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37,000 Blog Posts, IRC Treat, and Positive Reader Feedback

Surely but slowly; We're getting to 40kSummary: After nearly 17 years we've crossed the 37,000 blog posts milestone; we can probably hit 40,000 within a year or less and today we've replaced the IRC widget (it hasn't worked for anyone since December; there's no plan to fix it)

THIS site is crossing yet another milestone: 37k. It moreover turns 17 in a few months and it recently posted a lot more blog posts than ever before (even more than in 2009 and 2010 with about 3,600 annual posts).



In other news, we're experimenting with a new IRC widget while recognising privacy limitations. We welcome feedback on it, both good and bad.

The Sirius 'Open Source' experience* being told here has helped other people, according to the following message. Do note there are no identifying details in this message, which was sent last week via E-mail**:

Thank you, and thanks for Techrights



Dr. Schestowitz,

I wanted to take a moment and thank you for all the work that you do to inform the public about the news and politics of free software.

I first encountered your boycott-novell blog after the novell/ms agreement was announced. I found your coverage to be very enlightening. It is the first time I became aware that incumbent megacorporations in the IT industry were trying to erode the adoption of free software and the free software movement discreetly.

After the novell/ms agreement faded in my memory, and as novell's assets were sold again and again, I lost track of your site. However, years later, around 2018 I rediscovers your reporting again in Techrights, and I have been actively reading it since. Lately, I have been listening to the audio of your videos and I am grateful that you make them available. I am more informed as a result. I would be ignorant on the news and political landscape of free software without your reporting.

I am grateful that you shared your experience about your departure from sirius. It was very helpful to me because your descriptions of bad management there were very similar to the toxic management I had at my old job. It helped me not feel gaslit by their statements and actions knowing that someone else had a similar experience.

My life is better because you share your time and your work with me. I wanted you to know. If I can support your work and Techrights, please don't hesitate to let me know how.

Gratefully,

[redacted]


Has this site impacted the worldview and choices of other people? If so, it would be pleasant to hear from them. ___ * Unhealthy and unpleasant, especially towards the last year. I was getting defrauded along with my GNU/Linux-loving friends/colleagues, basically robbed in secret by people who use Apple Macs and reject "Open Source" (they used that label to recruit and retain us for very low salaries).

** There's a real person behind it, but we've removed the name. The feedback is very much appreciated.

Recent Techrights' Posts

January 20: Richard Stallman Talk in Europe
evening time in Europe, around midday in the United States and Canada
Slopwatch: Too Lazy to Write Real Articles, Offloading to Chatbots Instead (LLM Slop About "Linux")
The Web was already full of garbage before the LLM frenzy. Now it's even worse.
RMS 'Inauguration' in Montpellier (Government Administration) on January 20th
Happy hacking
Even Technical Articles and HowTos From UNIXMen Nowadays Seem to be LLM Slop
We've just permanently removed the RSS feed of UNIXMen
The FSF's 2024 End-of-Year Fundraiser Succeeds: Over $400k to Support Software Freedom
That's worth bringing up again because the SFC is trying to 'crash' this achievement of the FSF
 
Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) is Spamming the Web With Microsoft's Promotional LLM Slop About UEFI 'Secure' Boot (Which is Against Real Security)
This is an attack on honest journalism
Links 18/01/2025: TikTok's Endgame, "Car Freedom", and Spying in Cars 'Fines' GM (Settlement)
Links for the day
Links 18/01/2025: Apple Getting Out of Hey Hi (AI) Slop (Too Much Misinformation), Chaffbots/Chatbots Try to Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
Links for the day
What Fake News Sites Are Doing to GNU/Linux
The LLM slop about Linux serves two purposes
Links 18/01/2025: Microsofters Upset at Microsoft's Ridiculous Rebrands (Excuse for Massive Price Hikes), Chaffbot Company ('Open'AI) Faces More Lawsuits
Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/01/2025: Surge in Illnesses, ctags, and Gemsync
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 17, 2025
IRC logs for Friday, January 17, 2025
[Meme] Fentanylware (TikTok) Banned in the United States, Next Up European Union (EU)
And the United Kingdom (UK)
President Biden is Right, "Free Press is Crumbling" and the United States Exports Its Media-Hostile Culture to Other Continents
perhaps Biden should pay closer attention to how Donald Trump-inspired Americans take their battles to other continents
Links 17/01/2025: TikTok Banned by the United Stated (SCOTUS Rejects Appeal)
Links for the day
Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) Makes It Obvious It's Just a Copycat Trying to Exploit or Leech Off the FSF's (and GNU's) Work
They swim next to the rich people (who "match")
Links 17/01/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Herds Its (Drug) Users Into Even More Harmful "Apps"
Links for the day
Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Uses Microsoft-Controlled Front Groups and LLM Slop in Order to Spread Microsoft-Directed Anti-Linux FUD
Microsoft garbage likely produced by Microsoft LLMs, spewing out Microsoft FUD
Likely Fake 'Article' About Linux Mint 22.1
BetaNews fired up its plagiarism machine (LLM)
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 16, 2025
IRC logs for Thursday, January 16, 2025
Links 16/01/2025: Conflicts, Overpopulation, and Software Patents
Links for the day
[Meme] Lock-down With DRM Server/s (in a Nutshell)
Companies like Microsoft and Apple have a 'God complex'
Thank You, London! There Was No Way to Still Reliably Host Gemini From Home (on a Raspberry Pi 4) Due to Scale
The only regret we've long had is that we hadn't made the move earlier
The Summit of Future (Kerala, 2025): Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) to Give Keynote Talk
promotional video was uploaded
Richard Stallman's Talk This Coming Monday (European 'Tour')
bunch of talks in Europe
Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part II - Down to the Very Core, Including the Hardware (CPU, GPU, Peripherals, and More)
instead of distinguishing themselves and antagonising these broadly reviled "antifeatures", both Canonical and IBM decided to join Microsoft in advocating lockdown
FSF, Guardian of the GNU Project, to Reach $400,000 in Winter Fundraiser Ahead of 40th Anniversary
The GNU Project Turns 42 later this year
Links 16/01/2025: "Meduza, IRL" and the Clock is Ticking on TikTok in the US
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Yesterday's Gone, The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
Links for the day
Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals
Animals don't belong inside cages in zoos, either
Links 16/01/2025: Scale and Scope of Microsoft Layoffs Revealed (Two Waves of Layoffs in 2025 Already)
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Meta Has a Pixelfed Problem and Space Time Scoping
Links for the day
Anti-Linux 'Articles' in linuxsecurity.com (Guardian Digital, Inc) Are Composed by Bots, Probably Microsoft's
linuxsecurity.com has become a mindless stream of LLM slop
"New Year, New Career"
published a few hours ago
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
IRC logs for Wednesday, January 15, 2025