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Add a pride flag to the system tray of most Linux environments.

Just a little system tray icon to show support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Originally created last year as a simple one-off project in response to Windows 11 users getting mad about a pride icon appearing on their task bar.

This year I remade it in Go, added support for Windows (7 and up), and improved compatibility with a variety of Linux environments.

Let me know what you think, or don’t, just please be nice about it.

    • Canary9341
      126·
      5 months ago

      First community rule in the sidebar:

      Posts must be relevant to the open source ideology

        • mecfs@lemmy.world
          63·
          5 months ago

          I’m upvoting this post just because I think some of the downvoting is ppl blowing off steam towards LGBT peeps.

        • Canary9341
          11·
          5 months ago

          Do you consider literally anything under an open source license to be relevant to open source ideology? I’m sure that if I make a folk replacing the flag with nyancat, davel@lemmy.ml won’t come to tell me that I should change the license and make warnings to those who report it, but to delete worthless nonsense.

          This is the same thing, and only holds up because lgtb related things generate controversy, either by X-phobes, people like the OP who use us as virtue signaling with low effort content, and of course those who are afraid to point out nonsense for fear of being vilified as X-phobes.

          • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
            61·
            5 months ago

            Okay, let’s do this then. Show me where in that imaginary tome of “open source ideology” principles that “worthless nonsense” and “low effort content” are cause for dismissal. Who judges what is worthless and low effort, and on what criteria?

            It’s fairly obvious that LGBTQIA+ related subjects are controversial, especially from the stink that you and a few others raise reflexively at the sight of a rainbow flag. Frankly, your opinions and bloviating is more worthless and low effort than an app that does nothing except display a flag in the system tray.

            • Canary9341
              12·
              5 months ago

              Aha, that’s what I meant by vilifying. Just bullshit, ad hominems and straw men. Pathetic.

              • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
                51·
                5 months ago

                Mate. You’re the one who says this open source app isn’t relevant to a community discussing open source software. The burden of proof is on you to prove its not relevant. If anything this project is as core to open source as it gets. This person wanted to explore a part of their computer system, picked a target for how to make something happen, did it, and then shared it.

                Concluding that you’re a homophobe isn’t based on ad hominem attacks or straw man arguments. Its based on that you have NOTHING substantial to say that this doesn’t belong so the rest of us have to figure out what the hangup is and the only thing we can figure out is that its controversial because its about LGBTQIA+ pride and you don’t like that. We’d love to reach a different conclusion but you haven’t given us a lot to work with

          • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
            41·
            5 months ago

            I’m sure that if I make a folk replacing the flag with nyancat, davel@lemmy.ml won’t come to tell me that I should change the license and make warnings to those who report it, but to delete worthless nonsense.

            This is the only strawman argument I’ve seen in this thread

    • GolfNovemberUniform
      38·
      5 months ago

      To me it looks like one of that cases when a law (a rule in this case) is kind of obeyed but not how it’s supposed to be obeyed and the intention of the action actually does violate it.

      • AbsentBird@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        17·
        5 months ago

        It seemed like other people were sharing their open source projects here. If it’s against the rules I can post it somewhere else.

        • Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
          22·
          5 months ago

          I’ve looked a bit into the past of this community and there’s quite a bunch of open source projects shared here and none of them had people in the comments complaining about that. Honestly just seems like thinly veiled queer hate to me.

          • GolfNovemberUniform
            32·
            5 months ago

            I believe this post might have violated the first rule of this community so I said that. I could’ve just reported silently but imo what I said wasn’t toxic. Imo accusing me in “veiled queer hate” for it does nothing except for showing what kind of a person you are. And what’s interesting is that such accusations, alongside with most of the very negative reactions, start coming only after approximately 12 AM UTC which is the time when it’s morning in American regions… Extremely suspicious statistics I got here.

            Anyways this time I want to kindly ask you not to accuse people just like that and actually think before saying something. Everything you say without proper analysis may hurt you or other people. I hope you have a good day.

            • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
              112·
              5 months ago

              Re proper analysis: Intentional or not, you did a homophobia in plain sight. Just eat the humble pie and give the weird conspiracies a rest.

              • GolfNovemberUniform
                3·
                5 months ago

                I didn’t do any homophobia there. You’re just accusing me for fun or something idk. I won’t fight with you because I think that’s what you want. I would highly recommend you getting a Twitter/X account.

                EDIT: there is an admin who confirmed that this post does indeed violate the rules in the comments.