Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 07, 2023

It's Not FOSS, Not Even Remotely, and Microsoft Uses It to Spy on Users
highly disappointing editorial decisions at "It's FOSS"
Proton 8.0-4 Released with Support for More Windows Games on Linux
Valve released today Proton 8.0-4 as the latest version of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components that enable Linux users to play Windows games.
Tumbleweed's Graphic Updates Shine
This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots brings clarity for graphics thanks to updates of multiple graphics and imaging packages
All Things Open: A Look Back by Christine Hall
Two new posts
elementary OS 7.1 Released with New Privacy Features, Improved AppCenter
Danielle Foré informs 9to5Linux today about the release and general availability of elementary OS 7.1 as the first major update to the Ubuntu-based distribution since elementary OS 7.0 “Horus”.
 
Trotting at Low Latency
After conversions from Drupal and Gallery to static pages the response time is close to zero
Security Leftovers
Slackware and more
Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sparkfun and more
Some hardware picks
today's leftovers
games, Free software, and more
PipeWire 1.0 release candidate
RC1
today's howtos
evening picks
7 Best Free and Open Source Web Servers
HTTPS is one of the measures to help keep your browsing safe and secure
Windows TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
Microsoft trouble
Red Hat Leftovers
Mostly corporate PR
Android Leftovers
Google's Pixel 8 Software Update Plan Should Push Android Phones Further
5 Best Open Source Collaboration Software for Linux
In today’s reality, more and more people start working online so modern technology can give you an edge
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS links
today's leftovers
DRM and more
New GNU poke co-maintainer
I am happy to announce that Mohammad-Reza Nabipoor has just been appointed as GNU co-maintainer of poke
Open Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, RP2040, and More
Hardware news
BSD Now and BSD hardening scripts
Some BSD links
Programming Leftovers
Programming links
This Week in GNOME: #116 Fragmented Files
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from September 29 to October 06
Kubuntu 23.10: Best New Features
Learn about the new features of Kubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur", bringing the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 desktop and improvements.
Canonical/Ubuntu: Snaps, OpenStack, and smartNIC
3 stories for today
Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives
11 Best Free and Open Source File Systems for Big Data
This feature highlights the finest open source file systems designed to cope with the demands imposed by Big Data
This week in KDE: re-organized System Settings
System Settings’ sidebar has gotten a much-needed re-organization
Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu: What's The Better Choice For You
It can be confusing to pick between Ubuntu and its flavours like Kubuntu. Let's make this task easier
Games: Moonring, Shadows of the Afterland, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and More
5 articles from Liam Dawe
Today in Techrights
2 days' worth
Best Backup Software to Back up Files in Linux
A backup software is an important program on every Linux user's toolkit
Etnaviv NPU update 8: Finally some inference
Last week I was a bit distracted with the trip to Paris for the Embedded Recipes conference, but later I have found some time for hacking and got some interesting results out of it
Red Hat Leftovers
3 links for this morning
Security Leftovers
23andMe, Android, and Microsoft
today's howtos
this morning's batch of howtos
Postgres: pgmoneta 0.7.0 and Citus 12.1 Released!
2 releases
Ubuntu: KDE snaps Love KDE neon and Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur"
2 stories
Security Leftovers
Linux, Windows TCO, and more
Openwashing of Ferrocene
contributions from the "general public" are not accepted
ELKS and Fuzix: Linux – and Unix – writ very, very small
That is not dead which can eternal lie. Iä! Iä! IA16!
Lenovo to offer Android PCs, starting with an all-in-one
Another route to the year of Linux on the desktop. Or the edge
Android Leftovers
Google's Android 14 statue will make you turn upside down
MAILING LIST SHUTDOWN NOTIFICATION
RHSA-ANNOUNCE MAILING LIST SHUTDOWN NOTIFICATIONRHSA-ANNOUNCE MAILING LIST SHUTDOWN NOTIFICATION
Stable kernels: Linux 6.5.6, Linux 6.1.56, and Linux 5.15.134
I'm announcing the release of the 6.5.6 kernel
LMDE 6 “Faye” released
The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 6 “Faye”
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Browsers
Mostly WWW stuff
Programming Leftovers
Rust, Python, and more
Raspberry Pi 5 and Arduino Stuff
Open Hardware links
Software: Ymuse, Hype, and Audacity in the Browser
3 stories
Digital Self Defence, FUD, and More
Security links
Cockpit 302
Here are the release notes from Cockpit 302 and cockpit-podman 78
Standards/Consortia: HTML and More

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

SLAPP Censorship - Part 115 Out of 200: Spending the Next Decade Writing About SLAPPs and Trying to Fix the System
It's the same industry that got paid by corrupt EPO officials to try to cover up the corruption
 
Links 23/06/2026: Apple Price Hikes and Technical Debt in Slop
Links for the day
After IBM's Shares Collapsed the CEO is Trying the "Quantum" Trick Again, Bolstered by a Demented Dictator in the White House
from what we can gather IBM's CEO is trying to get the US government to participate in the scam
Greece Ought to Curb the Threat of Social Control Media
its national discourse seems to be run by an American company called Facebook
State of the GNU/Linux Desktop (and Laptop)
The time to advocate GNU/Linux is now
The 'XBox Narrative' Distracts From Destructive Cuts Across the Whole of Microsoft
Microsoft is preparing to lay off a likely record-breaking number of people [...] this isn't just an XBox problem
Microsoft's Stock Fell Nearly $200, But the Real Problems Are Just About to Begin
if they dump slop, what will they tell shareholders?
The Cyber Show on Starmer and Software Freedom
The Cyber Show's Andy has just explained why our departing national leader wasn't all bad
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 22, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, June 22, 2026
Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Girlrotting, Homeworlds at BGA, Slop Ruins Sites
Links for the day
A Lifetime of Whistleblowing
Ellsberg did not have an easy life, but it was a rewarding life with a rich legacy focusing on justice
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Man With Many Missions...
Campinos – accompanied by Gilles Requena and Patrice Pellegrino
Links 22/06/2026: Ubisoft Co-founder Dies, Americans Have Turned Against Slop
Links for the day
Links 22/06/2026: "The Sycophancy Machine" and "Port 22 Open for 54 Days"
Links for the day
When People Who Make the Most Money Are the Best "Boot Lickers" (Sucking Up to Jeffrey Epstein's Circle and the Dictator)
Sucking up to rich people may pay off
The Aim is Not Fame
Reposted from schestowitz.com
"Internally Important, Externally Irrelevant": IBM in a Nutshell
Right now its debt spins out of control and its stock spirals down the drain
SLAPP Censorship - Part 114 Out of 200: Thousands of Long Articles to Come, Properly Covering the SLAPP Industry in the UK and Its Modus Operandi
"Stowell described SLAPPs as ‘a stain on our legal system’."
Finding a Way to Get Paid to Improve LibreJS
So now we have more people resurrecting LibreJS and improving it
Microsoft Can't Even Wait Until July, Shutdowns and Layoffs Already Happening
Mashable speak of "a grim picture for the state of Xbox."
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 21, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, June 21, 2026
Gemini Links 22/06/2026: Appreciating Simple Things, Perfect Summer Evening, IRIX, Vim and so
Links for the day
Chad's Move to GNU/Linux or the Point of Exceeding 5% "Market Share"
experienced centuries of being colonised
Gemini Links 21/06/2026: Dating Oaks, Paying With Cash, and "More on Withered Technology"
Links for the day
GAFAM is Drowning in Debt, GAFAM is Clearly Not Sustainable Anymore (It Runs on Borrowed Money and Bailouts)
The war and surrender in Iran will deepen the debt; we'll see the GAFAM reports in late July
GAFAM Was Never an Ally to Europe
Only 1 in 10 Europeans see US as an ally — study [...] military providers in "tech" clothing cannot be trusted
GitHub, LinkedIn, and XBox Will Finish Like Skype (Sustainability Crisis)
Skype should become a verb. When Microsoft 'Skypes' something it means it basically shuts it down with some temporal excuse/s.
Drowning in Garbage: AUR Shows That Too Much Low-Quality Software (Including Slop) is Bad for Everybody
What happened in AUR had happened elsewhere before and will happen again in the future
Links 21/06/2026: EU on Patented (Monopolised) Crops, Microsoft Software "Narcs on You to Your Boss"
Links for the day
Microsoft at 50 Follows the General Trajectory of Skype
How many years does Microsoft have left before payroll becomes impossible?
A Year After a Microsofter Took Over The Register MS It is Effectively a Content Farm With News as a 'Side Dish'
This is not journalism, this is spam
IBM Pays the Media and Cons Some 'Journalists' Into Participating in "Quantum" Spam
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
You Don't Need an 'App' for Your Birdhouse (Slopfondlers Come for Birds)
That they sell those things as "AI" really says a lot about how dishonest slopfondlers really are
SLAPP Censorship - Part 113 Out of 200: The United Kingdom is Not Turkey
Turkey is ranked almost worst in the Western World for press freedom
Cybersecurity Does Not Mean Asking Microsoft for Permission to Boot
There were very good and timely reasons to speak about the matter, including impending antitrust complaints against Microsoft
Links 21/06/2026: Bots from Alibaba Do Harm and Many Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled
Links for the day
5 Years After Release of Vista 11 Not Even One in 5 People Use It (in the US)
It doesn't look like Vista 11 will ever be adopted like prior versions and announcing a Vista 12 will mostly upset companies/organisations that only recently "upgraded" to 11
Gemini Links 21/06/2026: Boca Raton, Perfect Summer Day, and LLM Doing Things Poorly
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 20, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, June 20, 2026