08.19.20
Meme: Always Masking the EPO
Summary: The more things change, the Bergot stays the same
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Intel does not seem to grasp very basic concepts associated with accessibility; nevertheless, Intel shamelessly tries painting itself as "woke" and a "justice warrior" (policing speech while overlooking much-needed practical work)
Links 15/1/2021: GStreamer 1.18.3 and Proton 5.13-5
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IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Links 14/1/2021: Wine 6.0, Debian 11 Freeze, and Alpine Linux 3.13
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Patent Propaganda and UPC Jingoism Instead of Actual News
Today's so-called 'news' about the EPO (Europe's second-largest institution) and the failed UPC is nothing short of shameless propaganda
Links 14/1/2021: Season of KDE 2021 Selection, Mesa 21.0.0-RC1, Tor Browser 10.0.8
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InteLeaks – Part XIV: Technical Incompetence and Incoherence Leading to Alienation and Brain Drain
The idea that Intel "loves Linux" or "supports Linux" is somewhat of a sham; one needs only to consider what Intel insiders are saying about that, having witnessed it firsthand
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Links 13/1/2021: $150 RISC-V Computer With GNU/Linux, Intel Replaces CEO Again, and New Fedora 34 Plans
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Unitary Patent is Dead and Lies About the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Aren't Ending
Not "Russian agents" but concerned European citizens are beginning to see the truth behind the Unified Patent Court, which the 'media' has wrongly called "Unitary Patent Court" three times in 2 days
InteLeaks – Part XIII: GNU/Linux Documentation From People Who Never Even Use GNU/Linux
Inside Intel there's a whole bunch of embarrassing secrets about the Developer/Development eXperience ("DX") team; no wonder documentation efforts have been lacking and far too much time wasted putting such documentation together
Links 13/1/2021: Mozilla VPN, NeoChat 1.0.1 and Sci-Hub Under Attack
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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GNOME Foundation is Still Participating in the Attack on Richard Stallman
GNOME's supposed 'representatives' (close-knit friends with Microsoft connections) continue to attack RMS (Richard Stallman), the founder of GNU (the G in GNOME) and the Free Software Movement
Links 12/1/2021: GTK 4.0.1 Released, Jailbroken iPhone 7 Running Ubuntu
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InteLeaks – Part XII: Intel Isn't Interested in Improving and Instead It's Shooting the Messengers Who Highlight Areas for Improvement
It seems rather clear that Intel (quite frankly like many other companies but perhaps even more so than the rest) isn't interested in self-assessment and instead it's looking to muzzle or even oust constructive critics
IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 11, 2021
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Tiger Computing Ltd Afraid of Being Seen as Close to the British Military, Resorts to SLAPP Against Blogger and GNU/Linux Developer
Tiger Computing Ltd (UK) has resorted to baseless legal threats against critics and sceptics, based on clear and obvious misuse of trademark or copyright laws (they don't even seem to know the difference)
Marketing Companies (Disguised as News Sites) Badmouth Linux, Go, Monero and More
Another day, another shallow piece associating “Linux” with security risks based on something that has nothing to do with GNU/Linux and generally boils to nothing like a real threat (unlike Windows back doors)
The Media is Slurring and Misleading Linux Users Instead of Just Telling the Mundane and Objective News
The "big sites" or the so-called 'news' sites seem incapable of just objectively covering the news (in line with journalism/journalistic standards)
Links 11/1/2021: Kdenlive 20.12.1, fwupd 1.5.5, Microsoft Offline Again
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InteLeaks – Part XI: Accountability Issues and Disdain for Views/Opinions of Actual GNU/Linux Users/Developers/Communities
The truth about internal affairs at Intel and developers' struggle with "low/non-tech involvement," as told by insiders
Links 11/1/2021: Linux 5.11 RC3, Firefox Integrates More Patent Traps
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As Microsoft Windows Drops to Just 30% Market Share the Microsoft-Connected 'Net Applications' Wants You to Think Windows Still Has Over 90% of the Market
StatCounter says Windows is down to 30% this month (Android is at over 42%) and it’s time to talk about the lies which are still being spread by Net Applications (many so-called ‘news’ sites helped spread those lies last year, including so-called ‘Linux’ sites)
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 10, 2021
IRC logs for Sunday, January 10, 2021
People Sponsored by Google Are Hiding Sponsorship by Google and Hiding Google Critics
FOSDEM mailing list hides the critics of Google; it's becoming part of a familiar pattern
Alex Oliva's Departure is a Massive Loss to the Free Software Foundation
The FSF (Free Software Foundation, established 1985) is losing not only Mr. Oliva; it loses some credibility as the departure contributes to the general perception that there's still an ongoing coup, reinventing the FSF in the image not of its very own founder
InteLeaks – Part X: Replacing Free Software With Microsoft, Turning One-Minute Processes Into Days Long
Processes that were entirely Free software-centric were rejected and replaced by truly antithetical spyware of companies that aren't Intel and give Intel no autonomy or self-determination
Alex Oliva's Resignation From the FSF Board
At the advice of friendly FSF board members, I turned in the following letter to the FSF president, asking him to pass it on to directors and voting members at a suitable time...
Links 10/1/2021: GNU findutils 4.8.0 and AntiX ‘Bullseye’ Alpha 1
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