people talking about the things they love this weekend, the projects they spend most of there time on and i realized how cool that actually is. I would like to spend my first words in this post on those guys a big thanks to all of you, everybody who works with open source software your the greatest.

Now let's get back to the reason why i wrote this blog post, it's not an how-to, or a guide but just a little peace of my mind i would like to share with you guys.

I spend about 99,9% about my time on or around open source software and i would like people to know the big + about this, first of all it's free! It's fast, and it's safe. If you need a replacement for your os, you got Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian & and allot more. If you would like to replace your office you can use open office, if you think you need all the stuff from the expensive Photoshop think again and take some time to check out the gimp.

What i'm trying to tell here is, don't just only listen to people around you telling you what kind of software to use but try to discover yourself. Be open, be free.