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r/linux moment: Scolds trans woman for being too mean to a transphobe (reddit.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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CW: Transphobia, ableism, misgendering

I've posted a video from Nicco Loves Linux covering the whole situation to the libre community here for context.

TL;DR: Vaxry, the lead developer of the popular Hyprland wayland compositor and tiling window manager has been banned from ever contributing a patch to freedesktop, a highly influential software group that is responsible for the modern Linux Desktop. This was due to him violating freedesktop's code of conduct because of his toxic discord community and crypto-fash blog. Vaxry then writes two screeds and throws a public temper tantrum, leading to inevitable clash when his nazi friends harass the freedesktop people.

(EDIT: Removed direct links to blog, the entire blog is pretty reactionary outside of the purely software related posts) The blog posts that got them banned:

Fun screenshot

frothingfash : "I'M NOT MAD I'M NOT MAD"

Critical support to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and their never-ending crusade to destroy white people

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 7 months ago (2 children)

By the way I'm infinitely grateful for hexbear being such a great site to be trans in. Every single other thread about this topic has some chud whining about muh free speech and making up conspiracies.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

Transphobes fuck off meow-knife-trans

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

As a cis man, I've found hexbear to be an incredible resource on how to be a better ally to a close relative who is trans.

As someone who's been exclusively Linux-at-home for about a quarter-century, I am constantly disappointed in the chuds who infest the various subcultures in the broader Linux community. Trying to explain basic fucking empathy to these people is an uphill battle. Honestly it's made me leery of contributing code to established projects. Instead I just do small from-scratch projects for myself. At least then I know the project founder isn't a bigot.