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Libre Culture

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What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

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Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'd get it but I don't want my computer to turn sideways

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

My phone just doesn't like this picture lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Ooo, Haiku. I am actually very invested in this project, great to see it on Lemmy.

It's definitely still very buggy but I love the design language and the general concept of it. Only downside is that Haiku's userbase seems to have (perhaps inherently due to being an alternative to GNU/Linux) a strong anti-Linux, anti-libre and anti-leftist tendency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Oh, that sounds bad! I wasn't aware. Do you have links to more detailed resources/debates on this topic?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Nah, not really. I am still a contributor to the project and have it installed on my main laptop, but the tendencies are more of a social nature rooted in individuals there.

Just by being the only real alternative to GNU/Linux besides *BSD and *Suse makes people there cocky about how bloated Linux based systems are and about 'free software extremism' and 'unprofessional conduct and design decisions'. The amount to which they support the nonfree corporate BeOS system uncritically beyond the inspiration is also suspicious.

And on a political note, when a random commie joined the Haiku Telegram group, some popular dudes changed their names to " #FuckCommunism" and bullied 'em out.

There are definitely cool people in the Haiku project, but some individuals, even major ones, have a hardon for hating on GNU/Linux and hacker culture in favor of some centralized open source kind of thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

Fast, good hardware support, a little buggy, and bad software support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

According to the FSF Haiku is not fully libre. Non-free firmware blobs are kind of expected in 2021, but they also claim it includes non-free userland software.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago

You dont need to use autonomous tools to support the digital freedom movement. You can also support by donating to projects that would make digital freedom solutions more attractive for yourself personally.