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FACEPALM, Microsoft ShitHub https://fixmbr.github.io//kde/sok/2022/03/06/first-month-of-kde-sok.html [00:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fixmbr.github.io | First month of KDE SoK 2022 | My very cool KDE blog [00:06] TR News Here's #HowTo transfer files from your PC to a Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/heres-how-to-transfer-files-from-your-pc-to-a-steam-deck [00:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Here's how to transfer files from your PC to a Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [00:07] TR News Easily Run Windows Apps On Linux With Bottles - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ttsGxu1o6pQ [00:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Easily Run Windows Apps On Linux With Bottles - Invidious [00:08] TR News "The AUR being the Arch User Repository is designed for use around Arch Linux and when you use it on anything else even something Arch based you may face depending on the configuration of that distros repos." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=H1Ri_80eZC0 [00:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Be Careful With The AUR On Manjaro Linux - Invidious [00:14] TR News But for a very long time this company forced you to get and to pay for Microsoft malware (Windows), without being given a say/option https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/ubuntu-now-works-on-the-framework-laptop [00:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu Now "Just Works" on the Framework Laptop - OMG! 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OK, now I HAVE to scroll down!! https://librearts.org/2019/03/week-recap-11-mar-2019/ [00:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-librearts.org | Libre Arts - Weekly-ish recap 11 March 2019 [00:36] TR News Desktop/Laptop Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162230 [00:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Desktop/Laptop Leftovers | Tux Machines [00:36] TR News Games: Steam Deck and DXVK-NVAPI 0.5.3 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162231 [00:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Steam Deck and DXVK-NVAPI 0.5.3 | Tux Machines [00:39] TR News Links 7/3/2022: Budgie 10.6 and Another Linux RC | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/06/budgie-10-6/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/06/budgie-10-6/ [00:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 7/3/2022: Budgie 10.6 and Another Linux RC | Techrights [00:40] TR News Videos and Audiocasts/Shows: Mintcast and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162232 [00:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Videos and Audiocasts/Shows: Mintcast and More | Tux Machines [00:58] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 07 [02:04] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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GNU/Linux distro from Germany. https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/ [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BluestarLinux download | SourceForge.net [06:16] TR News AMD ROCm 5.0.2 launches with minor documentation updates & fixes https://wccftech.com/amd-rocm-5-0-2-launches-with-minor-documentation-updates-fixes/ [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | AMD ROCm 5.0.2 launches with minor documentation updates & fixes [06:17] TR News There is now an XML feed for the capsule, in addition to existing feeds that use a different and also widely supported approach (with GemText for simplicitys sake) Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/06/gemini-techrights-feed-as-xml/ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/06/gemini-techrights-feed-as-xml/ [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | New in Techrights: RSS/XML Feeds for the Gemini Capsule | Techrights [06:21] TR News EXE GNU/LINUX (Devuan GNU/Linux with Trinity Desktop) has had a new release, Exe 20220306, this past weekend http://exegnulinux.net/ [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-exegnulinux.net | Exe GNU/Linux - Devuan GNU/Linux with a Devon flavour from Exmouth [06:22] TR News "It's time to vote for the About Screen for Inkscape's version 1.2!" https://inkscape.org/news/2022/03/07/vote-your-favourite-inkscape-about-screen-inkscape/ [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inkscape.org | Vote for your favourite Inkscape About Screen for Inkscape 1.2 until March 13 2022! | Inkscape [06:25] TR News Review: XeroLinux in 2022 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162236 [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Review: XeroLinux in 2022 | Tux Machines [06:44] TR News With Miguel de Icaza out, we can now take our series about Microsoft GitHub even further! [06:48] TR News Over the years quite a few people online said Miguel de Icaza was closeted gay but never produced any actual evidence, just hearsay https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeicaza/151555788/ [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Flickr [06:48] TR News AMD ROCm 5.0.2 launches with minor documentation updates & fixes Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162237 [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | AMD ROCm 5.0.2 launches with minor documentation updates & fixes | Tux Machines [06:48] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162238 [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [06:49] TR News Mono Brasil Guys https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeicaza/135744547/ [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Flickr [06:58] TR News Looks like JoinDiapora will allow accounts to be migrated, but only some unspecified time in the future https://diaspora.psyco.fr/posts/8258710#a0800fa07ffb013a59500025900e4586 [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-diaspora.psyco.fr | An update on the future of JoinDiaspora.com [06:59] TR News "twitter has been flailing for more than 5 years, it's well past its peak, and FB openly admits that it too lost the plot" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-060322.html#tMar%2006%2013:22:49 [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 06, 2022 ● Mar 07 [07:00] TR News "The real answer: RSS. Actually reminded by James directly, the best way to avoid censorship. Well and use decentralized platforms.." https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1346608083308122115 [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Future of Censorship | Minds [07:01] TR News "I wonder how many people who get a 30 year mortgage lose the house." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-060322.html#tMar%2006%2022:43:44 [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 06, 2022 [07:04] TR News Drug lords above the law. If they are connected to the state. gemini://rawtext.club/~sloum/geminews/csm/current/9.gmi [07:05] TR News Some time later this week there will be 1,800 active Gemini capsules. It was about 500 a year ago. gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [07:07] TR News "Jesus saves. God makes tape backups." gopher://gopher.conman.org:70/ [07:08] TR News Lately Techrights has been producing and publishing more than 3 videos a day, on average. Today we'll focus on Microsoft GitHub again. gemini://gemini.techrights.org/latest-videos/ [07:08] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 6th, 2022 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162239 [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 6th, 2022 | Tux Machines [07:12] TR News Links 7/3/2022: Unifont 14.0.02 and XeroLinux Reviewed | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/unifont-14-0-02/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/07/unifont-14-0-02/ [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 7/3/2022: Unifont 14.0.02 and XeroLinux Reviewed | Techrights [07:13] TR News #IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 06, 2022 Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/irc-log-060322/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/07/irc-log-060322/ [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 06, 2022 | Techrights [07:13] TR News Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162240 [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines [07:33] TR News [Meme] When the Web User is a Corporation (Using the Visitors) and Computers Dont Serve Their Buyers | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/reversed-relationship/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/07/reversed-relationship/ [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] When the Web User is a Corporation (Using the Visitors) and Computers Dont Serve Their Buyers | Techrights [07:36] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:45] TR News Balkanised Web. Cannot access sites from some places! Even Linux sites! "Fortunately, it's expected this unpleasant situation to be resolved by mid-April and the website to be available again from everywhere." http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36789/ [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LXer: Linuxiac.com inaccessible to some countries?: LXer Meta Forum [07:50] TR News Vladimir Putin Flirting With Genocide http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/07/putin-genocide/ [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Vladimir Putin Flirting With Genocide [07:53] TR News Clown and security are opposites. Clown is a security breach. You give away your data. https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/07/manage-python-security-thoths-cloud-based-dependency-resolver [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Manage Python security with Thoth's cloud-based dependency resolver | Red Hat Developer [07:57] TR News AMDGPU Linux driver update allows multiple users across several engines to execute simultaneously http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162237#comment-32978 [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | AMD ROCm 5.0.2 launches with minor documentation updates & fixes | Tux Machines ● Mar 07 [08:03] *betsy (~igloo@d9tvs44uyg5y6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:07] *betsy has quit (connection closed) [08:07] *betsy (~igloo@d9tvs44uyg5y6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:10] *betsy has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:15] *betsy (~igloo@d9tvs44uyg5y6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:20] TR News The Patent Distortion: How So-called News Sites About Patents Perished, and Refusal to Honestly Cover the News Played a Role in Their Demise | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/the-patent-distortion-part-4/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/07/the-patent-distortion-part-4/ [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Patent Distortion: How So-called News Sites About Patents Perished, and Refusal to Honestly Cover the News Played a Role in Their Demise | Techrights [08:24] *betsy has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:26] *Despatche_ has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [08:52] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 07 [09:13] TR News Oh deer https://www.salon.com/2022/03/06/deer-humans/ [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Covid-positive deer may be harboring the virus and infecting humans, study says | Salon.com [09:14] TR News Facebook may in fact be a more potent threat than Putin https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22962380/facebook-russian-advertisers-create-make-run-ads-world [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Facebook wont let Russian advertisers create or make run ads anywhere in the world - The Verge [09:14] TR News Pentagon in companies clothing? https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/the-power-of-tech-giants-has-made-them-as-influential-as-nations-heres-how-theyre-sanctioning-russia/90047591 [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com | google: The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here's how they're sanctioning Russia, CIO News, ET CIO [09:15] TR News As if Russia needs these things at all... sounds like Russia is being given an advantage here. https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/netflix-tiktok-block-services-in-russia-to-avoid-crackdown/90043458 [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com | tiktok: Netflix, TikTok block services in Russia to avoid crackdown, CIO News, ET CIO [09:16] TR News This is likely going to actually help Russia https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/6/22964418/tiktok-suspends-creation-new-video-content-russia-ukraine [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok temporarily bans new video creation in Russia - The Verge [09:16] TR News Twitter https://thehill.com/regulation/technology/597011-twitter-banning-accounts-supporting-putin-tweeting-istandwithputin [09:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Twitter bans accounts that promoted #IStandWithPutin for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' | TheHill [09:17] TR News coordinated inauthentic behavior" is exactly what Twitter is https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/twitter-bans-100-accounts-pushed-istandwithputin-rcna18655 [09:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Twitter bans over 100 accounts that pushed #IStandWithPutin [09:18] TR News Disinformation https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22962289/tiktok-misinformation-state-media-labels-rollout-russia-ukraine [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok plans to add labels to some state-controlled media - The Verge [09:20] TR News iophk: "obnoxious revisionism - by 1999 GNU/Linux was running-intro.mp4 running-intro-new.mp4 the WWW and most of the rest of The Internet" https://jaxenter.com/linux-kernel-176881.html [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Im a Linux expert - heres why I think the kernel is so important - JAXenter [09:20] TR News iophk: "They should halt sales in Europe, too. It would be a great advantage and get the ball rollling in support of better products." https://www.pcworld.com/article/619357/amd-officially-halts-chip-sales-to-russia.html [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AMD, Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia halt sales to Russia | PCWorld [09:22] TR News Putting Russia at position of advantage by removing DRM https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/6/22964565/netflix-shuts-down-services-russia-ukraine-invasion [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Netflix shuts down its services in Russia - The Verge [09:22] TR News This is in fact helping Russia https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-suspends-service-russia-ukraine-invasion-1235197390/ [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Netflix Suspends Service in Russia Amid Invasion of Ukraine - Variety [09:22] TR News Who seriously thinks those companies ever did anything useful for Russia? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-suspends-russian-service-ukraine-protest-1235105745/ [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hollywoodreporter.com | Netflix Joins Russian Boycott, Suspends Local Service The Hollywood Reporter [09:23] TR News This move actually does hurt Russia https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia - The Verge [09:24] *Despatche has quit (connection closed) [09:24] TR News When competition becomes fiction https://variety.com/vip/why-the-ftc-faces-an-uphill-battle-in-challenging-amazon-mgm-deal-1235194700/ [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why the FTC Faces an Uphill Battle in Challenging Amazon-MGM Deal - Variety [09:24] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:32] TR News "Well, thats a wrap on our first week with Techdirt running on WordPress. Overall things have been working pretty well, but as expected there have also been several issues and some things that need improvement" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/06/known-issues-with-the-new-techdirt/ [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Some Known Issues With The New Techdirt | Techdirt [09:34] TR News Russia and handling of bans https://torrentfreak.com/russia-will-probably-legalize-some-software-piracy-to-mitigate-sanctions-220307/ they don't need to break locks, they can use Free software [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russia Will Probably Legalize Some Software Piracy to Mitigate Sanctions * TorrentFreak [09:35] TR News I2P is 20 https://torrentfreak.com/i2p-the-censorship-resistant-anonymous-p2p-network-is-20-years-old-220306/ [09:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I2P: The Censorship Resistant Anonymous P2P Network is 20 Years Old * TorrentFreak [09:37] TR News Cui bono? https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/06/oil-and-gas-giants-under-fire-fueling-russian-war-ukraine [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Oil and Gas Giants Under Fire for Fueling Russian War on Ukraine [09:38] TR News "Another city emptied of its people." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/06/the-kremlin-goes-neocon/ [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Kremlin Goes Neocon - CounterPunch.org [09:40] TR News Not attacking Putin but his victims at home https://truthout.org/articles/sanctions-may-sound-nonviolent-but-they-quietly-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/ [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Sanctions May Sound "Nonviolent," But They Quietly Hurt the Most Vulnerable ● Mar 07 [10:09] TR News The epic failure of the media, or unwillingness to actually explain to the public what happens in the patent world more so in Europe as shown above is a huge problem Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/the-patent-distortion-part-4/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/07/the-patent-distortion-part-4/ [10:14] TR News Meduza is in Gemini gemini://headake.win/meduza.gmi not official [10:17] TR News Only a subset of the whole: Newest Gemini Hosts gemini://geminispace.info/newest-hosts [10:19] TR News "The other problem is that not everyone wants to work in big tech or with the newest hottest machines. There are still a mind-boggling amount of mainframes out there and they are all dependant on COBOL and most likely nothing newer than COBOL-85" gemini://delphijourney.com/log/languages-you-should-not-learn.gmi [10:22] TR News "Learn the language(s) that you either need for a job or that just makes you happy. Sometimes it is more than one. That is perfectly fine. My coding toolbox has many tools, but my default three are Go for the back-end api" gemini://delphijourney.com/log/languages-you-should-not-learn.gmi [10:23] TR News Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. Marcus Aurelius gemini://njemwey.space/ [10:25] TR News "I'm completely new to JavaScript, so I figured I'd familiarize myself with the easier task of parsing gemtext and converting gmi documents to HTML." gemini://gaazoh.flounder.online/devlog/2022-03-03-gemtext.gmi [10:29] TR News "After an extended break I have started using dwm again as my main window manager after being in KDE land for a bit. I had a pretty good setup going before with transparency and a custom status bar but this time I wanted to use the chadwm fork as the base for my current rice." gemini://pnda.online/picom [10:33] TR News "At the end of the day, it's engagement that counts - the players must buy into the stakes and must care about the results. Talking about 'fun' means talking about a non-game concept. It detracts from the game." gemini://ttrpgs.com/all/no_fun.gmi ● Mar 07 [12:18] TR News Get started with EGroupware, an open source alternative to Microsoft 365 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162241 [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Get started with EGroupware, an open source alternative to Microsoft 365 | Tux Machines [12:18] TR News Coolero: Open-Source App to Manage Cooling Devices on Linux Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162242 [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Coolero: Open-Source App to Manage Cooling Devices on Linux | Tux Machines [12:20] TR News Budgie 10.6 is Here as its First Release Under the New Organization http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162223#comment-32979 [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Budgie 10.6 Desktop Environment Improves Theme and Panel, Revamps Notification System | Tux Machines [12:54] TR News "The undersigned organizations urge you to protect peoples rights and freedoms, and enable an open, free and secure internet in Bangladesh." https://www.accessnow.org/bangladesh-digital-social-media-ott-platforms-regulation-letter/ [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Letter to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission: withdraw the Regulation for Digital, Social Media, and OTT Platforms - Access Now [12:55] TR News "Bangladeshs oppressive draft Regulation for Digital, Social Media and OTT Platforms must be scrapped before it jeopardises peoples freedom of expression, right to privacy, and online safety." https://www.accessnow.org/bangladesh-digital-social-media-ott-platforms-regulation/ [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Bangladeshs proposed digital, social media, and OTT platforms regulation needs a complete overhaul - Access Now [12:55] TR News Dorfromantik gets controller upgrades for the Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux