Linux communities beware of #PewDiePie fans

Regardless of PewDiePie’s personal #politics (which clearly, at the very least are problematic), it is fairly well known by anyone who has been following him for any number of years that the vast majority of his fan base are enthusiastic fascists.

Now #PewDiePie , who’s content centers around PC gaming and Windows, has decided to switch to #Linux and published a video encouraging his followers to do the same. This means a very large number of his #fascist fan base is going to be switching to Linux.

Now many Linux communities are going to be forced to more explicitly choose their politics. Like the parable of the Nazi bar, if the community remains politically neutral, it will become fascist in short order.

A few things to be wary of:

• People asking you not to be “too political” or to “focus on the technology, not the politics” is a classic and highly effective fascist ruse to get moderators to lighten up on fascist elements posting in their community.
• People complaining about free speech rights. The #Internet and the #Fediverse is already a domain where people can speak freely about their politics by running their own server and building their own community with few to no government constraints. You don’t need to compromise on whether fascists have the right to free speech in your community.
• Arguments over your code of conduct (CC) and “safe spaces.” Keep them up-to-date. Research other people’s CCs, learn about the history of why these CCs came to be, learn about what the function of each clause of the code is included and phrased the way it is. These were usually designed to make explicit the fact that a community wants to be a safe space where underprivileged people can feel comfortable expressing themselves, and it is very easy to make people afraid to express themselves. Fascists understand these CCs and the concept of “safe spaces” were explicitly designed to exclude them, and often attack these ideas.

Am 22. & 23. März 2025 finden die Chemnitzer Linux-Tage in der Reichenhainer Straße 90, 09126 Chemnitz statt! 🎉

Die Chemnitzer Linux-Tage @Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (CLT) sind eine der größten und bekanntesten Open-Source- und Linux-Veranstaltungen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Sie finden jährlich in Chemnitz statt, normalerweise im Frühjahr, und richten sich an Einsteiger, Fortgeschrittene und Profis aus der Open-Source-Community.

Die CLT bieten Vorträge, Workshops, Stände von Projekten und Unternehmen sowie ein Rahmenprogramm mit Install-Party, LPI-Zertifizierungen und Aktivitäten für Kinder (CLT-Junior). Die Veranstaltung ist bekannt für ihre freundliche Atmosphäre und den intensiven Austausch zwischen Entwicklern, Anwendern und Interessierten.

Über das Fediverse wird auch gesprochen. Zum Beispiel:
💡 Fediverse & Podcasting – Spannende Vorträge am Samstag (Raum 5):
🕜 13:30 Uhr – Stephanie Henkel @Ückück :ueckueck:​😛d:​:af: : "Castopod – Podcasting im Fediverse"
🕔 15:00 Uhr – Tobias Diekershoff @Tobias : "Fediverse: Abseits von Text im Stream"

Eigentlich hatte ich geplant, selbst dabei zu sein, aber leider kann ich aus familiären Gründen doch nicht teilnehmen. 😞 Umso mehr hoffe ich, dass viele von euch die Gelegenheit nutzen, sich mit der Open-Source-Community zu vernetzen und spannende Vorträge mitzunehmen! 💻🚀

Mehr Infos: 👉 www.linux-tage.de

#CLT2025 #Linux #OpenSource #Fediverse #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #Podcasting #FediverseTech

TROM in numbers

Some TROM numbers!

TROM.tf

Social (friendica): we have 1.100 users and this year it was a record of sane registrations. Still the majority of accounts are likely not active. Our database is around 50GB in size and we store 23GB of files.

Files (nextcloud): we have 100 users and 81 of them are active. We store a total of 370GB of files. We are still able to provide trade-free accounts with 10GB storage space for each.

Chat (matrix): around 500 users, 22GB of files stored and a 200GB database (too big, needs optimization). Unsure how many of these users are active but we are using this for our own TROM chats every single day.

Videos (peertube): 1.400 users, 2.800 videos stored with a total of 400.000 views and 1TB in size. Unfortunately only a few users are active and uploading but this is our main TROM hub for videos and we will do our best to keep it alive and grow it.

In total our TROM.tf provides 17 services and is around 2TB in size. We do daily backups of the system with Timeshift (some 1.2TB) plus daily backups of our files and services to Borg.

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TROMjaro : This year we have coded from ground up our own custom made Layout and Theme Switcher apps and made them better. We are still managing a library of over 600 curated trade-free apps and have released a new ISO almost every single month!

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TROMnews : This year we did a major upgrade to the website. We made it a lot better, more diverse, and relevant. Every month there are thousands of items that are posted to this website.

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VideoNeat : Since 2012 we kept this website relevant and updated. We have over 1.300 documentaries/courses available trade-free!

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Trade-Free Directory : We have over 750 entries in the directory, manually added and reviewed. A must have database of wonderful projects that we will use more in the future. We are trying to add more to the directory whenever we have time.

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TROMSite : Do not forget that we are still providing 2 huge documentaries, over 30 books, and many videos. All trade-free, all full of relevant information. The hope is that we will start to create new content soon!

Lastly, we are almost half way with the support we need to keep these projects alive and relevant! 94 out of 200 people are donating 5 Euros a month! https://tromsite.com/donate Thank you so much!

If we are not going to fight for a different kind of world, offline or online, and walk the talk, then nothing, for sure, will ever change. We are trying to change the online landscape bit by bit, by providing trade-free, saner services, and scientific content. We need this more than ever in today’s idiotic society.

#trom #tromsite #foss #opensource #peertube #nextcloud #friendica #xfce #linux #tromjaro #capitalism #society

#capitalism #foss #friendica #linux #nextcloud #opensource #peertube #society #tromjaro #tromsite #xfce

Some TROM numbers!

TROM.tf

Social (friendica): we have 1.100 users and this year it was a record of sane registrations. Still the majority of accounts are likely not active. Our database is around 50GB in size and we store 23GB of files.

Files (nextcloud): we have 100 users and 81 of them are active. We store a total of 370GB of files. We are still able to provide trade-free accounts with 10GB storage space for each.

Chat (matrix): around 500 users, 22GB of files stored and a 200GB database (too big, needs optimization). Unsure how many of these users are active but we are using this for our own TROM chats every single day.

Videos (peertube): 1.400 users, 2.800 videos stored with a total of 400.000 views and 1TB in size. Unfortunately only a few users are active and uploading but this is our main TROM hub for videos and we will do our best to keep it alive and grow it.

In total our TROM.tf provides 17 services and is around 2TB in size. We do daily backups of the system with Timeshift (some 1.2TB) plus daily backups of our files and services to Borg.

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TROMjaro : This year we have coded from ground up our own custom made Layout and Theme Switcher apps and made them better. We are still managing a library of over 600 curated trade-free apps and have released a new ISO almost every single month!

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TROMnews : This year we did a major upgrade to the website. We made it a lot better, more diverse, and relevant. Every month there are thousands of items that are posted to this website.

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VideoNeat : Since 2012 we kept this website relevant and updated. We have over 1.300 documentaries/courses available trade-free!

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Trade-Free Directory : We have over 750 entries in the directory, manually added and reviewed. A must have database of wonderful projects that we will use more in the future. We are trying to add more to the directory whenever we have time.

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TROMSite : Do not forget that we are still providing 2 huge documentaries, over 30 books, and many videos. All trade-free, all full of relevant information. The hope is that we will start to create new content soon!

Lastly, we are almost half way with the support we need to keep these projects alive and relevant! 94 out of 200 people are donating 5 Euros a month! https://tromsite.com/donate Thank you so much!

If we are not going to fight for a different kind of world, offline or online, and walk the talk, then nothing, for sure, will ever change. We are trying to change the online landscape bit by bit, by providing trade-free, saner services, and scientific content. We need this more than ever in today's idiotic society.

#trom #tromsite #foss #opensource #peertube #nextcloud #friendica #xfce #linux #tromjaro #capitalism #society