I woke up to a comment so smug, so perfectly soaked in gatekeeping and faux-righteous posturing, it earned its own blog post.
You want freedom? You want GNU/Linux to mean something?
Then maybe start by not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves with a smile.
This commenter thought they were defending "software freedom." What they were really doing was kicking people out of the room. Dismissing accessibility. Mocking effort. Pretending that cruelty is some kind of rite of passage. They quoted Stallman like it was scripture, ignored real-world experience like it was noise, and wrapped it all in condescension dressed as virtue.
I’ve spent over a decade in this ecosystem. Writing patches. Rebuilding broken stacks. Helping blind users boot systems upstream doesn’t even test. I didn’t "just install Arch and whine about the terminal." I lived in it. I survived it. I held it together when maintainers disappeared and no one else gave a damn.
But apparently, because I didn’t call it GNU/Linux™ and because I dared to talk about how this OS chews people up and spits them out, I’m lazy. I’m weak. I should "get a dog."
So I wrote a response. Line by line. No mercy. No euphemisms.
This isn’t just about one comment. This is about every time someone’s been told they don’t belong because they couldn’t learn fast enough, code well enough, or survive long enough. It’s about everyone who was pushed out while the gatekeepers patted themselves on the back for "preserving the spirit of free software."
You want a free system? Start by making it livable. Because freedom that demands you crawl bleeding through a broken bootloader isn’t freedom. It’s abandonment dressed in ideology.
And if this kind of gatekeeping is your idea of community?
You can keep it.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/
#Linux #GNU #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #FreeSoftware #Gatekeeping #DisabilityInTech #OpenSource #Orca #ScreenReaders #ArchLinux #BurnItDown #blogpost
Hey, i am gaurav, this is my first time posting in this space. Got tired of ads, propaganda, central, and patch opinions so decided to migrate to a decentralised globe.
I mostly do #foss and am interested in all things #ai #unix and #metal programming.
New to this fediverse and still learning anarchy 
and how servers (also i am a noob) here work.
I am also bullish on effective acceleration and a believer in effective altruism. Opinions my own.
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Hello, Fediverse. I'm looking for embedded experts to help save #LEGO MINDSTORMS!
Background: https://pybricks.com/project/saving-lego-mindstorms/
I've made major progress, but I'd love to get some help! If writing an SPI flash driver or USB device implementation is your thing, I would love to hear from you 😀
I'll gladly donate an EV3 set for this. We can do this as a paid project too if that's a better fit. Let's discuss!
#foss #retrocomputing #ewaste #getfedihired #FediHire #fedijobs
Must Have Essential Applications For Desktop Linux
Explore the curated essential list of free & open source software applications by category for the graphical user interface of a GNU/Linux desktop.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/essential-desktop-linux-applications/
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I didn’t plan to write about Wayland yet. But Xorg is dying — not eventually, but now. GNOME’s dropping X11 support. RHEL already removed it. Ubuntu and Fedora are next. And if you rely on accessibility, you don’t get to wait this one out.
So here’s Post 4 of I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back.
I’m using Wayland now. Primarily. Not because I love it. Because the fallback is disappearing, and I want to be there helping fix what comes next. GNOME with Orca actually works. KDE and COSMIC are making progress. I’ve talked to the people involved. They care.
But a lot is broken.
MATE — the desktop most blind users preferred — isn’t on Wayland.
ocrdesktop doesn’t work. xdotool is gone.
wlroots compositors still don’t reliably support Orca’s keybindings, especially on laptops.
This isn’t GNOME’s fault. They’re the only reason accessibility on Wayland works at all.
But the old excuses are gone. “Just use Xorg” isn’t going to be an option much longer.
So yeah. I’m a Wayland shill now. Because I’m using it. Because I have to.
And I want to make sure we’re not excluded from what comes next.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#Linux #Wayland #Accessibility #Orca #GNOME #KDE #COSMIC #FOSS #a11y #BlindTech #xorg
XeroLinux 
Hey y'all
We are getting closer to #KDEPlasma 6.4 release on Arch.. As soon as it's out will upload a new ISO for everyone to enjoy...
Happy Sunday y'all ⛅
Heck let's do this. Will be going Live this Wednesday gaming on Linux (XeroLinux).
But before I do, let's see which game I shall play. Vote for it ! Might play others though, will see how it goes.
#Gaming #YouTubeLive #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #XeroLinux
Options: (choose one)
Hey y'all..
Happy Monday.. This is to announce my return to YouTube next month (if all goes well) finally !
But before I do, I need as many of you to let me know if I should keep the same thumbnail style or change it up ?
Content will be primarily focused around #ArchLinux (Derivatives too) and #XeroLinux with other stuff sprinkled around it from time to time.
#FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #YouTube
Options: (choose one)
#FOSS is all about options:
- I chose not to use #RedHat systems 28 years ago.
- I chose not te use #GNOME 15 years ago
- I chose not to use #SystemD 6 years ago.
- I choose to accelerate the migration of all the #Linux based systems I can to #BSD systems because:
- I choose to keep up with the #UNIX way
- I choose to use stable systems which don't change for the sake of change
- I choose to be part of healthier communities, that don't promote monoculture or fall so easily into arrogance
Remember that blogpost about our fully #FOSS adventure that I promised to write years ago? Welp, better late than never! 😂
"Building a fully FOSS environment – then and now." Basically everything I chose 7 years ago for a medium sized non-profit and what I would choose in 2025.
a little tool I built to fight linkrot and save our sources from the memory hole → https://sij.law/deepciter
#digitalpreservation #selfhosting #archivebox #opensource #foss #textfragments #waybackmachine #linkrot #memoryhole #legaltech #permalink #deepcite
Vabljeni vsi uporabniki, razvijalci, prevajalci, simpatizerji Linuxa idr. odprte kode
7. junija on 12h naprej
v Gostinci (blizu Ljubljane)
na
Piknik Odprte Kode – POK 2025!
https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/7267de90-040e-495e-9358-832edef8d61c
👆 pofočkaj se, da vemo koliko hrane in jedače se rabi
Na povezavi je tudi več info in pa zemljevid.
Hvis du er i København den 16. juni, er der filmpremiere og bogreception for fortællingen om Ada & Zangemann i Empire-biografen kl. 15:30!
Se https://codingpirates.dk/event/bog-release-film-og-debat-gratis-arrangement/ for detaljer.
#foss #frisoftware #fsfe #ada&zangemann
New blogpost: "More tinkering with tmux"
I've been getting to grips with tmux, and now I have a useful script which loads a tmux environment all ready to go with what I use regularly.
Ideal for getting stuff done when I don't want the distractions of a full GUI.
My updated Android #FOSS replacements list (as of May 26) 🧵1/4
Stock Replacement:
--Play Store ➡️ Droidify, Obtainium, Aurora Store
--Backup (non-root) ➡️ AppListBackup, App Manager & Round Sync
--Calculator/Converter ➡️ yetCalc
--Calendar ➡️ TBA³ + DAVx⁵
--Camera ➡️ OpenCamera¹
--Chrome ➡️ IronFox, DDG & Bitwarden
--Clock ➡️ Clock-FDroid
--Contacts ➡️ Fossify
--Drive ➡️ TBA³ (possibly Syncthing Fork in future)/ProtonDrive¹
--Files ➡️ Material Files¹
--GAuth ➡️ Aegis
--GBoard ➡️ HeliBoard w/ FUTO Voice
--Gmail ➡️ Thunderbird & TBA³
--Keep ➡️ Quillpad
--Maps ➡️ GMaps WV²
--Messages ➡️ Molly & QUIK
New instance, new intro*
I'm Elizabeth (she/her) & I'm a former goth girl & rescue cat mom who has a six hour #TypeONegative playlist and a neverending love for Peter Steele. I live in the US but I avoid that topic like the plague. And if I follow you it means I actually read your posts. 🤘
Other interests: #Android modding, #FOSS, #Horses, all things #Horror, #WarholFactory films, genre books & comics and balcony birdwatching.
I'm not usually nice but I try really hard to be kind. I am also goofy AF & laugh at ridiculous sh*t.
*I had a chaotic transfer [self inflicted] so if we were conversational friends and I'm missing you, let me know.
Whenever I see a door with PUSH sign. I PULL it first to avoid conflicts.
don't worry if you didn't GIT it.
Me when I began to implement a new cool feature in a #FOSS tool:
"How hard can it be?"
Me 2 months later after rewriting half of the file handler logic, dealing with half-baked or non-existing docs currently implementing a thread management class because the program never needed to even be able to stop a child process before I came around (still not knowing if the PR will even be accepted):
Long live freaking AI. The latest attack on #Codeberg just now left me with issues in the tracker, created by some asshole's AI bot designed to bait #FOSS maintainers in spending time on a response to their overly critical, aggressive and accusing #LLM 'feedback'.
Here's some examples:
[deleted links to 4 issues, which were also removed from the codeberg db, along with the accounts themself].
Good work @Codeberg for immediately deleting these accounts.
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We offer grants between 5 & 50k and grantees can also request practical support with licensing, security, accessibility, long-term sustainability, mentoring, UX testing, trouble shooting, packaging, internationalisation & more. https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250401-call.html
#FOSS #funding
GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People
I chose to write this.
Link removed
#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame
**update**: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.
That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.
**Update two**. I have made the decision to pull this post. It is not a good starting-point for a discussion, and just encourages defensiveness on both sides – when there really aren't sides here at all.
As a FOSS contributor, I am deeply ashamed at the way I approached this out of frustration.
#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad
Escape this dystopia by switching to #FOSS alternatives:
➡️ @CryptPad - Privacy-friendly online office suite, used by the UN 🇺🇳
➡️ @libreoffice - Most popular free open offline office suite
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➡️ @ONLYOFFICE - Online office suite, self-hostable
➡️ @thunderbird (main) & @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos) - Email & comms suite (RSS, XMPP, IRC etc)
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Just one Week left to apply for a talk at 23. Gulaschprogrammiernacht by Entropia e.V. - CCC Karlsruhe on 19-22 June 2025 in Hochschule für Gestaltung / Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in #Karlsruhe, #Germany
Find out more at: https://foss.events/2025/06-19-23-gulaschprogrammiernacht.html
Official account: @gulasch
Official hashtag(s): #GPN23 #Gulaschprogrammiernacht