LibrePlanet 2022 Talk on Sxmo: Freedom on Mobile Devices Through Simplicity and Hackability
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-03-28 19:44:25 UTC
- Modified: 2022-03-28 19:44:25 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
- You Can Be an A--hole to Women (Even Strangle Women) as Long as You Work for Microsoft
- Recalling the Mark Shuttleworth origin story
- Walmart Vizio TVs Scream At Immigrants to Leave America
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
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- People Are Sick of LLM Slop. Offer Them Alternatives.
- We never used LLM slop for anything and we never will
- Web Surveyor statCounter Sees Apple's macOS Falling From 5.6% to 3.6% in Two Months, It Might Soon be Smaller Than GNU/Linux
- Apple's "value" (faked, exaggerated) is back to "pandemic times"
- UK House of Lords Recognises the SLAPP Issue in the UK and EFF Pursues "Bill (That) Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit" in the US
- "A House of Lords inquiry into how the news industry can survive into the future has accused the government of “failing to prioritise” action on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)."
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: Seeking Class Action Against the OSI
- "LETTER SEEKING CLASS ACTION REPRESENTATION"
- The Value of Slop, by Alexandre Oliva
- Original by Alexandre Oliva
- Gemini Links 09/04/2025: Neocities, Tinylogs, and Inter-community Protocols
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 08, 2025
- IRC logs for Tuesday, April 08, 2025
- Canonical is a Proprietary Software Reseller With a 'Debian Base'
- "Canonical Ubuntu" is just Debian with some proprietary things sold on top of it
- statCounter Sees Microsoft Bing at Lowest Level Since Last Summer
- Since 2023 Bing has repeatedly had layoffs
- Nearly 5,000 Microsoft Layoffs Disclosed on Week of Microsoft 'Anniversary' (Media Noise), The HR Digest Says More Layoffs Coming
- more "Microsoft layoffs on the horizon"
- Windows "Market Share" Down to 1% in Sudan, Based on statCounter
- Among those 1% who use Windows to access the Web fewer than 30% are on Vista 11
- People Who Facilitate Truth Will Always Win at the End
- "Just always stick to the truth"
- Slopwatch: LinuxTechLab, linuxsecurity.com, "Cyber Security News" and More LLM Slopfarms
- So the Web has this bunch of slopfarms pretending to "cover" GNU/Linux
- Links 08/04/2025: More Mass Layoffs Expected at Microsoft (Gaming), Fentanylware (TikTok) Unsold
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 08/04/2025: "Shared Ownership" and Rant About Scrapers
- Links for the day
- Links 08/04/2025: Microsoft Shrinking, Oracle's Clown Computing Cracked
- Links for the day
- Stolen Credit Card and LinkedIn. DHS Spies on Immigrant Social Media.
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
- How Corporations Such as Microsoft Try to Crush Critics and Dissolve Activism
- Stay focused
- Wikipedia Can Lower Its Hosting Bill by Going More Static, Not Just by Caching, But It Would Not Solve Its Biggest Problems (Bribes and AstroTurfing)
- For about 15 years we had a Wiki in this site
- At 50, Microsoft Has Over 100 Billion Dollars in Debt and Less Than 25% "Market Share" (Windows)
- statCounter basically sees less than a quarter of Web requests coming from Windows
- linuxhint.com Died 12 Months Ago (After Adopting Image Slop)
- Zombie sites
- LLM Slop Will Eventually Stop Due to High Costs, Worse Training Sets (Polluted Models Ingesting Their Own Junk), and No Real Returns
- This too shall pass
- Urgent Need for SLAPP Litigation Transparency
- Microsofters really want to shut us up
- Courage is Contagious
- I became a witness to acts of great courage from EPO examiners
- On Shutdowns and 2,000 More Layoffs at Microsoft (10,000 Microsoft Staff May Have Already Been Laid Off in 2025)
- Microsoft tries to hide and belittle mass layoffs; its data centre business also flounders, so it issues puff pieces about some anniversary over and over again
- Gemini Links 08/04/2025: Gabbro 0.1.4 and Disillusioned With Social Control Media
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Windows in Jordan: From 99% Down to 10%
- This is becoming more "normal"
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: A "Deep Dive" Into the Complaint at the California Privacy Protection Agency
- There are many facets to it and it may be the first complaint of several
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 07, 2025
- IRC logs for Monday, April 07, 2025
- Gemini Links 07/04/2025: Stock Market, Galène, and DMT Entities
- Links for the day
- During the Weekend We Said Fedora DEI Requires Proprietary Software, Now the Chat About It Is No Longer Accessible Over the Open Web
- is this just a coincidence and an habitual change in Element?
- Microsoft Problems in Europe Even Before the Cheeto Tariffs
- The case of Romania, Europe's notorious Microsoft fan
- Oman in 2025: GNU/Linux Growing to 5%
- what can Microsoft do about it except sabotage the PCs?
- Links 07/04/2025: US Measles Fatalities and China Launches HDMI and DisplayPort Alternative
- Links for the day
- Links 07/04/2025: More Cuts to Science Funding, Snail-speed Internet in Germany
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 07/04/2025: Leasehold and Safe Gifts
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Shares Collapse Again (Down $101), Fifth Round of Microsoft Mass Layoffs in Less Than 100 Days in 2025
- disaster
- In Some Countries, Laptops and Desktops Become a Dying Breed (Even Before Tariffs), Windows Has Nowhere to Go
- expect more GNU/Linux on new and existing laptops
- When the Credibility or 'Quality' of Clients Ceases to Matter, It's About Helping Rich Companies Like Microsoft Censor Critics (No Matter the Risks)
- Bad ideas typically result in undesirable outcomes
- UAE: GNU/Linux and Android at Record Levels, Windows at New Lows and Falling Below Apple
- Even iOS is measured as bigger than Windows this month
- Links 07/04/2025: Reddit Occupied (Social Control Media Controlled by Oligarchy), Demise of Globalisation Ongoing
- Links for the day
- Windows Has Fallen to All-Time Lows in Switzerland Since GNU Celebrated 40th Anniversary (GNU’s 40th Birthday in Biel, Switzerland)
- GNU/Linux has been doing well in Switzerland
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 06, 2025
- IRC logs for Sunday, April 06, 2025
- Links 07/04/2025: Leaving Gemini/smolweb and Mastodon Migrations
- Links for the day
