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NixOS Drama Explained, a Personal Account

Jon Ringer · 15.2K views · 2025-02-11 · 2:27:20

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Overview

A long personal account by a former NixOS contributor of his experience in the community, his ban and the governance events. He aims to correct what he sees as a false narrative about the NixOS drama.

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Linked as a firsthand account of the NixOS moderation and governance disputes, from a banned member's perspective.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2025–2026

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srid · 2025-09 · Recommendation

For anyone looking to get a summary of the whole NixOS drama, Jon Ringer (who got permabanned) has a YouTube video: [VIDEO] My own permanban is detailed in this post: [LINK]

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jonringer117 · 2026-08 · Reference

If you're unemployed enough, I have a long winded video on the 2022-2024 drama. From the perspective of the guy who was labeled a nazi and banned. [VIDEO]

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srid · 2025-09 · Reference

Jon Ringer (who got permabanned) has a YouTube video talking about several events around NixOS moderation: [VIDEO] My own permanban is detailed in this post: [LINK]

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