07.05.20
[Humour] The Linux Foundation is Not Even Using Linux
Recent: Linux Foundation Newsletter is Microsoft Windows and Proprietary IIS
Summary: The Linux Foundation does not support Linux except in name; it is important to remember that
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Microsoft is Already Bribing the Likely Next US President (Having Also Paid the Trump Campaign) to Ensure Microsoft Can Get Away With Crimes and Receive Bailouts from Taxpayers
Microsoft is still controlling "both sides" to ensure that it remains in control of the administration; it's already looting the taxpayers while still lying to shareholders ('legalised' embezzlement)
With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation
Another Linux Foundation (LF) group seems to have been taken over by the company that’s attacking Linux and attacking real security (as opposed to fake security or back doors in the name of “national security” — the Trojan horse for imperialistic coercion, worldwide)
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 29, 2020
IRC logs for Thursday, October 29, 2020
Living in a State of Constant and Never-Ending Fear Will Harm Software Freedom
"Freedom" or "liberty" may seem to have been co-opted by extreme right-wing and COVID-denying (or COVID-minimising) elements, but at the moment we do stand to lose many "tech rights" (in the name of "protecting" us)
[Meme] Mozilla's 2020 Vision
Mozilla does not seem to understand that proprietary Azure and proprietary GitHub won't offer Mozilla a way/path out of the mess it's in
Techrights Done With Maintenance For Now, Will Resume Posting at a Higher Publication Pace
With a few new features added to the site we can finally resume normal operations (more articles per day)
Moving to Phones Won't Liberate Users
A so-called 'phone' (or 'smart' phone) with Linux under the bonnet isn't freedom; it's a branding war being won, but principles are being abandoned
Links 29/10/2020: LibreOffice 7.0.3, Linux 5.9.2, NVIDIA 455.38 Linux Driver
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Links 29/10/2020: Istio 1.6.13, Krita 4.4.1 and PyPI Key-Signing Ceremony
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IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
IRC logs for Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Links 28/10/2020: Linux Dropping WiMAX Support, Istio 1.7.4, Ubuntu is “Hirsute Hippo”
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Linux Foundation (Men for Monopolies) Once Again Hijacking Women's (and Minorities') Voices for Public Relations
Diversity and tolerance are absolutely essential, but those who preach or lecture us about it most loudly (their financial means or privilege enable media reach) set a bad example and are mostly opportunistic hypocrites who perpetuate the status quo
In a State of Flux Due to Maintenance and Improvements
For the first time since summer of 2019 we're investing time and effort improving the site in a number of ways
Links 28/10/2020: Torvalds on Succession, PyTorch 1.7.0
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[Meme] Stealing the Competition
After the fall (and fail) of CodePlex Microsoft decided to grab the Linux Foundation and most Git-based projects (through GitHub) — a strategy even Microsoft can learn to love
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
IRC logs for Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Links 28/10/2020: FreeBSD 12.2, NixOS 20.09 and WordPress 5.6 Beta 2
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Taking Our Efforts to the Next Level in an Increasingly Proprietary and Hostile Web
Web users are being repressed by mechanisms of mass manipulation, control and restrictions; the Web may not be going away any time soon, but architectural and topological issues need to be overcome (the sooner, the better)
Read Techrights Without a Web Browser
Any text editor can now be used to read Techrights, owing to a daily bulletin we've set up and will maintain every day
[Meme] Torvalds Assimilated
People belatedly realise that Microsoft’s plan for Git (and for Linux) isn't for the betterment of those projects but for Microsoft monopoly
Links 27/10/2020: FuguIta 6.8, Fedora 33, Red Hat Satellite 6.8, KDE Plasma 5.20.2 and GStreamer 1.18.1
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Site Changes Ahead of Anniversary
We’re making some changes to the presentation and function of the site — changes that will become more prominent over the coming days
IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 26, 2020
IRC logs for Monday, October 26, 2020
Links 26/10/2020: rpminspect 1.2, Open Source Hardware Certification and LibreOffice Conference
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Links 26/10/2020: Debian "Bullseye" Artwork, Fwupd 1.5 Released
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[Meme] Satya Na-DL
Microsoft has shown its real priorities (just before the weekend when many people might not notice)
Jonathan Wiltshire and Debian, Falsified Harassment Claims, Tiger Computing and GCHQ
Reprinted with permission from Debian Community News
Links 26/10/2020: Linux 5.10 RC1 and Loongsoon Laptops
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The Downfall of Free Software Leaders (and Their Projects or Missions)
"Cancel George Orwell, and happy hacking."
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 25, 2020
IRC logs for Sunday, October 25, 2020
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