> On 23 Jun 2025, at 09:19, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
> Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult said on Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:01:33 +0200
>
>
>
>> Source code can be found at:
>> Repo: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver
>> Tag: xlibre-xserver-25.0.0.0
>
> In the README file, you *really* need to delete the following string:
>
> "any "DEI" or similar"
>
> On the face of it, DEI is about politics and nothing else. It's an
> American slur made by people fondly remembering the times when it was
> cool to abuse people based on the group they were in.
>
> And look at it this way: If you're to use specific examples of
> discriminatory policies, why not name male geeks grabbing female geeks
> at industry shows, people calling other project members "faggot", or
> managers abusing a highly skilled subordinate because he or she is
> black? Believe me, you're best off eliminating the specificities,
> rather than getting yourself mired in flawed and silly American
> politics.
>
> By the way, I'm an American from Central Florida, so I see all this dog
> whistle "DEI" and "woke" stuff on a daily basis.
>
> SteveT

I’m getting the impression from other sources that xlibre is mostly a political project and best avoided.

The whole “make X great again” tagline is another red flag to me.

https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/114716811258737155

https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/10/957

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/linus_torvalds_vaccine_smackdown/

Also, alpine linux is staying away from xlibre for now:

https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/114717467792285512

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Tom