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Update on IBM Layoffs Wave
It's difficult to assess how those waves of layoffs impact Red Hat
Cheaters and Spammers Like These Do Real Damage to Real Sites (Like AnandTech)
So-called 'Linux' sites
The Only Article in Linux.com This Month Was Not an Article But a Link (and It's SPAM)
just a link to another site
We Turn Out to Have Been Right About Rust
Rust won't vanish completely; the hype will, just like with Haskell
The Creator of GNU/Linux is in His 70s and His Manifesto Turns 40 in Half a Year
if we care about science, history, truth, honesty etc. we must go back to GNU, GPL, GCC etc.
 
More Memes About SecureBoot™ 'Security'
Thanks, Microsoft® and Red Hat®.
Still Waiting for Microsoft to be Fined/Punished/Sanctioned for Vandalising Dual-Boot/Linux Partitioning
Microsoft bribes all the key people
[Meme] Only Liars Call This "Security"
Oops, you cannot boot Linux...
A Beautiful Year for GNU/Linux, But We Must Fight On
GNU/Linux as a desktop (or laptop) platform won't become mainstream without enormous resistance
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part IX - Spying Refrigerators Where They Sell People Medicine (and Then Sell People's Data)
This is a problem also for those of us who don't buy online and typically pay with cash for dignity's sake
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 31, 2024
IRC logs for Saturday, August 31, 2024
Links 31/08/2024: Kremlin Targets Galina Timchenko, AnandTech Saying Goodbye
Links for the day
Links 31/08/2024: IndieWeb Rebounding, Arlington National Cemetery Incident Reveals Fascism is on the Ballots
Links for the day
Gemini Links 31/08/2024: Receipts and Tab Cleaning
Links for the day
Red Hat is Reselling Microsoft Azure (Proprietary, Surveillance, Complete With Back Doors)
promoting Microsoft's control over your computing
[Meme] The Devil's Kitchen
"In des Teufels Kuche sein"
It's FOSS or It's Microsoft?
How to distract...
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VIII - Medical Surveillance Growing in the Amazon
A recent presentation by a reader of ours
[Meme] Microsoft Wants You to Forget...
The gaslighting abusive spouse
Links 31/08/2024: Climate, Censorship, and Conflict (CCC)
Links for the day
Gemini Links 31/08/2024: Personal Posts and Social Control Media Cross-posting
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 30, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, August 30, 2024
GNU/Linux Has Reached 4% in Ghana (All-Time High)
Chromebooks seem to be doing well there
[Meme] Microsoft the Security Expert of the World
Microsoft, the top security authority of the world...
The Proportion of Mobile Devices Online (as Per Web Requests) Rises to All-time High and It's a Big Problem for Microsoft
Microsoft's Windows revenues are falling and it seems like those revenues will never recover
Links 30/08/2024: Serious Abuses Against Uyghurs and Dyson Abandons Frivolous Libel Claim Amid Mass Layoffs
Links for the day
So Far This Year Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month
Yes, even this month
Gemini Links 30/08/2024: Moral Panic Against Privacy, Liminal Times, and Gopher
Links for the day
Links 30/08/2024: Antidepressants Spoil the Water, War on Encryption Carries On
Links for the day
Microsoft Windows Plunged to Levels So Low in Montenegro That Even iOS Users Apparently Outnumber Windows Users Now. We Must Still Tackle Microsoft's Crimes in Europe, Holding the Corrupt and Their Collaborators Fully Accountable.
Or European Federation will become no better than the Russian Federation (it'll repeat unless crimes are prosecuted rather than rewarded)
Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Plunges to 1.5% of Capsules in Geminispace (90% Rightly Sign Their Own Certificates)
fake "security" ploy isn't charming the adopters of Gemini (the protocol)
Gemini Links 30/08/2024: EDM Nonsense and Growthist Priorities
Links for the day
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VII - Pharmacies in the Age of "Online" and "App" and "Gimme Dat!"
Today we talk about pharmacies
Microsoft is Still Hurting Badly From CrowdStrike-gate (Now It Plays Dirty to Bypass Technical People)
Well, clownstrike (CrowdStrike) isn't the sole culprit
California State Assembly Has Approved S.B. 1047, Which Can be Used Against Proprietary Software
Plus, sage old advice from Capt. Grace Hopper
Moving in Positive Directions
Some news updates and causes for restrained celebration
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 29, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, August 29, 2024