<![CDATA["Omarchy should not matter.]]>"Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab."

I wrote about why we have to care about Omarchy. As a fascist power grab within the FLOSS ecosystem.

https://tante.cc/2026/09/11/power-grab/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e2bd770d-dea9-4df2-8680-95b651d48627/omarchy-should-not-matter.RSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 18:14:57 GMTFri, 11 Sep 2026 13:06:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:15:02 GMT]]>@cocaine_owlbear @UmWerker tell them why you did that. They need to feel consequences

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tante/statuses/117254239167271869https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tante/statuses/117254239167271869Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:15:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:51:37 GMT]]>@tante

honestly had to count those fingers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116256575994654827/statuses/117254147106172237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116256575994654827/statuses/117254147106172237Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:51:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:51:23 GMT]]>@tante Omarchy is fascist linux

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117254146213115725https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117254146213115725Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:51:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:34:23 GMT]]>@UmWerker @tante Yeah, not gonna lie, I'm unsubbing from their feed. It's disappointing. I've been getting Linux news and tips there for ages.

But I don't care for who they're welcoming to the table, if you see what I mean.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retro.pizza/users/cocaine_owlbear/statuses/117254079369276524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retro.pizza/users/cocaine_owlbear/statuses/117254079369276524Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:42:57 GMT]]>@tante I think the golden rule of "Don't use X if it's built by known white supremacists" applies here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Mustardfacial/statuses/117253169323629216https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Mustardfacial/statuses/117253169323629216Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:34:53 GMT]]>@bjo @crazyeddie @art_codesmith

Fuck no. There is no amount of money DHH could pay me and I would soundly reject Omarchy donations to Buddies of Budgie.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/117253137606804101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/117253137606804101Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:27:40 GMT]]>@phipunk
But funding a project lead by a fascist doesn't?

I think the bar for “too big to care” got lowered.

@tante @neatnik

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/117253109240402680https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/117253109240402680Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:27:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:10:55 GMT]]>@tante
Weil die Webseite "it's foss" nicht aufhörte es anzupreisen, hatte ich auf den Zusammenhang hingewiesen. Das interessiert dort niemanden, viel mehr wird die rassistische Verbindung mit "es gäbe Bedenken" heruntergespielt. Für indische Betreiber eine bedenkliche Haltung.

Vielleicht benötigen sie einen kräftigeren Anstoß als ich ihn liefern kann?

Bei mir sind sie daraufhin aus dem RSS-Feed geflogen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115547503319576223/statuses/117253043332167407https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115547503319576223/statuses/117253043332167407Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:10:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:04:49 GMT]]>@tante this is a very nice summary, thanks for getting it all down. I just took this to BlueSky because my entire feed is yelling about this. I think we need to socialize these problems outside to a larger group.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/McNeely/statuses/117253019385208949https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/McNeely/statuses/117253019385208949Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:01:59 GMT]]>@tante @neatnik This nails the danger. It allows companies to launder their funds to devs who, if hired, would be a PR nightmare.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/phipunk/statuses/117253008228270869https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/phipunk/statuses/117253008228270869Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:01:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:52:20 GMT]]>@tante
I join the others. Thank you for the work you are doing.

This is very important to have people like you taking the time to think and to write about the problems our field is facing.

👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/fmasy/statuses/117252970282928082https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/fmasy/statuses/117252970282928082Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:50:15 GMT]]>@crazyeddie @art_codesmith Let's hope @me doesn't turn out as a fascist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://schafweide.eu/users/bjo/statuses/117252962063936649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://schafweide.eu/users/bjo/statuses/117252962063936649Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:50:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:49:27 GMT]]>@mkljczk @tante what do you mean?]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.kitty.tel/objects/718fb2b6-9423-4926-9402-42d4f8b2bfa1https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.kitty.tel/objects/718fb2b6-9423-4926-9402-42d4f8b2bfa1Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:49:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:29:55 GMT]]>@tante
Where can someone like myself purchase some of this power garb?
I, for one, think it could work well for a Halloween costume.
Bong hits 4 misreading other people's posts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117252882107258138https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117252882107258138Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:29:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:19:30 GMT]]>@mkljczk @tante you're right, he also pushes other forms of bigotry too but it's good enough for government work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.todayiwilllaunchmyinfantsonintoorbit.com/users/decay/statuses/01M28DCYCG7F9KSN4PQGK0JYQ5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.todayiwilllaunchmyinfantsonintoorbit.com/users/decay/statuses/01M28DCYCG7F9KSN4PQGK0JYQ5Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:19:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:15:03 GMT]]>@art_codesmith @tante I'm using Budgie right now. It's simple and not in my face.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252823660657322https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252823660657322Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:15:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:13:19 GMT]]>@crazyeddie @tante I've had some fun with sway, but had to give it up because it's not compatible with proprietrary NVidia drivers.
GUI-wise, I guess I mostly just want stuff that works, so I go with KDE.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/art_codesmith/statuses/117252816831570102https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/art_codesmith/statuses/117252816831570102Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:13:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:07:47 GMT]]>@art_codesmith @tante Yeah. I used to do it deeply. Had .emacs dialed in. FWM and then Enlightenment.

But everyone switched to desktop stuff and I relented. Now I have to learn all that shit again if I want to pursue that.

edit: there was even tiling window management--the first wm ever. The way I learned all that to begin with was looking at others though. How you had to. Nix is that way and how I would have done Omarchy...or based on guix.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252795114965012https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252795114965012Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:07:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:06:30 GMT]]>@crazyeddie @tante
The idea of customizing one's Linux system to their workflow is probably about as old as Linux itself.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/art_codesmith/statuses/117252790053596917https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/art_codesmith/statuses/117252790053596917Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:06:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:03:08 GMT]]>@tante unless something changed recently, i don't think it's fair to say vaxry 'runs a community based around LGBTQ discrimination']]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twojstary.gay/notes/ar0lbudcdc2yae1ahttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twojstary.gay/notes/ar0lbudcdc2yae1aFri, 11 Sep 2026 14:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:59:51 GMT]]>@tante It's so fucked.

I actually thought the idea interesting and was going to look into it more to see what I could learn to make my own--because why follow someone else's opinions, but the idea of customizing your system for your workflow is "fucking cool".

But there's no good reason for it to be getting this kind of money and attention EXCEPT for yeah, this. I posted it before: I'm reminded of Bushemi and , "Heya fellow kids!" That's DHH apparently.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252763877965679https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/117252763877965679Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:59:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:58:07 GMT]]>@tante

Thanks for your work and words.
Very necessary to argue and fight against fascists and fascism in free software community, Linux community and general.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/awkapuma/statuses/117252757071300490https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/awkapuma/statuses/117252757071300490Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:50:50 GMT]]>@alatiera thank you, fixed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tante/statuses/117252728467497236https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tante/statuses/117252728467497236Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:50:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Omarchy should not matter. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:50:16 GMT]]>@alatiera thank you

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