The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a “distinguished corporate patron” of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy.

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  • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
    721·
    15 天前

    “popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy.”

    I’ve literally never heard of it.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      471·
      15 天前

      I’ve seen a handful of videos about it recently that have been pushed into my algorithm. There’s definitely a campaign to get it out to influencers. Never heard of it prior to this week.

      It’s just a fork of Arch, with tiling, that’s been slop coded with AI. Something anyone could recreate without AI in a couple hours if they’re familiar with Arch.

    • Aeder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      15 天前

      It’s yet another distro being shilled by god knows who on YouTube and other social media.

      The fact that it’s being pushed so hard without anything of note about it is already suspicious to me.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      15 天前

      yeah this is like a bunch of other internet things where I kinda hate it even seeing it. for me its not a thing of interest.

    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      15 天前

      I only know of it because I was on Distro Watch this week looking for top mention distros I never heard of. The mentions position is likely because of this donation. lol

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      37·
      15 天前

      Oh well if you’ve never personally heard of it, it must not be popular, right?

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        21·
        14 天前

        I’m not OP but yeah, basically. People who are passionate about a specific topic will know what’s up in that area.

        I can name half a dozen of the most popular Arch-based distros off the top of my head because… they’re actually well-known. Meaning they’ve been around for years, I’ve used several personally and can argue their pros and cons, and they feature prominently in objective lineups like the Steam Hardware Survey. Omarchy is none of these things.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        14 天前

        It’s virtually unknown in the Linux world too. It’s literally something they made up overnight and are trying to astroturf.

        I’d say “what a time to be alive” to see the day someone considers it worth astroturfing a Linux distro, except there’s probably some nefarious shit behind it.