 You know some people say that there's no such thing as the Linux community. I actually do think there's a Linux community It's a real thing what I think is a myth though is Linux unity I think We don't have to be unified to be a community a community can be a community and not have everybody agree on everything And think the same way you don't need unity to have a community All you need is to have interaction and respect for each other now Unfortunately, there are large sections of our quote Linux community That do not have respect for other segments of the community They don't talk to certain groups of people within our community They have this anger this rage this disdain for these people that don't quite think like them and unfortunately I do think that gives the Linux community a bad rap And I do think it kind of promotes the myth that we really don't have a community all at all It's just this fractured bunch of individuals, you know, Linux is kind of made up of non-conformist anyway We're all kind of individuals that are here because we like to do things outside the norm anyway So when you get a bunch of non-conformist together, it's hard for those guys to come together as a community You know because they're never gonna agree on anything. We're just not that's not what we do But again, you don't need to agree. You don't need to be unified on everything All you need to do is just have respect for each other And I think that's sorely lacking in the Linux community and I don't think anybody ever really Promotes that idea is just have respect for each other. So today what I wanted to do I want to do this call to action There are people within the Linux community the open-source community the free software community that you strongly Disagreed with in some cases you may even say you hate that particular individual that particular Organization that particular group of people and what I want you guys to do today, and I'm gonna do this myself It's pick one person or one organization It really doesn't matter that you normally would not talk to because you have absolutely no respect for them And I want you to Write them an email. Send them a message of some kind and give them a compliment. Don't say anything negative in any way just Send them a message. What I would love is for you if it's an organization that accepts donations Make a donation to that organization You know an organization you would never give money to give them money And if they have a way for you to leave a comment with your donation Give them some some kind of positive feedback actually say something nice about that person that group that Organization and the work they do I think you will be surprised at how much better you will feel and I think you'll be surprised at How much of an improvement not just it makes you feel but it makes that other person feel and just if every one of Us could do something like that. I think then we might have a chance then we really might start Building a community. All right guys. Peace