AcreetionDisagree with us.
Use it anyway.
AcreetionOS is an operating system, not a political test. We hold views. You hold views. They don't have to match — because we will never block you from using this OS over politics. Gatekeeping software by ideology is bullshit, and we don't do it. Zero telemetry. Zero accounts. Full source. Everyone's welcome.
free as in freedom · free as in beer · no political litmus test required
in our entire history
in the default install
inspect every line
the installer doesn't ask
The problem
Gatekeeping is the problem.
Some software projects treat politics as a bouncer. They decide who's worthy of their OS based on what you believe — a screen at the door, a loyalty oath in the EULA, a community that freezes you out. That's not principle. That's a toll booth on a public road.
The gatekeeping model
- A political litmus test before you can download
- Software that only serves one side of the aisle
- Bans for opinions, not for harm
- EULAs that push an ideology instead of describing software
- Communities engineered to drive people out
- "You're not welcome here" treated as a feature
The AcreetionOS model
- No political test — the installer doesn't ask
- The same ISO for everyone, full stop
- Disagreement is fine — even expected, and handled in the open
- The OS imposes nothing. No ideology baked in
- A community where dissent is an argument, not an eviction
- "Your machine, your call" as the actual policy
The answer
An OS with no bouncer.
AcreetionOS applies the principle to the desktop: your politics are your business, and the software doesn't care. Here's what that means in practice.
No voter profiling.
The default install contains zero telemetry — no usage analytics, no data harvesting to build a political profile of you. Your beliefs stay in your head, not in our database. ss -tunap proves the network is quiet.
Access for everyone.
Public infrastructure should serve the public. An operating system is infrastructure. We don't check your party registration before you click download — because that would be absurd, and we both know it.
Equality of access.
The same ISO, the same packages, the same support — whether we agree with you or not. Access is not a reward for agreeing with us. It's the default, and it's not negotiable.
Disagreement is welcome.
An open-source project is a conversation. We argue in the open — in issues, in pull requests, in the open. Nobody gets banned for dissent. We'd rather be wrong in public than right in an echo chamber.
Old hardware matters.
Not everyone can afford a new machine every two years. AcreetionOS runs comfortably on hardware the big vendors declared e-waste. That's an equity issue — and we take it seriously.
Your data, your disk.
Data is power — we think you should hold yours. The ecosystem is built around self-hosting: your files, your mail, your services, on your hardware, behind your door. No one should read your mail but you.
Choose your desktop.
Cinnamon. GNOME. MATE. i3. Hyprland. An immutable edition. Choice is a value we practice, not a slogan — and switching is a package install, not a life decision.
Exit rights.
If you disagree with us that strongly — leave. Any time, with everything. AcreetionOS is Arch-compatible FOSS. We won't stop you, and we won't hold your files hostage. That's the deal.
The contract
The AcreetionOS Bill of Rights
We don't ask you to sign anything. We publish ours, and you verify it.
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The right to use the OS — regardless of your politics.
No litmus test, no loyalty oath, no "we'd rather you didn't." The installer doesn't ask, because it's none of our business.
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The right to know what your OS does.
Every byte of the operating system is open source. Secrecy is a bug, not a feature — in code, and in politics.
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The right to choose.
Desktop environment, display server, kernel flavor, package set — you decide. Defaults are suggestions, not mandates.
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The right to privacy by default.
Privacy isn't a settings menu you have to dig through — it's the starting state. Nothing leaves your machine unless you send it.
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The right to repair and upgrade.
Light enough for old hardware, open enough for new hardware. Your device has no expiration date — and neither does your right to use it.
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The right to self-host.
Your data belongs on your disk, not in someone's data center. The OS is built for the fully sovereign setup.
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The right to fork.
Disagree with a decision? Take the code and go. The license guarantees your exit, which is what keeps the project honest.
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The right to be left alone.
No forced accounts. No telemetry. No ads in the OS. We'll never know you installed it — and we're fine with that.
"Politics are not gatekeeping.— the AcreetionOS project, on why the OS has no bouncer
An operating system is a tool, not a loyalty test."
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