# Slackware ## Identification [[Libera Chat|Libera Chat]] hosts IRC communities, including project support channels. [[Free Software Foundation|FSF]] advocates users’ freedom to run, study, modify, and share software. [[Slackware|Slackware]] and libre-kernel variants connect the page’s firmware work to a fully free userland. The United Federation of Planets and Galactic Federation are fictional/social metaphors; the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Headquarters is a real Austin building commonly called “The Mansion” or “The Fed.” ## Notebook evidence - [[Scanned_20260730-1719#PDF page 74 — Libreboot support, free-software institutions, science-fiction federations, and Austin’s “Fed”|PDF page 74: Libreboot support, free-software institutions, science-fiction federations, and Austin’s “Fed”]] — “Federation” is being tested across technical support, free-software institutions, fiction, and local architecture. The author is searching for a durable metaphor: distinct members retain identity while sharing rules and infrastructure. ## Relationships and overlays The source places this note in a shared evidence cluster with [[Free Software Foundation|Free Software Foundation]] · [[Libera Chat|Libera Chat]]. Within the larger collection, this evidence extends [[Vendor-Agnostic Recovery|vendor-agnostic recovery]] and [[Continuity Architecture|continuity architecture]] by showing how software, hardware, identity, and pre-OS control depend on recoverable interfaces. ## Evidentiary status and open leads Clarify whether “Oasis Network” means the blockchain project, a wireless network, or another site. Keep fictional and real institutions explicitly separated. ## Source - [[Scanned_20260730-1719|Scanned_20260730-1719]]