TechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 1: Brandon from Fedora	TechBytes Episode 1: Apple, Microsoft, Bundling, and Fedora 14 (With Special Guest Brandon Lozza)	1/11/2010
Episode 2: No guests	TechBytes Episode 2: Ubuntu's One Way, Silverlight Goes Dark, and GNU Octave Discovered	7/11/2010
Episode 3: No guests	TechBytes Episode 3: Games, Wayland, Xfce, Restrictive Application Stores, and Office Suites	8/11/2010
Episode 4: No guests	TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee's Magic	9/11/2010
Episode 5: No guests	TechBytes Episode 5: Windows Loses to Linux in Phones, GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share Estimations, and Much More	12/11/2010
Episode 6: No guests	TechBytes Episode 6: KINect a Cheapo Gadget, Sharing Perceptually Criminalised, Fedora and Fusion 14 in Review	13/11/2010
Episode 7: No guests	TechBytes Episode 7: FUD From The Economist, New Releases, and Linux Eureka Moment at Netflix	14/11/2010
Episode 8: Gordon Sinclair on Linux Mint	TechBytes Episode 8: Linux Mint Special With Gordon Sinclair (ThistleWeb)	15/11/2010
Episode 9: Gordon Sinclair returns	TechBytes Episode 9: The Potentially Permanent Return of ThistleWeb	17/11/2010
Episode 10: Special show format	TechBytes Episode 10: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux	19/11/2010
Episode 11: Part 2 of special show	TechBytes Episode 11: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux - Part II	21/11/2010
Episode 12: Novell special	TechBytes Episode 12: Novell Sold for Microsoft Gains	23/11/2010

Trillions of Dollars in Debt Are Not "Investment", More People Realise This Now: "Investors started offloading shares on Wednesday in response to an X post about the debt load of CoreWeave Inc..."
Intercontinental Brigading - Part V - Keeping Linux Under Users' Control, Not Microsoft's (NSA) Control, Leads to Weaponisation of Cops (Killing the Messengers): Transatlantic lawfare
UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Says Microsoft is Still Abusive: Today, ahead of the latest fake 'results' [...] Microsoft cheats the system everywhere it can
The Torvalds-led Slopfest as a Reminder to Pursue Software Freedom, Not Plagiarism Endorsed (for Money) by 'Linux' Foundation: What's happening this month moreover proves that he is not in control of important decisions in his project
Why We Never Got Back to IPFS: Practically speaking, we could get back to IPFS any time
Red Hat Silent Layoffs: October 1 Bluewashing, Then Leaving IBM Altogether: It's said that weeks from now there will be another "round" (of "RAs")
Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Metrovision, Smartwatches, and Rekindled Love for Geminispace: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 16, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, October 16, 2026
TeamBlind Accused of Censorship, Maybe Surveillance in the Future: It's expensive to protect whistleblowers and to resist censorship of what whistleblowers try to expose
Another Friday 'Litter' of IBM Workers, Discarded and Sometimes Replaced to Cut Costs: The little that IBM earns is spent buying companies to pretend there's "growth" and headcount stability
Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Carrie, Games, and Slop: Links for the day
Links 16/10/2026: Election Interference by Slop; White House Backs Russia, Not Ukraine: Links for the day
The Register MS Has New 'Article' That Has "AI" 20 Times. "SPONSORED POST" As Usual.: At the end, both the media and the pyramid scheme will collapse
Links 16/10/2026: "Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse" and Slop Bros Bribe Candidates "for Congress": Links for the day
Deplatforming People You Disagree With Is a Losing Strategy: Trying to deplatform people you don't agree with is oppressive and petty
Microsoft Cannot Pay Salaries: Microsoft is deep in debt
IBM "support that is USA based will migrate over 4 years to Indian based just because it lowers costs substantially.": IBM is not capable of growing, so it tries to find ways to shave off costs
Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Publishing and Licensing, Going to Movies, and Nature/Seasons Change: Links for the day
Microsoft's OSI Calling Slop "Open Source AI" (Microsoft Paid OSI to Do This) Has Helped Associate "Open Source" With Pedophilia: Microsoft deflecting?
Fridges Do Not Need an Internet Connection: Keep it simple, stupid (KISS)
Wikileaks Still Matters: The world needs more sites like these
'Cocaine King' Campinos Should 'Get the Message', Pack Up His Things and Go Already: His staff is constantly on strike and engaged in various industrial actions
We Don't Do Slop: People tend to appreciate genuine work, not fakes
On Lying With Confidence: LLMs are hype
Market Share of Windows in the United Kingdom is Shockingly Low: Microsoft's losses are very profound
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 15, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, October 15, 2026
Microsoft Can Barely Afford to Colonise Africa Any Longer (Too Much Debt): "Before the announcement, former Microsoft employees publicly described staff being placed on performance improvement plans or offered “voluntary” exits."
Intercontinental Brigading - Part IV - Harassment Registered With the Police Before Projection Attempts Made From America: The thing one gets subjected to for opposing back doors in Linux
Gemini Links 16/10/2026: Dogs, Slop, and Blogging: Links for the day
The Fate of "Alicante Mafia" at the EPO Yet to Be Determined: It'll be interesting to hear what they say about the secret meeting regarding the future of Campinos
Gemini Links 15/10/2026: Medical Difficulty, Science Fiction, and Playstation 3 Dies: Links for the day
Links 15/10/2026: Cuts to Public Health and Misuse of License Plate Data for Social Control: Links for the day
Links 15/10/2026: ALPRs Are Mass Surveillance, GAFAM Front Group ('New' EFF) Asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches: Links for the day
IBM RAs: "It's on Me": IBM has no respect for the workers and it tries to hide the layoffs
Gemini Links 15/10/2026: Literature, Funerals, and Devices: Links for the day
The Efforts to Criminalise Opposition to a Ponzi Scheme Sold as "Super Intelligence" (Plagiarism Engines, Disinformation Generators): Cops are becoming combatants for slop bros, i.e. they use power to promote a Ponzi scheme
Clownflare Sees Most Requests in Africa Coming From Android (Linux): Android is the dominant platform
IBM's "RA Season" is Nearly Upon Us, But Tens of Thousands Are Already Marked for Removal With PIPs (as "Low Performers"): IBM is a dying company
Microsoft Has Confirmed It Had a Plan to Cut Azure (or Azure Costs) by 20%: So basically... yes! Microsoft did have a plan to slash Azure.
No Noticeable Libera Chat Exodus After Code of Censorship (CoC) Scandal Earlier This Month: Libera Chat pissed off some people by unmasking the CoC's real purpose
Red Hat Silent Layoffs Seem to Carry on Throughout This Month: How much longer will these silent layoffs (e.g. PIPs) carry on for?
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 14, 2026: IRC logs for Wednesday, October 14, 2026

TechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat

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