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they still finance fascists btw
You could insinnuate that, with some bad will. But how is it with the big names in the market?
I'm out of the loop with this.
From the other reply I saw something about funding a guy who is behind omarchy. What has that guy done to be considered a fascist?
After some digging, is it the hyprland guy, and the drama surrounding it?
https://paulbjensen.com/blog/2025/09/17/on-dhhs-as-i-remember-london/
The entire premise is a cashgrab for morons that don't know any better.
I guarantee you, most people with framework laptops have them collecting dust along with their raspberry pis.
EDIT: You can safely ignore most of what I wrote. Rails World is the DHH Rails conference (I am not a rails person) that they sponsor.
~~I can't figure out if this is true or not.~~
They did sponsor Omarchy, and they do still list on their linux support page that they seed hardware to Omarchy, but on their official list of sponsorships (included in the spoiler/hidden block so as not to spam/monopolize the thread) they do not list Omarchy.
So I don't know what the current situation is, but it does appear they're distancing themselves from it a bit. They last posted on Bluesky about Omarchy 8 months ago (about when the scandals happened).
Actually: in writing this I realized that Hyprland is also problematic, or maybe they're not anymore, but they are listed in their sponsorships. So I don't actually know what that means.
https://frame.work/ca/en/blog/framework-sponsorships
Full List of Sponsorships, Mar 25, 2026
wether they still support omarchy or not is kinda irrelevant because rails world (which is in your list) is run by the same guy
Why might Framework want to sponsor Rails World? Everything else in that list makes sense to me, as they are software projects that can have a direct effect on a user's experience witn Framework hardware. But Rails World is all about a web development framework, right? That is like, three degrees of separation from Framework hardware. Donating to Rails World sounds to me like just a roundabout way to keep donating to Omarchy without having to say "we are donating to Omarchy".
Do the organizations run by that guy further fascist goals, or is the issue that they are led by a fascist?
On this site, they are one and the same. Judging from the website, though, it's just a conference about Ruby on Rails.
You mean to say that people on this site are claiming that individuals with publicly stated agendas and goals might possibly use the fiscal and/or reputational benefits of the organisations they control to aid in the furthering of whatever goals/agendas they may have?
Point me in their direction, i shall have words...big ones...like wherewithal ...or extrapolation....prestidigitation...etc.
Clearly these people are buttering their toast with a teaspoon, seems like an incredible leap to me and i bet they couldn't even provide a single example of this happening in the modern day.....illogical plebeians.
I did not know that, updated my comment accordingly.
I'm not in the rails community, so this was news to me.
Is there a better option for a modular laptop with good Linux support?
Yeah , Lenovo and I think Dell are both coming out with modular laptop. Or get a MNT especially if you’re in E.U. https://shop.mntre.com/
to my knowledge no one else really does the upgradeable main board and swappable i/o things… but for repairable and upgradeable linux laptops, I’ve heard good things about tuxedo, slimbook and system76, maybe you could find something good there
then of course there’s always the ol’ reliable Used Thinkpad, which could be better long-term because you’ll certainly find more second-hand pieces for those laptops than for the niche linux manufacturers
I was wondering about this. Do you have any resources for what they’ve been up to since their vile “big tent” statements?
the other person who replied to me has a list of organisations/projets framework finances. among those is rails world, which is run by the same guy that does omarchy
Why should I care about that?