Post #1970846
2026-05-04 16:34 UTC
Replies (16)
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@xerz@masfloss.net 2026-05-04 17:59
@emenel what the hell is up with people promoting Omarchy, is this all literally just DHH being the only one who's managed to get these guys to care about Linux (which speaks great about them) or
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@xan@xantronix.social 2026-05-04 18:02
@emenel Dells have always been "the official laptop of that job you'll be laid off from three months from now and you can't help but wonder if it was because you opened an IT ticket to beg for a copy of Notepad++"
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@shio@eepy.moe 2026-05-04 18:05
@emenel@post.lurk.org It's one thing to partner with DHH (that alone is already disqualifying), it's another to let him co-author the article and stroke his own ego for half of it while he talks about his stupid coat of paint over Arch as if it fixes fundamental issues of Linux. This is just pathetic on Dell's part.
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@sephster@fosstodon.org 2026-05-04 18:20
@emenel ironic that I have an XPS that has no camera, speakers or mic because Dell only supported Ubuntu 22.x for the proprietary drivers. I definitely haven't experienced this amazing driver support they speak of
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@angiebaby@mas.to 2026-05-04 18:34
@emenel "Dude, you're going to hell."
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@j_r@social.jugendhacker.de 2026-05-04 18:37
@emenel even without the controversy around DHH, why work with a weird preconfigured Arch derivative instead of one of the big Distros?
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@tael@yiff.life 2026-05-04 18:45
@emenel For the uninitiated: https://tedium.co/2025/10/13/omarchy-linux-distro-commentary/
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@oatmeal@kolektiva.social 2026-05-04 19:43
@emenel very quick search on ways #Dell supports Israeli #apartheid 1. $150+ million Israeli military contract — Won tender in January 2023 to provide servers and services to Israeli defense ministry, other security bodies 2. AI targeting systems for #Gaza genocide — Supplies servers and HPC infrastructure for AI systems #Lavender and The #Gospel that automate Palestinian targeting, minimizing human oversight and accelerating assaults 3. Unit 8200 cyberwarfare support — Provides Dell Pro-Rugged 13 AI-powered laptops to Israel's notorious cyberwarfare force for intelligence gathering, surveillance, and military operations in West Bank 4. Mass surveillance at checkpoints — Supplies servers enabling AnyVision's facial recognition at checkpoints, plus tech for #CISCO Israel and Cognyte to track Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank 5. R&D supporting settlement expansion — Dell subsidiaries partner in National Cyber Park in Naqab, strengthening illegal settlements and displacing Palestinian Bedouin communities 6. CEO pro-Israel donation — Michael Dell donated $350M in shares to Israel one month into Gaza genocide (October 2023), posted photo with Israeli President Isaac Herzog saying "honor to stand with Israel" 7. Elite military unit support — Technology benefits Golani Brigade (implicated in Rafah paramedic murders), Flotilla 13 naval unit, Israeli air force, and #Elbit Systems weapons manufacturer 8. Corporate profiteer designation — #BDS movement lists Dell as priority boycott target in "No Tech for Oppression, Apartheid or Genocide" campaign; called corporate profiteer of occupation, apartheid, and genocide alongside #Google, #Amazon, #Intel, #Microsoft
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@liquor_american@universeodon.com 2026-05-04 19:48
@emenel Michael Dell is a horrible person and we should all avoid his company like the plague (if plague was a thing we were still inclined to avoid, that is)
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@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name 2026-05-04 20:15
@emenel why? The article seems like a positive thing
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@freya@social.highenergymagic.net 2026-05-04 20:45
@emenel ok what did Dell do wrong here? did I miss something?
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@iain@kolektiva.social 2026-05-04 20:59
@emenel oh ffs
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@kaidenshi@exquisite.social 2026-05-04 23:11
@emenel Fucking hell. This is why we can't have nice things. I will never, ever understand why a hardware company would partner with a proudly fascist fuckstick, but this is two of them (Framework being the other).
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@gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu 2026-05-05 05:55
@emenel that X logo done with the laptops is so fitting.
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@stellarskylark@solarpunk.moe 2026-05-05 22:32
@emenel jesus there was exactly one wrong choice and they made it. Incredible.
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@morganist@mastodon.pirateparty.be 2026-05-06 02:36
@emenel the article title is pure cringe as well