Decided to make a dedicated page for this.
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@brennan Now this is what I'm talking about! Great site!
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Decided to make a dedicated page for this.
@brennan Sounds like Omarchy:Linux::Grokipedia:Wikipedia.
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@brennan Cloudflare, too? Missed that. Gross.
On the upside, Googling around led me to this article (by @alatiera I think?) which is straight spitting fire: https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/
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@ophis nah, they're boring and ethical
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@ophis nah, they're boring and ethical
@brennan after past drama involving fedi instances and russians (separate dramas)... -
@brennan after past drama involving fedi instances and russians (separate dramas)...
@ophis oh what? that's news to me
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That’s a bold claim—do you have any evidence? Because anyone can make a claim.@parabellum_linux_project what claim? there are dozens of references on the site.
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@ophis FUCK
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@parabellum_linux_project what claim? there are dozens of references on the site.
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Fair enough. As a developer building my own projects, I take claims of this scale seriously. Accusing tech giants of funding extremism carries massive legal and reputational risks.I’m open to supporting valid causes, but before I back this, I need you to clearly explain the direct connection to me rather than just leaving raw links. Show me the concrete link, and if it stands up, I’ll consider getting behind it
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@brennan
Fair enough. As a developer building my own projects, I take claims of this scale seriously. Accusing tech giants of funding extremism carries massive legal and reputational risks.I’m open to supporting valid causes, but before I back this, I need you to clearly explain the direct connection to me rather than just leaving raw links. Show me the concrete link, and if it stands up, I’ll consider getting behind it
@parabellum_linux_project literally the first couple links in the references are DHH's writing
https://web.archive.org/web/20250925050154/https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
then, there are many other links from others who have provided lengthy commentary on DHH's past actions and behaviours. I have not made this difficult to understand.
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@parabellum_linux_project literally the first couple links in the references are DHH's writing
https://web.archive.org/web/20250925050154/https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
then, there are many other links from others who have provided lengthy commentary on DHH's past actions and behaviours. I have not made this difficult to understand.
@brennan So the entire premise relies on DHH’s personal blog posts?
By this logic, if Big Tech sponsors Debian, and a maintainer inside Debian posts controversial political views on their personal blog, does that mean Big Tech is directly funding that political movement?
Supporting open-source infrastructure or using tools built by a dev is not the same as 'funding extremism.' Conflating a developer’s personal writing with corporate extremism funding is a massive logical leap -
@brennan So the entire premise relies on DHH’s personal blog posts?
By this logic, if Big Tech sponsors Debian, and a maintainer inside Debian posts controversial political views on their personal blog, does that mean Big Tech is directly funding that political movement?
Supporting open-source infrastructure or using tools built by a dev is not the same as 'funding extremism.' Conflating a developer’s personal writing with corporate extremism funding is a massive logical leap@parabellum_linux_project DHH runs Omarchy. He has declared himself benevolent dictator and anti-democracy in Omarchy's Doctrine: http://web.archive.org/web/20260911142433/https://omarchy.org/doctrine/ He personally oversees everything and has full control and final say.
Corporations and executives have given him 18 million dollars, that is exponentially more money than any other Linux distro would get. It is clear that money is not required for the development of Omarchy, and it would be naïve to think that.
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@parabellum_linux_project DHH runs Omarchy. He has declared himself benevolent dictator and anti-democracy in Omarchy's Doctrine: http://web.archive.org/web/20260911142433/https://omarchy.org/doctrine/ He personally oversees everything and has full control and final say.
Corporations and executives have given him 18 million dollars, that is exponentially more money than any other Linux distro would get. It is clear that money is not required for the development of Omarchy, and it would be naïve to think that.
@brennan Quoting 'Benevolent Dictator' shows a lack of understanding of tech history. BDFL is a 30-year-old software term used for creators like Linus Torvalds (Linux) and Guido van Rossum (Python)—it has zero connection to political dictatorship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
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@brennan Quoting 'Benevolent Dictator' shows a lack of understanding of tech history. BDFL is a 30-year-old software term used for creators like Linus Torvalds (Linux) and Guido van Rossum (Python)—it has zero connection to political dictatorship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
Corporations fund open-source infrastructure and public code, not personal politics. Conflating technical project governance with 'funding extremism' is pure sensationalism.@parabellum_linux_project No. I know its history. I also know actual history. It is obvious to see what is happening here. I am not conflating anything. These corporations are funding DHH. Omarchy is a front. What would a Linux distro need 18 million dollars for?
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@parabellum_linux_project No. I know its history. I also know actual history. It is obvious to see what is happening here. I am not conflating anything. These corporations are funding DHH. Omarchy is a front. What would a Linux distro need 18 million dollars for?
@brennan As a distro maintainer myself, I know how open-source economics work. Omacom Foundation raised $18.5M to fund Linux desktop infrastructure, developer grants, and open-source tooling—not DHH’s personal account.
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@brennan As a distro maintainer myself, I know how open-source economics work. Omacom Foundation raised $18.5M to fund Linux desktop infrastructure, developer grants, and open-source tooling—not DHH’s personal account.
Claiming a non-profit software foundation is a 'political front' just because it secured major backing shows a complete refusal to separate code funding from conspiracy theoriesRE: https://defcon.social/@retsel/117242405058623746
@parabellum_linux_project no, it didn't. DHH said the money is going to FOSS centralization and marketing: https://social.lol/@retsel@defcon.social/117242405123511625
There's no conspiracy theory here. Giving money to a known problematic figure like DHH (who has been written about for years in this light) normalizes the destructive and harmful politics he is a vocal supporter of.
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RE: https://defcon.social/@retsel/117242405058623746
@parabellum_linux_project no, it didn't. DHH said the money is going to FOSS centralization and marketing: https://social.lol/@retsel@defcon.social/117242405123511625
There's no conspiracy theory here. Giving money to a known problematic figure like DHH (who has been written about for years in this light) normalizes the destructive and harmful politics he is a vocal supporter of.
You just shifted your claim from a 'political front' to acknowledging the money is for FOSS marketing and code.
As a distro maintainer, I know marketing and scaling open source requires serious funding. You are conflating your subjective dislike of DHH with a conspiracy theory about 'funding extremism -
You just shifted your claim from a 'political front' to acknowledging the money is for FOSS marketing and code.
As a distro maintainer, I know marketing and scaling open source requires serious funding. You are conflating your subjective dislike of DHH with a conspiracy theory about 'funding extremism@parabellum_linux_project the marketing is a political front. as I explain on my site, this is going towards efforts of reputation-washing DHH and repairing his image.
You are clearly using an LLM to write these replies, and I appreciate it. You've given me a great back-and-forth which demonstrates why this is such an existential problem.
Also, everything I have been writing to you is on the site I made. Try reading before typing
