this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2024
193 points (97.1% liked)

Linux

47948 readers
1611 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

too bad the developers are pretty toxic and refuse to moderate their discord

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Their discord has been full of inconsiderate jokes and memes for a long time. It's not untypical of many edgy internet communities but it being directly associated with a project isn't a good look.

I definitely wouldn't want to get involved with such a project, altough it is a good piece of software and I don't see their behaviour influencing the popularity of hyprland.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My problem with that is that Vaxry is openly in support of the open racism and transphobia in the discord, and with him also being the lead dev I worry it might possibly affect the development at some point

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, with Vaxry being banned from contributing to wlroots, hyprland development won't get easier. At the same time I'd say wlroots and hyprland are largely feature complete, so not being able to contribute might not have a large impact on hyprland.