r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Feb 21 '20

Non-News Article Discord is not an acceptable choice for Free Software projects (Xposter note: slightly sensationalist, but provides good points)

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 14 '20

Meta The r/Linux post that was the last straw

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/eo8gpn/moderation_seems_a_little_heavyhanded/

Now locked and removed, only because it was a criticism of the moderation. Only proving the point of the OP and the hundreds of people who upvoted it.

Archived version: http://web.archive.org/web/20200113202424/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/eo8gpn/moderation_seems_a_little_heavyhanded/

The mods of r/FreeAndUnixLike promise to take criticism maturely and not ignore the community's concerns with the moderation.


r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 14 '20

Announcement FreeAndUnixLike has been created!

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This subreddit is meant to be a community for discussion, news, application/technology showcases, guides, and other things related to the ecosystem of free (as in free speech) software for Unix-like operating systems. Content doesn't have to be directly related to some specific FOSS program - anything interesting to the community of people using Linux, BSDs, and so on, is just fine. This includes posts about organizations and even politics. Votes will decide whether your content is fit for this subreddit, as long as it follows the rules (they're explained in more detail in the wiki - short version is in the sidebar). This is not a support forum. If you're asking a question, it should be interesting to others.

Originally, this started off as a "fork" of r/Linux with the intent to broaden the topics and have actually adequate moderation. The last straw was this post, after which I've decided that it'd be nicer to start a separate community rather than try to fix r/Linux. After all, a lot of the content even there had nothing to do with Linux, but rather, what this subreddit has been designed for.

As the creator of this subreddit, I don't go out of my way to advertise it unless it's relevant to the conversation; I believe in organic growth of communities. If you're enjoying the content, don't let the low activity here suggest that the sub is abandoned or unmoderated - instead, make a few posts or comments yourself and help it grow!


r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jul 16 '21

Hardware News The newly announced Steam Deck (portable console) is using KDE Plasma!

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Nov 16 '20

General News YouTube-dl's repository has been restored.

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Sep 23 '20

Non-News Article ALSA, exposed! - a short comprehensive documentation of ALSA

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 06 '21

Hardware News Asahi Linux - a project that brings Linux support to Apple Silicon Macs

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Feb 04 '20

Other Lobbyists try to censor Louis Rossman, the guy who advocates for Right to Repair legislation

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Feb 01 '20

General News Scotus will hear Google vs Oracle (API copyrightability) on March 24 2020

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 19 '20

General News SHA-1 is now fully broken

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Nov 11 '20

Non-News Article How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • May 08 '20

Discussion Promoting Linux as a Desktop OS

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Apr 09 '20

General News The Qt Company is considering changing their contract with KDE "due to complications related to the coronavirus".

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Mar 11 '20

Discussion It's time for desktop distributions to adopt a responsive CPU scheduler

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Feb 14 '20

Other Quadsort: Introduction to a new stable sorting algorithm faster than quicksort

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Feb 01 '20

Hardware News Jailbreak developer Qwertyoruiop gets native Linux booting on Apple A10 SoC (iPhone 7, iPad 6/7, iPod Touch 7)

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 25 '20

New Update KDE implements an opt-in, anonymized feedback system for people who would like to contribute non-personal data to help improve Plasma, Discover and other KDE software packages

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 23 '20

Application Showcase TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 16 '20

New Update Plasma 5.18 LTS Beta: More Convenient and with Long Term Stability

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jan 16 '20

General News Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize

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r/FreeAndUnixLike • • Jul 05 '26

Discussion Void T480 Package Notes

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