I've certainly made mistakes in life, just as we all have done. My mistake in this case is clearly not that I tried a piece of software, rather that I posted on Bluesky about it. I suppose I'll try different bits and bobs of tech silently in my own little corner.

The fact that one can try a piece of software and then any random stranger who know nothing about them will just immediately assume they are now a terrible person who supports words of a person they don't even know exists is insane to me.

Didn't exactly download the free open source software knowing that or with any intention of supporting them.

I don't plan to provide any funding or support to them. And now that I am aware of this apparent issue, I won't be promoting or sharing more about the OS publicly.

I do respect your right to an opinion and your passion for the topic, and I appreciate you taking the time to have some amount of discourse about it, as well as for agreeing to let it rest when it's clear that I'm not going to care about this nearly as deeply as you.

The choice to *try* an *operating system*? I didn't throw my life away. I used software for 2 hours LOL.

The positively fantastic news for you is that my using a piece of software to try it for a couple of hours doesn't have to impact your life at all!

I did not Google it, Claude it, ChatGPT it, or whatever. I recalled hearing the name out in the internet somewhere a few months back and since I was planning on wiping my OS anyhow, I figured, "why not?"

My knowledge of Omachy = 2 hrs I've spent using it. I typically spend at least a couple of weeks with a piece of technology when trying things before forming any super strong opinions.

Yes I am aware of Arch's rolling release model & the pain it brings. I've used Arch-based distros.

Not that I would base a decision purely off random internet folks' opinions, but if any of the folks would like to actually provide a constructive suggestion of something that turnkey looks and functions quite similar to it that is less controversial, I am absolutely open to those suggestions! 😁

That said, I don't know a single thing about the creator/maintainer. That is true of MANY things I interact with in my life.

My main problem is just that if I didn't interact with a single thing/person/created/maintained by people/orgs that have said or done things I don't agree with, I would have next to nothing in life. I won't financially support those things or make contributions to those things, but I'll use them.

I keep finding things that are like, "yes! that is how I would want that to work!" by default. It's only day 1, so it could be rose colored glasses, but we'll see.

Yep. I have had the double reset in decommissioning and security triage scripts before for exactly that reason.