Time to find a new VPS host.
This too shall pass.
Grunge question. I’m very much a surface-level Linux user. But is Omarchy more than just a hyprland rice?
Omarchy is a Linux distro developed by the guy this article is about.
Well, the “pedophile ring” thing turned out to be mostly true with the Epstein stuff.
thanks for the clarification
Not that I can tell.
Fascist arch, from what i can tell. Just a bunch of lazy config files on top of arch with as much AI and spyware shoved into it as possible
There goes my weekend migrating off of DO. I should have left sooner but supporting this crap is lighting a fire under me.
im not very knowledgeable about the current situation. can you enlighten me? why the sudden surge on digitalocean hate?
Left-of-center people hate DHH and by extension everything he does and everyone he networks with because “he’s a fascist”.
Maayyyyybe because he is?
I mean, if far-left radicals call someone a fascist, that’s debatable. But everyone left of center? Maaaaaybe they’re onto something here?
Precisely because of what is described in the post.
Omarchy is an Arch-based Linux distribution created by a person with questionable political views. Many in the Linux community will go great lengths to ensure not a single penny of theirs gets into his hands.
He doesn’t have “questionable” political views, unless you consider open xenophobia and fascism no more than questionable. He went beyond questionable a while ago and into being truly unpleasant and promoting harmful ideas.
perpetuating arch on society is the biggest crime
but also the racism and white supremacy
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This makes users try Omarchy. Users learn about the author and move to a different Linux distribution. All good?
I like the positivity!
I am just trying to understand where the problem is. To me it looks like a way to lure Windows users to Linux. Yes, we all have different opinions but that is exactly what all Linux distros are for. Since Omarchy is open source I don’t see a big problem. It is not backed by Google or someone else so there is no monopol here that cant be won.
I just see it as a experiment, showcase, of what can be done and what people actually want. That other distributions can copy and take the good parts from.
But why? Why is everybody funding this piece of shit? Besides being shit politically it’s also shit technically. I don’t get it.
It’s not about the software. It’s about creating a far right pipeline. Like they did with gamers and anime. Billionaires pay for users.
Have you seen GoPros stock price in the 30 days?
I’m so lost. What does GoPro stock have to do with Omarchy and DO?
GoPro was kinda washed… They had huge success early but they thoroughly over-saturated their own market and then stagnated in the face of competition. Maybe about a week ago announced they were now an AI/datacenter company…
Point is, if you slap an AI label on just about anything someone out there will give you money
Oh it’s like that shoe company declaring they are an AI company.
A youtuber with a large following bought a substantial share in GoPro. I think it is is a comment on how immature stans are subservient to their para-social relationships and throw their money at men they idealise instead of working to improve themselves. Comparing Markiplier with DHH is really unfair to Markiplier but its all the same weak minded exploitable herd behaviour. It doesn’t matter if you are a preacher, politician, con artist, influencer or OF model - manipulating fools seems to be part of the human condition.
Guy who made a popular thing once announces revolution in efficiency, looks impressive on the surface but is just desktop riding for the uninitiated.
I’m more flabbergasted
how littlewhat you have to do to get 3 millionEDIT: Changing this up as I’m sure a lot of people work hard on this thing and perhaps more did before this guy outed himself as a douche
Did you mean ricing?
Well, you see, it’s somehow using AI and it’s run by a dick.
What’s not to love about it?
Temu Elon?
@statelesz @selfhosted @bretton.dev
You just explain why…
I am not an Omarchy or DHH hater but…why? It’s Arch with Hyperland, why are people fawning over it? Is it just because he keeps saying “agentic”?
I’m agentic too, how about throwing me a million bucks?
People who have raised money before are better at raising money. Not that I fully understand why they throw so much at this project. But I don’t also quite understand why some projects get billions just like that.
networking plays a big roll in such things. the more connections you have, the more possibilities. in my job that is normal as well ( not for donations, but it’s important to get a job)
It’s not about being a “hater” or not. DHH is basically a white supremacist and it should be basic human decency to oppose that
Most of the people going on about him take a lot of umbrage with his racist ideology, but all he seems to do with it is blog. If there are more material concerns (like with Proton) then I’m not seeing them be raised.
thanks for the heads up
Take that survey, express yourself
oh, i did
that makes me want to set up a DO account just so i can delete it!
Just be sure to take the survey and be clear on why.
and then rinse and repeat, until i get bored ^^
You guys! You guys! I heard of this computer program named Wayland and there’s this Linux dis-trib-u-tion of it with a sick vampire-looking intro screen. AI! AI YOU GUYS! The same AI that makes flyers for my youtube tech channel. Use it too so we can collectively change the world.
You know Albert the artist?
And with that after probably more then ten years of a DO VPS I’m in the process of moving it. Bonus to a Canadian provider.
I have a meeting with a DigitalOcean Account Manager scheduled for tomorrow because I wanted to move my business iver from Azure. Guess it’s time to cancel it and tell them why.
It’s a shame, I actually really liked their service when I used it. There documentation in particular was really excellent.
Good luck finding a non-evil (or at least less evil) service, sincerely.
This is hilarious
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft
Yes, go with the MIC, actual fascist supporting megacorp to stick it DO
Honest to God, I’m not a tin foil hat kinda guy, but I can’t wait to read the papers on the strategies around centralizing technically adept ‘activists’ (WH definition lol) onto cooperative platforms by hugely exaggerating tiny shit like this in 40 years. This is even more poorly sighted than the Mullvad stances from a few weeks ago.
How many killings did digital ocean orchestrated with AI?
Common weirdo ml take
I think your comment is needlessly antogonizing. I’m not unaware of MS’s complicity in the genocide, which is why I’m moving away in the first place.
“The genocide”? Is there just one?
TWO genocides!?
Sooo, are the tech bros just oozing over from the AI bubble (not enough empty promises available anymore?) or is that a symptom for their realization, that the current scam might get busted in the foreseeable future and they want to get in on the next Blockchain / AI / metaverse schmutz, to keep leeching in VC / tax money?
I will get some popcorn…
Ah good, the last bit of motivation i needed to get my final VM off DO.
Wonderful news.
I think Omacom is just the small fish “player” wanna-be’s trying to do what the big guys are doing with AI. Playing 3 card monte with a few million dollars running the same few bucks around in circles so many times a quarter they all get to make numbers go big on balance sheet in the hopes of getting new real money from idiot “investors” before the FTC (or other regulatory body) wakes up and remembers they are supposed to regulate something occasionally and catches on.
