●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, October 17, 2025 ●● ● Oct 17 [00:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Oct 17 [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7ches08 [01:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7ches08 ) [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] "" [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] OP has been replaced by AIH One Bee [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @w7+1k7ches08 [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [01:11] schestowitz[TR2] In the meantime, AIH One Bees are being hired by the thousands [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7etgrra [01:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7etgrra ) [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] "One, two, Arvinds coming for you [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] Three, four, better lock your door [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] Five, six, grab your crucifix [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] Seven, eight, gonna stay up late [01:19] schestowitz[TR2] Nine, ten, never sleep again" ● Oct 17 [02:04] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] "Dear Colleagues, [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] The General Consultative Committee (GCC) met by videoconference on 6 October 2025. The following items were on the agenda of the meeting and the CSC members of the GCC raised their concerns and tried to get further clarifications: [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] AAG Joint Reports and Office Comments for consultation GCC/DOC 13/2025 [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] Circular 417: Contribution rates to the New Pension Scheme (NPS) applicable as from 1 January 2026 for consultation GCC/DOC 14/2025 [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] Circular 430: Contribution rates to the Salary Savings Plan (SSP) applicable as from 1 January 2026 for consultation GCC/DOC 15/2025 [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] Circular 416: Total contribution rate to the healthcare insurance scheme applicable as from 1 January 2026 (Article 83a(1) Service Regulations) for consultation GCC/DOC 16/2025 [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] Before the meeting, on 3 October, the CSC had sent a letter to the President, the Chair (VP5) and the GCC members to request a postponement of the increase of contributions in order to avoid that EPO staff in Munich, Berlin and Vienna see a salary decrease on their payslips of January 2026. [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] In the meeting, the Chair gave the floor to PD4.3 who answered that the document containing the date of 1 January 2026 for applying the increase of contributions would not be changed. [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] The detailed opinions by the CSC members of the GCC are annexed to this paper. [02:06] schestowitz[TR2] Sincerely yours," [02:16] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-kd9.832.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 17 [05:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 17 [07:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 17 [08:47] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [08:51] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-muk.gl1.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 17 [12:39] schestowitz[TR2]
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    PipeWire 1.6 Nears Stable Release with Massive Internal Refactoring
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    One of the biggest changes is a complete refactor of the link negotiation code. Applications now have better control over default values and can more precisely restrict available options, which means better format matching and smoother audio and video handling. The default negotiation process has also been fine-tuned to better align with the applications expectations.

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  • [12:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | PipeWire 1.6 Nears Stable Release with Massive Internal Refactoring [12:39] schestowitz[TR2]
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    ClamAV 1.5.1 Patch Update Addresses PE File and ZIP Archive Issues
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    The ClamAV team has pushed out version 1.5.1, a quick patch following last weeks 1.5.0 release for this open-source antivirus software developed by Cisco Talos, a part of Cisco Systems Inc., with a main focus on fixing several performance issues and addressing bugs that slipped through in the previous version.

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  • [12:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | ClamAV 1.5.1 Patch Update Addresses PE File and ZIP Archive Issues [12:41] schestowitz[TR2]
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    FSF Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob
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    "A lot of work has been done in mobile phone freedom over the years that we'll be building on," said Zo Kooyman, executive director of the FSF, in a statement. "The FSF is now ready to do what is necessary to bring freedom to cell phone users. Given the complexity of the devices, this work will take time, but we're used to playing the long game."

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    The aim of the Librephone initiative is to reverse-engineer various proprietary blobs so FOSS versions of the code can be created and used in place of freedom-limiting bits.

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    GNOME 49.1 Lands with Shell & Mutter Fixes, GTK 4.20.2 Backports
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    Regarding accessibility, Orca 49.3 introduces fixes for web content navigation, improves speech handling in GTK4 apps, and reduces input lag when processing large amounts of accessibility events. Lastly, gnome-remote-desktop resolves a long-standing issue with image corruption on NVIDIA GPUs.

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