While I'm cruising around, I figured I'd drop in and say hi to the source code peeps.
Just wanted to say - I'm totally blown away by the stuff you guys are doing. You guys have gone absolutely bonkers with this stuff. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the source would be this useful. I'm also glad that as far as I can tell, no one has been permanently scarred from exposure to it

Particularly neat is the whole Linux thing. I know I was down on it at the onset, but you guys have really kicked ass. Shows what the hell I know

No doubt, Freespace will live on for a heckuva lot longer because of your efforts.
So, now I'll go ahead and register my own personal fanboy request : Man oh man would I love to see real stencil shadows from big ships. That's one uber-dramatic element FS2 never really had - the proper LOOMING presence of the big guys reflected in the lighting on the little guys.
Anyways - rock on!