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  • GNU/Linux

    • Audiocasts/Shows

    • Instructionals/Technical

      • How do I Install & Uninstall MySQL in Linux?

        MySQL is one of the most famous relational database management systems in the current market. The capabilities of this RDBMS are not only amazing but also quite user-friendly. Many people prefer MySQL over other alternatives available in the market. Often, installing MySQL and removing it from a Linux-based operating system can be quite daunting for new beginners. If that is the case, then this post will be your friend and guide you through the process. Let’s Begin.

      • Top Tips for Optimizing Kali Linux After Installation

        If you have just installed Kali Linux, there are some essential tips to optimize its performance. Here are some of the best things you can do after installation.

      • ID RootHow To Install Krita on Debian 11

        In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Krita on Debian 11. Are you a digital artist looking for powerful and versatile painting software for your Linux-based system? Look no further than Krita!

      • ID RootHow To Install AnyDesk on Rocky Linux 9

        In this tutorial, we will show you how to install AnyDesk on Rocky Linux 9.

      • ID RootHow To Install KDE Plasma on Linux Mint 21

        In this tutorial, we will show you how to install KDE Plasma on Linux Mint 21. Are you tired of the default user interface on your Linux Mint 21?

      • Trend OceansHow to Convert Raw Camera Images (cr3, crw) to jpg in Ubuntu

        Having a raw image? Want to know how to convert a cr2, cr3, or crw format image to jpg, then you can use dcraw, rawtherapee, or darktable.

      • UNIX CopHow To Install Pluma Text Editor on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

        Pluma is a lightweight and easy-to-use text editor that is designed to be used in Linux-based operating systems. It is a fork of the Gedit text editor and comes with many of the same features that users have come to love from that application.

      • UNIX CopHow To Install XCache on Ubuntu 22.04

        XCache is an open-source opcode cacher for PHP that can help improve the performance of PHP applications by caching compiled code in memory. In this article, we will explain how to install XCache on Ubuntu 22.04.

      • UNIX CopHow To Install Webuzo on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

        Hi. Today you will learn how to install Webuzo on Ubuntu. Webuzo is a web hosting control panel that simplifies the process of managing websites and web applications on a server. It allows users to easily install and configure popular web applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and more.

      • UNIX CopHow To Install Nikto Web Scanner on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

        Nikto is an open-source web scanner that helps to identify potential vulnerabilities and security issues in web servers and applications. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Nikto web scanner on Ubuntu 22.04.

      • UNIX CopHow To Install Apache Nifi on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

        Hi, folks. Today you will learn how to install Apache Nifi on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 Apache NiFi is an open-source data integration platform that enables users to easily transfer data between systems, stream data in real-time, and process data in near real-time.

      • UNIX CopHow to install OTRS (OpenSource Trouble Ticket System)

        ORTS or Open-Source Trouble Ticket system is a free and completely open-source customer support module that help businesses and organizations to manage customer support requests.

      • HowTo ForgeHow to Install Portainer on Debian 11

        Portainer is a web-based container management platform that can work with Docker and Kubernetes to manage and deploy containerized applications and services more easily and efficiently. This tutorial will show you how to install Portainer on the Debian 11 server.

      • 2 Ways to Install GitHub Desktop on Debian 12/11/10 [Ed: Proprietary spyware of Microsoft. Do not install this.]

        Are you a developer who is looking for GUI for Git then you probably want to install the GitHub GUI Desktop app on your Debian-based Linux systems such as Bookworm (12) and Bullseye (11).

      • Steps to Install Opera Browser on Debian 12 Bookworm Linux

        Browsers are not merely just a website browsing instrument, you can do a lot more. Here in this article, we learn the steps to install Opera Browser in Debian Linux such as Bookworm 12 and Bullseye 11.

      • Linux CapableHow to Install MariaDB 10.5 on Fedora Linux

        MariaDB 10.5 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release designed to provide reliable and consistent database management for businesses and developers. As an LTS release, MariaDB 10.5 is maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation alongside the more recent MariaDB 10.6 LTS.

      • Linux CapableMaster Docker: 10 Essential Commands for Container Management

        As a developer, you might have often encountered the term "Docker" in recent years. It has revolutionized how we develop, deploy, and manage applications by providing a consistent and efficient environment for running software. If you're new to Docker or looking to deepen your understanding, this article is for you.

      • [Repeat] Linux LinksEssential Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space (GUI Tools)

        Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools help make Linux a compelling operating system.

      • Red Hat OfficialHow to get started with Ansible Private Automation Hub

        Learn how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Private Automation Hub.

      • TechRepublicHow to deploy a Podman container with persistent storage

        If you're either transitioning to Podman or are new to container development, Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to deploy a container with persistent storage.

      • Ubuntu HandbookHow to Install Bluefish Editor 2.2.13 via PPA in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

        The bluefish text editor released version 2.2.13 recently. Here's how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. Bluefish is a powerful GTK3 text editor for web and software development. It supports many programming and markup languages, but it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites. The development of Bluefish editor is quite slow.

    • Games

      • Godot EngineDev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 1

        It's time to start testing the next feature release of Godot 3, packed with over 500 fixes and enhancements which don't require any compatibility breaking changes!

      • Make Use Of8 Touch-Friendly Linux Apps for Your Steam Deck

        With the Steam Deck being such a lap-friendly device, it makes sense to want to use the touchscreen from time to time. You're welcome to use the joysticks and touchpads for everything, but it's often much easier to poke at the screen.

        The Steam Deck runs KDE Plasma, and there are plenty of touch-friendly Plasma Mobile apps that can feel right at home on the Steam Deck in desktop mode. And if you expand your options beyond the Plasma ecosystem, there is even more touch-friendly Linux software for you to explore.

  • Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

    • Events

      • HackadayHackathon Wire EDM Build Really Works

        If you’ve ever short-circuited a car battery, you’ve seen the pitting and damage a few sparks can cause. Smart minds realised that controlled sparks could erode metal very accurately, in a process now known as electrical discharge machining. [Tanner Beard] decided to build just such a machine for a hackathon, and it works a treat.

    • Web Browsers/Web Servers

      • Mozilla

        • The Servo Blog: Layout 2013 and Layout 2020

          Servo currently has two independent layout engines, known as Layout 2013 and Layout 2020, which are named after when they began development. Layout 2020 was designed to fix several shortcomings in Layout 2013, but it’s not yet enabled by default, and this raises the question: which layout engine should Servo use going forward?

  • Leftovers

    • HackadayAutomated Shusher Keeps Conference Loudmouths In Line

      Few things are more annoying than being at a conference and having an inconsiderate group conducting a vociferous sidebar that drowns out the speaker. More annoying still is the inevitable shushing; nobody likes being either the shusher or the shushed. So why not take the humans out of the loop and automate the chore of keeping the peace?

    • RTERTÉ Coverage of Historic Visit of President Biden to Ireland

      RTÉ is providing extensive coverage of the€ historic visit by President Biden to Ireland across this week.

    • Jamie McClellandJamie McClelland: Doing whatever Gmail says

      As we slowly move our members to our new email infrastructure, an unexpected twist turned up: One member reported getting the Gmail warning:

      Be careful with this message The sender hasn’t authenticated this message so Gmail can’t verify that it actually came from them.

      They have their email delivered to May First, but have configured Gmail to pull in that email using the “Check mail from other accounts” feature. It worked fine on our old infrastructure, but started giving this message when we transitioned.

    • Science

      • HackadaySquare-Wheeled Bike Is Actually An Amazing Tracked Build

        The invention of the wheel is considered one of the crowning achievements of early humanity. Squares don’t roll, after all. [The Q] decided to build a square-wheeled bike anyway, with a neat tracked setup that makes for an awesome visual gag.

    • Education

      • Pro PublicaHelp Us Report on Idaho’s Deteriorating Public Schools [Ed: If Pro Publica wants to report on "Deteriorating Public Schools", then it should expose what Bill Gates has done to public schools for at least 16 years. Instead this publisher took bribes from Gates!]

        In Idaho’s aging schools, students often wear jackets in the winter to keep warm in the classroom. In late spring, they sweat, struggling to concentrate. At some schools, bathrooms are regularly closed because of deteriorating pipes. At others, staff spend hours blowing snow off the roof to prevent its collapse.

        State officials aren’t fully aware of the extent of the schools’ problems — the last full review of school buildings was done in 1993. It’s hard to repair even the problems that have been logged because in order to get funding for facilities, school districts in Idaho have to clear a higher bar than those in almost any other state.

      • Pro PublicaIdaho Has the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation [Ed: Hey, Pro Publica, you might want to check what your corrupt 'donor' Bill Gates did to public schools. Pro Publica keeps going X didn't disclose Y, and so on and on so. Will Pro Publica disclose the bribes that it too has taken from criminals like Bill Gates? No, Pro Publica has become a lobby group disguised as journalism. Pro Publica keeps exposing corrupt oligarchs who meddle in US politics, except the corrupt oligarchs who pay bribes to Pro Publica. What does that make Pro Publica?]

        Jan Bayer sank into the couch in the family room of her Bonners Ferry, Idaho, home and stared at her phone, nervously awaiting a call. Her twin teenage daughters were nearby, equally anxious.

        It was election night in March 2022, and Bayer, the superintendent of the Boundary County School District in a remote part of Idaho on the Canadian border, had spent months educating voters about a bond that would raise property taxes to replace one of her district’s oldest and most dangerous buildings: Valley View Elementary School. Built just after World War II, the school was falling apart.

    • Hardware

      • HackadayVintage Computer Festival East Returns This Weekend

        Spring has sprung at the Jersey Shore, and for retrocomputer aficionados that can only mean one thing — the Vintage Computer Festival East is imminent. The East Coast’s premier event for classic computers and associated electronics kicks off tomorrow at the InfoAge Science and History Museum in Wall, NJ, and continues until Sunday. If you’re in the Northeast United States, and frankly, even if you aren’t, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better opportunity to experience the unique charms of early computer technology.

      • HackadayCongratulations Low-Power Winners

        Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Hackaday.io Low Power Contest! We challenged you to show us how much you could do with how little, and you did not disappoint. Our judges have put their heads together, and thanks to Digi-Key, our contest sponsor, the top three entries will be taking home a $150 gift certificate for yet more hacking supplies.

      • HackadayElectric Volkswagen Adds Rooftop Solar

        Volkswagen has continually teased the release of a new Microbus in the same way that Duke Nukem Forever strung us all along in the 00s, but unlike the fated video game it seems as though Volkswagen is finally building a hip new van rather than continually teasing its release year after year. With the clunky name of I.D. Buzz, European drivers can expect to see them later this year while those in the North American market will have to wait until 2024. That release will have a camper-equipped option though, but you may also want to equip yours with some solar panels as well.

    • Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      • Pro PublicaEPA Proposes Air Pollution Reforms for Industrial Facilities

        The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a series of major reforms this past week to slash toxic air pollution at chemical plants and facilities that sterilize medical equipment, nearly 18 months after ProPublica reported how an estimated 74 million Americans were exposed to elevated cancer risk from these businesses.

        The first set of rules place stricter limits on roughly 80 air pollutants, according to EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. The list includes potent cancer-causing chemicals such as ethylene oxide, which is used to sterilize medical equipment, and chloroprene, an ingredient in synthetic rubber. The proposal, which would affect more than 200 manufacturers, requires routine air monitoring around these chemical plants, something local communities have long requested.

      • Common Dreams'A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Experts Sound Alarm Over 5th Circuit Abortion Pill Ruling

        A three-judge panel of the conservative-dominated 5th Circuit Court didn't allow a Texas judge's sweeping attack on abortion medication stand in full, but that was cold comfort to rights advocates and legal experts who said Thursday that the ruling poses a serious threat to reproductive freedoms nationwide.

      • Common DreamsJayapal Applauds Biden for DACA Healthcare Expansion

        U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal was among the immigrant rights advocates who praised an announcement by the Biden administration on Thursday regarding a rule change that will allow immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children to obtain health coverage under the Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs—a move that could benefit up to 580,000 people who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

      • Off GuardianDISCUSS: Arcturus – The latest “Covid variant”

        Late last night, the world was rocked – ROCKED – by the announcement of yet another variant of “covid”. XBB.1.16 – codenamed Arcturus for as yet obscure reasons – is actually just a sub-variant of Omicron, and is “fuelling a rise of infections in India” amid concerns it [...]

    • Proprietary

    • Security

      • Privacy/Surveillance

        • EDRISignal’s Meredith Whittaker voices EDRi’s concerns with the CSA Regulation

          Meredith Whittaker, the President of the Signal Foundation, delivered the closing keynote speech at EDRi’s 20th-anniversary celebration in March 2023. The tech professional focused on the “recent spate of regulatory proposals and misguided tech fixes [like the EU’s Child Sexual Abuse Regulation] that offer false and surveillant solutions to complex social problems – solutions that always seem to lump the right to privacy in with malfeasance, and offer to address bad actions by eliminating privacy.”

        • EDRIInternal markets MEPs wrestle with how to fix Commission’s CSAR proposal

          The European Union’s proposed CSA Regulation (Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse) is one of the most controversial and misguided European internet laws that we at EDRi have seen. Whilst aiming to protect children, this proposed law from the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, would obliterate privacy, security and free expression for everyone online.

    • Defence/Aggression

    • Environment

    • Finance

      • TechdirtYou’ve Probably Never Heard Of It, But India’s Other Big IT Project Might Be A World Beating One

        China and India are widely expected to be two of the most powerful global players in the decades to come. In some ways, they are alike. As Techdirt has reported, both have dismal records when it comes to Internet freedom, online censorship and privacy. But they differ in terms of their impact on the IT sector outside their home countries. China has produced a worldwide success story in TikTok, alongside well-known Internet giants such as Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent. India, by contrast, is chiefly famous in the computing world for its vast digital biometric identity system, Aadhaar. That may be about to change, thanks to another Indian creation, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

      • WhichUKState pension rise – why your payments won't increase until next month [Ed: Not keeping up with inflation at all]

        Find out what your state pension payments should be in 2023-24

      • France24Brazil's Lula criticises US dollar and IMF during China visit

        The two countries have recently announced a deal to trade in their own currencies, dropping the dollar as an intermediary. Lula also criticised the IMF, accusing it of 'asphyxiating' the economy of certain countries.

      • The Guardian UKFrench court approves Macron’s unpopular plan to raise pension age

        France’s highest constitutional court has approved Emmanuel Macron’s proposals to raise the minimum pension age from 62 to 64.

        The ruling means the government can pass Macron’s unpopular plans to raise the minimum eligible pension age as early as next week, to be in force by the end of this year.

      • France24Macron’s pension reform faces key constitutional test after months-long battle

        France's top constitutional court is to rule Friday on whether to approve President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pensions overhaul after three months of strikes and mass protests.

      • AxiosAfter layoffs, the morale crisis
        Data: Yahoo Finance; Chart: Axios Visuals

        Laying off thousands of people, while announcing more job cuts to come, might make you friends on Wall Street — but€ inside your company...not so much.

        What's happening: Workers at the company formerly known as Facebook are facing a morale crisis, per the New York Times.

      • MeduzaSwiss banks reportedly warning clients their accounts will be closed if they pay taxes to Russia — Meduza

        Swiss banks have begun warning Russian customers that their accounts will be closed if they continue paying taxes to Russia, the outlet RBC reported on Thursday, citing two Swiss lawyers who work with Russian clients and a source from the country’s banking sector.

      • Insight HungaryHungary exits Russian 'spy bank' after US sanctions

        The Hungarian government decided to exit the Russia-controlled International Investment Bank (IIB) after the United States imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the financial institution. Russian nationals Nikolay Kosov, the bank's former chairman, Georgy Potapov, and Imre Laszloczki a Hungarian citizen, were named on the sanctions list.€ € 

        Before Budapest's decision€ the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania€ have already quit or started the withdrawal process from the bank that is often referred to as Moscow's trojan horse' in the European Union.€ 

      • The Gray ZoneHow NATO states sponsored ICC prosecutor’s Putin arrest warrant
      • New YorkerClarence Thomas Travels First Class

        Bon voyage to the Justice and Ginni!

      • Common DreamsClarence Thomas Never Disclosed Property Deal With Billionaire Benefactor

        New revelations about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's business dealings with Texas Republican megadonor Harlan Crow on Thursday led to intensified calls for the right-wing justice's impeachment, as ProPublicareported on a previously undisclosed real estate transaction between the two men.

      • Common DreamsFrench Pension Defenders Rally on Eve of High Court Ruling

        Workers opposed to French President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular plan to raise the nation's retirement age from 62 to 64 hit the streets Thursday in a final display of anger before the country's top court rules on the measure's constitutionality.

      • Pro PublicaClarence Thomas Didn’t Disclose Harlan Crow Real Estate Deal

        In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia. It wasn’t a marquee acquisition for the real estate magnate, just an old single-story home and two vacant lots down the road. What made it noteworthy were the people on the other side of the deal: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his relatives.

        The transaction marks the first known instance of money flowing from the Republican megadonor to the Supreme Court justice. The Crow company bought the properties for $133,363 from three co-owners — Thomas, his mother and the family of Thomas’ late brother, according to a state tax document and a deed dated Oct. 15, 2014, filed at the Chatham County courthouse.

    • AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

      • AxiosInside the GOP's 100-day "weaponization" war

        100 days into their majority, the House GOP's top two investigative panels have issued nearly three dozen subpoenas — plowing forward in a range of aggressive probes even as Democrats and federal agencies claim foul play.

        Why it matters: Republicans vowed on the campaign trail to hold the Biden administration accountable and investigate the alleged "weaponization" of government — a conservative cause that has taken on new urgency in the wake of former President Trump's indictment.

      • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

        • TechdirtFox Hit With Sanctions For Withholding Information In Dominion Libel Lawsuit

          It doesn’t look like Fox News is going to get away with badmouthing Dominion Voting Systems for weeks following Donald Trump’s unsurprising loss in the 2020 election. Evidence already handed over to Dominion in its libel lawsuit shows many Fox News executives — as well as anchors and commentators — were aware the claims were false but chose to give them airtime anyway.

    • Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

      • TechdirtTry Fedi Friday: Just One Day A Week, Experiment With Alternative Social Media

        It’s not at all surprising why tons of people, including journalists, are sticking around Twitter even if they shouldn’t. Part of it is inertia. People were settled into what worked before, and change is difficult. Partly because of that, people are loathe to switch. Even those who have switched over to alternatives like Mastodon in the Fediverse find it difficult to do so. There’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem in which, when people first sign up, it feels “empty” because there’s no algorithm pumping their feed full of content (though I’ve found Mastodon to be quite engaging, to an almost overwhelming degree that I can’t keep up). You have to do a little bit of work, and that can feel like a lot.

      • Court accepts indictment against 18 Kurdish media workers

        Sixteen of the suspects have been remanded in custody since June. The prosecutors have charged the suspects with "being a member of an illegal organization."

    • Civil Rights/Policing

      Common DreamsClimate Activists Targeted by Fossil Fuel Industry Spies at Standing Rock

      A private security firm that worked with law enforcement to suppress the Indigenous-led movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline targeted peaceful activist groups including the 350.org climate campaign as part of a sweeping surveillance effort, according to a report published Thursday by The Intercept.

    • Common DreamsWhy Are We Even Talking About Guns? Dr. Gaetz Will See You Now

      In a stunning display of stupid merged with hateful, Matt Gaetz, aka "Dr. Rapey McForehead," the creepy MAGA carnival barker who barely evaded charges of sex trafficking minors so he can now focus on repeatedly voting against mental health support and other programs to help children, just had the "courage" to argue the carnage of our school shootings is the regrettable result of godless kids on medication - who also, just sayin', should be kept separate from "normal" kids. And what guns?

    • Common Dreams6-Week Abortion Ban Heading to Desk of Ron DeSantis, Likely 2024 GOP Contender

      Reproductive rights defenders on Thursday braced for a near-total abortion ban in Florida as Republican state lawmakers sent legislation outlawing the medical procedure after six weeks to governor and likely GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis' desk for his all-but-certain signature.

    • Common DreamsWhy I Keep Working at Starbucks Despite Its Union-Busting

      On a warm summer afternoon, my coworkers and I huddle around a single phone outside of my Starbucks, watching as our union election votes are counted. Everyone has a noise maker gathered from the dollar store between their lips, blowing into it at every time a 'yes' is announced, altering our other coworkers that are inside the building of our results. We make a noise for every vote that has been counted, until we get to the end, a second of silence passes until we all begin to jump, cheer, and hug, celebrating our unanimous victory.

    • TechdirtAbusive Governments (And The Criminals They Employ) Are Going To LOVE The UN’s Cybercrime Treaty

      Various treaties and multi-national proposals to combat cybercrime have been around for years. I’m not exaggerating. These have been floating around for more than a decade. (Do you want to feel old? This cybercrime treaty proposal would be old enough to legally obtain a social media account in the United States if it were still viable.)

    • France24White House slams Florida's six-week abortion ban

      The bill, which will make abortions illegal before many women usually find out that they're pregnant, has been signed by Governor Ron DeSantis.

    • AxiosDeSantis signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law

      Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation on a six-week abortion ban into law on Thursday night, becoming the latest Southern state looking to bar access after the bill passed in the state legislature earlier in the day.

  • Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM)

    • Techdirt‘Smart’ Garage Door Company Nukes Key Feature After Ignoring Vulnerability For Months

      It will never stop being humorous uncovering just how many smart products are run by dumb companies. If you’re going to roll out a product that connects to the internet, you would think that the very basics of IT/internet security in those products would be taken into account. You would also think that there would be intelligent contingency plans proactively thought out for when something inevitably goes wrong or the unexpected is uncovered.

  • Monopolies

    • Patents

      • ITC Reforms Deserve a Higher Priority

        Global competition is a key political issue, particularly the rivalry between the United States and China. These superpowers are locked in a struggle for leadership of the global economy. Last year, the Congress passed the $280 billion CHIPS Act in an attempt to bolster economic growth in key industrial sectors.

    • Copyrights

  • Gemini* and Gopher

    • Personal

      • Suicide Is Painless

        I remember one time on LinkedIn when I see another post about improving one's chances to get the job. Or maybe it is an invitation to attend a workshop. No. I don't want to go through that path of CV, interview and maybe a job anymore. I reply with a link to a song I remember from the good old days when I am younger: Suicide Is Painless by Jonny Mandel (https://vimeo.com/247626434)

      • Yretek - Rsync > SSH

        Forgive me if I'm wrong, amateur coder at the wheel, but it surprises me to see quite a few people talking about ssh'ing into their capsules. I don't think that's the best approach.

      • 🔤SpellBinding: WGILNTD Wordo: SWIR
    • Technical

      • Trying a Systemd Distro Again

        I hope I don't start another week-long Systemd post train again.

        So today was my first full day off in a couple weeks so I decided to finally distro-hop and try out a Systemd distro like I had mentioned I wanted to do.

      • Internet/Gemini

        • The Ebbs and Flows of Gemini

          I've only been on Gemini just over a year and I've already seen some ebbs and flows. It seems every couple of months an article will pop up with some hate or distaste for Gemini and it'll cause some heartache. I'm already starting to see the same arguments, which kind of goes like this...


* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.



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It used to have hundreds, according to Lupa
Doing to Red Hat What They Already Did (and Still Do) to IBM
there seems to be a drive to hire cheaper staff, and it may be led by somebody Red Hat hired from Microsoft
Links 03/09/2025: Salesforce's Latest Mass Layoffs, 93% in Large Poll at The Register MS Say UK Government Should Dump Microsoft
Links for the day
Preparations for Our 19th Anniversary Have Already Begun
When we get back we'll probably sort out some balloons and venue for the next party
Pleased After 2 Years With team.blue
Moving from a Content Management System (CMS, dynamic) to a Static Site Generator (SSG) was a wise decision that made life so much easier
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is Being Attacked by Organisations Jealous of Its Principled Stance and Longevity
Nobody is perfect, but imperfection does not instantaneously imply sinister intent
If You Reject the Google Verdict in the US, Then You Should Also Reject the "Modern" Web (Do Something About It)
Gemini Protocol is still open; it cannot be hijacked or subverted because it's frozen by design and by intention
Open Source Initiative IRS Filing: Almost All the Money is Corporate, Stefano Maffuli (Executive Director) Takes About a Quarter of That Money for Openwashing of "AI" Ponzi Scheme
OSI is currently little but a PR/marketing agency of Microsoft
Many People Are "Leaving" Red Hat, Even High-Level Managers
Something is definitely going on at Red Hat
Techrights Has Been Subjected to Calls of Violence (and Death Threats), It Never Condoned Violence
I have no sympathy for people who call violence "free speech" and then get in trouble
Condoning Violent Behaviour and "Free Speech"
perhaps Microsoft Lunduke lost touch with what constitutes violence
Takeaway From the Google Verdict: GAFAM Has Too Much Control (Even Over the US Government and Courts With Government Appointees)
Many people feel disappointed but hardly surprised by the verdict
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in One Month
As noted a few days ago, several times in fact, many people now recognise the importance of the FSF's mission, even if most people don't know what the FSF is
Many Microsoft "Assets" Are Fabricated Baloney (to Game the Numbers)
At times it seems like what we deal with are many weak patents (on algorithms), valuations or speculations based on hype ("hey hi"), and stocks held by Microsoft and its own staff
"Voluntary" Layoffs at Microsoft (to Game the Numbers, Sugar-Coating a Crisis)
"Employees interested have until the end of October to volunteer."
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 02, 2025
IRC logs for Tuesday, September 02, 2025