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Framework flame war erupts over support of politically polarizing Linux projects (www.theregister.com)

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Six days ago, upgradeable laptop maker Framework tried to convince its fractious user community to live in a "big tent" after a Debian developer objected to the company's sponsorship of Hyprland and its social media promotion of Omarchy, with both projects associated with politically polarizing viewpoints.

Antoine Beaupré, aka anarcat, demanded that Framework clarify its political position with regard to these two projects.

Hyprland, a Wayland compositor, is led by a "toxic and hateful community," Beaupré observed, and Omarchy, a Linux distribution, comes from David Heinemeier Hansson (aka DHH), a controversial figure in the Ruby and Linux communities.

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Does anybody have a source of the direct sponsorship to Obarchy. All I found was a couple of Twitter posts.

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I don't support the views of the endorsed projects, but surely a better reaction would be to suggest alternatives instead of just screaming for outright dismissal? I keep reading that "omarchy is just a bunch of scripts" and "hyperland is just one tiling window manager". If that's the case, there probably are better alternatives no? Or if it's as easy as described why not fork it?

Complaining without an alternative or a solution is not productive, IMO

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[-] roserose56@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

I don't even understand what the article said! Bro we are cooked so bad with politics.

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