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posted by martyb on Wednesday June 01 2016, @02:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the unintended-consequences dept.

Devuan, the once devil-may-care total fork of Debian, once linked to virulent internet sexism and gamer-gate affiliated image forums by Debian Developer Russel Coker, has mulled the option of enacting a Code of Conduct when one of its female members was insulted:

> https://botbot.me/freenode/devuan/2016-05-25/?page=2
>jaromil today i was scrolling through http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_...
>golinux Well, I tried but couldn't find anybody. Then nextime popped up
>jaromil jeez. we need to take precautions. and also I get the point from Sarah Mei we need a code of conduct on-line and later for on-site http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2015/02/01/the-fos...
> its never too early for that
>
>golinux One can only control one's own actions. ;)
>
>jaromil ah the wise one
...
>Wizzup he is doxed?
>jaromil that's him. we have a dossier yes

Devuan has been criticized for taking a "who gives a damn" and "real admins do it all by hand themselves every install" attitude towards security hardening scripts, and despise in particular any mention of the "bastille" linux hardening script (originally funded by Mandrake Linux).

Interestingly when Devuan was forming, the people behind Devuan cited the very person they are considering making the code of conduct against:

> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20141027
>VUA: It will be a governing body that puts the benefits of the users first, not the mystification of a "doacracy" delivering all the power to the package maintainers.
>Originally, Debian was created as a universal operating system for the users. The Free Software movement itself is there to defend users' rights. Sgryphon explains it well in this thread. ( http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3031 )
>We will likely reproduce the governing body of Debian to follow its original mandate, with the advantage of starting small and more focused, hopefully with less pressure from the interest of commercial developers.


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  • (Score: 2) by chromas on Thursday June 02 2016, @03:31AM

    by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 02 2016, @03:31AM (#353800) Journal

    Short for cuckold. Effectively, people using the word are saying the subject is so brow-beaten by his wife/girlfriend that she'll fuck other guys in front of him because he's not man enough to satisfy her, and she's probably just using him as a cash dispenser (as opposed to the more 'proper' usage in which he wants to watch).

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday June 02 2016, @01:56PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday June 02 2016, @01:56PM (#354047)

    I'm familiar with the term "cuckold" but people keep using it in political contexts. Or is it just a more highbrow way of saying "his penis isn't big enough"?

    I'm basically allergic to anyone using "patriotism" or "party unity" or "not being a pussy" as an argument in a political context. If you don't have any better argument than that, you have no argument at all, and in fact I'm likely to default to the side of whatever you're arguing against.

    (the rhetorical "you")

    --
    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"