Xlibre: A Fork of Xorg Xserver Created Amid Allegations of BigTech Sabotage
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The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver created to address code cleanup and enhanced functionality. The fork was initiated due to allegations that toxic elements within Xorg projects, including alleged moles from BigTech companies, are sabotaging substantial work on Xorg to eliminate competition through 'embrace, extend, extinguish' tactics. The article mentions that after journalists began covering the planned fork on June 6th, 2025, Redhat employees started purging the Xlibre founder's GitLab account.
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This fork was necessary since toxic elements within Xorg projects, moles from BigTech, are boycotting any substantial work on Xorg, in order to destroy the project, to eliminate competition of their own products.
Classic 'embrace, extend, extinguish' tactics.
Right after journalists first began covering the planned fork Xlibre, on June 6th 2025, Redhat employees started a purge on the Xlibre founder's GitLab account.
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