Colin Mahns

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  • dhh has “/g/entoo mindset” with no new ideas for linux or care for architecture decisions that modern distros adopted. nothing interesting on a technical level, like grsecurity, nixos, qubes, or fedora atomic (and universal blue variants like bazzite, bluefin and secureblue). it’s boring! just marketing on what looks and feels l337 — it’s clear matthew…

  • what’s interesting about dhh and omarchy is that he’s somehow scammed his friends into thinking a web developer’s /g/ inspired laptop setup is the next generation for linux on the desktop and not, a massive regression from where things are going. great article: https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/

  • Reblog of DSA National Tech Committee:

    Reblog via DSA National Tech Committee

  • My @hopeconf talk is at 12pm ET, you can view it here! https://www.hope.net/crystal/

  • @aburtch clear, simple demands and yet the right is losing their minds over it. they aren’t even hiding the quiet part anymore, they HATE democracy!

  • Organizing in Layer 8 – Building Tech in Democratic Socialists of America

    Very excited to speak @hopeconf next month about DSA (@dsa_tech) and our aspirations & struggles to build a politically independent tech stack on donated labor from our members. Plan on sprinkling some politics on labor and technology throughout. Stop by! https://schedule.hope.net/hope26/talk/3RXUHG/ #DemSocialists #Socialism #DSA #HOPEconf

  • 6 in the morning police at my door

  • new follower and user to the fedora atomic/universal blue immutable distro ecosystem but coming from debian i am very impressed at the intentional decisions to drive desktop linux past the last 30 years into something much more robust and modern. i distrohopped for the first time in 15 years to try it out, am super…

  • linkedin algo posts alternating between people i know out of work for 18+ months and promo posts from devs of alt-right forks of FOSS projects like xlibre. horrible web site

  • L bozo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/06/bob-menendez-banned-public-office-new-jersey