[werdl]

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[themafia]

Saying shill implies XLibre is some kind of scam he's trying to trick you into, where as, if you don't like it, you're absolutely free to not use it.

Or, what's the popular line in this scenario, "if you don't like it go make your own?"

I'm sorry.. I just find the reliable cult of software personality on HN to be a little frustrating.

[zozbot234]

Xlibre is not really a scam but it isn't much of a serious technical project either. I suppose you could call it a low-effort meme of the typical 4chan variety.

[bmacho]

If you often click these types of articles and they all say XLibre, then it is probably the best tool for what you want to achieve.

[heraldgeezer]

For us not in the know, why is this bad?

[jabwd]

Even ignoring all the politics and crazy stuff from the "maintainer"; most of their contributions were just shuffling code around and causing a lot of breakage. The typical "but this looks nicer so its better" type of programmer, not the type of code I'd rely on personally.

[BSDobelix]

It's not, GNOME-Foundation aka Redhat aka IBM wants to "kill" X11, so they attach labels to discredit a project that wants to maintain X11:

https://en.ubunlog.com/The-XLibre-case-brings-out-the-worst-...

Same old story they try to repeat with DHH or the Framework Laptops because how dare you to support Omarchi:

https://world.hey.com/dhh/calling-someone-a-nazi-is-a-permis...