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[–] [email protected] 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't like how people are trying to stir up dissent and drama around this. The message posted is short and on point, it includes all the important bits. There really isn't much more to add.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago

Oh but look at this deleted draft PR release that was committed that doesn't really say anything spicy and was later sharpened up to reflect the intentions of the author.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Unfortunately the accounts listed under Social network accounts of Debian teams and Social network accounts of Debian contributors are almost exclusively Twitter accounts.

[–] Glitterkoe 27 points 23 hours ago

Good for them. It's an organisation's free choice to pick the platforms they post and interact on, if any. Their presence is a service in itself while there are plenty of other ways to follow or reach them if needed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Now I wish they had an ARM Qualcomm distro. Been hoping for a Linux distro for my Snapdragon X Elite machine. Now Debian had taken a stand for something they will probably be my distro once there is Linux support for my machine!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Debian already has an ARM version. Do you mean some Qualcomm drivers are missing? There are already Ubuntu ROMs for Android phones, so this shouldn't be an issue, right?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

They were still on Xitter?

[–] slazer2au 19 points 23 hours ago

The reasoning behind this move is said to be X/Twitter not being in line with Debian's shared values

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

party rock is in the house tonight

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago

Everybody just has a good time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

i am keeping a record of what just what it took, before people got off.

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