2026-09-09 17:04 UTC
Replies (11)
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@zewm@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 17:40
Sigh time to find a new vps host for my projects
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@serendepity@lemmy.world 2026-09-10 03:17
I have a meeting with a DigitalOcean Account Manager scheduled for tomorrow because I wanted to move my business iver from Azure. Guess it’s time to cancel it and tell them why.
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@ZeroPoke@lemmy.ca 2026-09-10 03:34
And with that after probably more then ten years of a DO VPS I’m in the process of moving it. Bonus to a Canadian provider.
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@Auth@lemmy.world 2026-09-10 01:37
I dont like Omarcy and DHH but its pretty obvious why hes getting the funding and not other projects. The reason this gets funded and stuff like Gnome and KDE doesnt is because DHH has influence, he isnt a foss purist and he has no bureaucracy holding him back. No one cares when KDE makes a post trying to drive linux adoption. When DHH does it drives thousands of new linux users. DHH alone can market the distro to new people in a way most foss projects cant. When a company tries to partner with another project not only do they get very little exposure because the community is small and resistant to advertising but they also often get attacked and purity tested by the users and it generates bad press. When DHH partners with a company his users think its cool and try out the product. It doesnt matter how scummy the company is or if its closed source subscription only. Investors also see Omachy as something where changes can be made without needing 4 years of arguing with one guy rejecting every change. A fast moving tech focused platform with a good marketer could pull people out of the microsoft apple ecosystem to a place where products can freely compete without entrenched platforms stealing their idea and making their version the default
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@surfrock66@lemmy.world 2026-09-09 17:35
I just don’t get it. Separating the art from the artist is not a black and white thing…Like a lot of people worked on the harry potter movies and many people fell in love with those before reading the books, and when Rowling went anti-trans, you could reasonably argue that the films were a collaborative work that you can still love. But this? A pre-configured Arch made by one guy who makes his headline presence maligning minorities? I don’t see how giving money to him is anything other than a company saying his views are explicitly endorsed by the donor.
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@kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 2026-09-10 06:13
but why? its a shitty distro made by an amateur. there are real who needs support
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@soratoyuki@piefed.zip 2026-09-10 00:12
Grunge question. I’m very much a surface-level Linux user. But is Omarchy more than just a hyprland rice?
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@potatopeeler@lemmy.ca 2026-09-10 06:48
There goes my weekend migrating off of DO. I should have left sooner but supporting this crap is lighting a fire under me.
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@800XL@lemmy.world 2026-09-10 07:04
You guys! You guys! I heard of this computer program named Wayland and there’s this Linux dis-trib-u-tion of it with a sick vampire-looking intro screen. AI! AI YOU GUYS! The same AI that makes flyers for my youtube tech channel. Use it too so we can collectively change the world.
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@daytonah@lemmy.ml 2026-09-14 07:30
Why don’t they give to Linux Foundation? Or Debian/void or other projects…
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@Telorand@reddthat.com 2026-09-09 17:14
Is this some new money laundering thing? Are companies “buying in” to hobnob with other wealthy people? Is this just the latest Country Club or whatever? I seriously don’t understand why all these companies are throwing money at a project that is almost assuredly going to “mismanage” it.