02.26.23
Posted in Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 12:54 am by Guest Editorial Team
Linux-libre turns 15!
It was February 2008 when Jeff Moe announced Linux-libre, a project to share the efforts that freedom-respecting distros had to undertake to drop the nonfree bits distributed as part of the kernel Linux.
https://web.archive.org/web/1/lists.autistici.org/message/20080221.002845.467ba592.en.html
“For fifteen years, the Linux-libre project has remained dedicated to providing a kernel that respects everyone’s freedom and has become an essential part of the free software movement. Linux-libre is widely used by those who value their freedom to use, study, change, and share software without restrictions or limitations. These freedoms are essential to creating a just society.”
— Jason Self
Since around 1996, Linux has carried sourceless firmware encoded as sequences of numbers disguised as source code. UTUTO and gNewSense pioneered the efforts of removing them. Cleaning Linux up is a substantial amount of work, so the existence of Linux-libre has alleviated one of the main difficulties in maintaining GNU+Linux distros that abide by the GNU Free Software Distribution Guidelines. The Linux-libre compiled kernel distributions maintained by Jason Self, Freesh (.deb), liberRTy (low-latency .deb) and RPMFreedom (.rpm), make it easy for users of other GNU+Linux distros to take a step towards freedom when their hardware is not too user-hostile.
“Thanks to Linux-libre, we have entirely libre GNU+Linux distros. Thanks to Linux-libre, people like me who are not kernel hackers can install one of those distros and have a computer which never runs a nonfree program on the CPU. (Provided we use LibreJS as well to reject nonfree Javascript programs that web sites send us.)”
— Richard Stallman
Early pieces of firmware in Linux ran peripheral devices, but some of the blobs loaded by Linux nowadays reconfigure the primary central processing units and others contain an entire operating system for the peripherals’ CPUs, including a copy of the kernel Linux itself and several other freedom-depriving programs!
After years of our denouncing the social, technical, and legal risks out of Linux’s misbehavior, most of the blobs got moved to separate files, still part of the kernel Linux, and then to separate packages, which mitigates some of the legal risks, but the problem keeps growing: more and more devices depend on nonfree firmware and thus remain under exclusive and proprietary control by their suppliers.
Challenge
For 27 years, the nonfree versions of Linux have shown that tolerating blobs and making it easy for users to install and accept them makes users increasingly dependent on user-hostile, blob-requiring devices for their computing. Refusing to give these devices’ suppliers what they wish, namely your money and control over your computing, is more likely to succeed at changing their practices if more users refuse.
If you’re the kind of software freedom supporter who demands respect for your freedom, keep on enjoying the instant gratification that GNU Linux-libre affords you, and supporting (or being!) those who refurbish old computers and build new ones to respect our autonomy.
However, if you’re of the kind for whom last-generation computers are hard to resist, even though you’d prefer if they were more respectful of your freedom, you may wish to consider a delayed gratification challenge: if you and your friends resist hostile computers now, you may get more respectful ones later, for yourselves and for all of us; if you don’t, the next generations will likely be even more hostile. Are you up for the challenge?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_gratification
Present and Future
GNU Linux-libre releases are currently prepared with scripts that automate the cleaning-up and part of the verification. For each upstream major and stable release, we run the scripts, updating them as needed, and publish them, along with the cleaning-up logs and the cleaned-up sources, in a git repository. Each source release is an independent tag, as in, there are no branches for cleaned-up sources. This is so we can quickly retract releases if freedom bugs are found.
We have plans to change the cleaning-up process and the repository structure in the future: we’re (slowly) preparing to move to a rewritten git repository, in which, for each commit in upstream Linux main and stable repositories, there will be a corresponding cleaned-up commit in ours. Undesirable bits are going to be cleaned up at the commit corresponding to the one in which upstream introduced or modified them, and other modifications will be checked and integrated unchanged, mirroring the upstream commit graph, with “git replace” mappings for individual commits and, perhaps, also for cleaned-up files.
This is expected to enable us to track upstream development very closely, to get stable and major releases out nearly instantly and often automatically and to enable Linux developers to clone our freed repository instead of our upstream to write and test their changes. The same techniques used to create the cleaned-up repository can be used to fix freedom bugs in it.
Artwork
Jason Self has made several beautiful pictures of his version of Freedo, our light-blue penguin mascot, and we’ve used them for our recent releases.
Marking the beginning of the week in which we celebrate 15 years of Linux-libre, we had the pleasure of publishing a major release, 6.2-gnu, codenamed “la quinceañera”, with a picture of Freedo dressed up for the occasion.
https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2023-February/003502.html
But there’s more! He also made a commemorative black-and-white wallpaper with classic Freedo, also dressed up for the occasion. Check them out, and feel free to tune the colors to your liking!
https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/#news
He also modeled a 3D Freedo in Blender, and we’re looking for someone who could 3D-print it and get it to the FSF office in time for the LibrePlanet conference. Rumor has it that Richard Stallman is going to auction it off to raise funds for the FSF! Can you help? █
https://libreplanet.org/2023/
About GNU Linux-libre
GNU Linux-libre is a GNU package maintained by Alexandre Oliva, on behalf of FSFLA, and by Jason Self. It releases cleaned-up versions of Linux, suitable for use in distributions that comply with the Free Software Distribution Guidelines published by the GNU project, and by users who wish to run Free versions of Linux on their GNU systems. The project offers cleaning-up scripts, Free sources, binaries for some GNU+Linux distributions, and artwork with GNU and the Linux-libre mascot: Freedo, the clean, Free and user-friendly light-blue penguin. Visit our web site and Be Free!
http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/
http://www.gnu.org/distros/
About the GNU Operating System and Linux
Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a Free Software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating system developed specifically for the sake of users’ freedom.
http://www.gnu.org/
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html
In 1992, the essential components of GNU were complete, except for one, the kernel. When in 1992 the kernel Linux was re-released under the GNU GPL, making it Free Software, the combination of GNU and Linux formed a complete Free operating system, which made it possible for the first time to run a PC without non-Free Software. This combination is the GNU+Linux system.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html
About FSFLA
Free Software Foundation Latin America joined in 2005 the international FSF network, previously formed by Free Software Foundations in the United States, in Europe and in India. These sister organizations work in their corresponding geographies towards promoting the same Free Software ideals and defending the same freedoms for software users and developers, working locally but cooperating globally.
http://www.fsfla.org/
Copyright 2023 FSFLA
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Permission is also granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of individual sections of this document worldwide without royalty provided the copyright notice and the permission notice above are preserved, and the document’s official URL is preserved or replaced by the individual section’s official URL.
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02.22.23
Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft at 9:15 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Microsoft is ‘planting’ its staff or embedding its moles not only inside the media; today we talk about the Southern California Linux Expo and linux.com as notably recent examples
THE majority of GNU/Linux users are either unaware or have become irritably nonchalant about what Microsoft is doing. Figures and organisations of authority reaffirm this bogus, phony idea that Microsoft has changed. Those figures and organisations are often paid by Microsoft to say that (or to seem apathetic about Microsoft). We’re not talking about obvious sellouts and defectors or even blatant Microsoft boosters who occupy the media. Not even ‘Miguel and Lennart’, who undermine software freedom from the inside. The everyday, casual sabotage comes in other forms.
We used to write a lot more extensively about events such as FOSDEM selling out to Microsoft. It wasn’t just FOSDEM, either. Also, as a matter of fact, the latest SCALE (a “Linux” conference in Southern California) has not one but several speakers from Microsoft (not counting Microsoft MVPs and ‘former’ Microsoft), including a keynote speaker. This is not appropriate given the company’s behaviour. Microsoft’s TPM and Pluton garbage is being pushed into Linux by the usual suspect this month/week (yes, it’s Garrett, whom Microsoft is trying to hire to work directly) and Phoronix is full of Microsoft stuff from top to bottom (in between the many advertisements).
“We’re not talking about obvious sellouts and defectors or even blatant Microsoft boosters who occupy the media.”Linux is under attack from Microsofters, and moreover it’s not hard to see all that. It’s a matter of observation, so don’t believe those who call it “hate”. Many people know and can see what’s really going on. The company’s ongoing attacks on Linux are too many to exhaustively name. In the case of SCALE, it’s not exactly a new problem; Microsoft was there last year, they allowed Microsoft sponsorship 2 years ago, Microsoft sponsorship 3 years ago (also Microsoft speakers). The year beforehand they had quite a few Microsofters as speakers [1, 2, 3] in addition to money from Microsoft (Microsoft sponsorship goes back to 14x).
It’s not just smaller event organisers; the largest organiser is implicated too.
One very concerning example is the Linux Foundation. Since 2016 it has been anti-community and pro-Microsoft, right about the same time it took money from the “Microsoft loves Linux” liars.
Since then the Linux Foundation has killed linux.com. This is what happens when we let anti-Linux companies run things; and sure, they’ll pay the Foundation for it. For them, burying Linux and harming the brand is an actual objective.
“Since then the Linux Foundation has killed linux.com.”Judging by this month’s posts, linux.com is effectively dead. It’s basically run by a bot now. The linux.com bot says something like “LF Platinum Member Content”; this basically means it’s running syndication in exchange for money, notably for IBM.
The Foundation itself was eerily quiet this month and most of last month. If the site linux.com cannot be brought back to life, they should free up the DNS space and let someone else run such an important domain. If they’re unwilling or incapable of doing so themselves, they should pass this authoritative domain to someone who actually uses Linux. “Linux.com should hand it over to non-Microsoft community,” an associate said this morning.
But linux.com is part of a broader trend here; this is what happened to “the news” in general, impacting news cycles news on the web, news sites’ ownership and so on. It seems to be an unexplored or barely-explored problem — a problem that has little to do with the “advertising industry” or ad blocking etc.
“In the case of Linux conferences and sites, what we see is enemies of Linux taking control.”Recently, the subject has come up again in the US, partly because of Senator Sanders. This will worsen over time because if they fail to fund the media (no federal assistance) the nation’s oligarchs will control the narrative all across the board. Sometimes foreign oligarchs will do the same.
In the case of Linux conferences and sites, what we see is enemies of Linux taking control. There’s a lot more money (salaries) in attacking GNU/Linux than in advocating/promoting it. █
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02.19.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:52 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The data below as OpenDocument Format: StatCounter 202202 202302
Summary: Based on these latest StatCounter statistics for this month, GNU/Linux market share for desktops/laptops is now over 5.5% (highest ever), with Windows down to 72%
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02.16.23
Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 5:52 am by Guest Editorial Team
Reprinted with permission from Ryan
As much as they’d like to project themselves as environmentally conscious, it’s evident that Microsoft is more interested in maintaining their profit margins than conserving resources.
Windows has always been notorious for its resource consumption, poor design, and bloat, making PCs less energy-efficient and contributing to e-waste. Instead of addressing the issue, Microsoft has opted to promote its “carbon awareness” initiative for Windows Update, which doesn’t solve the problem, but merely shifts the time for checking for broken updates to nighttime.
(I mean, who hasn’t experienced the frustration of a Windows update breaking something that was working perfectly fine before? Don’t you love spending hours of your life that you’ll never get back trying helplessly to whack the Troubleshooters, which don’t work?)
To make matters worse, since Windows 10, Windows Update has been transformed into a botnet that siphons off electricity and bandwidth from unsuspecting users worldwide.
So what can users do? They can take control of their PCs and fight back against this bloat and the broken updates that just shift problems around randomly by switching to a GNU/Linux distribution. GNU/Linux distributions are more secure, robust, performant, and energy-efficient than Windows.
With GNU/Linux, there are choices. If the operating system vendor angers you, you can choose a different distribution that doesn’t do those things. If you don’t like the decisions made about the way your desktop shell works, you can change the desktop with extensions or get a different one. Nobody is “on high” telling you how this is going to be. With Windows, in all ways big and small, it is a manipulator.
When I went to try the new Taskbar, in one small annoyance, I even found out that the icon for “Teams” is no ordinary icon. You have to go through some menus and change the Taskbar settings to make the icon go away, and it doesn’t go away just by uninstalling Teams. In fact, it will reinstall it if you’re not careful.
As an example, in my testing, a GNU/Linux system running powertop autotune as a system service is significantly more power-efficient than Windows. On my laptop, which runs on a Core i7 Skylake, Windows 10 hardly ever got deeper than PC3, while GNU/Linux spends time in all of them right down to PC8.
Another problem that has gained attention in recent years is the company’s extensive use of telemetry, a form of spyware that collects data on users’ activities and sends it back to Microsoft.
Not only is this a blatant violation of privacy, but it’s also a significant drain on power and resources. Michael Larabel at Phoronix conducted benchmark testing on Windows 10 with telemetry both on (default) and off, and found that it had a significant impact on the system’s performance.
Why are such basic operations slowed down so much by Telemetry? Because it’s watching and reporting on damned near everything you do with the computer, including your typing, which programs you use, and the contents of your hard drive.
This is bound to have more impact on carbon emissions than Windows Update.
It’s time for users to take a stand and demand better than Microsoft. They should not tolerate this Windows mess any longer. Instead, they should embrace alternatives that are better for the environment, more secure, and efficient. Users should say goodbye to Windows and hello to a brighter, cleaner future.
In addition to their Windows operating system, Microsoft’s XBOX division has also been promoting “carbon awareness”. While this may seem like a positive step, it’s worth noting that gaming consoles in general are notorious for their energy consumption.
It’s difficult to take this “carbon awareness” campaign seriously when the products they’re promoting are contributing to the very problem they claim to be addressing.
It’s worth remembering that this is the same company that has a history of creating poorly designed and unreliable products such as the XBOX 360, which was plagued (to the point of overflowing) with issues like the notorious Red Ring of Death, which rendered the console unusable.
(Humorously, an entire cottage industry went up to make adapters like the Nyko Intercooler 360 to try to add extra fans, but these themselves sometimes caught fire or overloaded and scorched the back of the console, voiding the warranty.)
As someone who personally experienced eight failed consoles due to this issue, I can attest to Microsoft’s inability to create products that work reliably. Even after sending in my console for repair, I would receive a new unit that would soon overheat and fry itself.
It’s clear if you simply watch them and cut through all of the bribed media, that Microsoft has no idea how to build products, and instead tries to brute force their way into markets. Efficiency and sustainability are simply not their forte.
In contrast, companies like Nintendo have always been known for their efficient and conservative engineering. They don’t rely on raw processing power as a crutch and instead focus on innovative game design. Nintendo products have a reputation for being more energy-efficient and reliable than their competitors.
Perhaps it’s time for Microsoft to follow in Nintendo’s footsteps and prioritize efficiency and innovation over excessive resource consumption.
The truth is, however, that they are not committed to the future of the XBOX division.
It’s been less than a week, as of this writing, since they sacked basically the entire XBOX marketing division the same day that they gutted the marketing division of Azure and LinkedIn. When you give up trying to convince people to pay for your products, how much time can you really have left?
It’s in light of the bloodletting at Microsoft that the continued pursuit of Activision almost seems like some sort of Kabuki Theater from another dimension.
Users who care about the environment or just having reliable software and gaming machines should consider making the switch to GNU/Linux and Nintendo and embracing the ethos of efficiency and innovation, rather than Microsoft’s empty lip service.
Windows and XBOX are carbon bombs, and in the case of Windows, version 11 is the worst yet. But first and foremost, they’re just awful products.
Saying you’re addressing the Windows carbon problem with the updater is like saying you’re going to eat three plates of dinner at an all-you-can-eat buffet, followed by three slices of cake… and a Diet Pepsi. █
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02.14.23
Posted in Asia, Europe, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 6:52 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Today in the news:
Windows around the world (still waning in dominance on desktops/laptops)
And in Russia since invading Ukraine:
Summary: Russia loves Windows only when its enemies use it (which makes intrusion and sabotage a lot easier)
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02.13.23
Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux at 4:26 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video download link | md5sum 9078d035b9766fb443cb6ebeb9e93ea3
GNU/Linux Growing in Asia
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
Summary: In the world’s most populous countries GNU/Linux is making big strides; it’s fair to say that this is a growth area that thwarts the near-monopoly of Windows on desktops/laptops
THE GNU/Linux operating system is turning 40 later this year, assuming we started counting or started the clock in 1983. Back then a 30-year-old Richard Stallman (yes, he’s turning 70 on March 16th) started the vision of a freedom-respecting operating system. He had already made his emacs and various other programs.
The media is gaslighting GNU and the FSF, but in a lot of ways they got their way. Free software continues to grow.
“The world is changing. Microsoft isn’t keeping up.”The video above speaks about my early years with GNU/Linux (as a young scientist) and explains that it has found growing exposure in two countries that have about 3 billion people in them. When it comes to GNU/Linux adoption, China was always behind India, but it is catching up while Microsoft lays off many workers and Windows loses market share. As per this page, this month Android is up to 45% of all market share, whereas Windows is down to 27% this month. The funny thing is that Microsoft Edge market share — just like Bing's market share — fell by about 5% this month, in spite of all the media SPAM from Microsoft, sprinkling “HEY HI” (AI) pixie dust over everything, including Edge and Azure (now they say the same about Teams and Office). This helps distract from Edge staff being laid off and Bing staff being laid off. Azure too has many layoffs (for several years already). “HEY HI” (AI) is the new clown computing, i.e. misleading hype.
The world is changing. Microsoft isn’t keeping up. Buying GitHub was buying debt and perpetual losses (in an effort to control the competition and attack copyleft-based licences). Now, amid a class action lawsuit, all the offices are being disbanded. █
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02.12.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 11:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Date
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Windows
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OS X
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Unknown
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GNU/Linux
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Other
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2018-02
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89.33
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5.67
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4.35
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0.63
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0.02
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|
2018-03
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90.12
|
6.56
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2.8
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0.5
|
0.02
|
|
2018-04
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90.59
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6.57
|
2.34
|
0.48
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0.01
|
|
2018-05
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90.06
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6.17
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3.08
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0.67
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0.02
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2018-06
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89.4
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6.06
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3.57
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0.92
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0.05
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2018-07
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88.84
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6.51
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3.75
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0.84
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0.06
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2018-08
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89.55
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6.55
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3.08
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0.77
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0.06
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2018-09
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90.35
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6.91
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1.98
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0.72
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0.04
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2018-10
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90.66
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6.37
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2.23
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0.72
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0.02
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2018-11
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90
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6.46
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2.67
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0.84
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0.03
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2018-12
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88.87
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7.22
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3.05
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0.8
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0.06
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2019-01
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89.14
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6.34
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3.82
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0.69
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0.02
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2019-02
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89.32
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5.95
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3.98
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0.73
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0.01
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2019-03
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88.6
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7.62
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3.03
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0.73
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0.02
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2019-04
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87.86
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8.02
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3.45
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0.66
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0.01
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2019-05
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88.41
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7.09
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3.85
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0.64
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0.01
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2019-06
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86.31
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6.95
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5.89
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0.83
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0.02
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2019-07
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82.55
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7
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9.43
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0.99
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0.03
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2019-08
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88.26
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7.7
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3.07
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0.96
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0.01
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2019-09
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89.43
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6.81
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2.86
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0.91
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0
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2019-10
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88.9
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7.14
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3.08
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0.88
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0.01
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2019-11
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87.89
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8.22
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2.99
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0.89
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0.01
|
|
2019-12
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87.59
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8.64
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2.96
|
0.81
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0
|
|
2020-01
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87.71
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8.15
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3.17
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0.96
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0.01
|
|
2020-02
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87.2
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8.73
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3.27
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0.79
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0.01
|
|
2020-03
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88.63
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8.24
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2.42
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0.67
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0.03
|
|
2020-04
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86.67
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9.94
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2.8
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0.6
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0
|
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2020-05
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87.67
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8.2
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3.5
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0.64
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0
|
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2020-06
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87.23
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8.27
|
3.81
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0.69
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0
|
|
2020-07
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86.03
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8.48
|
4.39
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1.09
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0
|
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2020-08
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86.85
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7.29
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5
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0.85
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0
|
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2020-09
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87.09
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7.46
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4.56
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0.88
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0.01
|
|
2020-10
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86.67
|
6.73
|
5.83
|
0.77
|
0.01
|
|
2020-11
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85.2
|
5.39
|
8.52
|
0.87
|
0.02
|
|
2020-12
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87.55
|
5.44
|
6.24
|
0.75
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0.01
|
|
2021-01
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86.06
|
5.57
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7.88
|
0.48
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0
|
|
2021-02
|
84.41
|
5.33
|
9.83
|
0.42
|
0
|
|
2021-03
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85.08
|
5.41
|
9.04
|
0.47
|
0.01
|
|
2021-04
|
85
|
4.96
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9.55
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0.48
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0.01
|
|
2021-05
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83.67
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4.79
|
11.12
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0.42
|
0.01
|
|
2021-06
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81.99
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5.2
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12.35
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0.44
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0.02
|
|
2021-07
|
81.78
|
5.04
|
12.65
|
0.52
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0
|
|
2021-08
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84.74
|
5.63
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9.05
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0.57
|
0.01
|
|
2021-09
|
86.01
|
5.57
|
7.94
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0.47
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0
|
|
2021-10
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86.51
|
5.37
|
7.63
|
0.49
|
0
|
|
2021-11
|
85.29
|
5.99
|
8.15
|
0.56
|
0
|
|
2021-12
|
84.5
|
5.9
|
9
|
0.6
|
0
|
|
2022-01
|
85.65
|
5.61
|
8.03
|
0.7
|
0
|
|
2022-02
|
85.36
|
5.67
|
8.15
|
0.82
|
0
|
|
2022-03
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85.82
|
5.89
|
7.6
|
0.69
|
0
|
|
2022-04
|
85.58
|
5.98
|
7.74
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0.69
|
0.01
|
|
2022-05
|
85.05
|
6.42
|
7.86
|
0.66
|
0
|
|
2022-06
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84.55
|
6.02
|
8.66
|
0.76
|
0
|
|
2022-07
|
79.82
|
5.87
|
13.54
|
0.77
|
0.01
|
|
2022-08
|
84.51
|
5.93
|
8.73
|
0.83
|
0
|
|
2022-09
|
85.32
|
5.91
|
7.65
|
1.12
|
0
|
|
2022-10
|
86.6
|
6.02
|
6.7
|
0.68
|
0
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2022-11
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86.96
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5.83
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6.46
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0.74
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0
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2022-12
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86.84
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4.88
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7.49
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0.79
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0
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2023-01
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86.43
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4.97
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7.45
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1.14
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0
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Summary: In a country with almost 1.5 billion people (or even more in India’s case, with ~10% market share for GNU/Linux) each “one percent” in market share can be several millions of users; as of this year, based on new figures from StatCounter, GNU/Linux is detected on 1.14% of laptops/desktops — the highest on record in China (where historically GNU/Linux adoption was among worst in the world)
“They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.”
–Bill Gates about Chinese people
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02.09.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 9:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Windows is down to 72% this month (not counting mobile, which Android/Linux dominates):
Summary: What’s left of the “tech media” isn’t likely to cover this (no payments for puff pieces; this isn’t Microsoft trying to rebrand/hype up “Bing” after mass layoffs at Bing this past January), but GNU/Linux is growing while Windows is shrinking
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