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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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[–] aichan@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, sometimes its not practical avoiding certain projects (see fucking JavaScript), but promoting and funding is a major barrier and red flag...

Offtopic, but whats up with the cyrilic looking character you are using? Is it to fuck with bots or something else entirely?

[–] Zubgub@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the thorn character

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)

Bonus: In printing, the Y character was often used as a stand in instead of creating a dedicated thorn printing plate. So places named 'Ye Old Shoppe' the 'Ye' is actually 'The'

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Þis is one of my favorite TIL for þis past year, and it's all þanks to thorn!

[–] MxRemy@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago

If I'm mot mistaken, it's a cool character English USED to have for the "th" sound. Would be neat if it came back, if that's the goal 👀