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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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In regard to Hyprland and Fascism (drewdevault.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Like y'all keep posting about it, praising it, giving it free advertisement, and what not.

But the dev is a fascist, the discord server is a fascist bar, and the project thus is fascist.

I've met people who were harassed, I browsed through now deleted messages of Vaxry using slurrs and more.

So I wonder is if the people who post constantly about it know and are complicit, or just don't know and would act otherwise?

It gets tiring to see the project be given "fame" when I know the roots of the plants are founded in toxicity & abuse.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 31 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Repeat after me:

"You do not support a project or its dev in any way by just using the software you got for free."

In fact, unless you donate, advertize or contribute to the project, you're a net drain on its resources.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 minutes ago

Great, so you agree with OP, who was criticizing people who are:

posting about it, praising it, giving it free advertisement, and what not

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I don't disagree exactly, but I'd argue that you're contributing to the project even if you're just reporting bugs or helping others with it on e.g. Lemmy.

I could see avoiding all of that pragmatically in order to use some obscure, critical software, but not something you use every day and for which there are reasonable alternatives.