●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, June 05, 2026 ●● ● Jun 05 [01:08] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:12] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml [06:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights You Know Your Company is Dead or Basically a Pyramid Scheme When Jim Cramer Keeps Promoting Its Stock [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388947" [06:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | Jumping Up/Down on the Shoulders of Giants, Never Talking About What Gates Did | Hacker News [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] "If Hacker News allowed full-length titles, it would be: "Jumping Up and Down on the Shoulders of Giants, Never Talking About What Bill Gates Did"" [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48389033 [06:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | Have a "Lifetime" Without Microsoft | Hacker News [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] "It turns out that a "lifetime" is only about 5 years." [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48030084https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48030084https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48030084 [06:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | NO TITLE [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] Canonical's recent problems show that its leadership is extremely poor. They don't know the first thing about communicating during a major outage. And they know nothing about corporate responsibility. [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] Already switched to Debian vanilla." ● Jun 05 [08:50] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Tidal Wave: CachyOS is now Bigger than Arch Linux Ever Was!
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    Last time we had our regular checkpoint was in march 2026 and you may recall that it was the first time that CachyOS had taken over the 1st spot on ProtonDB for desktop distros, ahead of Arch Linux. Well, taking the first spot is one thing, but CachyOS has brokend another record, by becoming now bigger in distro share on ProtonDB than Arch Linux ever was.

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    Before we take a look at the chart, the usual disclaimer that you love: [...]

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    • [08:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-boilingsteam.com | Tidal Wave: CachyOS is now Bigger than Arch Linux Ever Was! ● Jun 05 [09:19] *agentcas2y (~dracos@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:19] *agentcas2y is now known as agentcasey [09:27] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [10:20] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:44] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 05 [11:35] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [13:55] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:56] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [14:13] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:37] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [15:04] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:06] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [16:43] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 05 [17:17] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 05 [18:06] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:22] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktc90b91#replies [18:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktc90b91#replies ) [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] " IBM is just 1 big Excel file Wall St plays with. They make nothing anymore and forecasting anemic 5% sales growth for 26. Tech blood letting today. Hugh profit taking for huge profits. Perhaps freeing up cash to go big into the SpaceX and Anthropic IPOs. Uncertainty of future AI sales growth forecasts. Strong job growth report suggest rates will not be cut. Put this all in the blender and yeah you are looking at 3-5% PSI coming o [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] ut of the tech airship but mid to long term the QQQ ETF of the top 100 Nasdaq firms has done wonderfully. Perhaps a buying day if you have the stomach BUT NOT IBM! [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] 37 minutes ago by Anonymous [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a8+1ktc90b91 [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] The slimy blood su-king Indian parasite at the top is playing all his snake oil salesman tricks. [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ksthyjjv#replies [18:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ksthyjjv#replies ) [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] ":Oh Dearie Me, it looks like the IBM stock price has dropped by almost $15 today (June 5, 2026). [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] Can Arvind, Kavanaugh and the Pipmunks pump it up again ?" ● Jun 05 [20:50] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [20:53] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-asa.ci7.v1ickb.IP) has joined #techbytes