ZDNet Used to Write About 3 'Linux' Stories Per Day. But Now...
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2022-09-30 19:52:51 UTC
Modified: 2022-09-30 19:52:51 UTC
Summary: The death of ZDNet is anything but official
In other news, Spamnil (Swapnil Bhartiya), who calls SJVN his "mentor", has just published spam for Microsoft and the OSI (just earlier today, link omitted to avoid sending traffic to it), in effect helping a Microsoft-sponsoredcampaign to encourage GPL violations under the guise of "HEY HI" (AI). This is a Linux Foundation-funded attack on the GPL, Linux's licence. And it's not just GPL violations but licence violations in general and across the board. Microsoft controls the narrative and encourages abuses against Free software.
To be very clear, this does not describe "Linux" anything; it's true in just about every facet of news, except the paid-for fake "journalism" about "hey hi" (sites getting paid explicitly to maintain or rekindle hype)
Restricted Boot (so-called 'SecureBoot') does not improve security. It is nothing but trouble. It's meant to trouble non-Windows users. In dual-boot setups, SecureBoot is a recipe for disaster because Microsoft keeps erasing or tampering with the boot sector, to paraphrase an associate
The real solution is, disable "secure boot" or "SecureBoot" while it's still possible. [...] Just like submarine patents, a lot of this problem was "hibernating" for a while