Hacker News · Feb 15, 2026 · Collected from RSS
Article URL: https://k7r.eu/i-love-the-work-of-the-archwiki-maintainers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020191 Points: 67 # Comments: 8
For this year's "I love Free Software Day" I would like to thank the maintainers of Free Software documentation, and here especially the maintainers of the ArchWiki. Maintainers in general, and maintainers of documentation most of the time get way too little recognition for their contributions to software freedom. Myself, Arch Project Leader Levente, ArchWiki maintainer Ferdinand (Alad), and FSFE's vice president Heiki at FOSDEM 2026 after I handed them over some hacker chocolate. The ArchWiki is a resource, I myself and many people around me regularly consult - no matter if it is actually about Arch or another Free Software distribution. There are countless times, when I read articles there to get a better understanding of the tools I daily use, like e-mail programs, editors, or all kinds of window managers I used over time. It helped me to discover some handy features or configuration tips that were difficult for me to find in the documentation of the software itself. Whenever I run into issues setting up a GNU/Linux distribution for myself or family and friends, the ArchWiki had my back! Whenever I want to better understand a software, the ArchWiki is most often the first page I end up consulting. You are one of the pearls of the internet! Or in Edward Snowden's words: "Is it just me, or have search results become absolute garbage for basically every site? It's nearly impossible to discover useful information these days (outside the ArchWiki). " https://x.com/Snowden/status/1460666075033575425 Thank you, to all the ArchWiki contributors for gathering all the knowledge to help others in society to better understand technology and for the ArchWiki maintainers to ensure the long term availability and reliability of this crucial resource. If you also appreciated the work of the ArchWiki maintainers for our society, tell them as well, and I encourage you to make a donation to Arch. PS: Thanks also to Morton for connecting me with Ferdinand and Levente at FOSDEM.