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I just learned that the Qt framework that powers so much of Ubuntu Touch๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช is Finnish.

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[โ€“] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's nonsense. People are not responsible for the country they are born in. Just russia is a morally bankrupt dogshit fucking country doesn't mean that every russian open source developer is that aswell aswell.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are we going to pretend that Hyprland and Ladybird donโ€™t exist?

[โ€“] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The issues with them aren't because of their nationality but those individuals specifically.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Itโ€™s valuable to know the backgrounds of the software stacks we use.