●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 01, 2025 ●● ● Dec 01 [01:51] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Dec 01 [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] notice anything missing? [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/30/Vista_11_OS_Not_Found.shtml [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] * Loaded log from Sun Nov 30 05:25:59 2025 [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] :) [07:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Vista 11: OS Not Found ● Dec 01 [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] " [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] the first backup in each month takes a while, still runing rsync before db [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] the advantage of the new method is that the backup will have multiple [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] copies (up to 12) of most files not just hard links to a single copy [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] " [08:37] schestowitz[TR2] It is extremely helpful to us that we, the couple, need not worry about anything but posting and "hired guns" ● Dec 01 [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] You might want to pre-write a couple of posts which are not time critical [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] so as to have something to publish during the trip this week. [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] Keep them on their toes. [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] will draft something in advance [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] :) [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] Remember to advance the union's message about the strike, i e /why/ they [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] are striking, while demphasizing the money. altough money is important [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] it is not as important as the other reasons. This post misses listing [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] the reasons in the text: [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Preparing_for_Potential_Pre_Christmas_Staff_Strike_at_the_Europ.shtml [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/01/Preparing_for_Potential_Pre_Christmas_Staff_Strike_at_the_Europ.gmi [09:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Preparing for Potential Pre-Christmas Staff Strike at the European Patent Office (EPO) ● Dec 01 [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Oh geez. I ordered this on November 10. [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Let me check my shelves and see if I have a copy at my house. Otherwise I will order one for you from Amazon. [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Jess [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks, and sorry for troubling you. [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] br, ● Dec 01 [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] "Red Hat employee (and Free Desktop / Wayland Code of Conduct team member), Karol Herbst, posted on Mastodon about, what he calls, MAGA/Linux. [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] He says that concepts like "neutrality", "everybody is welcomed", & "tolerance" are MAGA/Linux weapons used to for their political agendas. [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] This @RedHat [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] employee also stated that: [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] 90% of the anti-systemd distros are lead by absolute [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] s**theads [11:12] schestowitz[TR2] He also suggested that the effort to keep KDE working on X11 was a MAGA/Linux plot.' ● Dec 01 [13:00] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6x334gk5tvc5c.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] "What is the true adoption rate of Wayland over X11? [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] While the real numbers are difficult to discern (due to the very nature of Linux desktops), the little data we DO have points to significantly lower Wayland adoption than many have suggested. [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] According to http://Linux-Hardware.org (a voluntary survey currently consisting of roughly 6,000 computers): [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] - X11 and Wayland are currently in a dead heat, jockeying back and forth, within a percentage point of each other. [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] - Wayland has not made any noteworthy gains since June of 2024 (over a year ago). [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] - In fact, Wayland marketshare is actually DOWN over its all-time high of 49.2% (now down to 47.3%). [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] According to Firefox telemetry (yes, Mozilla collects a lot of data on you), we know the following up through February, 2022: [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] - Over 90% of Firefox users were running on X11. Thats pure X11, not XWayland running on top of Wayland. [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] - Factoring in XWayland that number grows to 92% to 94%. [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] While that Firefox telemetry is now a few years out of date, its worth noting that this was 14 years AFTER the first release of Wayland and, by this point, most of the most prominent Linux distributions had been shipping with Wayland by default for multiple years (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc.). [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] According to the Linux-Hardware survey, Wayland adoption grew significantly up through the very beginning of 2024 but never overtook X11 in any significant measure. [13:42] schestowitz[TR2] And, in fact, Wayland adoption appears to be slightly on the decline (but only slightly).' [13:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linux-hardware.org | Linux Hardware Database ● Dec 01 [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] "'That doesn't exist: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] schedule". The Guardian [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/trump-musk-doge-reportedly-disbanded [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] --- [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] --- [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1p5mmqv/we_still_havent_forgotten_doge/ [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1p5afra/exclusive_doge_doesnt_exist_with_eight_months/ [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/1p4u04u/doge_apparently_doesnt_exist_anymore/ [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] --- [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] Department of Government Efficiency [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] Wikipedia [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] --- [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] Department of Government Efficiency official site [14:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://doge.gov/ [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theguardian.com | That doesnt exist: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule | Trump administration | The Guardian [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ ) [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Reddit - The heart of the internet [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Reddit - The heart of the internet [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Reddit - The heart of the internet [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Department of Government Efficiency - Wikipedia [14:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://doge.gov/ ) [14:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Dec 01 [15:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 01 [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Rewiring Democracy for Tech Rights? [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] > It's no bother -- I'm just sorry you've been inconvenienced. A copy is [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] > on order now from Amazon.co.uk. I only hope the book lives up to the [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] > delay [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks for that, much appreciated! ● Dec 01 [20:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [20:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes