A Special Thanks to the IPFire.org Community!

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With this post, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the entire IPFire.org community for the amazing support and for sending us the official community stickers!

For us at IPFire Italia, these are not just simple stickers, but a symbol of belonging, collaboration, and a shared passion for the open-source world and cybersecurity. Receiving this material makes us even prouder to be part of such an active, united, and supportive international community.

The stickers will be distributed at the first opportunity during our upcoming events and meetings, so we can share with everyone this small yet meaningful sign of the great IPFire family.

A huge thank you once again to the entire IPFire.org community for the support, trust, and kindness you have shown us.

From all of us at IPFire Italia: thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

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Thank you for your kind words.

Feel free to get rid of them as much as you can so that more people know that IPFire is a big thing. We have plenty more if you need any more.

If anyone else missed out on the stickers and wants some, find out how to get them:

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Please forgive my not-understanding but why the FCK_C*SCO text on one of the stickers? Is there a bad history between that company and this project or is it just a general difference between two completely different ideologies (open-source vs closed-source, free vs. licence based, etc)? Just out of curiosity.

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Ciao
We will definitely be happy to share the stickers, because they represent much more than just a simple gadget: they are a reminder of the experience, passion, and community spirit that we strive to share during all of our meetings.
Every sticker carries with it a piece of the journey we build together, through sharing, enthusiasm, and friendship.

However, I would like to make a small observation, and I truly hope it is taken in a constructive way, because that is the only reason I am bringing it up.

I honestly do not know how many stickers were distributed or which users received them, but I imagined, and sincerely hoped, that I was not the only one who wanted to publicly thank the community for this gesture.
It would have been nice to see other users who also received the stickers join my post, simply to share a word of appreciation for everyone who dedicates their time, energy, and passion to making this experience special for all of us.

I believe that small gestures like these truly matter when they help create participation, a sense of belonging, and mutual appreciation within the community.

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Shared my name and address via a DM twice but never received. I’m Australia based and certainly no big deal but thought I’d shared in case others also missed out.

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I’ll leave it to the shipping people to answer your question.
I can say that I live in Italy, and it took almost 3 weeks from order to arrival.

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What company? This is just a funny statement and maybe it doesn’t translate too well outside of Europe where the FCK [something] is quite a popular slogan.

We have handed them out at events this year, like FOSDEM and Chemnitzer Linux Tage, but since we cannot go to all events that exist, and since not everybody in our community can come to these, we offered to send them out to you guys via post.

And you can customise your IPFire appliance :slight_smile:

They are probably still traveling then. I have no idea what the time is for a letter to Australia, but if you didn’t receive anything in a week or two let us know and we will send them again.

I believe they were only sent out last week or the week before as we wanted to collect addresses first and then do one trip to the post office :slight_smile:

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I have been away for a long weekend and when I got home I found them in my postbox.

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I meant the company named Cisco. I just didn’t understand why that specific company. I don’t want to defend them and I don’t have shares of them, but I would recommend not to be unpolite against a specific person/company if they hadn’t been mean to this project in the past. Especially if that company has an army of lawyers ;-). I suggest positive statements like “Power of open-source” or “community powered” or “proud to be open” or “smart peoples brainpower inside” etc. There is so much this project can be proud of.

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There have been more designs of the stickers which are not shown on the picture.

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Wow! I wasn’t expecting that.

Thanks to the IPFire team for sending me the stickers. They’re really cool.

Muchas gracias :call_me_hand:

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Muchos thanks for the IPF stickers… finally arrived @ my Australian address.

Onya fellows!

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Hopefully they aren’t upside down for you…

:face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth: sorry

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This then begs the question… which is the right way up or is it the right way down?

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“Everything depends on the frame of reference.” :wink:

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Hello everyone,

This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting one of Italy’s retro computing museums. It was a truly fascinating experience, made even more special by the fact that one of the museum’s founders is a very dear friend of mine.
His passion and dedication to preserving and sharing the history of computing are truly inspiring.

During my visit, I brought along the stickers that many of you kindly provided so they could be distributed to the museum’s visitors. It may seem like a small gesture, but I believe it is a great way to introduce our community to people who share the same passion for technology and computing history.

The museum is regularly visited by schools, students, enthusiasts, and people who have personally witnessed the incredible evolution of computing over the decades.
According to my friend, many visitors also work, or have worked, in the IT industry, making it an especially interesting audience from both a technical and professional perspective.

During our conversation, a comment was made about the stickers that I think is worth sharing with the community.
This is by no means a criticism or complaint, but rather a constructive observation that could potentially help our community grow even further.

The feedback was quite simple: the stickers look great and attract attention, but they do not include a direct reference to the community’s website.
Anyone who receives a sticker and wants to learn more has to search online to find the community, which can create a small barrier to engagement.

Perhaps it would be worth considering adding the website address somewhere on the sticker, even in a small and discreet way.
This would provide an immediate point of access for anyone interested in learning more about who we are, what we do, and how they can get involved. It is a small detail, but one that could significantly improve visibility and make it easier for new people to discover and join the community.

Of course, this is simply a suggestion that I felt was worth sharing. If you find it useful, I would be delighted; if not, that is perfectly fine as well.
My intention is only to pass along feedback that could help strengthen and grow the community over time.

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As a well-established brand, there’s no need to include a URL in the tag, since anyone who wants to know more can simply Google “IPFire” and find the answer.

Apple, with its apple logo, doesn’t need anything else.

It would be different if we weren’t well-known or if we were only on the third page of search results. But that’s not the case; IPFire already has brand recognition.

That’s my opinion.

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I think that’s a great idea and would recommend to write “ipfire.org” in white colour inside the red bar (right side). Just to make sure people don’t end up on a fake website where you can download an infected firewall software. Imagine there would be a similar looking website on ipfirewall.com or ipfirewall.org or whatever.