The PlebWare Founding Manifesto

2026-06-30

📜 The PlebWare Founding Manifesto

Technology Should Remain Connected to Humanity

🔑 Preamble

We, the architects, engineers, writers, educators, and users of PlebWare, affirm this manifesto as a declaration of purpose, principle, and vision. PlebWare exists to demonstrate that technology should empower ordinary people rather than control them.

Founded in 2010, PlebWare began as an independent online initiative dedicated to practical computing, repair culture, Linux, and digital freedom.

On 2015-06-06, the public GitHub Pages presence was established.

Beginning on 2026-05-25, the project underwent a complete redevelopment. Its purpose expanded beyond software into a comprehensive publishing and education platform. That transformation was completed on 2026-06-30, marking the beginning of continuous publication.

🔑 Historical Timeline

Date Milestone ————————- ——————————————— 2006–2008 The PlebWare identity emerged after abandoning the original Biologicalware/Bioware concept because of an existing commercial name.

2010 PlebWare officially founded.

2015-06-06 plebware.github.io established.

2026-05-25 Complete redevelopment commenced.

2026-06-30 Publishing & Education Platform completed. ———————————————————————–

🔑 Why PlebWare Exists

The modern technology industry often promotes replacement over repair, complexity over clarity, and dependence over understanding.

PlebWare rejects that philosophy.

We believe ordinary people deserve technology that is:

• Accessible
• Repairable
• Understandable
• Affordable
• Under the user’s control

🔑 Our Mission

To publish, teach, document, preserve knowledge, and develop practical technology that places people before products.

🔑 Core Values

• Truthfulness
• Transparency
• Attribution
• Responsible Innovation
• Respect for Human Authorship
• Resistance to misinformation and deceptive synthetic media

🔑 Our Flagship Project

PlebMachine

PlebMachine is a modular Linux desktop orchestration environment built around state-driven engineering, recoverability, flexibility, and long-term maintainability.

Its guiding philosophy is simple:

Build systems for ordinary people using ordinary hardware.

🔑 The Transformation

PlebWare is no longer simply a Linux project.

It is now:

• A publishing platform
• An educational resource
• A Linux knowledge base
• An Artificial Intelligence learning centre
• A digital library
• A home for independent authors and creators

🔑 Founders

• Otto Wilhelm Friedrich Brinkmeier — Founder, Architect and Chief Developer
• Julian Boyd de Villiers — Assistant Developer and Audio Designer
• Martin de Walt — Early collaborator

🔑 Publishing Covenant

Every publication shall strive to:

1. Teach before selling.
2. Explain before assuming.
3. Repair before replacing.
4. Credit before claiming.
5. Seek truth before popularity.

🔑 Our Commitment

We commit ourselves to creating systems and publications that:

• Respect users.
• Encourage learning.
• Promote repair.
• Preserve digital freedom.
• Continue evolving through practical experience.

🔑 Call to Action

If you believe technology should be understandable, repairable, and accessible, then you already share the spirit of PlebWare.

Learn. Build. Share. Teach.

🔑 Closing Declaration

Technology should remain connected to humanity.

The work of PlebWare will never truly be finished. Every article, tutorial, project, and lesson contributes to a growing body of knowledge dedicated to helping ordinary people understand extraordinary technology.

PlebWare

Accessible. Repairable. Understandable Technology.

Founded: 2010

GitHub Presence: 2015-06-06

Publishing & Education Platform: 2026-05-25 → 2026-06-30

Founder: Otto Wilhelm Friedrich Brinkmeier