Consider that generic discussion of non-qubes OS things is healthy for the forum

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@quboid

Introduction of ‘off-topic’ will lead to introduction of politics.
Introduction of politics will lead to division of community and potentially will scare away any investors or donors.

Respectfully, I disagree.

For one, politics is already very much a part of forum discussions.

Examples

• How much do we gotta worry about this Linux "age verification" BS?
• Counterpoints - Why Anonymity No Longer Exists in 2026 - #17 by plankretriever
• Tor -> vpn -> tor -> vpn? - #14 by nealr
• Criminal cases involving Qubes systems in evidence? - #19 by nealr
• Mullvad VPN co-owner gives ~$500k USD to far right Swedish party (closed as off-topic, but blatantly political discourse remains)
• European Union And OS level Backdoors
• Qubes OS could be honeypot?

(note that I am not endorsing nor condemning any of these examples, just attempting to highlight the inevitable inclusion of matters of policy upon Qubes-related discussion)

Second, bad actors won’t (and don’t) respect the lack of an off-topic category, they’ll just spread FUD and create drama everywhere regardless.

Finally, the All around Qubes category is not ‘off-topic’, but rather an area for discussion of adjacent and relevant (but not Qubes-specific) topics.