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Welcome to libre

A comm dedicated to the fight for free software with an anti-capitalist perspective.

The struggle for libre computing cannot be disentangled from other forms of socialist reform. One must be willing to reject proprietary software as fiercely as they would reject capitalism. Luckily, we are not alone.

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Resources

  1. Free Software, Free Society provides an excellent primer in the origins and theory around free software and the GNU Project, the pioneers of the Free Software Movement.
  2. Switch to GNU/Linux! If you're still using Windows in $CURRENT_YEAR, flock to Linux Mint!; Apple Silicon users will want to check out Asahi Linux.

Rules

  1. Be on topic: Posts should be about free software and other hacktivst struggles. Topics about general tech news should be in the technology comm or programming comm. That doesn't mean all posts have to be serious though, memes are welcome!
  2. Avoid using misleading terms/speading misinformation: Here's a great article about what those words are. In short, try to avoid parroting common Techbro lingo and topics.
  3. Avoid being confrontational: People are in different stages of liberating their computing, focus on informing rather than accusing. Debatebro nonsense is not tolerated.
  4. All site-wide rules still apply

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We should have a comm profile picture for c/libre. I'm thinking of several candidates for this role.

GNU - seems the most simple, the GNU Project was the start of the Free software movement and its sister movement, the Open Source Initiative. It helps distinguish us from being a "/Linux" tech support comm/news aggregator. The problem being is that we are not affiliated with the FSF nor the GNU Project so using this symbol might not be appropriate. (Also I don't want to discuss RMS in any shape or form anymore on the internet)

Tux - No question the most recognizable icon in the public mainstream regarding Free software. Chubby cute penguin that just wants to hack and share software fairly and joyfully. This will make the comm click quickly with users but also has the downside of just making this strongly resemble a "linux" comm rather than an all encompassing libre software comm.

Xenia - The trans foxgirl alternative mascot you never heard about. I personally want this one to be the mascot because it's the most "hexbeary" icon (looking at c/games) you could pick and the most unique. It would pique curiosity while also not bringing a whole set of expectations to the comm like GNU or Tux.

I want to breathe life back into this comm and I think a profile pic would be a cool way to do it . This is also my first post btw of many to come. Viva software libre!

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