●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, January 19, 2026 ●● ● Jan 19 [00:09] *FANTOM has quit (*.net *.split) [00:14] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell-social [00:19] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [00:25] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 19 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-180126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-180126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-180126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-180126.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 18, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-180126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-180126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-180126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-180126.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 18, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-18.txt ● Jan 19 [04:08] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 18, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_18_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_January_18_2026.gmi [04:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 18, 2026 [04:10] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:11] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:16] TR News "Time to order some tea." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-18-tea [04:16] TR News "All these days I keep hearing about the terrible situation in Palestine, in Ukraine, and the madness of the Trump administration, and I just don't know what to say. Kidnapping a dictator like they did Noriega in Panama. Threatening Denmark and its allies -- theoretically still allies of the USA! -- and mercilessly trying to push the USA into riots" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-18-mute [04:17] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-19.gmi [04:18] TR News "I finally have gotten around to playing SOMA. I got it in 2017 and always put off playing it for other games. So far, it's been keeping me engaged for the most part, but some parts have also been bothering me, which is leaving me with mixed feelings that I haven't completely sorted out." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/soma_off_the_backlog_after_nine_years.gmi [04:19] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1540.jpg [04:19] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1890.jpg [04:20] TR News Plucker in 2026 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_01_04.txt "To download RSS feeds and WWW sites and cot convert them to the Plucker format I used the jPluck [2],[3] on the IRIX macjines (mainly on my SGI O2). It's a Java software so it runs on the IRIX reliably but extremelyslowly. Thiw wasn't an issue as it usually worked in background (my SGI O2 has 250MHz CPU)." [04:21] TR News Analog cameras in 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_01_05.txt [04:23] TR News "But as much as I'm against right-wing people and Nazis, the Germans suffered a lot for the "collective guilt" for the first 30 years after the war, like Alex Schroeder said in a post. That may be understandable, but then, they shouldn't be wondering why everybody hates the US today, which they seem to do." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-01-18-Re_The_Sysops_Tale_Phlog_from_2026-01-17.txt [04:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/01/2026: Analog Cameras and Plucker in 2026, US Losing Acceptability in Europe https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Gemini_Links_19_01_2026_Analog_Cameras_and_Plucker_in_2026_US_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Gemini_Links_19_01_2026_Analog_Cameras_and_Plucker_in_2026_US_L.gmi [04:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/01/2026: Analog Cameras and Plucker in 2026, US Losing Acceptability in Europe [04:38] TR News Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Validated by Council https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/01/10/mageia-10-first-alpha-iso-validated-by-council/ [04:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mageia.org | Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Validated by Council | Mageia Blog (English) [04:39] TR News ArchBang Linux: A new release image and another app launcher https://archbang.org/2026/01/10/a-new-release-image-and-another-app-launcher/ [04:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archbang.org | A new release image and another app launcher ArchBang Linux [04:40] TR News MODICIA O.S. "Caravaggio" 6.12.63-RT-LTS is OFFICIAL! https://sourceforge.net/p/modicia-o-s/news/general/thread/625f1f4975/ [04:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://sourceforge.net/p/modicia-o-s/news/general/thread/625f1f4975/ ) [04:41] TR News nakeDeb 1.6-202601, BrOS 13.3, and WM Live 13.3 released [04:42] TR News EEOC experienced security incident involving an Opexus employees unauthorized access, email says https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/01/eeoc-experienced-security-incident-involving-contractors-unauthorized-access-email-says/410543/ [04:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/01/eeoc-experienced-security-incident-involving-contractors-unauthorized-access-email-says/410543/ ) [04:43] TR News Happy 23rd Birthday TaoSecurity Blog https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2026/01/happy-23rd-birthday-taosecurity-blog.html [04:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taosecurity.blogspot.com | Happy 23rd Birthday TaoSecurity Blog [04:43] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:44] TR News UK Experts Warn Young Adults of Potential Conscription as Global Security Threats Escalate https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-experts-warn-young-adults-potential-conscription-global-security-threats-escalate-1769500 [04:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | UK Experts Warn Young Adults of Potential Conscription as Global Security Threats Escalate | IBTimes UK [04:44] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [04:45] TR News Foomuuri: Lack of Client Authorization and Input Verification allow Control over Firewall Configuration (CVE-2025-67603, CVE-2025-67858) https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/foomuuri-lack-of-dbus-authorization.html [04:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-security.opensuse.org | Foomuuri: Lack of Client Authorization and Input Verification allow Control over Firewall Configuration (CVE-2025-67603, CVE-2025-67858) | SUSE Security Team Blog [04:46] TR News Cyber Counterintelligence (CCI): Resecurity releases data on John Erin Binns (IRDev) https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/cyber-counterintelligence-cci-resecurity-releases-data-on-john-erin-binns-irdev/ [04:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cyber Counterintelligence (CCI): Resecurity releases data on John Erin Binns (IRDev) DataBreaches.Net [04:47] TR News Food Insecurity, Financial Struggles Increase Children's Risk of Long COVID https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-01-06/food-insecurity-financial-struggles-increase-childrens-risk-of-long-covid [04:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-01-06/food-insecurity-financial-struggles-increase-childrens-risk-of-long-covid ) [04:48] TR News Threat actors insisted that Resecuritys honeypot was real data. We found no evidence that it was. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/05/threat-actors-insisted-that-resecuritys-honeypot-was-real-data-we-found-no-evidence-that-it-was/ [04:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Threat actors insisted that Resecuritys honeypot was real data. We found no evidence that it was. DataBreaches.Net [04:48] TR News Leduc County target of Christmas Day cybersecurity attack https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/leduc-county-target-of-christmas-day-cybersecurity-attack/ [04:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ctvnews.ca | Leduc Country target of cybersecurity attack [04:49] TR News Permission to appeal granted in Getty Images v Stability copyright claim http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/permission-to-appeal-granted-in-getty.html [04:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Permission to appeal granted in Getty Images v Stability copyright claim - The IPKat [04:50] TR News Linux is Great, but It May Not Be For You https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-may-not-be-for-you/ [04:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Linux is Great, but It May Not Be For You - Make Tech Easier [04:50] TR News Weeks after Microsoft paid Torvalds' employer to PROMOTE slop https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/09/1649237/torvalds-tells-kernel-devs-to-stop-debating-ai-slop---bad-actors-wont-follow-the-rules-anyway [04:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Torvalds Tells Kernel Devs To Stop Debating AI Slop - Bad Actors Won't Follow the Rules Anyway - Slashdot [04:51] TR News Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal https://www.maketecheasier.com/fresh-text-editor-linux-terminal/ [04:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal - Make Tech Easier [04:51] TR News Big strides https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/2231218/four-more-tech-bloggers-are-switching-to-linux [04:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Four More Tech Bloggers Are Switching to Linux - Slashdot [04:52] TR News Gentoo Linux Plans Migration from GitHub Over 'Attempts to Force Copilot Usage for Our Repositories' https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/11/1926219/gentoo-linux-plans-migration-from-github-over-attempts-to-force-copilot-usage-for-our-repositories [04:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Gentoo Linux Plans Migration from GitHub Over 'Attempts to Force Copilot Usage for Our Repositories' - Slashdot [04:52] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (02/2026): Plasma on a Comet https://linmob.net/weekly-update-02-2026/ [04:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (02/2026): Plasma on a Comet ● Jan 19 [05:07] TR News HIPAA Compliance and Breach Communications: Helpful Tips for SMBs https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/hipaa-compliance-and-breach-communications-helpful-tips-for-smbs/ [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HIPAA Compliance and Breach Communications: Helpful Tips for SMBs DataBreaches.Net [05:07] TR News Desjardins data breach: Quebec suspect arrested in Spain https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/06/desjardins-data-breach-suspect-arrest-spain/ [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-montreal.citynews.ca | Desjardins data breach: Quebec suspect arrested in Spain [05:08] TR News Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces customer data breach through payment processor Global-e https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/05/crypto-wallet-firm-ledger-faces-data-breach-through-global-e-partner [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.coindesk.com | Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces new data breach through Global-e partner [05:15] TR News (NEW): 'Make Tech Easier' Says GNU/Linux is Great for Desktop/Laptop (But Not for Everybody), Fresh Editor Covered Also https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/_Make_Tech_Easier_Says_GNU_Linux_is_Great_for_Desktop_Laptop_Bu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/_Make_Tech_Easier_Says_GNU_Linux_is_Great_for_Desktop_Laptop_Bu.gmi [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 'Make Tech Easier' Says GNU/Linux is Great for Desktop/Laptop (But Not for Everybody), Fresh Editor Covered Also [05:29] TR News (NEW): Improving the Sites Some More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Improving_the_Sites_Some_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Improving_the_Sites_Some_More.gmi [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Improving the Sites Some More [05:43] TR News Techrights 'Vibe Coding', Chatbots, and Other Bots (e.g. "Agents" Disguised as "Superintelligence") Aren't Saving You Time https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Vibe_Coding_Chatbots_and_Other_Bots_e_g_Agents_Disguised_as_Sup.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Vibe_Coding_Chatbots_and_Other_Bots_e_g_Agents_Disguised_as_Sup.gmi [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 'Vibe Coding', Chatbots, and Other Bots (e.g. "Agents" Disguised as "Superintelligence") Aren't Saving You Time [05:56] TR News (NEW): Making This Site Faster https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Making_This_Site_Faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Making_This_Site_Faster.gmi [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Making This Site Faster ● Jan 19 [06:03] TR News "Confirming badging in/out times are tracked and reported to managers along with the employee's IP address. So the company knows the amount of time you are onsite and using the company wifi." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191 [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191 ) [06:13] TR News Techrights Claim That the Board of Directors at IBM Isn't Happy With How the Company is Run https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Claim_That_the_Board_of_Directors_at_IBM_Isn_t_Happy_With_How_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Claim_That_the_Board_of_Directors_at_IBM_Isn_t_Happy_With_How_t.gmi [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Claim That the Board of Directors at IBM Isn't Happy With How the Company is Run [06:14] TR News Anon: "... 30 years ago having a US passport was like being a minor celebrity. [...]not a surprise, given that the US has divested from science and education for about three full generations now" [06:15] TR News "militant ignorance has taken precedent in all crosses of life there further the first islamic president is rubbing everyone's fur the wrong way with his deployment of islamic values throughout the government at every level. The government no longer operates as normal but follows only the islamic values of hate, violence, corruption, and revenge" [06:22] Isambard_Prince The best thing to do for Europe would be to dump US debt. [06:23] Isambard_Prince Start letting it roll off the books and mature. [06:23] Isambard_Prince The US has come close to failed treasury auctions only to have the Fed come in and buy it, causing inflation. [06:43] TR News Methodist Homes of Alabama and Northwest Florida is notifying residents and employees of its second data breach in seven months. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/08/methodist-homes-of-alabama-and-northwest-florida-is-notifying-residents-and-employees-of-its-second-data-breach-in-seven-months/ [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Methodist Homes of Alabama and Northwest Florida is notifying residents and employees of its second data breach in seven months. DataBreaches.Net [06:44] TR News NordVPN Hack Claim Firmly Refuted by NordVPN https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/nordvpn-hack-claim-firmly-refuted-by-nordvpn/ [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NordVPN Hack Claim Firmly Refuted by NordVPN DataBreaches.Net [06:45] TR News Manage My Health breach: 50% of affected patients contacted https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/08/manage-my-health-breach-50-of-affected-patients-contacted/ [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.1news.co.nz | Manage My Health breach: 50% of affected patients contacted [06:45] TR News Illinois Man Charged in Snapchat Hacking Investigation https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/illinois-man-charged-snapchat-hacking-investigation [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.justice.gov | [06:46] TR News Democratic US Senators Demand Apple, Google Take X and Grok off App Stores Over Sexual Images https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-09/democratic-senators-demand-apple-google-take-x-and-grok-off-app-stores-over-sexual-images-nbc-news [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-09/democratic-senators-demand-apple-google-take-x-and-grok-off-app-stores-over-sexual-images-nbc-news ) [06:49] TR News Bypasses Apple Privacy Control https://www.maketecheasier.com/macos-flaw-bypasses-apple-privacy-controls/ [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Protect Yourself From the macOS Flaw that Bypasses Apple Privacy Controls - Make Tech Easier [06:49] TR News U.S. Senators Ask Cook and Pichai to Remove X and Grok From App Store and Play Store https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_apple_and_google_on_removing_x_and_grok_from_app_store_192026pdf.pdf" [06:50] TR News Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change https://jacobin.com/2026/01/capitalism-climate-crisis-malm-carton/ [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change [06:50] TR News US Exit of Key UN Climate Treaty Criticized as Self-Sabotage https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/us-withdrawal-from-climate-treaty-is-colossal-own-goal-says-un-climate-chief [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/us-withdrawal-from-climate-treaty-is-colossal-own-goal-says-un-climate-chief ) [06:51] TR News Cheeto Mussolini Withdrawal From Bedrock UN Climate Treaty Raises Legal Questions https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/trump-withdrawal-from-bedrock-un-climate-treaty-raises-legal-questions [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/trump-withdrawal-from-bedrock-un-climate-treaty-raises-legal-questions ) [06:51] TR News The impact of US withdrawal from global climate pacts https://www.dw.com/en/the-impact-of-us-withdrawal-from-global-climate-pacts/a-75434090 [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | The impact of US withdrawal from global climate pacts [06:52] TR News Cheeto Mussolini Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, Threatens All Life on Earth https://scheerpost.com/2026/01/08/trump-abandonment-of-global-treaties-including-landmark-climate-deal-threatens-all-life-on-earth/ [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | Trump Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, Threatens All Life on Earth [06:52] TR News Dimanche blends puppetry and miming to spread climate change awareness https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/dimanche-blends-puppetry-and-miming-to-spread-climate-change-awareness/ [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Dimanche blends puppetry and miming to spread climate change awareness [06:52] TR News 'catastrophic' conditions in Australia https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/australia-bushfires-9.7039517 [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 3 missing amid bushfires, 'catastrophic' conditions in Australia | CBC [06:53] TR News Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/confidential-advice-undercooked-climate-change-to-howard-government-20260105-p5nrpj.html [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Cabinet papers: Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government [06:53] TR News US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/12/us-retreat-from-global-climate-cooperation-threatens-rights [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrw.org | US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights | Human Rights Watch [06:53] TR News The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/the-next-frontier-of-climate-accountability-making-big-food-pay-its-ecological-bill/ [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill - CounterPunch.org ● Jan 19 [07:06] TR News (NEW): Mainstream Media Obstructs Adoption of GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mainstream_Media_Obstructs_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mainstream_Media_Obstructs_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.gmi [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mainstream Media Obstructs Adoption of GNU/Linux [07:16] TR News (NEW): statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Rising to 6% in North Macedonia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Rising_to_6_in_North_Macedonia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Rising_to_6_in_North_Macedonia.gmi [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Rising to 6% in North Macedonia [07:16] TR News "Kan internet rdda demokratin frn politiken?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/18/kan-internet-radda-demokratin-fran-politiken/ [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Kan internet rdda demokratin frn politiken? [07:16] TR News "One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/18/repub/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/ [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/18/repub/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/ ) [07:16] TR News "Thousands flock to US embassy in Copenhagen in protest over Trumps takeover talk | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-flock-to-us-embassy-in-copenhagen-in-protest-over-trumps-takeover-talk/ [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-flock-to-us-embassy-in-copenhagen-in-protest-over-trumps-takeover-talk/ ) [07:17] TR News microsoft increasingly fears a universal document format ... https://www.macworld.com/article/3031629/a-microsoft-office-lifetime-license-is-now-50-cheaper-than-a-single-year-of-microsoft-365.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Microsoft Office lifetime license is now $50 cheaper than a single year of Microsoft 365 | Macworld [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft and the Sunk Cost Fallacy [07:17] TR News "Chinas Trade Surplus, Part III - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinas-trade-surplus-part-iii [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinas-trade-surplus-part-iii ) [07:17] TR News "High-income Americans are losing faith in the economy | Fortune" https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/us-economy-consumer-sentiment-decline-high-income-data/ [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-High-income Americans are losing faith in the economy | Fortune [07:18] TR News "Sorry, Eh" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/17/0457243 "Like all the best Americans, I'm Canadian, and while I have lived abroad for most of this century, I still hew faithfully to our folkways, which is why I'd like to start this essay by apologizing." [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Sorry, Eh - SoylentNews [07:19] TR News "I'm sorry! I'm a technology writer, which means I'm supposed to be encouraging you to throw hundreds of billions of dollars at the money-losingest technology in human history, AI. No one has ever lost as much money as the AI companies." [07:23] TR News "For independent creators documenting the world's most extreme weather, the real disaster isn't the storm; it's the aftermath on social media." https://torrentfreak.com/storm-chasers-sue-meta-for-ignoring-repeat-infringements-of-popular-accounts/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Storm Chasers Sue Meta for Ignoring Repeat Infringements of Popular Accounts * TorrentFreak [07:24] TR News "Note, however, the caveat in the pkg-readme file: [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260118112808 | Source: Undeadly [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | (Open) Widevine support added to the chromium port [07:24] TR News "Right to Repair laws are in effect in 11 states, so it surprises me that OEMs do not even mention repairability" https://thenewstack.io/repair-advocates-name-ces-2026s-most-anticonsumer-tech/ | Source: The New Stack [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Repair Advocates Name CES 2026s Most Anticonsumer Tech - The New Stack [07:24] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [07:24] TR News "Im old enough to remember when Martin Luther King Jr.s mission seemed impossible. Just as the mission you and I must now engage in defeating Trumpism and creating a new and better America out of the rubble and chaos he is wreaking may seem impossible at this moment." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-time-for-good-trouble | Source: Robert Reich [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Sunday thought: Its time again for good trouble [07:26] TR News (NEW): Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to GNU/Linux and More Takes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Opera_GX_Gaming_Browser_is_Coming_to_GNU_Linux_and_More_Takes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/Opera_GX_Gaming_Browser_is_Coming_to_GNU_Linux_and_More_Takes.gmi [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Opera GX Gaming Browser is Coming to GNU/Linux and More Takes [07:27] TR News (NEW): Review: The new Chimera Linux installer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Review_The_new_Chimera_Linux_installer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Review_The_new_Chimera_Linux_installer.gmi [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: The new Chimera Linux installer [07:30] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:30] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:33] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:33] TR News "The formalized conception of waged domestic labor dates back to the 1970s, when the grassroots International Feminist Collective began organizing to demand wages and recognition for housework." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/tradwives-and-stay-at-home-girlfriends-deserve-wages/ | Source: University of Michigan [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Tradwives and stay-at-home girlfriends deserve wages [07:33] TR News "Meanwhile, Iranian judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir suggested that executions may still be conducted." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-punishments-khamenei-trump/33653138.html | Source: RFERL [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | US-Iran Tensions High As Tehran Revives Hostile Rhetoric, Threats Of New Crackdown [07:36] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [07:40] TR News "Apparently, Disney either couldnt handle the anti-fascist messaging of its own movies or was too afraid of pissing off the powers that be, because it quickly deleted the post." https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread | Source: The Verge [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies | The Verge [07:40] TR News "On the twenty-second day of nationwide protests in Iran, amid the continued widespread [Internet] shutdown and reports of limited and unstable connections in some areas, the wave of arrests continued in various cities." https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-two-of-the-protests-the-scale-of-the-killings-grows-as-the-internet-shutdown-continues/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-two-of-the-protests-the-scale-of-the-killings-grows-as-the-internet-shutdown-continues/ ) [07:40] TR News "The rallies subsided after the crackdown that rights groups have called a massacre carried out by security forces under the cover of a communications blackout that started on January 8." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/iran-considers-gradually-restoring-internet-after-shutdown-577056540 | Source: RTL [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | 'Masking' violent crackdown: Limited internet briefly returns in Iran after protest blackout - RTL Today [07:40] TR News "The segment, reported by Sharyn Alfonsi, was supposed to air on 21 December but was pulled by editor in chief Bari Weiss" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/19/cbs-60-minutes-venezuelan-prisoners-bari-weiss | Source: The Guardian UK [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | CBS finally airs 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelan prisoners sent to Cecot in El Salvador | Media | The Guardian [07:42] TR News "Celebrity gossip, fortune-telling and superstitions are the original forms of fake news, but now its increasingly widespread." https://seths.blog/2026/01/fake-news-and-trust/ | Source: Seth Godin [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Fake news and trust | Seth's Blog [07:42] TR News "Last Wednesday, just before midnight, everything fell apart." https://www.theverge.com/policy/864008/senate-clarity-act-coinbase-crypto-market | Source: The Verge [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Coinbase pulls its support of the Senate CLARITY Act | The Verge [07:43] TR News (NEW): GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNOME_50_Alpha_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Testing_as_a_Wayland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/16/GNOME_50_Alpha_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Testing_as_a_Wayland.gmi [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release [07:43] TR News "Leaders at Mira Muratis startup believe Barret Zoph engaged in an incident of serious misconduct. The details are now coming to light." https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-cofounder-office-relationship-firing-openai/ | Source: Wired [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Thinking Machines Cofounders Office Relationship Preceded His Termination | WIRED [07:43] TR News "Senior Energy Program Managers" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Microsoft hiring energy strategists for Asian datacenters The Register [07:44] TR News "OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's contributions when he was co-founding OpenAI from 2015" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/why-elon-musk-is-seeking-up-to-134-billion-from-openai-microsoft-in-wrongful-gains/articleshow/126607061.cms | Source: India Times [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Why Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI, Microsoft in 'wrongful gains' - The Economic Times [07:44] TR News "The investigation, launched last October, covers nearly three million Tesla vehicles installed with the automakers misleadingly named Full Self-Driving mode" https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/government-extends-tesla-deadline-fsd-crashes | Source: Futurism [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Government Tells Tesla That This Is Definitely the Last Time It Can Blow Off Deadline to Turn In Data On Why FSD Is Constantly Ignoring Traffic Laws [07:44] TR News "The key to switching an AC load is bi-directional conductivity." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/a-guide-to-using-triacs-for-switching-ac/ | Source: Hackaday [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Guide To Using Triacs For Switching AC | Hackaday [07:47] TR News "For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of government, but no deal has been reached." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/ | Source: Michigan Advance [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/ ) [07:48] TR News "At the end of December, stories began to break about Grok being used by X users to generate non-consensual sexual imagery of people, including children" https://512pixels.net/2026/01/memphis-press-grok/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-512pixels.net | Memphis Press Turning Blind Eye to Grok's Creation of Sexual Deepfakes of Adult and Children - 512 Pixels [07:48] TR News "Given that rapidly evolving situation and the Administrations failure to provide clarity on its plans for Venezuelas oil and the funds raised from oil sales" https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_deutsche.pdf | [07:49] TR News "A proposed ballot measure in California will impose a one-time wealth tax on billionaires. For some reason, billionaires don't like this." https://www.courthousenews.com/the-billionaire-tax/ | Source: Court House News [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/the-billionaire-tax/ ) [07:49] TR News "We see the damage from harmful online content and excessive screen time every day, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has told ministers" https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/phone-impact-on-children-is-public-health-emergency-doctors-declare-c8n3xvfmp?t=1768695050243 | Source: Times Media Limited [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thetimes.com | Doctors declare effects of child phone use a public health emergency [07:49] TR News (NEW): TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Gen10_Linux_Laptop_Unveiled_with_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/07/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Gen10_Linux_Laptop_Unveiled_with_New.gmi [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display [07:50] TR News "In mid-November, I found myself in a committee room in parliament one of the older ones in the Palace of Westminster, bedecked with dusty portraits" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labours-great-digital-id-fumble | Source: New Statesman [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newstatesman.com | Labour's great digital ID fumble - New Statesman [07:50] TR News "Ellen Roome and three other parents, Liam Walsh, Lisa Kenevan, and Dominic, flew to the United States for a TikTok hearing." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/our-children-matter-british-mum-suing-tiktok-over-wrongful-death-shares-update-after-first-1771823 | Source: International Business Times [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Our Children Matter': British Mum Suing TikTok Over Wrongful Death Shares Update After First Hearing | IBTimes UK [07:51] TR News "Did you spot the shift? We started with our internet had truly been an open place, and now were trying to take back control of social media." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/web-social-networks-social-web | Source: Manuel Moreale [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Web, Social Networks, Social Web Manu [07:52] TR News "A glance at the linked issue confirmed the problem: one of my own AI scripts, a Claude Code /issue command, was giving bad directions." https://tldraw.dev/blog/stay-away-from-my-trash | [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tldraw.dev | Stay away from my trash! - tldraw: Build whiteboards in React with the tldraw SDK [07:52] TR News "Many of us got hit by the agent coding addiction. It feels good, we barely sleep, we build amazing things." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lucumr.pocoo.org | Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane? | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [07:52] TR News "Each state governs AI differently. Some are ahead of the Commonwealth. Others barely engage with it. None do it well." https://hey.paris/posts/state-ai-governance/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hey.paris | State of Play: How Australian States Are (Not) Governing AI Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison [07:53] TR News "Journalist Kat Tenbarge wrote about how she first started seeing sexually explicit deepfakes go viral on Grok in June 2023." https://www.theverge.com/column/863502/grok-deepfake-musk | Source: The Verge [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable | The Verge [07:53] TR News "This is recon to find open LLMs. Not necessarily to exploit them, but to use them." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32618 | Source: SANS [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | "How many states are there in the United States?" - SANS ISC [07:55] TR News "a conservative influencer who had a child with Musk" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-elon-musk-sues-x-grok | Source: Futurism [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Mother of Elon Musk's Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse [07:55] TR News "He pointed to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showing how between 1947 to 1973 before the advent of PCS" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-failing-boost-productivity | Source: Futurism [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst [07:56] TR News "Yet, the average note-taking app charges ten bucks per month in perpetuity. It stores my writings in proprietary file formats that lock me into the app." https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-computational-web-and-the-old-ai-switcharoo/ | Source: Jason Velazquez [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fromjason.xyz | The Computational Web and the Old AI Switcharoo [07:56] TR News "The security patch was stopping some systems from shutting down or hibernating properly, and also preventing some users from logging in via remote desktop." https://www.theverge.com/news/864032/microsofts-out-of-band-windows-11-update-bug | Source: The Verge [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Microsofts first Windows 11 update of 2026 stopped some computers from shutting down | The Verge [07:56] TR News "My interest in social media soon dwindled, and so did my ritual. I read more. RSS feed. Read-later service." https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/while-i-wait/ | Source: Amit Gawande [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.amitgawande.com | While I Wait [07:57] TR News "I recently spent some money on a mechanical keyboard, and thought Id share some thoughts on it." https://oxcrag.net/blog/2026/01/18/Keychron-K8-Max-Review.html | Source: Mikael Hansson [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Keychron K8 Max Review - oxcrag.net [07:58] TR News "Every decade brings new promises: this time, we'll finally make software development simple enough that we won't need so many developers." https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html | [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.caimito.net | Why We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969 [07:58] TR News "The Trump administration, and the Republican Party in general, has attacked Americas educational system from top to bottom." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-is-going-to-happen | Source: Hamilton Nolan [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | "What Is Going to Happen?" - by Hamilton Nolan [07:58] TR News "But the simplicity of my life a decade ago made me so much happier." https://kevquirk.com/blog/when-was-i-happiest/ | Source: Kev Quirk [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | When Was I Happiest? | Kev Quirk [07:58] TR News "As I mentioned to the supporters on Ko-fi a week ago, I am currently considering the possibility of pausing the series at the end of this third year, with the last interview going live on August 28th. There are a few reasons for this." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/thoughts-on-people-and-blogs | Source: Manuel Moreale [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Thoughts On People and Blogs Manu [07:59] TR News "This is a strange post for a blog focused on computers and hacking, but I work in startups, and they are known to fail unexpectedly." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-18-a-hackers-guide-for-surviving-volatile-careers-financially.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | A Hacker's Guide for Surviving Volatile Careers Financially - Martin's website/blog thingy ● Jan 19 [08:03] TR News "When our circuit calls for an electrolytic capacitor the equivalent series resistance (ESR) becomes relevant and we need to take it into account." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/calculating-the-capacitance-and-esr-specifications-for-the-output-capacitor-in-your-switching-mode-power-supply/ | Source: Hackaday [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Calculating The Capacitance And ESR Specifications For The Output Capacitor In Your Switching-Mode Power Supply | Hackaday [08:03] TR News "These are some nice quotes from The Evolution of Mathematical Software, Turing Lecture by the 2021 Turing Award winner Jack J. Dongarra," https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/evolution-of-mathematical-software/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-curiouscoding.nl | Quotes from "The Evolution of Mathematical Software" CuriousCoding [08:04] TR News "In text-based formats like Markdown, AsciiDoc or Org, write one sentence per line." https://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/one-sentence-per-line/ | [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jeffkreeftmeijer.com | One sentence per line [08:04] TR News "When writing source documentation in a format such as Markdown, reStructuredText or AsciiDoc, I recommend you place every sentence on its own line and dont use fixed-column word-wrapping." https://nick.groenen.me/notes/one-sentence-per-line/ | [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nick.groenen.me | One sentence per line - Nick's Blog and Digital Garden [08:05] TR News "A few months back, I started writing one sentence per line in my text documents (mostly Markdown). This was inspired by reading the following articles: [...]" https://cbarrete.com/one-sentence-per-line.html | Source: CBarrete [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cbarrete.com | One sentence per line [08:05] TR News "One of the core, foundational results from human factors research, research into human vision, the psychology of perceptions, and other related fields, is that human brains are a mess of heuristics and have far more limited capabilities than we think (and they lie to us all the time)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PeopleCannotPayAttention | Source: University of Toronto [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [08:05] TR News "Now, Im no grammar gremlin - goodness knows that my own grammar is far from perfect, and I have absolutely no problem if theres an errant comma here and there in ones writing. I could even forgive you if you were one of those lunatics that does CAPS ON types uppercase letter CAPS OFF." https://kevquirk.com/blog/use-the-bloody-shift-key/ | Source: Kev Quirk [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Use the Bloody Shift Key! | Kev Quirk [08:05] TR News "Wouldnt you know it, but the very next day the page refreshed, and they claimed to have restocked with 100+ new items of that exact SKU. On a weekend. Sure." https://rubenerd.com/a-dark-pattern-worked-on-me/ | Source: Ruben Schade [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: A retail dark pattern worked on me [08:06] TR News "I just started doing this recently, and Im kicking myself for not starting earlier!" https://sals.place/change-your-cars-air-filters-yourself/ | Source: Sal [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sals.place | Change your car's air filters yourself | Sal's [08:08] TR News (NEW): New Releases, Gentoo, and GNU/Linux on Mobile https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/New_Releases_Gentoo_and_GNU_Linux_on_Mobile.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/New_Releases_Gentoo_and_GNU_Linux_on_Mobile.gmi [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Releases, Gentoo, and GNU/Linux on Mobile [08:10] TR News Techrights Links 18/01/2026: Legal Trouble for xAI, Climate Concerns, Data Breaches and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_18_01_2026_Legal_Trouble_for_xAI_Climate_Concerns_Data_Br.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_18_01_2026_Legal_Trouble_for_xAI_Climate_Concerns_Data_Br.gmi [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/01/2026: Legal Trouble for xAI, Climate Concerns, Data Breaches and More [08:11] TR News (NEW): Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mageia_Harkens_Back_to_the_Glory_Days_of_Mandrake_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mageia_Harkens_Back_to_the_Glory_Days_of_Mandrake_Linux.gmi [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake Linux [08:12] TR News "Java 8 brought lambdas after the "checked exceptions are great" trend." https://blog.frankel.ch/checked-exceptions-lambdas/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | Checked exceptions and lambdas [08:12] TR News "Below I will discuss how the pharmaverse container image has improved our blogs publishing workflow" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/pharmaverse-and-containers/ | Source: Rlang [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pharmaverse and Containers | R-bloggers [08:13] TR News "The basic problem: you have two packages in your repo, and one depends on the other." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/18/workspaces-and-monorepos-in-package-managers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Workspaces and Monorepos in Package Managers | Andrew Nesbitt [08:13] TR News "Wikipedia is 25. Founded in 2001" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/wikipedia-is-now-25-years-old-worlds-7th-most-popular-website-now-has-over-7-million-english-articles-and-7-billion-monthly-visitors | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Wikipedia is now 25 years old worlds 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors | Tom's Hardware [08:14] TR News (NEW): Your modern Linux desktop is too busy: Why I went back to basics with MATE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Your_modern_Linux_desktop_is_too_busy_Why_I_went_back_to_basics.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Your_modern_Linux_desktop_is_too_busy_Why_I_went_back_to_basics.gmi [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Your modern Linux desktop is too busy: Why I went back to basics with MATE [08:15] TR News "This post is part of a two-part series that will cover how we disassembled the drone and dumped the firmware from the NAND chip and how we analyzed the drones firmware, app, and remote control to find some backdoors and vulnerabilities." https://neodyme.io/en/blog/drone_hacking_part_1/ | [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neodyme.io | Drone Hacking Part 1: Dumping Firmware and Bruteforcing ECC Neodyme [08:15] TR News "This applies to a Smartport device, and would be wrong for a floppy drive emulator device." https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2026/01/18/handling-daisy-chaining-storage-on-apple-ii/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Handling Daisy-chaining storage on Apple II colin@colino.net [08:16] TR News "The short version is that while it is possible, its definitely not going to be easy, as pins including SPIHD (19) and SPICLK (22) and SPIQ (24) are not broken out on the board and thus require one to directly solder wires to the QFN pads." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/what-to-do-with-a-flash-less-esp32-c3-super-mini-board/ | Source: Hackaday [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What To Do With A Flash-less ESP32-C3 Super Mini Board? | Hackaday [08:16] TR News "Regardless of how one uses it, however, the physics behind such directional speakers is interesting." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/accurately-aiming-audio-with-an-ultrasonic-array/ | Source: Hackaday [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Accurately Aiming Audio With An Ultrasonic Array | Hackaday [08:17] TR News "Life is boring if you don't do anything good"... so "be useful" [08:19] TR News "The hardware is a fairly simple task to solve. A simple Raspberry Pi Pico setup is used to capture potentiometer data." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/making-a-mountain-bike-data-acquisition-system/ | Source: Hackaday [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Making A Mountain Bike Data Acquisition System | Hackaday [08:24] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:32] TR News "As part of a broader project, Ive been working on setting up the infrastructure to be able to power on new servers" https://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2026/01/almalinux-pxe-zerotouh.html | Source: Kenneth Finnegan [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.thelifeofkenneth.com | Installing AlmaLinux Over the Network With No Hands | The Life of Kenneth [08:32] TR News "I remember some of my favorites, one of which was Mandrake Linux" https://thenewstack.io/mageia-harkens-back-to-the-days-of-mandrake-linux/ | Source: The New Stack [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake Linux - The New Stack [08:33] TR News "My NAS that I built in 2019 to host my files on my home network has started to show its age, especially as the number of services running in jails increased." https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/01/18/modifying-freebsd-iso-for-dell-servers.html | Source: Subnetspider [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Modifying FreeBSD ISO for Dell Servers | subnetspider.com [08:33] TR News "I rebuilt the package and run pkg upgrade. In came the changes and my rsync started working again." https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/18/bash-line-1-usr-local-sbin-rrsync-no-such-file-or-directory/ | Source: Dan Langille [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | bash: line 1: /usr/local/sbin/rrsync: No such file or directory Dan Langille's Other Diary [08:33] TR News "As I use similarly low resource setup with Openbox/Tint2/Dzen2 setup (documented FreeBSD Desktop here) I was wondering how low can I go with FreeBSD RAM usage." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/200-mb-ram-freebsd-desktop/ | Source: Vermaden [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vermaden.wordpress.com | 200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop | [08:34] TR News "[...] Meanwhile, Haiku is improving EFI support and the Redcore project is streamlining its repository branches. [...]" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260119 | Source: Distro Watch [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260119 ) [08:35] TR News "FOSDEM 2026 will host a panel on Unique Challenges in Elected Governing Bodies for FOSS." https://danielpocock.com/en/fosdem-2026-democracy-panel-gnome-sonny-piers/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel, GNOME & Sonny Piers modern slavery experiment [08:36] TR News "Ive been using rsnapshot to take backups of around 10 servers and laptops for well over 15 years" https://blog.josefsson.org/2026/01/18/backup-of-s3-objects-using-rsnapshot/ | Source: Simon Josefsson [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.josefsson.org | Backup of S3 Objects Using rsnapshot Simon Josefsson's blog [08:36] TR News "Previously on Computers Are Bad, we discussed the early history of air traffic control in the United States." https://computer.rip/2026-01-17-air-traffic-control-9020.html | Source: J B Crawford [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computer.rip | air traffic control: the IBM 9020 [08:36] TR News "One really cool heritage of the Unix system is the concept of everything being a file." https://crescentro.se/posts/everything-is-a-file/ | Source: Ivan [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Everything is a File // crescentro.se [08:37] TR News "The Bedrock RAI300 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, integrating 12 Zen 5 CPU cores and 24 threads with boost clocks up to 5.1 GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/ ) [08:52] TR News San Francisco Mourns Its Beloved Alligator, Claude https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/claude-alligator-san-francisco-funeral.html [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/claude-alligator-san-francisco-funeral.html ) [08:52] TR News Scientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarcticas Ice https://futurism.com/science-energy/hidden-landscape-antarctica-ice [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarctica's Ice [08:52] TR News Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups Youve Been Slurping https://futurism.com/science-energy/disposable-coffee-cups-microplastics [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups You've Been Slurping [08:58] TR News Buttigieg, Booker Lead Midterm Democratic Health Care Push https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/democrats-health-care-booker-buttigieg.html [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/democrats-health-care-booker-buttigieg.html ) [08:58] TR News Former Yoon administration staff linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Former Yoon administration staff linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion | The Straits Times [08:59] TR News Over 3 million South Koreans opt out of life-sustaining treatment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/over-3-million-south-koreans-opt-out-of-life-sustaining-treatment [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Over 3 million South Koreans opt out of life-sustaining treatment | The Straits Times [08:59] TR News Recent studies suggest South Korean students are rethinking Seoul universities, STEM and medicine https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/recent-studies-suggest-south-korean-students-are-rethinking-seoul-universities-stem-and-medicine [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Recent studies suggest South Korean students are rethinking Seoul universities, STEM and medicine | The Straits Times [08:59] TR News Former Yoon staffers linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion ● Jan 19 [09:00] TR News Greece acquits 24 humanitarian workers following 7 years of proceedings https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/greece-acquits-24-humanitarian-workers-following-7-years-of-proceedings/ [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Greece acquits 24 humanitarian workers following seven years of proceedings - JURIST - News [09:00] TR News South Korea held data domesticallyand lost it in a fire https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/south-korea-held-data-domestically-and-lost-it-in-a-fire/ [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | South Korea held data domesticallyand lost it in a fire | The Strategist [09:01] TR News Malaysian rapper Namewee claims trial for possessing ED drug, meth https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-rapper-namewee-claims-trial-for-possessing-ed-drug-meth [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian rapper Namewee claims trial for possessing ED drug, meth | The Straits Times [09:02] TR News Malaysias Defence Ministry launches probe into yeye culture across all military branches https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-defence-ministry-launches-probe-into-yeye-culture-across-all-military-branches [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysias Defence Ministry launches probe into yeye culture across all military branches | The Straits Times [09:07] TR News Malaysian PM Anwar given clean bill of health after routine check-up https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-anwar-given-clean-bill-of-health-after-routine-check-up [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian PM Anwar given clean bill of health after routine check-up | The Straits Times [09:07] TR News Malaysia teacher transferred after being accused of cutting off students headscarf https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-teacher-transferred-after-being-accused-of-cutting-off-students-headscarf [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia teacher transferred after being accused of cutting off students headscarf | The Straits Times [09:08] TR News Chinas wedding dress sellers pin hopes on rise in marriages https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-wedding-dress-sellers-pin-hopes-on-rise-in-marriages [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas wedding dress sellers pin hopes on rise in marriages | The Straits Times [09:08] TR News Chinas 2025 economic growth among slowest in decades https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/19/chinas-2025-economic-growth-among-slowest-in-decades/ [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China's 2025 economic growth among slowest in decades [09:08] TR News Chinas Population Shrinks Again as Policies Fail to Reverse Decline https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-population-data.html [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-population-data.html ) [09:12] TR News Real Estate Crash Weighs on Chinas Economic Growth https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-gdp-economy.html [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-gdp-economy.html ) [09:12] TR News 2 killed in explosion at steel plate factory in Chinas Inner Mongolia region https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explosion-at-steel-plate-factory-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-region-kills-2-state-media-reports [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Steel factory blast kills two in Chinas Inner Mongolia | The Straits Times [09:12] TR News Electronics and shrimp: Analysts cautious despite Indias export growth to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/electronics-and-shrimps-why-analysts-remain-cautious-despite-indias-growing-exports-to-china [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Growth in India's exports to China, but analysts remain cautious | The Straits Times [09:13] TR News Severe weather warning issued as cold wave sweeps across China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/severe-weather-warning-issued-as-cold-wave-sweeps-across-china [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Severe weather warning issued as cold wave sweeps across China | The Straits Times [09:13] TR News Chinas population falls for a fourth straight year https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-population-falls-for-a-fourth-straight-year [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas population drops for fourth year as fewer babies born | The Straits Times [09:13] TR News Hong Kong grows role as stopover city with new high-speed rail routes to the rest of China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-grows-role-as-stopover-city-with-new-high-speed-rail-routes-to-the-rest-of-china [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Hong Kong grows role as stopover city with new high-speed rail routes to the rest of China | The Straits Times [09:14] TR News US lawmakers call for Hong Kong trade offices to be closed, as Beijing ministry slams political grandstanding https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/19/us-lawmakers-call-for-hong-kong-trade-offices-to-be-closed-as-beijing-ministry-slams-political-grandstanding/ [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | US politician urge closure of HK offices; Beijing slams 'malicious' bill [09:15] TR News English speakers dont say: So do I? https://rubenerd.com/words-native-english-speakers-never-say/ [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: English speakers dont say: So do I? [09:17] TR News Flash flooding eases in Australias largest city Sydney https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/heavy-rains-in-eastern-australia-spark-flash-floods-20-rescued [09:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Flash flooding eases in Australias largest city Sydney | The Straits Times [09:17] TR News Benefiting by Adding Presence in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Benefiting_by_Adding_Presence_in_Geminispace.shtml [09:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Benefiting by Adding Presence in Geminispace [09:18] TR News Microsoft dependency is no good https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-powershell-on-debian-linux/ [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install PowerShell on Debian (12, 11) - LinuxCapable [09:19] TR News How to Enable deb-multimedia on Debian (13, 12, 11) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-enable-deb-multimedia-on-debian-linux/ [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Enable deb-multimedia on Debian (13, 12, 11) - LinuxCapable [09:20] TR News How to Install LibreWolf on Linux Mint (22, 21) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-librewolf-on-linux-mint/ [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install LibreWolf on Linux Mint (22, 21) - LinuxCapable [09:22] TR News How To Install Ghost on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-ghost-debian-13/ [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Ghost on Debian 13 - idroot [09:23] TR News Again, Microsoft dependency is no good https://idroot.us/install-powershell-debian-13/ [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install PowerShell on Debian 13 - idroot [09:24] TR News How To Install Nomacs on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-nomacs-debian-13/ [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Nomacs on Debian 13 - idroot [09:24] TR News How To Install DigiKam on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-digikam-fedora-43/ [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install DigiKam on Fedora 43 - idroot [09:34] TR News Pharmaverse and Containers https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/pharmaverse-and-containers/ [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pharmaverse and Containers | R-bloggers [09:37] TR News Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake GNU/Linux https://thenewstack.io/mageia-harkens-back-to-the-days-of-mandrake-linux/ [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake Linux - The New Stack [09:56] TR News This is the Linux release I'm looking forward to most this year https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-linux-release-im-looking-forward-to-most-in-2026/ [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | This is the Linux release I'm looking forward to most this year ● Jan 19 [10:02] TR News Techrights LinuxSecurity and Linuxiac Are Still Slopfarms, Even Anthony Pell Does It https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/LinuxSecurity_and_Linuxiac_Are_Still_Slopfarms_Even_Anthony_Pel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/LinuxSecurity_and_Linuxiac_Are_Still_Slopfarms_Even_Anthony_Pel.gmi [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LinuxSecurity and Linuxiac Are Still Slopfarms, Even Anthony Pell Does It [10:25] TR News Techrights Office Meetings Are Most Useful to the Least Productive Workers https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Office_Meetings_Are_Most_Useful_to_the_Least_Productive_Workers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Office_Meetings_Are_Most_Useful_to_the_Least_Productive_Workers.gmi [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Office Meetings Are Most Useful to the Least Productive Workers [10:37] TR News Techrights Founder of GNU/Linux (RMS) Speaks in US University (College) This Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Founder_of_GNU_Linux_RMS_Speaks_in_US_University_College_This_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Founder_of_GNU_Linux_RMS_Speaks_in_US_University_College_This_W.gmi [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Founder of GNU/Linux (RMS) Speaks in US University (College) This Week ● Jan 19 [11:02] TR News Techrights Free Software in Times of Peace (and Times of War, Too) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Software_in_Times_of_Peace_and_Times_of_War_Too.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Software_in_Times_of_Peace_and_Times_of_War_Too.gmi [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Free Software in Times of Peace (and Times of War, Too) [11:19] TR News netwhy diagnose slow or unreliable network connections https://www.linuxlinks.com/netwhy-diagnose-slow-unreliable-network-connections/ [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-netwhy - diagnose slow or unreliable network connections - LinuxLinks [11:20] TR News Schedrem cross-platform task scheduler and reminder https://www.linuxlinks.com/schedrem-cross-platform-task-scheduler-reminder/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Schedrem - cross-platform task scheduler and reminder - LinuxLinks [11:35] TR News Techrights Proprietary UNIX is What We'll Have If IBM Red Hat Gets Its Way https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Proprietary_UNIX_is_What_We_ll_Have_If_IBM_Red_Hat_Gets_Its_Way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Proprietary_UNIX_is_What_We_ll_Have_If_IBM_Red_Hat_Gets_Its_Way.gmi [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Proprietary UNIX is What We'll Have If IBM Red Hat Gets Its Way ● Jan 19 [12:04] TR News Techrights More Confirmatory Rumours Regarding "Massive" Red Hat Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/More_Confirmatory_Rumours_Regarding_Massive_Red_Hat_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/More_Confirmatory_Rumours_Regarding_Massive_Red_Hat_Layoffs.gmi [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Confirmatory Rumours Regarding "Massive" Red Hat Layoffs [12:15] TR News (NEW): Richard Stallman Talk at Georgia Tech This Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Richard_Stallman_Talk_at_Georgia_Tech_This_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Richard_Stallman_Talk_at_Georgia_Tech_This_Week.gmi [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Richard Stallman Talk at Georgia Tech This Week [12:25] TR News (NEW): Before Analognowhere There Was Dilbert https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Before_Analognowhere_There_Was_Dilbert.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Before_Analognowhere_There_Was_Dilbert.gmi [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Before Analognowhere There Was Dilbert [12:30] TR News (NEW): Not All 'Linux' Sites Are Real https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Not_All_Linux_Sites_Are_Real.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Not_All_Linux_Sites_Are_Real.gmi [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Not All 'Linux' Sites Are Real [12:57] TR News Techrights Microsoft Means War, Microsoft is on the Side of ICE https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Microsoft_Means_War_Microsoft_is_on_the_Side_of_ICE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Microsoft_Means_War_Microsoft_is_on_the_Side_of_ICE.gmi [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Means War, Microsoft is on the Side of ICE ● Jan 19 [13:01] TR News On IBM layoffs... "You mean their right mind :-). Yes this may be nonsense to you. I know that it keeps me in check about the world and how cruel it can be." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb ) [13:03] TR News gocui create console user interfaces https://www.linuxlinks.com/gocui-create-console-user-interfaces/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gocui - create console user interfaces - LinuxLinks [13:03] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for mpv https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-front-ends-mpv/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-12 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for mpv - LinuxLinks [13:03] TR News typomat command-line typing practice tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/typomat-command-line-typing-practice-tool/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-typomat - command-line typing practice tool - LinuxLinks [13:10] TR News (NEW): Hard to Hide Inconvenient Facts in the Free Software Community https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Hard_to_Hide_Inconvenient_Facts_in_the_Free_Software_Community.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Hard_to_Hide_Inconvenient_Facts_in_the_Free_Software_Community.gmi [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hard to Hide Inconvenient Facts in the Free Software Community [13:22] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part V - It Seems Like Some People Are Already Leaving "The Mafia" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_V_It_Seems_Like_Some_People_Are_Already.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_V_It_Seems_Like_Some_People_Are_Already.gmi [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part V - It Seems Like Some People Are Already Leaving "The Mafia" [13:28] TR News xt7-player-mpv mpv GUI https://www.linuxlinks.com/xt7-player-mpv-gui/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xt7-player-mpv - mpv GUI - LinuxLinks [13:28] TR News Traggo self-hosted tag-based time tracking https://www.linuxlinks.com/traggo-self-hosted-tag-based-time-tracking/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Traggo - self-hosted tag-based time tracking - LinuxLinks [13:28] TR News 3 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Code Formatters https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-kotlin-code-formatters/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-3 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Code Formatters - LinuxLinks [13:31] TR News Linus Torvalds signals likely delay for final Linux 6.19 release https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-signals-likely-delay-for-final-linux-619-release/ He wasted time learning proprietary Microsoft GitHub https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/13/Not_Journalism_Almost_80_of_the_Articles_We_Saw_About_Torvalds_.shtml [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-signals-likely-delay-for-final-linux-619-release/ ) [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Not Journalism: Almost 80% of the 'Articles' We Saw About Torvalds and 'Vibe Coding' Are LLM Slop (Sometimes Slop Images) [13:31] TR News zlaunch application launcher and window switcher https://www.linuxlinks.com/zlaunch-application-launcher-window-switcher/ [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zlaunch - application launcher and window switcher - LinuxLinks [13:31] TR News RQ simple Python library https://www.linuxlinks.com/rq-simple-python-library/ [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RQ - simple Python library - LinuxLinks [13:33] TR News Just hey hi (slop) garbage) from IBM https://finviz.com/news/279980/ibm-launches-enterprise-advantage-service-to-help-businesses-scale-agentic-ai https://finviz.com/news/280053/e-and-ibm-unveil-enterprise-grade-agentic-ai-to-transform-governance-and-compliance [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finviz.com | IBM Launches Enterprise Advantage Service to Help Businesses Scale Agentic AI [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finviz.com | e& and IBM Unveil Enterprise-Grade Agentic AI to Transform Governance and Compliance [13:33] TR News 3 Best Free and Open Source R Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-r-static-site-generators/ [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-3 Best Free and Open Source R Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks [13:34] TR News tview terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets https://www.linuxlinks.com/tview-terminal-ui-library-rich-interactive-widgets/ [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tview - terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets - LinuxLinks [13:34] TR News uosc minimalist proximity-based UI for mpv https://www.linuxlinks.com/uosc-minimalist-proximity-based-ui-mpv/ [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-uosc - minimalist proximity-based UI for mpv - LinuxLinks [13:34] TR News termui Golang terminal dashboard https://www.linuxlinks.com/termui-golang-terminal-dashboard/ [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-termui - Golang terminal dashboard - LinuxLinks [13:35] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc6 https://lwn.net/Articles/1054924/ [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc6 [LWN.net] [13:37] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.19 Delays https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_6_19_Delays.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_6_19_Delays.gmi [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 6.19 Delays [13:40] TR News "Is there a battle between Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds? I've been listening to Stallman's comments on Linux and also on how people don't give credits to GNU." https://megadevices.quora.com/https-www-quora-com-Is-there-a-battle-between-Richard-Stallman-and-Linus-Torvalds-Ive-been-listening-to-Stallmans-comm [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://megadevices.quora.com/https-www-quora-com-Is-there-a-battle-between-Richard-Stallman-and-Linus-Torvalds-Ive-been-listening-to-Stallmans-comm ) [13:41] TR News "If you know the look of Richard Stallman, you have a pretty good idea what he looked like. And he had the demeanour to match it. Nice, laid back, never said an unkind word." https://notalwaysright.com/the-doctor-is-outclassed/398467/ [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notalwaysright.com | The Doctor Is Outclassed [13:42] TR News AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian [13:43] TR News "Rip 401k" [13:55] TR News (NEW): Free Software Definition (FSD) Turns 40 Next Month https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Software_Definition_FSD_Turns_40_Next_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Software_Definition_FSD_Turns_40_Next_Month.gmi [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free Software Definition (FSD) Turns 40 Next Month ● Jan 19 [14:12] TR News Techrights IBM Quiet About Its Plan for Red Hat Amid Accelerated Bluewashing https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/IBM_Quiet_About_Its_Plan_for_Red_Hat_Amid_Accelerated_Bluewashi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/IBM_Quiet_About_Its_Plan_for_Red_Hat_Amid_Accelerated_Bluewashi.gmi [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Quiet About Its Plan for Red Hat Amid Accelerated Bluewashing [14:16] TR News Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on GNU/Linux Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-patches-wine-to-make-photoshop-2021-and-2025-run-on-linux-adobe-creative-cloud-installers-finally-work-thanks-to-html-javascript-and-xml-fixes [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes | Tom's Hardware [14:17] TR News Getting started with SONOFF Dongle Plus MG24 Zigbee adapter using Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/18/getting-started-with-sonoff-dongle-plus-mg24-zigbee-adapter-using-home-assistant/ [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Getting started with SONOFF Dongle Plus MG24 Zigbee adapter using Home Assistant - CNX Software [14:18] TR News Social Media Minefield Continues: Drew Barrymore Slapped With Copyright Infringement Suit Over Song Used In Instagram Post https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/drew-barrymore-copyright-lawsuit-instagram/ [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/drew-barrymore-copyright-lawsuit-instagram/ ) [14:18] TR News Hybrid risks rise as US withdraws from international organisations https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hybrid-risks-rise-as-us-withdraws-from-international-organisations/ Putin having the time of his life, the Orange Nazi is on his knees.... [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Hybrid risks rise as US withdraws from international organisations | The Strategist [14:19] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man treats not Moscow as the problem https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/greenland-europe-tariffs-kyiv.html [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/greenland-europe-tariffs-kyiv.html ) [14:19] TR News No Deal Announced After Latest US-Ukraine Talks, Further Discussions Set At Davos https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-umerov-florida-peace-russia-witkoff-davos/33653134.html [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | No Deal Announced After Latest US-Ukraine Talks, Further Discussions Set At Davos [14:20] TR News Remove Bitcoin from recommendations https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/fear-that-quantum-computing-on-the-cusp-of-cracking-cryptocurrencys-encryption-spurs-a-global-investment-firm-to-remove-bitcoin-from-recommendations [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations | Tom's Hardware [14:20] TR News How To Install Trinity on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-trinity-debian-13/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Trinity on Debian 13 - idroot [14:21] TR News This Old Network | LINUX Unplugged 650 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/650/ [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | This Old Network | LINUX Unplugged 650 | Jupiter Broadcasting [14:22] TR News mintCast 477 Driving Hey Hi (AI) Mad https://mintcast.org/477-driving-ai-mad/ [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mintcast.org | 477 Driving AI Mad mintCast [14:23] TR News Amarok 3.3.2 released https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/18/amarok-3.3.2-released/ [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | Amarok 3.3.2 released - KDE Blogs [14:24] TR News This Week in Linux: 332: GNU/Linux Mint 22.3, Wine 11, Gentoo, Budgie Desktop, & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-332/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-332: Linux Mint 22.3, Wine 11, Gentoo, Budgie Desktop, & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [14:24] TR News Eventually the Joke (and Financial Fraud) is on Microsoft, Stigmatised for Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Eventually_the_Joke_and_Financial_Fraud_is_on_Microsoft_Stigmat.shtml [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Eventually the Joke (and Financial Fraud) is on Microsoft, Stigmatised for Slop [14:25] TR News TikTok Planning to Tighten Up Age Checks in Europe as Regulatory Pressure Intensifies https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/tiktok-plans-more-age-check-restrictions-eu/ [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/tiktok-plans-more-age-check-restrictions-eu/ ) [14:26] TR News "Starmers 1939 Neville Chamberlain momement. Appeasing Trump is cowardly, embarrassing & weak" [14:37] TR News Techrights If You Don't Want "Linux" to Become "Windows", Then Follow GNU https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/If_You_Don_t_Want_Linux_to_Become_Windows_Then_Follow_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/If_You_Don_t_Want_Linux_to_Become_Windows_Then_Follow_GNU.gmi [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights If You Don't Want "Linux" to Become "Windows", Then Follow GNU [14:54] TR News Techrights This is What the Slop Bubble Popping Can Look Like https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/This_is_What_the_Slop_Bubble_Popping_Can_Look_Like.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/This_is_What_the_Slop_Bubble_Popping_Can_Look_Like.gmi [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights This is What the Slop Bubble Popping Can Look Like ● Jan 19 [15:08] TR News Mars: Scientists Have Figured Out How Blue The Red Planet Used to Be https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-scientists-have-figured-out-how-blue-the-red-planet-used-to-be [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mars: Scientists Have Figured Out How Blue The Red Planet Used to Be : ScienceAlert [15:08] TR News Lightning Comes in Many Strange Forms. Here's The Science. https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-comes-in-many-strange-forms-heres-the-science [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Lightning Comes in Many Strange Forms. Here's The Science. : ScienceAlert [15:09] TR News The Ocean Is Still Reeling From a Single Massive Heat Wave Decades Ago https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ocean-is-still-reeling-from-a-single-massive-heat-wave-decades-ago [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Ocean Is Still Reeling From a Single Massive Heat Wave Decades Ago : ScienceAlert [15:09] TR News Alzheimer's Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-might-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-reveals-expert [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alzheimer's Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert : ScienceAlert [15:09] TR News The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-longest-running-lab-experiment-is-almost-100-years-old [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old : ScienceAlert [15:11] TR News NASA's Giant New Moon Rocket Is Finally on The Launch Pad https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-giant-new-moon-rocket-is-finally-on-the-launch-pad [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NASA's Giant New Moon Rocket Is Finally on The Launch Pad : ScienceAlert [15:11] TR News Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism https://www.sciencealert.com/major-review-confirms-there-is-no-link-between-acetaminophen-and-autism [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism : ScienceAlert [15:14] TR News Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10% https://www.sciencealert.com/contraception-may-extend-the-life-of-some-mammal-groups-by-10 [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10% : ScienceAlert [15:14] TR News Irans Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html ) [15:14] TR News The Biggest Challenge in Venezuela Is Soaring Food Prices https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-economy-food-prices.html [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-economy-food-prices.html ) [15:14] TR News The Forrest Dump economy: No recession, but no boom either https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0118/trump-economy-tariffs-jobs-inflation [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Trump economy: No recession, but no boom either - CSMonitor.com [15:15] TR News Dima Kogan: mrcal 2.5 released! http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/18_mrcal-25-released.html [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.secretsauce.net | mrcal 2.5 released! [15:16] TR News Meta mayhem: why does Facebook (Farcebook) keep censoring the Which? Scam Alerts group? https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/meta-mayhem-why-does-facebook-keep-censoring-the-which-scam-alerts-group-aAOXK6Z4UpOt [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | Meta mayhem: Why does Facebook keep censoring the Which? Scam Alerts group? - Which? [15:19] TR News Indonesias bet on non-jail punishments raises questions over fairness and misuse https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-bet-on-non-jail-punishments-raises-questions-over-fairness-and-misuse [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesias bet on non-jail punishments raises questions over fairness and misuse | The Straits Times [15:19] TR News Australian Parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-parliament-returns-with-moment-of-silence-for-bondi-mass-shooting-victims [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australian Parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims | The Straits Times [15:19] TR News Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/erroneously-assembled-1974-altair-8800-computer-gets-fixed-and-enjoys-first-run-in-2026-intel-8080-powered-machine-ran-its-first-program-52-years-later [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later | Tom's Hardware [15:20] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Big Hops - 2026-01-17 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-01-17-edition/index.html [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Big Hops - 2026-01-17 Edition [15:21] TR News Australian woman wakes up to find 2.5m python on her chest https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-woman-wakes-up-to-find-2-5m-python-on-her-chest [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australian woman wakes up to find 2.5m python on her chest | The Straits Times [15:21] TR News The "Alicante Mafia" - Part IV - How Europe's Largest Patent Office Recruited Drug Addicts, Antisemites, and People Who Absolutely Cannot Do the Job (But Know the 'Right' People) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_IV_How_Europe_s_Largest_Patent_Office_R.shtml [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part IV - How Europe's Largest Patent Office Recruited Drug Addicts, Antisemites, and People Who Absolutely Cannot Do the Job (But Know the 'Right' People) [15:28] TR News Witty Pi 5 HAT+ A Raspberry Pi RP2350-based power scheduler with time, temperature, and voltage-based triggers https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/19/witty-pi-5-hat-a-raspberry-pi-rp2350-based-power-scheduler-with-time-temperature-and-voltage-based-triggers/ [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Witty Pi 5 HAT+ A Raspberry Pi RP2350-based power scheduler with time, temperature, and voltage-based triggers - CNX Software [15:28] TR News Raspberry Pi CM0-powered low-cost industrial box PCs offer RS-485, 4G LTE, and wide DC input options https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/19/raspberry-pi-cm0-powered-low-cost-industrial-box-pcs-offer-rs-485-4g-lte-wide-dc-input-and-more/ [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Raspberry Pi CM0-powered low-cost industrial box PCs offer RS-485, 4G LTE, and wide DC input options - CNX Software [15:28] TR News 'Vibe Coding', Chatbots, and Other Bots (e.g. "Agents" Disguised as "Superintelligence") Aren't Saving You Time https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Vibe_Coding_Chatbots_and_Other_Bots_e_g_Agents_Disguised_as_Sup.shtml [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 'Vibe Coding', Chatbots, and Other Bots (e.g. "Agents" Disguised as "Superintelligence") Aren't Saving You Time [15:29] TR News Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.shtml [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes [15:29] TR News On the Coming Industrialisation of Exploit Generation with LLMs https://sean.heelan.io/2026/01/18/on-the-coming-industrialisation-of-exploit-generation-with-llms/ [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sean.heelan.io | On the Coming Industrialisation of Exploit Generation with LLMs Sean Heelan's Blog [15:31] TR News Tracexec updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Tracexec [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Failed to connect to directory.fsf.org port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Tracexec ) [15:31] TR News IBM is Not a Free Software Company (It Never Was) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_is_Not_a_Free_Software_Company_It_Never_Was.shtml [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM is Not a Free Software Company (It Never Was) [15:33] TR News Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4: The flashing tool that finally stops sabotaging your large SD cards https://hackwarenews.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-4-the-flashing-tool-that-finally-stops-sabotaging-your-large-sd-cards/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hackwarenews.com | Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4: The flashing tool that finally stops sabotaging your large SD cards [15:33] TR News Guatemala says gangs killed seven police in retaliation over prison transfers https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260118-gang-guatemala-kill-seven-police-prison [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260118-gang-guatemala-kill-seven-police-prison ) [15:34] TR News Libya authorities charge suspect with human trafficking after migrant remains found in mass grave https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/libya-authorities-charge-suspect-with-human-trafficking-after-migrant-remains-found-in-mass-grave/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Libya authorities charge suspect with human trafficking after migrant remains found in mass grave - JURIST - News [15:34] TR News Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-minnesota.html [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-minnesota.html ) [15:34] TR News After Convicted Felon Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Hitting Back https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html ) [15:35] TR News Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane, one body https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-authorities-find-wreckage-of-missing-surveillance-plane-with-11-on-board [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane, one body | The Straits Times [15:35] TR News AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-surveillance-false-arrests [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests [15:36] TR News How a Screwdriver Salesman Helped Fuel U.S. Airstrikes in Nigeria https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/africa/nigeria-christmas-bombing-republicans.html [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/africa/nigeria-christmas-bombing-republicans.html ) [15:36] TR News The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce [15:37] TR News Man Gets Clean Bill of Health From Super-Expensive MRI Scan, Then Gets Horrible News https://futurism.com/future-society/mri-body-scan-stroke-lawsuit [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Man Gets Clean Bill of Health From Super-Expensive MRI Scan, Then Gets Horrible News [15:37] TR News Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That Hes Dead https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-generated-dead [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He's Dead [15:38] TR News Media Execs Prepare for Hey Hi (AI) to Bring End of Journalism Industry https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/media-execs-end-journalism [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry [15:38] TR News Something Wild Happens to ChatGPTs Responses When Youre Cruel To It https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-responses-rude [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Something Wild Happens to ChatGPT's Responses When You're Cruel To It [15:39] TR News A retail dark pattern worked on me https://rubenerd.com/a-dark-pattern-worked-on-me/ [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: A retail dark pattern worked on me [15:40] TR News Multi-column Dock for GNOME Rethinks What a Dock Can Do https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/multicolumn-dock-gnome-shell-extension [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | A Wild Multi-Column Dock Extension for GNOME Shell Appears [15:41] TR News GNOME 50 will Support Bedtime & Daily Screen Time Parental Controls https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/gnome-50-will-support-bedtime-daily-screen-time-parental-controls/ [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | GNOME 50 will Support Bedtime & Daily Screen Time Parental Controls | UbuntuHandbook [15:41] TR News Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-3-2-released-with-improvements-to-user-interface-audio-backend-and-more [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More - 9to5Linux [15:42] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 18th, 2026 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-18th-2026 [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 18th, 2026 - 9to5Linux [15:43] TR News Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to GNU/Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to Linux - OMG! Ubuntu [15:44] TR News ELEGANCE 26.0.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/elegance [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/elegance ) [15:44] TR News Zen 5 x86 Bedrock RAI300 delivers 50 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) in fanless IPC https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/ [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/ ) [15:44] TR News HackerOS 4.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/hackeros [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hackeros ) [15:45] TR News Shanios 2026.01.18 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/shanios [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/shanios ) [15:46] TR News China tells Cambodia scam hub disappearances threaten ties https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/18/china-tells-cambodia-scam-hub-disappearances-threaten-ties/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China tells Cambodia scam hub disappearances threaten ties [15:46] TR News At Davos, Global Leaders Gather to Ponder the Future of a Messy World https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/davos-world-economic-forum-trump.html [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/davos-world-economic-forum-trump.html ) [15:47] TR News Live Blog: Iranian Internet Connectivity Back To Almost Zero https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: Attack On Khamenei Would Mean 'All-Out War,' Warns Pezeshkian [15:47] TR News Iran internet shutdown: activists warn of 'permanent' blackout https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20260118-iran-internet-shutdown-activists-warn-of-permanent-blackout [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20260118-iran-internet-shutdown-activists-warn-of-permanent-blackout ) [15:50] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/today_s_howtos.gmi [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [15:51] TR News I tried switching to the new Rust-based COSMIC, and it was a mistake https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-daily-driving-the-new-cosmic-linux-desktop-its-not-ready/ [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I tried switching to the new Rust-based COSMIC, and it was a mistake [15:51] TR News "A big breakthrough for Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-patches-wine-to-make-photoshop-2021-and-2025-run-on-linux-adobe-creative-cloud-installers-finally-work-thanks-to-html-javascript-and-xml-fixes [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes | Tom's Hardware [15:52] TR News Ready to ditch Windows for Linux in 2026? Tuxedo's new ultraslim business workstations could be just the ticket, and weigh less than a small cat https://www.techradar.com/pro/ready-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-in-2026-tuxedos-new-ultraslim-business-workstations-could-be-just-the-ticket-and-weigh-less-than-a-small-cat [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tuxedos InfinityBook Max 16 packs desktop-level power into a lightweight Linux business laptop perfect for work or gaming sessions | TechRadar [15:54] TR News Piggybacking "Linux" without even porting it to Linux and then using proprietary spyware on it https://redmondmag.com/blogs/redmond-dispatch/2026/01/microsoft-advances-sql-server-2025.aspx [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://redmondmag.com/blogs/redmond-dispatch/2026/01/microsoft-advances-sql-server-2025.aspx ) [15:55] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.gmi [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More [15:57] TR News (NEW): Dock for GNOME, Exploitation in GNOME, and Rust-based COSMIC Disappoints https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Dock_for_GNOME_Exploitation_in_GNOME_and_Rust_based_COSMIC_Disa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Dock_for_GNOME_Exploitation_in_GNOME_and_Rust_based_COSMIC_Disa.gmi [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Dock for GNOME, Exploitation in GNOME, and Rust-based COSMIC Disappoints [15:59] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, mintCast, and This Week in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_mintCast_and_This_Week_in_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_mintCast_and_This_Week_in_Linu.gmi [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, mintCast, and This Week in Linux [15:59] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD on Old Computers and "Modifying FreeBSD ISO for Dell Servers" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/FreeBSD_on_Old_Computers_and_Modifying_FreeBSD_ISO_for_Dell_Ser.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/FreeBSD_on_Old_Computers_and_Modifying_FreeBSD_ISO_for_Dell_Ser.gmi [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreeBSD on Old Computers and "Modifying FreeBSD ISO for Dell Servers" ● Jan 19 [16:07] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.gmi [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers [16:07] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [16:09] TR News Techrights Links 19/01/2026: ChatGPTs Defects and The Guardian on Why So-called "AI Companies Will Fail" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_19_01_2026_ChatGPT_s_Defects_and_The_Guardian_on_Why_So_c.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_19_01_2026_ChatGPT_s_Defects_and_The_Guardian_on_Why_So_c.gmi [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/01/2026: ChatGPTs Defects and The Guardian on Why So-called "AI Companies Will Fail" [16:24] TR News generics https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ozempic-glp1-health-canada-generic-9.7034498 [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Cheaper obesity medications could come to Canada this summer, as Health Canada reviews generics | CBC News [16:24] TR News Illegal drugs advertised online, delivered by Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/like-amazon-illegal-drugs-advertised-online-delivered-canada-post-9.7033700 [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 'It's like on Amazon': Illegal drugs advertised online, delivered by Canada Post | CBC News [16:27] TR News hiring brakes https://www.dw.com/en/european-firms-hit-hiring-brakes-over-ai-and-slowing-growth/a-75394016 [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | AI concerns and slow growth put brakes on EU job market [16:28] TR News Malaysia, Indonesia https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-indonesia-block-grok-ai-bot-over-explicit-images/a-75470708 [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Malaysia, Indonesia block Grok AI bot over explicit images [16:30] TR News Orcas https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/killer-whales-rub-bellies-on-rocks-9.7034393 [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Very unique: Pod of killer whales seen rubbing bellies on rocks off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast | CBC News [16:30] TR News When hormones harm the economy https://www.dw.com/en/menopause-when-hormones-harm-the-economy/a-75441306 [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Menopause: When hormones harm the economy [16:31] TR News Nestl recall of some baby formulas https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nestle-formula-recall-canada-9.7035222 [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Nestl recall of some baby formulas does not apply to Canadian products, company says | CBC News [16:32] TR News Fewer "dumb f--ks" https://www.dw.com/en/meta-shuts-over-544-000-australian-accounts-after-ban/a-75469113 [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Meta shuts over 544,000 Australian accounts after ban [16:35] TR News GTA home sales fell 11.2% last year compared to 2024, report says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-regional-real-estate-board-december-home-sales-fell-9.7035803 [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | GTA home sales fell 11.2% last year compared to 2024, report says | CBC News [16:35] TR News China sales slow https://www.dw.com/en/as-china-sales-slow-germany-s-carmakers-look-to-india/a-75206421 [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | As China sales slow, Germany's carmakers look to India [16:35] TR News free expression at risk https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/solicitor-general-tps-protests-9.7035480 [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Ontario government call for Toronto police to crack down on protests puts free expression at risk: expert | CBC News [16:38] TR News severe flu season https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/hospital-overcrowding-hallways-flu-respiratory-illness-northeastern-9.7035467 [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | An unusually severe flu season is pushing hospitals in the northeast beyond capacity | CBC News [16:39] TR News Ubisoft https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ubisoft-studio-halifax-closed-9.7036470 [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Video game giant Ubisoft closes Halifax studio, cutting 71 jobs | CBC News [16:40] TR News class action against Ticketmaster over service fees https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-superior-court-class-action-ticketmaster-service-fees-9.7036289 [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Quebec Superior Court approves class action against Ticketmaster over service fees | CBC News [16:42] TR News "There's a lot of hype around cloud providers and infrastructure as a service these days, but for a home lab, automation tasks, personal services, and personal publishing, you don't need powerful or expensive hardware." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/why-you-should-buy-and-re-purpose-old-tiny-pcs/ [16:43] TR News 'The Lounge is a web app that acts as an always-on chat client for IRC. I use it all the time since I don't have to understand how a "bouncer" like `znc` works to be always on, nor do I need to have a WeeChat proxy running somewhere." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-19-the-lounge [16:44] TR News SpellBinding EINPSXV Wordo: STARS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-19.gmi [16:46] TR News A rather short update: Scoundrel will be ported to GB gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2026-01-19-short-update.txt [16:57] TR News Techrights Slopfarms in Google News (at Least Three Today) With Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Slopfarms_in_Google_News_at_Least_Three_Today_With_Fake_Article.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Slopfarms_in_Google_News_at_Least_Three_Today_With_Fake_Article.gmi [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slopfarms in Google News (at Least Three Today) With Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" ● Jan 19 [17:04] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/01/2026: Game Boy and "The Lounge" (IRC) for the Elderly https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Gemini_Links_19_01_2026_Game_Boy_and_The_Lounge_IRC_for_the_Eld.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Gemini_Links_19_01_2026_Game_Boy_and_The_Lounge_IRC_for_the_Eld.gmi [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/01/2026: Game Boy and "The Lounge" (IRC) for the Elderly [17:09] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/french-polynesia/#monthly-200902-202601 [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share French Polynesia | Statcounter Global Stats [17:10] TR News For Germany and India, forging closer ties won't be easy https://www.dw.com/en/for-germany-and-india-forging-closer-ties-won-t-be-easy/a-74279379 [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Why Germany, India face obstacles to closer strategic ties [17:11] TR News Ontario mobile homeowners struggling to sell properties accuse park owner of using tactics that break the law https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-mobile-homes-sunpark-9.7026540 [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Ontario mobile homeowners struggling to sell properties accuse park owner of using tactics that break the law | CBC News [17:15] TR News WestJet https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/westjet-legroom-viral-video-9.7037586 [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Viral video on WestJet plane sparks debate over passenger legroom, calls for more regulation | CBC News [17:16] TR News Canada: Confront Chinas Heightened Repression ttps://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/09/canada-confront-chinas-heightened-repression [17:16] TR News Canada's share of exports to U.S. hit lowest level in decades in October https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-trade-oct-2025-9.7037913 [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Canada's share of exports to U.S. hit lowest level in decades in October | CBC News [17:18] TR News man took the city to court over not mowing his lawn https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-superior-court-tall-grass-bylaw-9.7039965 [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | A Mississauga man took the city to court over not mowing his lawn and won | CBC News [17:19] TR News extortion cases linked to international organized crime https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/extortion-caledon-bishnoi-government-9.7038168 [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Mayor of Caledon, Ont., joins calls for feds to tackle extortion cases linked to international organized crime | CBC News [17:20] TR News program to reduce youth screen time is a good first step https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rogers-screenbreak-youth-9.7038273 [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Rogers program to reduce youth screen time is a good first step, say parents and experts | CBC News [17:22] TR News Mark Carney and Canadas premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-and-canadas-premiers-are-trying-to-buy-off-indigenous-resistance/" [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-and-canadas-premiers-are-trying-to-buy-off-indigenous-resistance/ ) [17:26] TR News Soaring renovation costs in Quebec force homeowners to rethink how they build, budget https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-renovation-costs-9.7038544 [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Soaring renovation costs in Quebec force homeowners to rethink how they build, budget | CBC News [17:27] TR News 10,000 books tossed at Ontario school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273 [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 10,000 books were tossed at a London school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life | CBC News [17:27] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mozilla_Now_Offers_an_Official_Firefox_RPM_Package_for_RPM_Base.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Mozilla_Now_Offers_an_Official_Firefox_RPM_Package_for_RPM_Base.gmi [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros [17:29] TR News B.C. woman finally gets mobility device back after Toronto Lyft driver stopped returning calls https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wheelchair-smartdrive-bc-lyft-9.7040392 [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | B.C. woman finally gets mobility device back after Toronto Lyft driver stopped returning calls | CBC News [17:32] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 5.15.198, and Linux 5.10.248 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Stable_kernels_Linux_5_15_198_and_Linux_5_10_248.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Stable_kernels_Linux_5_15_198_and_Linux_5_10_248.gmi [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 5.15.198, and Linux 5.10.248 [17:33] TR News polar bear https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lazy-bear-daudrich-court-polar-bear-permits-reconsideration-9.7041212 [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Manitoba judge orders NDP government to reconsider polar bear viewing permits for Churchill ecotourism company | CBC News [17:42] TR News "Shattering the myths that hold you back from shifting to a better OS." https://www.howtogeek.com/things-windows-users-always-get-wrong-about-linux-and-whats-actually-true/ [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and whats actually true) [17:43] TR News "Although Ubuntu doesnt ship with desktop widgets, you can add them using these four tools." https://www.howtogeek.com/3-must-try-tools-if-you-want-windows-like-desktop-widgets-on-ubuntu/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu [17:44] TR News "It's actually a larger share than Valve initially thought." https://www.howtogeek.com/steam-survey-linux-usage-for-december-2025/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux players on Steam reached all-time high in December [17:44] TR News "EasySpeak brings local voice control to Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-linux-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-voice-and-its-free/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it's free [17:45] TR News "Plasma 6 is also getting better gamepad and OpenBSD support, plus overall more stability." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-is-fixing-a-bug-thats-been-annoying-me-for-a-long-time/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | KDE Plasma finally fixed a bug that's been annoying me for over a year [17:45] TR News 5 weird but handy cron jobs I swear by https://www.howtogeek.com/5-weird-but-handy-cron-jobs-i-swear-by/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 weird but handy cron jobs I swear by [17:46] TR News "Linux has made my digital life so much better; I only wish I had learned these habits sooner." https://www.howtogeek.com/daily-driving-linux-for-3-years-taught-me-these-6-habits/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Daily driving Linux for 3 years taught me these 6 habits [17:47] TR News "Who needs another productivity app when your desktop can be the productivity app?" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-built-a-project-management-dashboard-with-linux-kde-plasma-widgets-no-apps-needed/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | How I used Linux KDE Plasma widgets to build a project management dashboard (no apps needed) [17:48] TR News "Give me 2 minutes and I'll show you how installing software outside the official repos can be just as easy." https://www.howtogeek.com/x-safe-ways-to-install-linux-apps-that-arent-in-your-repo-without-breaking-anything/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 safe ways to install Linux apps that arent in your repo (without breaking anything) [17:49] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [17:50] TR News "Free strategies to reclaim and organize Linux storage effectively." https://www.makeuseof.com/dont-pay-storage-upgrades-what-i-do-when-linux-running-out-space/ [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I dont pay for storage upgradesthis is what I do when Linux is running out of space [17:52] TR News "My power problem didn't require a new battery; a software change made everything more efficient." https://www.makeuseof.com/boosted-old-laptop-battery-switching-to-power-efficient-linux-distro/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro [17:52] TR News (NEW): Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.gmi [17:52] TR News (NEW): I boosted my old laptops life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/I_boosted_my_old_laptop_s_life_by_switching_to_this_power_effic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/I_boosted_my_old_laptop_s_life_by_switching_to_this_power_effic.gmi [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM) [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I boosted my old laptops life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro [17:53] TR News I laughed at this terminal browseruntil I actually used it https://www.makeuseof.com/laughed-at-terminal-browser-used-it/ [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I laughed at this terminal browseruntil I actually used it [17:54] TR News "I use Arch btw." https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-every-linux-package-manager-this-is-the-best-one/ [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I've tried out every Linux package manager out there, and this is the best one [17:58] TR News (NEW): I paid $48 for this Linux distro to save 48 hours of workand it was worth it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/I_paid_48_for_this_Linux_distro_to_save_48_hours_of_work_and_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/I_paid_48_for_this_Linux_distro_to_save_48_hours_of_work_and_it.gmi [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I paid $48 for this Linux distro to save 48 hours of workand it was worth it [17:58] TR News I customized my Proxmox node so much that updates became terrifying https://www.xda-developers.com/i-customized-my-proxmox-install-so-much-that-updates-became-terrifying/ [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | I customized my Proxmox node so much that updates became terrifying ● Jan 19 [18:00] TR News 5 terminal tools that make learning commands easier https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-tools-that-make-learning-commands-easier/ [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 5 terminal tools that make learning commands easier [18:01] TR News (NEW): Linux distros are now competing on design, and I love it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_distros_are_now_competing_on_design_and_I_love_it.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_distros_are_now_competing_on_design_and_I_love_it.gmi [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux distros are now competing on design, and I love it [18:01] TR News (NEW): Want to try Linux? Just install Ubuntu or Fedora https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Want_to_try_Linux_Just_install_Ubuntu_or_Fedora.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Want_to_try_Linux_Just_install_Ubuntu_or_Fedora.gmi [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Want to try Linux? Just install Ubuntu or Fedora [18:01] TR News 5 terminal applications that will make you think twice about a GUI https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-applications-make-think-twice-about-gui/ [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 5 terminal applications that will make you think twice about a GUI [18:02] TR News "It just keeps going up." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-sets-another-user-record-steam/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux gaming keeps scoring wins as it sets another user record on Steam [18:03] TR News (NEW): Linux: The Real Operating System https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_The_Real_Operating_System.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Linux_The_Real_Operating_System.gmi [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux: The Real Operating System [18:03] TR News "Installation takes all of ten seconds." https://www.xda-developers.com/sticky-notes-app-linux-terminal/ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now [18:04] TR News You can make any OS immutable with Proxmox, here's how I did it https://www.xda-developers.com/you-can-make-any-os-immutable-with-proxmox-heres-how/ [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | You can make any OS immutable with Proxmox, here's how I did it [18:05] TR News "It's packed full of tools." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-gave-this-security-centric-linux-os-a-try/ [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | I gave this security-centric Linux OS a try, and it's an ethical hacker's dream [18:06] TR News Windows users don't hate Linux, they hate its defaults https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-users-dont-hate-linux-they-hate-its-defaults/ [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Windows users don't hate Linux, they hate its defaults [18:08] TR News "This KDE Gear release is making the open source ecosystem even more stable and inviting." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-gear-25121-includes-great-updates-for-kdenlive-and-kde-connect/ [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Latest KDE release includes great updates for Kdenlive and KDE Connect [18:09] TR News "From fork bombs to fake language pack removals, these commands can wreck Linux fast. Heres what they do and how to stay safe." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-commands-you-should-never-run-on-linux/ [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 7 deadly Linux commands that can wipe out or crash your computer [18:09] TR News "Listening to music on a Soundcore speaker or headphones? Check out the number 3." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-9/ [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 Linux apps to try this weekend (January 9 - 11) [18:10] TR News 8 handy Raspberry Pi settings you can change (and how) https://www.howtogeek.com/handy-raspberry-pi-settings-you-can-change-and-how/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 8 handy Raspberry Pi settings you can change (and how) [18:11] TR News 6 CLI tools I install before anything else on a new Linux machine https://www.xda-developers.com/cli-tools-i-install-before-anything-else-on-a-linux-machine/ [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 6 CLI tools I install before anything else on a new Linux machine [18:12] TR News "Kdenlive fans, you're gonna want to see this." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kde-plasma-gear-update-25-12-1/ [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | My favorite part of Linux's KDE Plasma just got a huge update [18:13] TR News This tiny, free Lightroom alternative could be a dream come true for Linux users but it works everywhere https://www.xda-developers.com/this-tiny-free-lightroom-alternative-could-be-dream-come-true-linux-users-works-everywhere/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | This tiny, free Lightroom alternative could be a dream come true for Linux users but it works everywhere [18:14] TR News "Windows 11 slowed my hardware to a crawl. Linux runs lighter with rolling updates, and keeps older PCs fast for years instead of becoming e-waste." https://www.howtogeek.com/6-ways-linux-keeps-my-pc-ageless/ [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux made my old PC fast again, and it hasnt slowed down since [18:14] TR News "You've probably been using them wrong, too." https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-been-using-these-core-linux-commands-wrong/ [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I've been using these 8 core Linux commands wrong for years [18:15] TR News "Though it has some limitations." https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-container-linux-desktop-browser/ [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | This Docker container gives me a full Linux desktop in my browser [18:17] TR News The prep work beginners should do before trying Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/prep-work-before-trying-linux/ [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | The prep work beginners should do before trying Linux [18:20] TR News "The performance gains look great." https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-will-finally-run-better-on-arm-devices-and-you-can-test-the-new-version-right-now/ [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Steam games finally run better on Linux Arm devices, and you can test them right now [18:20] TR News "Click some boxes, copy a command, and you're ready to go." https://www.xda-developers.com/this-awesome-tool-for-linux-newcomers-is-like-ninite-for-team-tux/ [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | This awesome tool for Linux newcomers is like Ninite for Team Tux [18:21] TR News "Plus a bunch of other tweaks." https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-6-6-0-finding-whats-draining-your-laptop-battery-easier/ [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | KDE Plasma 6.6.0 will make finding what's draining your laptop battery a lot easier [18:21] TR News EndeavourOS is the Arch experience without the Arch installation https://www.xda-developers.com/endeavouros-is-the-arch-experience-without-the-arch-installation/ [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | EndeavourOS is the Arch experience without the Arch installation [18:23] TR News (NEW): EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/EndeavourOS_Ganymede_Neo_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/15/EndeavourOS_Ganymede_Neo_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_and_.gmi [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 [18:24] TR News "They're all local, more secure and private, and completely free." https://www.howtogeek.com/replacement-productivity-apps-on-linux/ [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 4 productivity apps on Linux that replaced my favorite web apps [18:25] TR News 4 lightweight apps I always install on my Raspberry Pi desktop https://www.howtogeek.com/lightweight-apps-install-raspberry-pi-desktop/ [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 4 lightweight apps I always install on my Raspberry Pi desktop [18:26] TR News linux [18:26] TR News "Mint's "beginner-friendly" reputation is hiding some serious power." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-hated-linux-mint-until-i-discovered-these-features/ [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 Linux Mint power-user features nobody talks about [18:27] TR News "I've never seen a better alternative for Windows than this thoughtful OS." https://www.howtogeek.com/5-ways-zorin-os-makes-switching-from-windows-feel-effortless/ [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 ways Zorin OS makes switching from Windows feel effortless [18:28] TR News "Another great update for the Ubuntu Linux spinoff." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-3-released-cinnamon-6-6/ [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux Mint 22.3 has arrived, complete with Cinnamon 6.6 [18:29] TR News 3 things users should keep in mind when choosing their first distro on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/choose-first-linux-distro-checklist/ [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 3 things users should keep in mind when choosing their first distro on Linux [18:32] TR News "A huge change for its users." https://www.xda-developers.com/another-linux-distro-goes-wayland-only-as-it-prepares-to-change-version-after-a-decade/ [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Another Linux desktop environment goes Wayland-only as it prepares to change version after a decade [18:33] TR News (NEW): Judy Sanhz on Preparing to Move to GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Judy_Sanhz_on_Preparing_to_Move_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Judy_Sanhz_on_Preparing_to_Move_to_GNU_Linux.gmi [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Judy Sanhz on Preparing to Move to GNU/Linux [18:34] TR News (NEW): Valnet Articles on Switching From Windows to GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Valnet_Articles_on_Switching_From_Windows_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Valnet_Articles_on_Switching_From_Windows_to_GNU_Linux.gmi [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Valnet Articles on Switching From Windows to GNU/Linux [18:36] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi as a Desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Raspberry_Pi_as_a_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Raspberry_Pi_as_a_Desktop.gmi [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Raspberry Pi as a Desktop [18:36] TR News (NEW): Valnet on Terminal Commands or Programs in GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Vallnet_on_Terminal_Commands_or_Programs_in_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Vallnet_on_Terminal_Commands_or_Programs_in_GNU_Linux.gmi [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Valnet on Terminal Commands or Programs in GNU/Linux [18:39] TR News Linux: The Real Operating System https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/linux-the-real-operating-system-177640.html [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/linux-the-real-operating-system-177640.html ) [18:39] TR News (NEW): Instructionals/Technical Articles on Proxmox and Cron Jobs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Instructionals_Technical_Articles_on_Proxmox_and_Cron_Jobs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/Instructionals_Technical_Articles_on_Proxmox_and_Cron_Jobs.gmi [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Instructionals/Technical Articles on Proxmox and Cron Jobs [18:44] TR News Techrights Links 19/01/2026: National Broadcasters on World or Local Affairs Up to a Week Ago https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_19_01_2026_National_Broadcasters_on_World_or_Local_Affair.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Links_19_01_2026_National_Broadcasters_on_World_or_Local_Affair.gmi [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/01/2026: National Broadcasters on World or Local Affairs Up to a Week Ago [18:44] TR News "Microsoft's layoffs and a smaller team." https://www.gamesindustry.biz/elder-scrolls-onlines-pivot-to-smaller-seasons-is-is-not-in-any-way-a-response-to-microsofts-layoffs [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elder Scrolls Online's pivot to smaller Seasons "is not in any way a response to" Microsoft's layoffs | GamesIndustry.biz [18:46] TR News A former lead of the Assassin's Creed series has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, citing "constructive dismissal" https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-49840 [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wnhub.io | A former lead of the Assassin's Creed series has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, citing "constructive dismissal" | WN Hub ● Jan 19 [19:02] TR News New Tea gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/stug/phlog [19:02] TR News "On 'Blue Monday', where people are meant to be at their lowest after the Christmas blur and the pervading darkness, why not try a new tea?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260119.txt [19:03] TR News "Embedded and hobbyist electronics specialist UUGear has launched a new option for powering your Raspberry Pi single-board computer: the Witty Pi 5 HAT+, with integrated real-time clock and power control functionality." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260119-wittypi.gmi [19:04] TR News Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.gmi [19:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [19:51] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 25.1 Is Out with Dual-Init Support, Debian 13.3 Base, and Linux 6.18 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/MX_Linux_25_1_Is_Out_with_Dual_Init_Support_Debian_13_3_Base_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/19/MX_Linux_25_1_Is_Out_with_Dual_Init_Support_Debian_13_3_Base_an.gmi [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MX Linux 25.1 Is Out with Dual-Init Support, Debian 13.3 Base, and Linux 6.18 LTS [19:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 19 [02:53] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/17/erin-lets-go/#circumvention-haven [02:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow ● Jan 19 [03:03] admfubar https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-commentary/2025/ec-202514-are-young-college-graduates-losing-their-edge-in-the-job-market [03:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.clevelandfed.org | Are Young College Graduates Losing Their Edge in the Job Market? [03:31] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/nazis-us-domain-homeland-security [03:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian [03:45] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/16/the-dollar-is-losing-credibility-why-central-banks-are-scrambling-for-gold [03:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | The dollar is losing credibility: why central banks are scrambling for gold | Gold | The Guardian ● Jan 19 [06:14] TR News Anon: "... 30 years ago having a US passport was like being a minor celebrity. [...]not a surprise, given that the US has divested from science and education for about three full generations now" [06:15] TR News "militant ignorance has taken precedent in all crosses of life there further the first islamic president is rubbing everyone's fur the wrong way with his deployment of islamic values throughout the government at every level. The government no longer operates as normal but follows only the islamic values of hate, violence, corruption, and revenge" ● Jan 19 [07:16] TR News "One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/18/repub/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/ [07:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/18/repub/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/ ) [07:16] TR News "Thousands flock to US embassy in Copenhagen in protest over Trumps takeover talk | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-flock-to-us-embassy-in-copenhagen-in-protest-over-trumps-takeover-talk/ [07:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-flock-to-us-embassy-in-copenhagen-in-protest-over-trumps-takeover-talk/ ) [07:47] TR News "For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of government, but no deal has been reached." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/ | Source: Michigan Advance [07:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/ ) [07:48] TR News "Given that rapidly evolving situation and the Administrations failure to provide clarity on its plans for Venezuelas oil and the funds raised from oil sales" https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_deutsche.pdf | ● Jan 19 [08:58] TR News Buttigieg, Booker Lead Midterm Democratic Health Care Push https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/democrats-health-care-booker-buttigieg.html [08:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/democrats-health-care-booker-buttigieg.html ) [08:58] TR News Former Yoon administration staff linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion [08:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Former Yoon administration staff linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion | The Straits Times [08:59] TR News Former Yoon staffers linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion ● Jan 19 [09:02] TR News Malaysias Defence Ministry launches probe into yeye culture across all military branches https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-defence-ministry-launches-probe-into-yeye-culture-across-all-military-branches [09:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysias Defence Ministry launches probe into yeye culture across all military branches | The Straits Times [09:07] TR News Malaysian PM Anwar given clean bill of health after routine check-up https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-anwar-given-clean-bill-of-health-after-routine-check-up [09:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian PM Anwar given clean bill of health after routine check-up | The Straits Times [09:14] TR News US lawmakers call for Hong Kong trade offices to be closed, as Beijing ministry slams political grandstanding https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/19/us-lawmakers-call-for-hong-kong-trade-offices-to-be-closed-as-beijing-ministry-slams-political-grandstanding/ [09:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | US politician urge closure of HK offices; Beijing slams 'malicious' bill ● Jan 19 [14:19] TR News No Deal Announced After Latest US-Ukraine Talks, Further Discussions Set At Davos https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-umerov-florida-peace-russia-witkoff-davos/33653134.html [14:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | No Deal Announced After Latest US-Ukraine Talks, Further Discussions Set At Davos ● Jan 19 [15:14] TR News Irans Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html [15:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html ) [15:14] TR News The Biggest Challenge in Venezuela Is Soaring Food Prices https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-economy-food-prices.html [15:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-economy-food-prices.html ) [15:14] TR News The Forrest Dump economy: No recession, but no boom either https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0118/trump-economy-tariffs-jobs-inflation [15:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-The Trump economy: No recession, but no boom either - CSMonitor.com [15:19] TR News Australian Parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-parliament-returns-with-moment-of-silence-for-bondi-mass-shooting-victims [15:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Australian Parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims | The Straits Times [15:33] TR News Guatemala says gangs killed seven police in retaliation over prison transfers https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260118-gang-guatemala-kill-seven-police-prison [15:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260118-gang-guatemala-kill-seven-police-prison ) [15:34] TR News Libya authorities charge suspect with human trafficking after migrant remains found in mass grave https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/libya-authorities-charge-suspect-with-human-trafficking-after-migrant-remains-found-in-mass-grave/ [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Libya authorities charge suspect with human trafficking after migrant remains found in mass grave - JURIST - News [15:34] TR News Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-minnesota.html [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-minnesota.html ) [15:34] TR News After Convicted Felon Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Hitting Back https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html ) [15:36] TR News How a Screwdriver Salesman Helped Fuel U.S. Airstrikes in Nigeria https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/africa/nigeria-christmas-bombing-republicans.html [15:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/africa/nigeria-christmas-bombing-republicans.html ) [15:46] TR News At Davos, Global Leaders Gather to Ponder the Future of a Messy World https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/davos-world-economic-forum-trump.html [15:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/davos-world-economic-forum-trump.html ) ● Jan 19 [16:45] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [16:46] *nobody (~nobody@ag8reaw4f8w8n.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 19 [17:10] TR News For Germany and India, forging closer ties won't be easy https://www.dw.com/en/for-germany-and-india-forging-closer-ties-won-t-be-easy/a-74279379 [17:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Why Germany, India face obstacles to closer strategic ties [17:22] TR News Mark Carney and Canadas premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-and-canadas-premiers-are-trying-to-buy-off-indigenous-resistance/" [17:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-and-canadas-premiers-are-trying-to-buy-off-indigenous-resistance/ ) ● Jan 19 [19:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [19:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol