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R.I.P. Didier Spaier (Slint)

Got the unfortunate news (link) that Didier Spaier, the creator of Slint, has passed away.

While I never personally interacted with him, I remember his very helpful posts at the Salix (which he also contributed a lot to) and LinuxQuestions.org forums. Thanks for everything, and rest in peace.

[slint] Very sad news

    From: Philippe Delavalade <philippe.delavalade@xxxxxxxxx>
    To: slint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:18:02 +0100

Dear all.

I am very sad to inform everyone that our friend Didier died last week.

Early 2015, I asked on the slackware list if brltty could be added in the
installer ; Didier answered promptly that he could do it on
slint. Afterwards, he worked hard so that slint became as accessible as
possible for visually impaired people.

You all know that all these years, he tried and succeeded to answer as
quickly as possible to our issues and questions.

He will be irreplaceable.

Regards.

--
Philippe
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