●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 ●● ● Mar 22 [00:08] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [00:16] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:16] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [02:07] *u-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [02:33] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-210322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-210322.txt [02:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 21, 2022 [02:34] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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It somehow natural, but we don't have a proper instrumentation to detect that. ;-)" gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi [02:52] TR News Types are useful gemini://idiomdrottning.org/types-are-useful [02:52] TR News GNOME 41.5 Released as a Bugfix Update for the GNOME 41 Desktop Series Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162813 [02:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNOME 41.5 Released as a Bugfix Update for the GNOME 41 Desktop Series | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [03:10] TR News Keeping Debian Healthy as It Enters Its 30th Anniversary | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/ [03:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Keeping Debian Healthy as It Enters Its 30th Anniversary | Techrights [03:12] TR News Like this is what should matter in an OS these days. "Dark mode", icons, emojis... https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-custom-icons-android-apps/ [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Set Custom Icons for Your Android Apps - Make Tech Easier [03:13] TR News 270: System76 Interview with Emma Marshall - Destination Linux https://destinationlinux.org/episode-270/ [03:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-destinationlinux.org | 270: System76 Interview with Emma Marshall - Destination Linux [03:13] TR News "We discuss whether computing become less interesting as performance and abstraction have increased over the years. Plus our discoveries including two way radios, synths, HTML from colourful terminal output, and a personal wiki for Vim." https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-169/ [03:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-latenightlinux.com | Late Night Linux Episode 169 Late Night Linux [03:15] TR News Gunnar Wolf: Long, long, long live Emacs after 39 years http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162800#comment-33145 [03:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 20+ years of Emacs | Tux Machines [03:17] TR News 60 Parsecs! gets a small update to improve Steam Deck support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/60-parsecs-gets-a-small-update-to-improve-steam-deck-support [03:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-60 Parsecs! gets a small update to improve Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux [03:18] TR News "I use flameshot for my screenshots which has built in annotation tools but if you want a stand alone solution that's much simpler than GIMP, look no further than annotator" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iX-NKceEuqM [03:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Flameshot Not For You? Try Out Annotator Instead! - Invidious [03:18] TR News GDC 2022: Cloud gaming powered by Anbox Cloud | Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/gdc-2022-cloud-gaming-powered-by-anbox-cloud [03:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GDC 2022: Cloud gaming powered by Anbox Cloud | Ubuntu [03:20] TR News "Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 727 for the week of March 13 19, 2022." https://ubuntu-news.org/2022/03/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-727/ [03:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntu-news.org | Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 727 [03:21] TR News Clown. Outsourcing. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/general_dynamics_cloud/ [03:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | General Dynamics awarded $4.5bn NGA hybrid cloud contract The Register [03:22] TR News "Russia labels Meta an extremist organization, outlawing Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp is exempt from the ruling, because it doesnt have a public information sharing function." https://www.accessnow.org/digital-rights-ukraine-russia-conflict/ [03:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict - Access Now [03:22] TR News Games: GoG, Office Management 101, Steam, and GDC Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162814 [03:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: GoG, Office Management 101, Steam, and GDC | Tux Machines [03:23] TR News Josh Simmons is out. From OSI. That's good. https://opensource.org/blog/2022-osi-board-election-results see http://techrights.org/2021/06/01/wikipedia-osi/ [03:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | 2022 OSI Board Election Results | Open Source Initiative | Guaranteeing the 'our' in source... [03:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Libel Initiative: OSI President Falsely Insinuates OSI Critics Are Homophobic and Requests Censorship of Wikipedia (for OSI) | Techrights [03:29] TR News MassOS GNU/Linux 2022.02.2 Quick overview #Shorts - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XKBLxzFan4o [03:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | MassOS GNU/Linux 2022.02.2 Quick overview #Shorts - Invidious [03:33] TR News Those messages should say, "MOVE TO GNU/LINUX" https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/win_11_hardware_requirements_nagware/ [03:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Win 11 adds hardware 'requirements not met' nag for Insiders The Register [03:33] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162815 [03:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [03:34] TR News Debian is turning 30 (in September next year) and it needs to change direction in order to attract volunteers like it did back in the 1990s http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/ [03:38] TR News "It was a while since I last spoke Swedish on a podcast. I joined the friendly hosts of the Trevlig Mjukvara (translates to something like Nice Software) podcast and we talked software development, open source, curl, Mozilla and a few other topics for an hour. I had a great time." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/22/trevlig-mjukvara/ [03:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trevlig Mjukvara | daniel.haxx.se [03:42] TR News The First Alpha of Asahi Linux is Available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33147 [03:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines [03:46] TR News "From designers to writers, multi-media producers and moreif you perform creative work on a computer theres a good chance you can find a browser extension to improve your process. Heres a mix of practical Firefox extensions for a wide spectrum of creative uses" https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/firefox-extensions-for-creatives/ [03:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-addons.mozilla.org | Firefox extensions for creatives - Firefox Add-ons Blog [03:47] TR News Migrating From irssi to weechat Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162816 [03:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Migrating From irssi to weechat | Tux Machines [03:47] TR News Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: MassOS, Flameshot, Late Night Linux, and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162817 [03:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: MassOS, Flameshot, Late Night Linux, and More | Tux Machines [03:48] TR News Partly a waste of CPU cycles https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/how-fuzzing-can-make-your-open-source-project-more-secure-and-reliable/ [03:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developer.ibm.com | How fuzzing can make your open-source project more secure and reliable IBM Developer [03:49] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:50] TR News Microsoft ships malware, media blames "open source" https://quickfix.es/2022/03/breaking-open-source-not-to-blame-in-node-ipc-debacle/ [03:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-quickfix.es | Breaking: Open Source not to Blame in node-ipc Debacle Quick Fixes [03:50] *activelow (~activelow@bubrbiib5rixg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [03:52] TR News Linux Kernel 5.17 Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775#comment-33148 [03:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux Kernel 5.17 Officially Released, This Is Whats New | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [04:04] TR News Join the EPO Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/ [04:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Join the EPO Strike | Techrights [04:05] TR News #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 21, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext [04:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Bulletin Archives [04:05] TR News #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing [04:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Full IPFS Index [04:10] TR News Pretty much all Apple Clown disservices went down today. Apple had no comment. - BaronHKs Rants https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/pretty-much-all-apple-clown-disservices-went-down-today-apple-had-no-comment/ [04:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-baronhk.wordpress.com | Pretty much all Apple Clown disservices went down today. Apple had no comment. BaronHK's Rants [04:12] TR News The high hidden cost of version inflation https://miketaylr.com/posts/2022/03/chrome-100-breakage-playbook.html [04:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-miketaylr.com | Chrome 100 Breakage Playbook [04:13] TR News You do not need blockchains for this https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-startups-digital-identity-solution-made-available-to-50000-zimbabwean-patients/ [04:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.bitcoin.com | Blockchain Startup's Digital Identity Solution Made Available to 50,000 Zimbabwean Patients Technology Bitcoin News [04:13] TR News Proprietary Software Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162818 [04:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Software Leftovers | Tux Machines [04:17] TR News Mozilla: Version Inflation, Extensions, and DRM Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162819 [04:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Mozilla: Version Inflation, Extensions, and DRM | Tux Machines [04:20] TR News There's finally a Linux distro with native support for Apple's M1 series http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33149 [04:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines [04:21] TR News Why its easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162820 [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Why its easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit | Tux Machines [04:21] TR News Facts vs Feelings - Open Source Security Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162821 [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Facts vs Feelings - Open Source Security | Tux Machines [04:21] TR News We look back at a busy day (yesterday) of conflict and messy affairs; corruption at the EPO has reached the point of meltdown http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/ [04:40] TR News "Testing EasyOS 3.4.3, forum member BologneChe reported that the Xorg synaptics driver has not loaded." https://bkhome.org/news/202203/kernel-51516-touchpad-does-not-work.html [04:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Kernel 5.15.16 touchpad does not work [04:47] *AdmFubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:48] *AdmFubar (~mradmin@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [05:02] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162822 [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [05:02] TR News Glorious Day for Rights of European Workers | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/ [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Glorious Day for Rights of European Workers | Techrights [05:03] *AdmFubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:04] TR News Inject DB connections in Golang gRPC API https://fale.io/blog/2022/03/21/inject-db-connections-in-golang-grpc-api [05:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fale.io | NO TITLE [05:04] TR News "What is gem-compare, you ask? gem-compare is a RubyGems plugin that can compare gem versions. I originally created it to vet new gem versions I packaged for Fedora, but its useful for all kinds of tasks." https://nts.strzibny.name/gem-compare-1.0/ [05:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nts.strzibny.name | gem-compare goes 1.0 [05:07] TR News 6 Universal Readable Code Tricks To Improve Your Coding Skills https://python.land/readable-code [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-python.land | 6 Universal Readable Code Tricks To Improve Your Coding Skills Python Land Blog [05:09] TR News Vortex86 CPUs gain new life with Linux kernel detection and a 3.5-inch SBC Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162823 [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Vortex86 CPUs gain new life with Linux kernel detection and a 3.5-inch SBC | Tux Machines [05:11] TR News When corporations wish to 'cancel' you it does NOT matter how "PROFESSIONAL" you try to seem to appease them. It won't work. They'll distort and make things up over and over again until they get their way. [05:11] TR News Samba 4.16.0 Available for Download Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162824 [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Samba 4.16.0 Available for Download | Tux Machines [05:13] TR News Ignore all this money I get from companies I write about, says the 'analyst'. "AWS, Hasura, Heroku (Salesforce) and MongoDB are RedMonk customers. Netlify, Prisma and Vercel are not currently customers." https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2022/03/21/vertical-integration/ [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-redmonk.com | Vertical Integration: The Collision of App Platforms and Database tecosystems [05:14] TR News SUSE's latest marketing fluff, citing Microsoft proxy Accenture, which viciously attacks GNU/Linux https://www.suse.com/c/banks-must-embrace-customer-centric-reinvention-today/ [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Banks Must Embrace Customer-Centric Reinvention Today | SUSE Communities [05:14] TR News "Combining faces at various view angles and a consistent light setup and different facial expression (all from imagination) is really difficult. I often struggle about the close-up panel on the comic, especially during dialog scene that require this consistency of characters and shaders/light." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article901/painting-studies [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Painting studies - David Revoy [05:15] TR News Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: wiring, code and calibrating with MicroPython https://peppe8o.com/capacitive-soil-moisture-sensor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-wiring-code-and-calibrating-with-micropython/ [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: wiring, code and calibrating with MicroPython [05:16] TR News More than A Phone: How Purism Advocates Digital Security – Purism

Read more [05:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-puri.sm | More than A Phone: How Purism Advocates Digital Security Purism [05:17] TR News "PureOS: A Debian-based 100% free software truly convergent operating system developed and maintained by Purism. It is an Operating System that is not based on Android or iOS. Purisms PureOS was also where all the development occurred for what we later pushed into GNOME" https://puri.sm/posts/purism-digital-security/ [05:17] TR News Workers of the EPO will stay out; they have more important things to do as priorities have shifted. Dont be a scab. Join the colleagues actions. http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/ [05:26] TR News Programming Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162825 [05:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines [05:27] TR News Josh Simmons, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Italo Vignoli Out of OSI Board, ASF Board Update Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162826 [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Josh Simmons, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Italo Vignoli Out of OSI Board, ASF Board Update | Tux Machines [05:27] TR News Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162827 [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers | Tux Machines [05:29] TR News Links 22/3/2022: Samba 4.16.0 and EPO Strike Day | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/samba-4-16-0/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/samba-4-16-0/ [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: Samba 4.16.0 and EPO Strike Day | Techrights [05:29] TR News IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162828 [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines [05:31] TR News Techrights is weaning itself off a dying SSD (my main laptop). Might slow down publication as we evacuate data to safer storage devices. Thanks for the understanding.... [05:33] TR News "I'm still mulling over how I can balance my desire to contribute positively to this digital community with my entrenched reticence to share anything whatsoever about what I do, say, or think with anyone anywhere, at any time." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/854 [05:50] *AdmFubar (~mradmin@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [06:01] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [06:41] TR News "Unlike applications or e-books, the experience of using the Web is not confined to content provided by one vendor." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-origin/ [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-educatedguesswork.org | Understanding The Web Security Model, Part III: Basic Principles and the Origin Concept [06:41] TR News "I know I keep making this point, but it really can't be overemphasizedas long as the data sent to the client is valid HTML, the browser doesn't care how it was generated." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-intro2/ [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-educatedguesswork.org | Understanding The Web Security Model, Part II: Web Applications [06:42] TR News "The advice to use strong types or to put units in names is not limited to variables and function arguments" https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2022/03/20/please-put-units-in-names [06:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ruudvanasseldonk.com | Please put units in names [06:43] TR News Colonialism returns. "Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said foreign equity restrictions would be "eased out" in several sectors, including telecommunications, shipping, airlines, railway and subways." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1884872.html [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Boost to virus-hit economy: Philippines allows foreign ownership of telcos, airlines [06:43] TR News Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599072-white-house-warns-russia-prepping-possible-cyberattacks-on-us [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-White House warns Russia prepping possible cyberattacks against US | TheHill [06:44] TR News Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599118-biden-asks-top-ceos-to-invest-in-combating-potential-cyberattacks [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Biden tells CEOs they have 'patriotic obligation' to guard against Russian cyberattacks | TheHill [06:44] TR News "The outage impacted some apps and people differently. In some cases, an app like the App Store would load but would hang or wouldnt let you download an app." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-services-are-users-rcna20911 [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Apple services are down for some users [06:44] TR News "Microsoft has not made any categorical denial of the claim that its Azure DevOps servers were breached and data stolen." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/first-samsung-breach,-now-microsoft-lapsus$-makes-bold-claim.html" [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - First Samsung breach, now Microsoft: Lapsus$ makes bold claim [06:45] TR News "The South American-based data extortion hacking group Lapsus$ has allegedly gained access to Microsoft's Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data from the company." https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-may-be-the-latest-victim-of-lapsusdollar [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft may be the latest victim of Lapsus$ | TechRadar ● Mar 22 [09:31] TR News "And while sales figures are hard to come by, one report said that global purchases of dumbphones were due to hit one billion units last year, up from 400 million in 2019." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60763168 [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones' - BBC News [09:31] TR News ">Scott Johnston who worked on the team that helped plan the Ellipse rally says thats just not so." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jan6-trump-mark-meadows-capitol-attack-republicans-1324218/ [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Helped Plan Jan. 6 March -- Source - Rolling Stone [09:32] TR News "Due to this unprecedented and unstoppable rise in urbanization, the worlds use of sand has tripled within the last two decades at around 40 to 50 billion tonnes of sand consumed yearly" https://interestingengineering.com/video/world-sand-shortage [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | The world is actually running out of sand. Here's how. [09:34] TR News "Rubber producers are facing climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, a destructive fungus and the fight for shipping containers." https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/why-the-u-s-is-running-out-of-everything/ [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbcafrica.com | Why The U.S. Is Running Out Of Everything - CNBC Africa [09:34] TR News KeePassXC 2.7 Password Manager Released with Major Changes, Heres Whats New Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162829 [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | KeePassXC 2.7 Password Manager Released with Major Changes, Heres Whats New | Tux Machines [09:34] TR News Ubuntu Users Receive a New Major Linux Kernel Update, 22 Security Flaws Patched Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162830 [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu Users Receive a New Major Linux Kernel Update, 22 Security Flaws Patched | Tux Machines [09:36] TR News The real risks of investing in cryptocurrencies [sic] https://www.parisbeacon.com/64005/ [09:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.parisbeacon.com | The real risks of investing in cryptocurrencies - Paris Beacon News [09:36] TR News "Bitcoin mining is currently estimated to account for about 0.5% of global electricity consumption" https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news-list/2783-bitcoin-is-a-pollution-creating-mess [09:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arcticportal.org | Bitcoin is a pollution-creating mess - Arctic Portal [09:37] TR News "The power consumption of cryptocurrencies is a contentious subject." https://singularityhub.com/2022/03/07/bitcoins-carbon-emissions-are-rising-after-chinas-crypto-ban/ [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-singularityhub.com | Bitcoin's Carbon Emissions Are Rising After China's Crypto Ban [09:38] TR News "A team of researchers from the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany has found that as Bitcoin miners have moved from China to the U.S. and other countries" https://phys.org/news/2022-02-bitcoin-carbon-emissions-countries.html [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-phys.org | Bitcoin carbon emissions rise as mining moves to US and other countries [09:49] TR News IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 21, 2022 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/irc-log-210322/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/irc-log-210322/ [09:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 21, 2022 | Techrights [09:56] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@6ebqzz9fgde9y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [10:00] TR News Can't argue with Vlad on this one... https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1885004.html [10:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Social media crackdown: Russia bans Instagram and Facebook as 'extremist' [10:01] TR News Social control media = cesspool, very seldom information https://thehill.com/policy/international/599079-facebook-failed-to-detect-hate-speech-against-rohingya-report-finds [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Facebook failed to detect hate speech against Rohingya, report finds | TheHill [10:01] TR News Social control media is an accelerator of conflict. [10:02] TR News "Multiple social media posts purport to show a photo of a Ukrainian farmer stealing a Russian rocket." https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1885225.html Social control media = Misinformation/Disinformation [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Fact Check: This is an old NASA photo doctored to add a tractor [10:03] TR News "The video was released on YouTube just hours after Downing Street accused Vladimir Putins Russia of hoaxing the Defence Secretary and Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, through impostors" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/21/russia-releases-video-ben-wallace-supporting-ukraines-nuclear/ [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telegraph.co.uk | Watch: Russia releases hoax video of Ben Wallace discussing Ukraines nuclear ambitions [10:03] TR News Now the Islamic Republic of United Kingdom must release Julian Assange (to show it's better than Iran) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/19/exclusive-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-spends-first-days-reunited/ [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telegraph.co.uk | Exclusive: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spends first days reunited with family at Chancellors Georgian mansion [10:04] TR News "According to prosecutors, he was working out in the prison gym when Franck Elong Ab, 35, a former jihadist serving time for terror offences, allegedly launched his attack." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60830052 [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yvan Colonna: Corsican nationalist dies after jihadist jail attack - BBC News [10:04] TR News GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831 [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs | Tux Machines [10:08] TR News "Ferrell hoped her experience organizing a campaign against book challenges might be instructive to others who similarly oppose what she views as a politically-driven campaign" https://text.npr.org/1087000890 [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs [10:10] TR News TWITTER: NO HUMOUR HERE!! Go urge people to KILL A RUSSIAN instead!! That's better for ENGAGEMENT. https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/babylon-bee-editor-we-refuse-to-bow-to-twitters-censorship-of-a-joke/ [10:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Babylon Bee editor: We refuse to bow to Twitter's censorship of a joke [10:11] TR News Apple products: shits in white plastics. DRM: "Unlike all of Apples other M1-powered computers, the Mac Studios storage isnt soldered onto the mainboard" https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989226/apple-mac-studios-removable-ssd-blocked-software-replacement [10:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The Mac Studios removable SSD is reportedly blocked by Apple on a software level - The Verge [10:12] TR News "Ians Take: After Apples announcement that they were going to allow users to repair their iPhones with genuine Apple parts, I had hoped that Apple would allow upgradeability." https://appletrack.com/the-mac-studios-upgradability-has-been-locked-in-software/ [10:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New video shows Mac Studio is upgradable (but Apple blocked it in software) - AppleTrack [10:12] TR News There's no such thing as "unsupported PC" so just move to GNU/Linux and help save the planet, too https://www.pcworld.com/article/624957/running-windows-11-on-an-unsupported-pc-get-ready-for-a-desktop-watermark.html [10:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Running Windows 11 on an unsupported PC? Get ready for a desktop watermark | PCWorld [10:24] TR News Court Says Non-Open 'Open Source' Code is False Advertising - SoylentNews https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/03/19/1546209 while OSI advertises proprietary Microsoft/GitHub as open!! What an OWN goal. [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Court Says Non-Open 'Open Source' Code is False Advertising - SoylentNews [10:24] TR News Humour not allowed in Twitter https://www.mediaite.com/online/were-not-deleting-anything-babylon-bee-defiant-after-twitter-locks-their-account-for-tweet-calling-rachel-levine-man-of-the-year/ [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mediaite.com | Babylon Bee Defiant After Twitter Suspends Their Account [10:26] TR News When Microsoft SHIPS MALWARE they blame "Open Source"; When PROPRIETARY Windows has issue guess what takes the blame... https://itwire.com/security/proofpoint-claims-attack-using-open-source-installer-to-target-windows.html [10:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - Proofpoint claims attack using open-source installer to target Windows [10:28] TR News And what it he did this about Trump? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/video-shows-teacher-leading-preschoolers-anti-biden-chant-83588448 [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.go.com | Video shows teacher leading preschoolers in anti-Biden chant - ABC News [10:29] TR News When the whole country is based on oilfields https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599065-us-transfers-patriot-missiles-to-saudi-arabia [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US transfers Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia | TheHill [10:29] TR News The republic of aramco https://www.economist.com/business/why-saudi-aramco-could-be-eclipsed-by-its-qatari-nemesis/21808310 [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Saudi Aramco could be eclipsed by its Qatari nemesis | The Economist [10:30] TR News This was shipped by Microsoft; stop blaming "open source" when Microsoft sends malware around https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989339/protestware-attacks-russia-sberbank-open-source [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | After protestware attacks, a Russian bank has advised clients to stop updating software - The Verge [10:31] TR News More censorship https://www.kadn.com/news/community-members-fighting-back-against-censorship/article_a6b72b56-a983-11ec-b55a-87e4bf6b42ce.html [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Community Members Fighting Back Against Censorship | News | kadn.com [10:32] TR News Gulag has already hung up on mariupol https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-rejects-russian-ultimatum-to-surrender-mariupol-/6494010.html see http://techrights.org/2022/03/10/donetsk-and-gulag-or-google-now-bans-parts-of-ukraine-for-being-invaded-by-russia/ [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Pentagon: 'Clear Evidence' of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | When Sanctions Go Toxic: Google, Co-Founded by Moscovite, Agrees With Moscow and Recognises Mariupol (Ukraine) as a Part of Russia | Techrights [10:34] TR News "Well also discuss how computer education can help create the next generation of makers and builders that we need to solve some of societys biggest problems." EFF still pretending to support hacker culture? It is ATTACKING it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/podcast-episode-hack-future [10:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Podcast Episode: Hack to the Future | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:36] TR News Hacking Justice: Julian Assange https://dontextraditeassange.com/events/hacking-justice-julian-assange-film-screening-and-qa/ [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dontextraditeassange.com | Hacking Justice: Julian Assange - Film Screening and Q&A - Don't Extradite Assange [10:44] TR News Maybe EFF should also tell people to ban/boycott DuckDuckGo (Microsoft proxy, spying) instead of shilling it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Ban Online Behavioral Advertising | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:45] TR News Dying country, dead culture https://truthout.org/articles/pro-trump-group-sent-armed-members-to-colorado-voters-doors-lawsuit-alleges/ [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Pro-Trump Group Sent Armed Members to Colorado Voters' Doors, Lawsuit Alleges [10:51] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:53] TR News Raytheon: close friend of ICBM Red Hat https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/peace-activists-occupy-roof-raytheon-building-protest-war-profiteering see http://techrights.org/2020/04/24/raytheon-blessed-by-red-hat/ [10:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Peace Activists Occupy Roof of Raytheon Building to Protest War Profiteering [10:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Giving Awards to Raytheon Wont Help Red Hats Image | Techrights [10:54] TR News What has EFF done about it? Except spreading hate of its own? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/anti-war-hacktivism-leading-digital-xenophobia-and-more-hostile-internet [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Anti-War Hacktivism is Leading to Digital Xenophobia and a More Hostile Internet | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Mar 22 [11:05] TR News #HowTo Install AnyDesk on a Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Other major Flavours) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162832 [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | How to Install AnyDesk on a Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Other major Flavours) | Tux Machines [11:08] TR News Stop calling patents "IP" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/top-economists-and-oxfam-leader-demand-truly-just-covid-ip-waiver [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Top Economists and Oxfam Leader Demand Truly Just Covid IP Waiver [11:08] TR News GulagTube censorship https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/copyright-as-censorship-youtuber-pulls-down-gofundme-video-to-help-victim-of-viral-youtube-jumping-tesla-stunt [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Copyright As Censorship: YouTuber Pulls Down GoFundMe Video To Help Victim Of Viral YouTube Jumping Tesla Stunt | Techdirt [11:09] TR News "Every so often over the years, Ive discussed germ theory denial and how it is such an integral part of alternative medicine and the belief systems that undergird alternative medicine modalities." https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/03/21/how-can-germ-theory-denial-explain-contagion/ [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-respectfulinsolence.com | How can germ theory denial explain contagion? - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE [11:10] TR News "On the first day of the judge's confirmation hearings, Hawley listed a number of cases that Jackson heard involving child pornography possession, accusing her of flouting federal sentencing guidelines" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/hawley-condemned-employing-qanon-tropes-vile-smear-against-jackson [11:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Hawley Condemned for Employing QAnon Tropes in 'Vile' Smear Against Jackson [11:12] TR News "In 2018, a court in the Netherlands ruled that companies selling access to a pirate IPTV playlist acted illegally, even though they weren't the suppliers of the infringing streams." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-sellers-who-refused-to-pay-a-cash-settlement-get-sued-lose-220321/ [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pirate IPTV Sellers Who Refused to Pay a Cash Settlement Get Sued & Lose * TorrentFreak [11:12] TR News "The bill requires online hosting services to implement standard technical protection measures" https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-smart-copyright-act-to-combat-piracy-220321/ [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy * TorrentFreak [11:13] TR News Internet is under attack https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/21/digital-darkness [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | NO TITLE [11:14] TR News Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162833 [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers | Tux Machines [11:15] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162834 [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 10 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools | Tux Machines [11:18] TR News "From a performance standpoint we know building a homebrew Raspberry Pi cluster doesnt make a lot of sense, as even a fairly run of the mill desktop x86 machine is sure to run circles around it." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/cluster-your-pi-zeros-in-style-with-3d-printed-cray-1/ [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cluster Your Pi Zeros In Style With 3D Printed Cray-1 | Hackaday [11:19] TR News That's a war on scientific progress, too https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/one-giant-leap-backwards-for-humankind-what-the-russia-ukraine-war-means-for-the-iss/ [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One Giant Leap (Backwards) For Humankind: What The Russia-Ukraine War Means For The ISS | Hackaday [11:21] TR News Stop saying "Big Tech", EFF. You use the vocabulary of Microsoft lobbyists. Have Microsoft moles taken over parts of EFF, too? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/brazils-remuneration-right-strengthens-big-tech-and-big-media-cost-free-expression [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Brazils Remuneration Right Strengthens Big Tech and Big Media, At the Cost of Free Expression and a Free Press | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:22] TR News EFF = online censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/make-social-media-work-better-make-it-fail-better-0 [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | To Make Social Media Work Better, Make It Fail Better | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:26] TR News Boycott Starbucks. It's a company that hates human beings. https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-workers-have-now-filed-to-unionize-at-over-150-locations/ [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Starbucks Workers Have Now Filed to Unionize at Over 150 Locations [11:26] TR News Becoming rich by theft https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/21/the-horrific-scam-that-water-billionaires-are-running-on-poor-countries/ [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Horrific Scam that Water Billionaires are Running on Poor Countries - CounterPunch.org [11:28] TR News Netflix trying to 'cash in', using serfs who chose DRM over rational distribution of "content" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/and-here-comes-the-backlash-to-netflix-trying-to-play-password-police/ [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-And Here Comes The Backlash To Netflix Trying To Play Password Police | Techdirt [11:28] TR News Propaganda boxes perish https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/cable-tv-companies-lost-nearly-5-million-subscribers-in-2021/ [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cable TV Companies Lost Nearly 5 Million Subscribers in 2021 | Techdirt [11:29] TR News Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162835 [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [11:31] TR News EFF pretends to value free speech. I LOL. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/new-filter-mandate-bill-unmitigated-disaster [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | The New Filter Mandate Bill Is An Unmitigated Disaster | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:34] TR News Systemic collapse starts like this https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-chevron-workers-begin-strike-as-company-refuses-further-bargaining/ [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Hundreds of Chevron Workers Begin Strike as Company Refuses Further Bargaining [11:40] TR News "Way back in 2020 I had jokingly suggested on Twitter that we should set up a bracket for the most frequently misunderstood legal concepts" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/announcing-techdirts-march-madness-get-your-bracket-for-the-most-misunderstood-legal-concept/ [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Announcing Techdirts March Madness: Get Your Bracket For The Most Misunderstood Legal Concept | Techdirt [11:40] TR News Free Speech https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/the-culture-of-free-speech-includes-criticism-of-others-speech-get-over-it/ [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Culture Of Free Speech Includes Criticism Of Others Speech; Get Over It | Techdirt [11:43] TR News STOP PAYING ZUCKERBERG! https://www.desmog.com/2022/03/21/instagram-ads-can-help-fight-climate-disinformation/ [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Instagram Ads Can Help Climate Facts Reach the 'Super Online,' Report Suggests - DeSmog [11:47] TR News Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution https://www.mintpressnews.com/lula-da-silva-counters-fbi-prosecution-lead-brazi-presidential-race/279981/ US loves accusing "RUSHA" of meddling... never itself [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mintpressnews.com | Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution to Lead Brazil's 2022 Presidential Race [11:48] TR News More patents -> more variants -> more deaths https://truthout.org/articles/unease-about-possible-new-covid-surge-grows-with-rise-of-ba-2-variant/ [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Unease About Possible New COVID Surge Grows With Rise of BA.2 Variant [11:50] TR News "This years recipients are computer scientist Paul Eggert, a faculty member at UCLAs Samueli School of Engineering, Emacs contributor Protesilaos Stavrou, and SecuRepairs" https://fossforce.com/2022/03/whos-who-in-open-source-three-honorees-receive-free-software-awards-at-libreplanet/ [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Three Honorees Receive 'Free Software Awards' at FSF's LibrePlanet - FOSS Force [11:52] TR News "I guess ten years is long enough that Senator Pat Leahy thought everyone had forgotten about the SOPA/PIPA disaster that he was a leading reason for. Senator Leahy is on his way out of the Senate" ttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/senators-leahy-tillis-to-team-up-to-suggest-destroying-the-internet-for-hollywoods-sake/ [11:53] TR News "Who are we to judge?, say federal court judges. Thats the questionable conclusion reached by an otherwise solid reading [PDF] of the constitutional implications of one of law enforcements favorite new tools: reverse warrants." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/federal-court-says-good-faith-prevails-in-deployment-of-extremely-questionable-reverse-warrant/ [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Federal Court Says Good Faith Prevails In Deployment Of Extremely Questionable Reverse Warrant | Techdirt ● Mar 22 [12:19] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:36] *wallacer has quit (connection closed) [12:36] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:40] TR News [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/ [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights [12:40] TR News You know the Web/WWW is officially dead/dying when the W3C has OUTSOURCED its own Web site to CLOWNFLARE. Incredible. [12:55] TR News [Meme] EPO to Patent Blogs | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/ [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] EPO to Patent Blogs | Techrights ● Mar 22 [13:01] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:42] TR News xkcd: Galaxies https://xkcd.com/2596/ [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Galaxies ● Mar 22 [14:05] *psymin (~psymin@me3biw7mdts84.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:56] TR News Its the end for the OSI Treasurer and Board ringleader who took money from Microsoft (in turn giving most of the OSIs money back to Microsoft, promoting its proprietary software as if OSI became the Openwashing Initiative, not the Open Source Initiative) http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/ [14:57] TR News The EPO is on a massive strike today, but dont expect the media to mention that; not even blogs touch the subject after a campaign of intimidation, legal bullying, and bribery http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/ [14:58] TR News KeePassXC 2.7.0 is released with major changes Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162836 [14:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | KeePassXC 2.7.0 is released with major changes | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [15:08] TR News EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights [15:15] TR News 5 Best Horror Games for Linux to Enjoy the Virtual World of Terror https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-horror-games-for-linux/ [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntupit.com | 5 Best Horror Games for Linux to Enjoy the Virtual World of Terror [15:17] TR News "What does the future of gaming look like? Launchers galore, Linux" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MRRszUapcEo [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | PC Gaming is a Mess - Invidious [15:17] TR News "Valve has again upgraded the Steam Deck Client software with new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. Plus, check out some of our recent videos." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-client-update-brings-more-improvements-see-more-of-our-videos [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Deck Client update brings more improvements, see more of our videos | GamingOnLinux [15:18] TR News "The team behind the very popular and fantastic open source video capture software OBS Studio have done a Steam release. For Linux users though, you should just stick to Flatpak from Flathub." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/obs-studio-arrives-on-steam-but-no-linux-build-for-now-so-stick-to-flatpak [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OBS Studio arrives on Steam but no Linux build for now so stick to Flatpak | GamingOnLinux [15:20] TR News "While there is the popular OpenRCT2 for an open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, it does rely on the original data files, and so the FreeRCT project aims to be a completely free and open source inspired game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/freerct-sees-a-first-release-trying-to-capture-the-feel-of-rollercoaster-tycoon [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FreeRCT sees a first release trying to capture the feel of RollerCoaster Tycoon | GamingOnLinux [15:21] TR News Today in #Techrights Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162837 [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Today in Techrights | Tux Machines [15:23] TR News "Between 2022-03-15 and 2022-03-22 there were 15 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 238 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 6.3 % of total released titles." https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-03-22-edition/ [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2022-03-22 Edition - Boiling Steam [15:23] TR News Ways To Use Linux To Become Better In College Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162838 [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ways To Use Linux To Become Better In College | Tux Machines [15:25] TR News Engrave Condition: Apples Political Censorship Leaves Taiwan, Remains in Hong Kong - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/engrave-condition-apples-political-censorship-leaves-taiwan-remains-in-hong-kong/ [15:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Engrave Condition: Apples Political Censorship Leaves Taiwan, Remains in Hong Kong - The Citizen Lab [15:27] TR News Apple: shithole pretending to be Disneyland. People pay away all of their shit, usually to be treated like shit. [15:29] TR News Apple != Ethics. If you want a moral alternative to Microsoft, then you're also looking for the opposite of Apple. [15:32] TR News Why should I use Qt to develop? Qt: nothing to do with freedom. I've read the whole thing, very UN-compelling. https://www.qt.io/blog/the-cost-of-reinventing-the-wheel-in-app-development [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Develop Apps Faster with Ready Software Libraries [15:37] TR News Games: Horror, Valve, and Free Software (OpenRCT2) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162839 [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Horror, Valve, and Free Software (OpenRCT2) | Tux Machines [15:39] TR News Snake oil. You cannot do this. https://www.maketecheasier.com/deleting-google-search-data-android/ [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Quickly Deleting Google Search Data Coming to Android - Make Tech Easier [15:44] TR News Apple synonymous with crimes against humanity (ignore their marketing BS), so this is expected https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/-/ [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | : - The Citizen Lab [15:46] TR News From steroids to politics. In the US, anything goes. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/03/19/exp-tsr-todd-schwarzenegger-video-refutes-putin.cnn [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | Schwarzenegger rebukes Putin in video - CNN Video [15:46] *zedomatic (~zedomatic@k86dad7ibinds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:46] TR News Inside the mind of a gangster Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162840 [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Inside the mind of a gangster | Tux Machines [15:46] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162841 [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [15:47] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:48] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@ktzbuxc7m4sqn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [16:03] TR News Proprietary Software Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162842 [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Software Leftovers | Tux Machines [16:03] TR News Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162843 [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines [16:05] TR News EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ [16:05] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:06] TR News Links 22/3/2022: GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 and KeePassXC 2.7 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/keepassxc-2-7/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/keepassxc-2-7/ [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 and KeePassXC 2.7 | Techrights [16:07] TR News But Putin gets to keep his palace and impoverish his political opposition. He's every stronger when Russians cannot interact with the outside world, too. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/russia-internet-censorship-cost-economy-putin-ukraine-sanctions-twitter-2022-3 [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businessinsider.co.za | Russia's economy already lost R12.8 billion this year because the government keeps shutting down the internet [16:08] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:08] TR News Putin turns 70 this year. People his age do not genuinely care about the future of the country in a competitive world. https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20220318-isoler-la-russie-en-ligne-des-sanctions-contre-productives [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Isoler la Russie en ligne, des sanctions contre-productives ? [16:09] TR News Comcast also supports mass surveillance https://opensource.org/comcast-why-we-support-the-osi see http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/mozilla-comcast/ and [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Comcast: Why we support the OSI | Open Source Initiative | Guaranteeing the 'our' in source... [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Mozilla Shames Itself and Harms Its Reputation by Stating That Comcast Has Taken Major Steps to Protect Customer Privacy | Techrights [16:11] TR News "Java Operator SDK, or JOSDK, is an open source project that aims to simplify the task of creating Kubernetes Operators using Java. The project was started by Container Solutions, and Red Hat is now a major contributor." https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/write-kubernetes-java-java-operator-sdk-part-2 "Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website." [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Write Kubernetes in Java with the Java Operator SDK, Part 2 | Red Hat Developer [16:21] TR News ICBM to suits: "it is a paradigm shift in how you do business." https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/digital-transformation-5-layers-build [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enterprisersproject.com | Digital transformation: 5 layers to build on | The Enterprisers Project [16:22] TR News "How do we as in, the developers and package maintainers who are working on Fedora Linux make sure people actually know about all the cool stuff were doing?" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/collecting-ideas-for-feature-spotlight-articles/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Collecting ideas for "Feature Spotlight" articles Fedora Community Blog [16:25] TR News GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831#comment-33152 [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs | Tux Machines [16:28] TR News Bluestar 5.16.15 is released https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BluestarLinux download | SourceForge.net [16:29] TR News ICBM now promotes buzzwords like "digital transformation (DX)" https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/automation-digital-transformation-3-ways-they-go-together when Intel attacked software freedom it used another "DX" http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enterprisersproject.com | Automation and digital transformation: 3 ways they go together | The Enterprisers Project [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Intel leaks - Techrights [16:30] TR News This can be leveraged by Russia to spy on dissidents https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-russia-meta-ban [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wired.co.uk | Why WhatsApp Survived Russias Social Media Purge | WIRED UK [16:31] TR News "Access Now, outraged by todays announcement that the Myanmar Investment Commission has approved the sale of Telenor Myanmar, is calling for international actors to implement sanctions and stop the companys irresponsible disposal of its Myanmar operations to a company" https://www.accessnow.org/update-internet-access-censorship-myanmar/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup - Access Now [16:32] TR News Wensheng XIE: "We thank Wind for her/his commitment for contributing to GNU Chinese Translation." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10142 [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-savannah.gnu.org | GNU Chinese Translators Team - News: Welcome our new member - wind [Savannah] [16:35] TR News Steven Vaughan-Nichols now helps Microsoft by spinning Microsoft shipping malware as an "open source" issue https://www.zdnet.com/article/corrupted-open-source-software-enters-the-russian-battlefield/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Corrupted open-source software enters the Russian battlefield | ZDNet [16:38] TR News "most of my activity around Debian has come to a complete halt (Send your thanks to da-manager@debian.org!). Since I still have a few computers running Debian, I keep maintaining a few things which I heavily rely on, in particular KDE/Plasma and RSSguard." https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/03/packages-for-debian-kde-plasma-rssguard-et-al/ [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.preining.info | Packages for Debian: KDE/Plasma, RSSguard, et al | There and back again [16:40] TR News "This is the 99th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news." https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2022-03-syslog-ng-4-mqtt-source-zinc-elastic-cloud-3-36 https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-system-source-of-syslog-ng-now-also-works-on-macos [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The syslog-ng insider 2022-03: syslog-ng 4; MQTT source; Zinc; Elastic Cloud; 3.36; - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The system() source of syslog-ng now also works on MacOS - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [16:40] TR News The 5 Best Open-Source Internet Radio Apps for Linux Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162844 [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The 5 Best Open-Source Internet Radio Apps for Linux | Tux Machines [16:42] TR News Heres why Putin wont use nukes in Ukraine Pass it on. | I, Cringely https://www.cringely.com/2022/03/21/heres-why-putin-wont-use-nukes-in-ukraine-pass-it-on/ [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heres why Putin wont use nukes in Ukraine Pass it on. | I, Cringely [16:43] TR News "For many years weve had this outstanding idea to add a new API to libcurl that would offer applications easy access to HTTP response headers." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/22/a-headers-api-for-libcurl/ [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A headers API for libcurl | daniel.haxx.se [16:45] TR News Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Available to Download http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162666#comment-33153 [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 Elsie Is Now Available for Download | Tux Machines [16:46] TR News "The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-25-february-2022 [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Design and Web team summary 25 February 2022 | Ubuntu [16:51] TR News IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162845 [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines [16:53] TR News Xonsh Shell Combines the Best of Bash Shell and Python in Linux Terminal Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162846 [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Xonsh Shell Combines the Best of Bash Shell and Python in Linux Terminal | Tux Machines [16:55] TR News Microsoft outsourcing https://blog.tomecek.net/post/prometheus-counters-dont-behave/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tomecek.net | Prometheus counters don't behave Blog | Tom Tomeek [16:55] TR News New Linux kernel has improved random-number generation Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162847 [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | New Linux kernel has improved random-number generation | Tux Machines [16:57] TR News "These packages are basically the .EXE of Debian-based Linux distributions" Git lib ted - This is nonsense and false https://linuxstoney.com/in-linux-they-are-basic-but-do-you-know-what-deb-files-are/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-In Linux, they are basic, but do you know what DEB files are? - LinuxStoney [16:59] TR News EasyOS: "Forum member 'proebler' reported that when the geany text editor extra-plugins package is installed (via the package manager), the spell-checking plugin does not work." ● Mar 22 [17:01] TR News "Notea is an open-source web-based note-taking app for creative people." https://medevel.com/notea-os-note-taking-app/ needs to delete Microsoft Github [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Notea is an open-source clutter-free note-taking app for productive people [17:01] TR News This one too needs to delete Microsoft Github https://medevel.com/planka-os-project-management/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Planka is a Libre Kanban-based project manager for teams [17:07] TR News "The company only lists Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems for iBOX 1200 embedded BOX PCs, so its unclear" why CNX even covers this! https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/22/asrock-fanless-ibox-1200-series-alder-lake-p-mini-pcs/ http://techrights.org/2022/02/17/cnxsoftware-partly-compromised/ [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ASRock introduces fanless iBOX 1200 Series Alder Lake-U mini PCs - CNX Software [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The C in CNX Software is Not Community | Techrights [17:07] TR News Quadric devkit features q16 hybrid AI, DSP, computer vision accelerator Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162848 [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Quadric devkit features q16 hybrid AI, DSP, computer vision accelerator | Tux Machines [17:08] TR News First world problems https://cubiclenate.com/2022/03/21/wireless-network-bridge-solution/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wireless Network Bridge Solution CubicleNate's Techpad [17:09] TR News Pollutes the planet all the same https://dwaves.de/2022/03/22/human-space-travel-to-moon-and-mars-one-more-step-for-mankind-reusable-renewable-rockets-are-the-way-to-the-space-future/ [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- Human Space Travel to Moon and Mars one more step for mankind Reusable Renewable Rockets are the way to the Space future | dwaves.de [17:14] TR News This morning a bunch of documents were circulated to explain in a more concise fashion abuses that EPO staff had been subjected to http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ [17:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights [17:26] TR News "The Open Source Initiative has announced the results of its 2022 board election." https://lwn.net/Articles/888863/ http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/ [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Open Source Initiative elects a new board [LWN.net] [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights [17:26] TR News Criminals from Microsoft breached by other criminals https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/22/lapsus-okta-microsoft/ [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.helpnetsecurity.com | Lapsus$ gang says it has breached Okta and Microsoft - Help Net Security [17:27] *zedomatic has quit (connection closed) [17:28] TR News Stop calling Windows "PC" https://twinfinite.net/2022/03/out-of-the-park-baseball-23-set-to-launch-on-pc-mac-linux-april-22/ Windows is CP http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-and-rick-allen-jones/ [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-twinfinite.net | Out of the Park Baseball 23 Set to Launch On PC, Mac, & Linux April 22 [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | What is Known for a Fact (Not Speculation) About Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, and Rick Allen Jones | Techrights [17:29] TR News Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-announce-alpha-quality-steam-on-chrome-os-is-now-actually-here [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here | GamingOnLinux [17:30] TR News "There are now more than 1600 games working on the Steam Deck (1618 at the time of writing) in two categories as usual..." https://boilingsteam.com/1600-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-dirt-5-as-verified/ [17:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | 1600 Games On The Steam Deck, including Dirt 5 as Verified - Boiling Steam [17:31] *zedomatic (~zedomatic@45fsdpyiizh3q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:31] TR News Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/white-house-warns-of-possible-russian-cyberattacks.html [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-White House Warns of Possible Russian Cyberattacks - Schneier on Security [17:32] TR News "Alice: Madness Returns is an absolute classic from Spicy Horse Games and EA. It vanished from Steam for years and it recently arrived back. With Proton on Linux and Steam Deck, it does work quite well too!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/alice-madness-returns-appears-on-steam-again-works-well-on-steam-deck-with-60fps-fix [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alice: Madness Returns appears on Steam again, works well on Steam Deck with 60FPS fix | GamingOnLinux [17:32] TR News Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/discover-overlay-is-a-discord-chat-ui-that-now-works-on-steam-deck [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [17:35] TR News The guardian of Bill Gates and his child sex monsters, MIT, is blaming "open source" for MICROSOFT shipping MALWARE https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/21/1047489/activists-are-targeting-russians-with-open-source-protestware [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Activists are targeting Russians with open-source "protestware" | MIT Technology Review [17:35] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162849 [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [17:38] TR News MIT Technology Review basically blames the victims of Microsoft for what Microsoft is doing [17:38] TR News Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XVIII The Story of NPM http://techrights.org/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/ [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XVIII The Story of NPM | Techrights [17:39] TR News Microsoft: it's the fault of the user when our systems get breached http://techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/ [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | GitHub is Microsofts Proprietary Software and Centralised (Monopoly) Platform, But When Canonicals Account There Gets Compromised Suddenly Its Ubuntus Fault? | Techrights [17:40] TR News Games: Out of the Park Baseball 23, Steam, and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162850 [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Out of the Park Baseball 23, Steam, and More | Tux Machines [17:42] TR News AvosLocker is a ransomware group that was identified in 2021, specifically targeting Windows machines https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/22/fbi-and-fincen-release-advisory-avoslocker-ransomware FBI and CISA do not even name Microsoft or Windows, as usual [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | FBI and FinCEN Release Advisory on AvosLocker Ransomware | CISA [17:44] TR News " Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity" proprietary software https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-081-01 [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | Delta Electronics DIAEnergie | CISA [17:45] TR News "MSSQLSERVER" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-238-03 Microsoft [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | Delta Electronics DIAEnergie (Update B) | CISA [17:46] TR News Microsoft SQL 'Server' is not a DB. It's malware that can also do some things like a real DB. [17:47] *psymin (~psymin@joseon-2ft.k30.kbr670.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:48] *psymin has quit (Connection closed) [17:48] TR News Microsoft cannot defend Windows (too many back doors and defects), so the best it can do it pay the media to stay quiet, change the topic, or blame the wrong parties. [17:51] TR News "Monitoring the resources of your Linux server and watching for negative trends is one way to stay ahead of potential performance issues, and the sar command will help you do exactly that. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the sar command." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D5fMGFZoFT8 [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Linux Essentials - The sar Command - Invidious [17:52] TR News "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie" and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=roKebjvzP6E [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie" overview | Linux Mint Debian Edition an alternative to Ubuntu - Invidious [17:53] TR News WSL is an attack on Linux, it's Windows in disguise, and firms should quit using Microsoft's attack on Linux as a pretext for bashing the security of GNU/Linux https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/QUALYS-INC-11612572/news/Qualys-Implications-of-Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux-for-Adversaries-Defenders-Part-1-39829650/ [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Qualys : Implications of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Adversaries & Defenders (Part 1) | MarketScreener [17:55] TR News This isn't the solution, this is the LF acting as a marketing proxy for sponsors https://www.linux.com/audience/enterprise/sboms-supporting-safety-critical-software/ [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SBOMs Supporting Safety Critical Software - Linux.com [17:56] TR News FOSSlife webspam https://www.fosslife.org/sysadmin-jobhub-launched [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslife.org | SysAdmin JobHub Launched [17:57] TR News Mostly a decade-old buzzword (I think Gulag made it up ~15 years ago) for sysadmin https://www.fosslife.org/2022-report-highlights-growth-sre-practices [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslife.org | 2022 Report Highlights Growth of SRE Practices ● Mar 22 [18:00] TR News Software Freedom Institute: Red Hat, Inc vs Software Freedom Institute SA: Fedora open source trademark precedent http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162552#comment-33155 [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | WeMakeFedora.org: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations | Tux Machines [18:06] TR News Murena & /e/OS a product roadmap for 2022: towards our V1? - Gal Duval Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162851 [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Murena & /e/OS a product roadmap for 2022: towards our V1? - Gal Duval | Tux Machines [18:08] TR News Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Pass Phone Bill To Keep Incarcerated People Connected - Public Knowledge https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-senate-to-pass-phone-bill-to-keep-incarcerated-people-connected/ [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicknowledge.org | Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Pass Phone Bill To Keep Incarcerated People Connected - Public Knowledge [18:09] TR News Latest Jetson Development Kit Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162852 [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Latest Jetson Development Kit | Tux Machines [18:09] TR News Announcing CrossOver 21.2.0 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162853 [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Announcing CrossOver 21.2.0 | Tux Machines [18:33] TR News Links 22/3/2022: CrossOver 21.2 and NVIDIA Developer Kit | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/crossover-21-2/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/crossover-21-2/ [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: CrossOver 21.2 and NVIDIA Developer Kit | Techrights [18:34] TR News Audiocasts and Videos: Elektra Wagenrad, Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie", and Sar Command Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162854 [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Audiocasts and Videos: Elektra Wagenrad, Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie", and Sar Command | Tux Machines [18:34] TR News Proprietary Spin and Security Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162855 [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Spin and Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [18:34] TR News Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162856 [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers | Tux Machines [18:35] TR News Development Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857 [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Development Leftovers | Tux Machines [18:35] TR News Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162858 [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Free Software/Open Source Leftovers | Tux Machines [18:40] TR News LabPlot 2.9 Beta Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162859 [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [19:13] *zedomatic has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:32] AdmFubar https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/dog-dumped-for-being-gay-owners-offer-bizarre-reason-for-abandoning-pet-at-animal-shelter-_partner/ [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dog dumped for being "gay": Owners offer bizarre reason for abandoning pet at animal shelter | Salon.com [19:34] AdmFubar I once caught a wildfire that was this big........ https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/australian-wildfires-were-so-big-that-they-punched-a-hole-in-the-ozone-layer/ [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Australian wildfires were so big that they punched a hole in the ozone layer | Salon.com [19:42] TR News United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/ [19:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week [19:42] TR News Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162860 [19:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [19:53] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@fsz99s6zbtymn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 22 [20:09] TR News "My employer is going through cutdowns and layoffs at the moment. Swedish labour law is pretty unforgiving when it comes to layoffs; there are strict rules around who you get to let go and the measures you have to take in order to justify it." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-22-being-laid-off-starting-new-chapter.gmi [20:10] TR News "Found out yesterday that I have COVID. I'm all quarantined in the master bedroom, and feeling much better now actually. My poor 5 year-old was so scared for me and sad before bed. She is used to snuggling me every night. She was also concerned I would get COVID germs all over her books in here haha." gemini://rawtext.club/~mieum/allokdallok.gmi [20:11] TR News "While Gemini doesn't have many weather services, most platforms do. I think there are so many because weather can be so personal. Do you care about barometric pressure? Personally I don't, unless it's dropping, indicating a storm or weather front coming in." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2022-03-21-chilly-weather.gmi [20:14] TR News Guidelines for research on the kernel community https://lwn.net/Articles/888891/ see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/university-of-minnesota-linux/ [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Guidelines for research on the kernel community [LWN.net] [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | University of Minnesota Has Destroyed Itself (or Its Reputation) by Trying to Destroy Linux and the Credibility of Linux | Techrights [20:15] TR News Whats new for developers in the OpenShift 4.10 console | Red Hat Developer https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/whats-new-developers-openshift-410-console [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Whats new for developers in the OpenShift 4.10 console | Red Hat Developer [20:16] TR News ICBM <3 "fuck you NVIDIA" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-nvidia-accelerate-enterprise-ai-projects-gpus-dpus-and-mlops [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | How Red Hat and NVIDIA are helping to accelerate enterprise AI projects with GPUs, DPUs and MLOps [20:20] TR News Mrs. SAP is openwashing SUSE, which is pushing proprietary software and has worked to cancel the very founder of GNU/Linux by backing a writ of libel https://www.suse.com/c/welcome-to-the-age-of-open-innovation/ [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Welcome to the Age of Open Innovation | SUSE Communities [20:21] TR News Ubuntu 22.04 Adds Additional Color Options Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162861 [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu 22.04 Adds Additional Color Options | Tux Machines [20:28] TR News Big Brother Gulag is already your parent, and it spies on everything you do, more so if you use the malware known as "Chrome" (propruietary) https://www.maketecheasier.com/setting-up-chrome-user-settings/ [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Set Up Parental Controls in Google Chrome - Make Tech Easier [20:31] TR News Oracle Announces Java 18 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162862 [20:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Oracle Announces Java 18 | Tux Machines [20:37] TR News NVIDIA 510.60.02 Graphics Driver Released with Support for RTX A4000H and A5500 GPUs Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162863 [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | NVIDIA 510.60.02 Graphics Driver Released with Support for RTX A4000H and A5500 GPUs | Tux Machines [20:37] TR News Red Hat and NVIDIA, OpenShift News Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162864 [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Red Hat and NVIDIA, OpenShift News | Tux Machines [20:38] TR News "First up this week: Most of Apples services were down yesterday (at least in some regions). For at least two hours, very little was working, including the dev site and some internal apps." https://devops.com/apple-outage-outrage-linux-random-redo-okta-hacked-or-not/ [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple Outage Outrage | Linux Random Redo | Okta Hacked (or Not) - DevOps.com [20:42] TR News GNOME 42 review: IS THEMING DEAD? - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XQrIf3Rkjjs ICBM treats desktops like hypePhone now? [20:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | GNOME 42 review: IS THEMING DEAD? - Invidious [20:43] TR News "When YouTube Vanced shutdown we didn't really know why but following all the theory they have posted a write up explaining the real reason Vanced was shutdown, at least the reason they want to say." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jNwkXMJqlR0 [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | The "REAL" Reason YouTube Killed Vanced! - Invidious [20:45] TR News 10 Features Why GNOME 42 is the Greatest Release Ever Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162865 [20:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 10 Features Why GNOME 42 is the Greatest Release Ever | Tux Machines [20:45] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162866 [20:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [21:06] TR News Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ [21:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights [21:06] TR News Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ [21:08] TR News Manic couch co-op game D-Corp gets a large content update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/manic-couch-co-op-game-d-corp-gets-a-large-content-update [21:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Manic couch co-op game D-Corp gets a large content update | GamingOnLinux [21:11] TR News "gron is a self-contained Go executable you can download from here on GitHub. In the UNIX tradition, gron does one thing well: it flattens JSON into a structure that's easily processed by shell tools, line by line." https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2022-03-23.html [21:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.datafix.com.au | gron the JSON flattener [21:13] TR News The 7 Best Networking Tools That Replace the Deprecated net-tools on Linux Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162867 [21:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The 7 Best Networking Tools That Replace the Deprecated net-tools on Linux | Tux Machines [21:15] TR News Coast, a little map viewer Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162868 [21:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Coast, a little map viewer | Tux Machines [21:17] TR News It seems increasingly apparent that the corporate tech media isnt just misleading readers/viewers (audiences) by accident; theres a deliberate attempt to shift attention and shift blame, so it is in effect and in perpetuity a campaign of disinformation (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), not just misinformation, and we must collectively confront this campaign http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-pr [21:18] TR News SUSE/OpenSUSE: YaST Team Report and Openwashing by the CEO Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162869 [21:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | SUSE/OpenSUSE: YaST Team Report and Openwashing by the CEO | Tux Machines [21:19] TR News Voice Remote = bug, listening device, malware https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/roku-ultra-streaming-device/ [21:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Save $31 on a Roku Ultra Streaming Device with Voice Remote - Make Tech Easier [21:22] TR News "Maximising the number of towelling-off occurrences of a single towel for the entire body." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/855 [21:22] TR News Zotero Research Tool Gets Biggest Upgrade in its History Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162870 [21:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Zotero Research Tool Gets Biggest Upgrade in its History | Tux Machines [21:23] TR News "My young musician friend didn't realize that PayPal notifications acknowledging purchases from him would wind up revealing his real name to others. His workaround will be to tell others that's his manager's name.... :-)" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/856 [21:25] TR News #HowTo install Moshi Monsters Rewritten Desktop on Zorin OS 16 - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=twGI_0ErB-s [21:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | How to install Moshi Monsters Rewritten Desktop on Zorin OS 16 - Invidious [21:26] TR News Xubuntus Default Xfce Desktop Theme Greybird Gets Initial Support for GTK4 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162871 [21:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Xubuntus Default Xfce Desktop Theme Greybird Gets Initial Support for GTK4 | Tux Machines [21:31] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:31] *activelow (~activelow@wruyhdcv8sj3g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:31] TR News Weve Made It! | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/ [21:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Weve Made It! | Techrights [21:33] *techrights_guest|83 (~519aa912@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:38] *hourram (~hourram@qj7n4mscqi93y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [21:41] TR News LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software for Freedom, Surveillance and You | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/ [21:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software for Freedom, Surveillance and You | Techrights [21:50] TR News Links 22/3/2022: Java 18 and LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/java-18/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/java-18/ [21:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: Java 18 and LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Techrights [21:51] *techrights_guest|83 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [21:51] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162872 [21:52] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [21:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [21:53] TR News Videos: GNOME and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162873 [21:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Videos: GNOME and More | Tux Machines [21:54] TR News Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162874 [21:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines [21:55] TR News UK cases of COVID-19: still high, still killing almost 1,000 Brits per week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/ [21:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week [21:57] TR News Facebook is a scam. With fake friends and fake "likes". https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-crypto-scam/ [21:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Don't Donate to Ukraine Through This Facebook Crypto Scam | Snopes.com [21:58] *hourram has quit (Quit: Leaving) [21:59] TR News Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/forest-fire-chernobyl-radiation [21:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears - Protocol ● Mar 22 [22:00] TR News Clever activism, not sabotaging people's files or killing anybody https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-protest-lisbon-lights/ [22:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yes, Portuguese Protesters Illuminated Russian Embassy With Ukraine's Flag | Snopes.com [22:01] TR News USA going down some ashtray https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/ [22:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pro-Trump group sent armed members door-to-door in Colorado to intimidate voters: Lawsuit | Salon.com [22:05] TR News 33,000 blog posts in Techrights is a huge accomplishment as not many sites manage to post that much and go on relentlessly (on a daily basis) for 17 years; in Gemini were about to exceed 40,000 pages http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/ [22:06] TR News Jacob Appelbaums keynote at LibrePlanet 2014. The talk was delivered remotely via Tor-anonymized, 100% free software videochat http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/ [22:12] TR News 6 Fun Linux Distros to Try if Youre a Distro Hopper Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162875 [22:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 6 Fun Linux Distros to Try if You're a Distro Hopper | Tux Machines [22:26] TR News spent on dishonest marketing | Gemini address: spent on dishonest marketing [22:27] TR News Windows is Dying Despite Vista 11 Hype | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/ [22:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Windows is Dying Despite Vista 11 Hype | Techrights [22:31] TR News Development Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857 [22:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Development Leftovers | Tux Machines [22:35] TR News Wait, they don't know Salesforce is racist? https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/racial_investigation_salesforce/ see http://techrights.org/2020/09/27/salesforce-works-for-ice/ [22:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Activist investors want Salesforce investigated for equality The Register [22:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The OSIs President Apparently Does Not Know That His Own Employer (Salesforce) Works for ICE | Techrights [22:36] TR News We tried the Asahi Linux alpha on an M1 Mac Mini http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33157 [22:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines [22:38] TR News Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants? [22:38] TR News yes, I'm all for using human hearts to save pigs. I can think of some human pigs whose hearts might be of use to real pigs in need https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60708120 [22:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants? - BBC News [22:40] TR News The whole "pig hearts" thing isn't what it seems; they genetically modify them. Sooner or later the sick, rich, greedy oligarchs will just grow extra spare humans (or close to that) for "spare parts"... in some places they do that already. A baby born any moment, to become "spare parts" of some oligarch. [22:42] TR News Western oligarchs: "job creators".... creating more humans whose job is to give away bodyparts to ageing oligarchs. And "philanthropists"... giving loose to some hospitals that facilitate such a sick thing. [22:42] TR News Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.technewsworld.com/story/ransomware-related-data-leaks-jump-82-in-2021-87419.html [22:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ransomware-Related Data Leaks Jump 82% in 2021 | TechNewsWorld [22:45] TR News OSI barely doing anything https://fossforce.com/2022/03/after-last-years-hack-osi-elects-new-board-members-without-incident/ see http://techrights.org/2021/07/29/osi-privacy-issues/ [22:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | After Last Year's Hack, OSI Elects New Board Members Without Incident - FOSS Force [22:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The OSIs Defunct Elections (Privacy Breach), Conflict of Interest (Nicholson), and Other Lingering Problems | Techrights [22:49] TR News This article makes it seem like everything started in 1991 and GNU is merely GCC, a compiler. This is gross revisionism, which helps nobody but bad faith actors. https://bytexd.com/linux-history-and-why-are-there-so-many-distros/ [22:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bytexd.com | Linux History and Why Are There So Many Distros [22:51] TR News "New discoveries await..." in the upcoming Inkscape 1.2 About Screen Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162877 [22:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | "New discoveries await..." in the upcoming Inkscape 1.2 About Screen | Tux Machines [22:56] TR News Notable: The best open-source note-taking and Markdown editor for 2022 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162878 [22:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Notable: The best open-source note-taking and Markdown editor for 2022 | Tux Machines [22:58] TR News The bleeding continues; Microsoft is on fire (up in flames) and Windows continues to languish in spite of billions spent on dishonest marketing http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/ [22:59] TR News Now, with no social control media, I've not touched Konqueror in almost 3 weeks. I used it every day for years prior to it. [22:59] TR News Prepping Your Computers For an Internet Outage Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162879 [22:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Prepping Your Computers For an Internet Outage | Tux Machines ● Mar 22 [23:01] TR News "It's far-future space opera based around an aggressive colonial empire, but follows just one character: an artificial intelligence of one of the empire's military starships." gemini://calcuode.com/gemlog/2020-12-17_ancillary-justice.gmi [23:01] TR News "One interesting behavior of the brute-force program is that it didn't use 100% of the CPU. I found that doing various types of string concatenation caused a big slowdown." gemini://jfh.me/posts/2019-03-04-js-quine.gmi [23:06] AdmFubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/03/22/0021207/us-college-education-is-nearer-to-collapsing-than-it-appears?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [23:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.slashdot.org | 'US College Education Is Nearer To Collapsing Than It Appears' - Slashdot [23:27] TR News Linux Foundation: From Linux to Openwashing Services | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/ [23:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation: From Linux to Openwashing Services | Techrights [23:32] TR News "Richard Stallman will be speaking about the free software movement and your freedom. 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LOL. https://www.eff.org/event/how-make-every-media-free-open-source-software [23:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | How to Make Every Media With Free & Open-Source Software | Electronic Frontier Foundation [23:39] TR News Does only Russia have "Oligarchs"? Do they magically become "job creators" and "philanthropists" the moment they're naturalised American citizens? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-march-14-2022-2084620 [23:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.artnet.com | Art Industry News: How Russian Oligarchs Helped Larry Gagosian Build His Gallery Empire + Other Stories [23:40] TR News "So this is just my functionally paranoid (the motto of OpenBSD, by the way) estimate of where things are. Ill describe two problems, one of which I call the trumpet problem, and the other is plain theft." https://ricochet.com/1207673/how-to-exfil-everything/ [23:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Exfil Everything Ricochet [23:47] *psymin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:54] TR News mozilla: Mozilla set to add AV1 video codec support to the Firefox browser - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/mozilla-decides-to-add-av1-video-codec-support-to-the-firefox-browser/articleshow/90350833.cms patent trap [23:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | mozilla: Mozilla set to add AV1 video codec support to the Firefox browser - Times of India [23:56] TR News "The LAMP tech stack is known to be the classic of stacks. It has been popular because it offers technologies that allow you to build web apps in a fast and stable manner." https://www.benzinga.com/opinion/22/03/26189633/tech-stack-what-is-it-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one-for-your-web-app-project [23:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tech Stack: What Is It And How To Choose The Right One For Your Web App Project? | Benzinga [23:58] TR News "To validate words, it uses the GNU aspell Hindi dictionary. As such, the source code for Shabdle is licensed under GPLv2. The puzzle and keyboard are typeset in Laila by Indian Type Foundry." https://www.news18.com/news/tech/wordle-game-in-hindi-try-shabdle-hindi-word-guessing-game-and-how-to-play-4896923.html GPLv2 in 2022? GPLv3 out 15 years ago. 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