●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, June 05, 2025 ●● ● Jun 05 [04:11] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jun 05 [05:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:23] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-ff6.5hs.anfioq.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:54] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:58] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-ff6.5hs.anfioq.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Was there in the early 80s and stayed for 25 yrs across 2 tours. Back then IBM was: 1. Essential. Everyone in college and work knew IBM systems. 2. Innovative inventing things like DRAM etc; Thinkpad, networking, storage etc. 3. Fantastic place to work. Now it will go the way of Compaq and DEC and Sun and Kodak and Polaroid, and EMC etc etc. All once high flyers. If you are a band 9 or 10 you are toast. IBM thinks solutions will be [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] sold by going to IBM.com cloud (or oddly more likely AWS) and you will click tiles and buy things. TLS is toast and will be sold. Why need wicked smart band 9 and 10s when you can have dialing for dollars RCGs recent college grads using SalesLoft to spam people 23 times in a week? ALL that matters is 1. stock price and 2. cash flow. Everything else is meaningless. Sad but a true dumpster fire now. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cm+1jwwjxp8y [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Too early to say Arvind is turning the company around. Revenue growth is still anemic. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cg+1jwwjxp8y [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] I didn't know having outages every day is what IBM did in it's glory days... [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ca+1jwwjxp8y [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Betteridge's law of headlines [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bp+1jwwjxp8y [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind and his Pipmunks have certainly not brought glory to the IBM company in recent times, unless you consider layoffs and transferring jobs to Alvind's motherland, India as some cause for celebration. As for AI development inside IBM, it's nothing but a sad joke ! Same as it ever was. And nothing in the Quantum department either - the cupboard >> I always use convert in loops, from imagemagick. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > Generally Netpbm is more secure. Often it is more efficient. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > Engineers should be aware why it is so. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > --- [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > The author of this article mentioned in your Links page says he is a [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > "Linux" user. In fact his focus of interest is in the command line [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > interface, which makes him a GNU user. [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > There is passing mention of limitations caused by the absence of the [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > Linux kernel. (There is a typo in the sentence.) [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > WSL is designed to keep Linux users happy on Windows, but it helped me [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > switch to Linux instead [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-helped-me-switch-to-linux/ [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Yes, WSL1 had no Linux kernel. WSL2 has it, but it's Windows all the way. [08:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.xda-developers.com | WSL is designed to keep Linux users happy on Windows, but it helped me switch to Linux instead [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] > Alexs father was business partners with John Poindexter, who was the [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] > father of total information awareness [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] I need a comment on the article/s. [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] > Alex works at the company too after he dropped out. [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] > Ill send you a link give me a few minutes ● Jun 05 [10:51] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jun 05 [11:01] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [13:17] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Rocky Linux 9.6 Released with New WSL Support, Updated Packages
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    Rocky 9.6s notable highlights focus heavily on dynamic programming languages and essential server technologies. This release includes PHP versions 8.3 and 8.4, the Nginx web server 1.26, and MySQL 8.4, offering the latest features and optimizations for web hosting environments.

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    Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9.4 Arrives with UI Polish, Major Fixes
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    Raspberry Pi Imager, a tool that helps users easily write OS images onto an SD card, which can then be used to boot the Raspberry Pi, announced the release of its latest version, 1.9.4, marking the first official installment in the 1.9.x series.

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    VIDEO: Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail!
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    Its been just over two months (!) since we first announced our upcoming Thunderbird Pro suite and Thundermail email service. We thought it would be a great idea to bring in Chris Aquino, a Software Engineer on our Services team, to chat about these upcoming products. We want our community to get to know the newest members of the Thunderbird family even before they hatch!

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    Well be back later this summer after our upcoming Extended Support Release, Thunderbird 140.0, is out! Members of our desktop team will be here to talk about the newest features. Of course, if youd like to try the newest features a little sooner, we encourage you to try the monthly Release channel. Just be sure to check if your Add-ons are compatible first!

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    • [14:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.thunderbird.net | VIDEO: Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail! ● Jun 05 [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] " [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] "Scandinavia Saying Goodbye to Microsoft" ... but, but what about all the [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] statues of Bill Gates in the town squares? [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] The lobbying engine revs up: [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft makes a 'proactive investment' in EU cybersecurity amid bloc's tensions with US" [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] https://therecord.media/microsoft-european-security-program [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] spam, but spam about m$ ramping up anti-EU lobbying even further [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] yes of course, but it is important to be aware of the increase lobbying [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] especailly in light of the necessity for European nations to drop M$ [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] post haste despite embedded microsofters and quislings throughout their [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] governments. [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] They're going to spin their market share as some how legal and defensible. [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] If any nation had even bothered to read the licenses, they would have found [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] the products not fit for purpose in regards to data privacy at the very least. [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] That's not to mention sovereignty and national security -- based [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] on what is there in black and white in the f-ing licenses which they have [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] failed to even read. [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] "\ [15:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-therecord.media | Microsoft makes a 'proactive investment' in EU cybersecurity amid bloc's tensions with US | The Record from Recorded Future News [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] They have not lost enough businesss in the EU. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] The largest barrier to eliminating them completely would be the quislings [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] working against their own nations on behalf of m$. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] The second largest barrier is that the individual nations are mistaking [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] m$ for a technical problem rather than a political problem. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] The third largest barrier is the EU nations not working together to [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] build something from scratch, say based on Slackware or Alpine or etc. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] Definitely building something from IBM would be the wrong move. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] Isn't Canonical based in Europe and didn't they used to make a desktop distro? [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] Why aren't they all over this? Oh, wait, they have filled key staff roles [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] with microsofters, going back to jono. He did the most damage to the Ubuntu [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] community. What a dickhead. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Jun 05 [17:18] *croissant_ (~croissant@fh6ekzxbsrgay.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:20] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)