[General Topics] Lamien:
Definetely gokhanmoral. His profile: http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=289089

Why? He is, in my humble opinion, one of the most knowledgable developers around here (that I know of). His famous Siyah Kernel is one of the best things to ever happen to the Samsung Galaxy S II (and Galaxy S III).

I dont' have a long history with Android. My first smartphone ever was and still is the S II. I simply love my device and check it's xda forum every day. I got the S II roughly one year ago, and lasted about half a month without rooting it. I remember the excitement and anxiety when I flashed my first custom rom. I think it was Litening Rom back then. After trying several roms (mostly only slightly modified stock roms) I kinda ended up using either Hyperdroid or CheckRom. Back then I did not know anything about kernels. But that was about to change soon.

Siyah Kernel first caught my attention when it was still for Gingerbread. I was impressed by all the features described in gokhans OP and all the positive feedback. So I started reading up on everything Kernel related and was fascinated by all the variety and possibilites Android offers. Also I soon began to understand the iSheep culture and how terrible Apple actually is in terms of open source and patents.

Soon after I felt the infamous ORD kicking in. First I thought it was a joke, but it's actually true. I would find myself refreshing my favourite roms thread and of course gokhanmorals Kernel thread countless times to find out about the latest or upcoming releases and fixes. I would start got mad and hectic when I was at work and saw that Gokhan had released a new version and I couldn't flash it right away. Eventually I even made xda and gokhans page my new start pages.

Note: Only early 2012 did I register here at xda. I don't even know why, but I sort of did not care to post anything, because I felt I had nothing useful to contribute. I haven't posted much since then, mostly answering easy questions or making small suggestions.

I'm not a developer, and I will never be one. But I envy those capable of such great things. I enjoy being a small part of this awesome community and having the chance to learn about these great things. I also enjoy XDA TV and the stories posted on the front page. Always a great read during breaks.

I admire gokhan for his development skills and effort he puts into his work. He revolutionized the S II by implementing the very famous dual booting feature and his latest innovation: BLN without Wakelocks, a great breakthrough which nobody else could have achieved I guess. Furthermore, together with xan, he developed a great interface to configure and tweak his kernel: ExTweaks. Though at this point in time, he created his own version, called STweaks due to some issues with openness of ExTweaks (I might be wrong with this statement so feel free to correct me.) He also was involved in research on the horrible "Superbrick" incident with Samsung ICS firmwares together with many others, such as Entropy512. He even continued development for the S II although he got a S III device, which is not usual. Most developers abandon their older work as soon as they get a newer/better device.

I admire gokhan for his attitude. Never arrogant, always trying to please everyone and trying to keep a friendly tone in his thread. Although recently , non development related posts and utter nonsense posts have increased in his thread. As a consequence he closed the thread temporarily. I can understand that decision and I am saddened by the disrespect he sometimes has to experience.

Long story short. I want to express my thanks to this awesome person. And also to this awesome site and it's maintainers/contributers/donators and everyone who makes this place what it is!

Have a nice day and a great thanksgiving, everyone! :victory: