●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 11, 2026 ●● ● Apr 11 [02:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:11] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 11 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/04/10/red_hat_ends_china_engineering/ [07:14] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-forums.theregister.com | Red Hat RHELocates its Chinese engineering team to India The Register Forums [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] "" [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] The hypocrisy [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] >> Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth said Microsoft exposed the Defense Department to unacceptable risk. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Now we need to ban Microsoft from Europe for the same reasons. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 9 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 7 hrs [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] graduated ironic Chinese slang for being fired [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Cripes! I'm hoping their version of "retirement" isn't the same as Blade Runner's... [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 6 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 5 hrs [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] WigglesVonSpiggles [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Good luck continuing to sell in China [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Perhaps the Chinese team were no longer considered a good cultural fit for Indian Business Machines. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Or perhaps its just the usual race to the bottom with cost. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 6 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 3 hrs [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply Icon [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Re: Good luck continuing to sell in China [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Came here to say this without the marvelous snark, but it has nothing to do with cost, only with (what's a good word for racism)? [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 1 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 6 mins [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply Icon [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Anonymous Coward [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Re: Good luck continuing to sell in China [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Si you take the contract away from one race, give it to another , neither of which is yours and you somehow manage to think that that is rascism ? [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Have you been eating virtue signalling cornflakes this morning. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] When you see the world in this manner, it shows only that you are unfit for society. Go and live on an island with like minded people, you would destroy each other within a matter of days. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 0 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 0 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 4 hrs [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Bebu sa Ware [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Silver badge [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Windows [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] RHELatives [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] If the PRC had a need for a more or less RHEL compatible distro they could easily pick up Alma or Rocky and run with that even downstreaming a custom Chinese version from one (or both.) Even SuSE would be an option. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] My guess RHEL systems in PRC organisations are less prevalent and less important than they are in in other nations. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] I imagine the discarded staff might find work locally with third party support and localisation-customisation services for Linux software and distros. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 2 [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Reply [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] 3 hrs [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Michael Hoffmann [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Silver badge [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Facepalm [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Who owns Redhat now? [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] Yes, it's India Business Machines. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] There's your answer. [07:14] schestowitz[TR3] " ● Apr 11 [10:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:36] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [12:45] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Apr 11 [14:39] *acer-box (~acer-box@freenode-glvqvt.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [14:39] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Apr 11 [15:21] schestowitz[TR3]
  • Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Data

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    Analyzing KDE Project Health With git!
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    I was reading the latest edition of Kevin Ottens excellent weekly web review and one particular article caught my eye: The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code. In a nutshell, you can use the git version control tool to quickly assess a projects health, what breaks, whos a key figure, how bad emergencies are, and so on.

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    So useful!

    I immediately wanted to apply this to KDE projects. So I took the commands from the post and made some shell aliases and functions for convenience: [...]

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