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| schestowitz[TR] | Re: RMS, the FSF and Big Business | May 24 04:12 |
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| schestowitz[TR] | > Roy: | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > IBM makes money from selling support for RHEL. So CentOS was seen as | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > interference. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IBM#2023_Onwards | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > <http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IBM#2023_Onwards> | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I saw that! | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > IBM is also working with Microsoft and Apple. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I did find your articles before you emailed. IBM not only loves | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Microsoft, they might secretly be married! :-) | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Since 2019, I surmised that the Microsoft-led plan is to squash the Free | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Software Movement and the FSF in order to make the Linux Foundation the | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > centre of FLOSS. That way, Bill and company will have complete control. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | Linux Foundation provokes a lot with pseudo-ethics and SFC adopted the same strategy. "Give us your money, we're the polite ones!" | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > I also believe that the 2019 attacks to remove RMS from the FSF were | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > already in tow when they found opportunity in RMS' email concerning | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Epstein and Minsky. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > What RMS needs is a board that understands the dynamics of management | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > and marketing as well as being strategically savvy in the game of mega | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > corporate power play. People who can't be bought. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | Some are /already/ bought and on the board. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > There is another way that the FSF can wrest itself from their tentacles. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > It's all in the script for my short film. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Roy, I want you to be extremely careful about guarding yourself and your | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > family. I suspect you already know that and I hope your employer backs | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Techrights 100%. Unfortunately I know, personally, how far people will | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > go to protect their turf. I'll keep searching techrights for info. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Please send me any links you think might be helpful. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | Re "I hope your employer backs Techrights 100%." See: | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | They used to be FSF patrons. | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Some information about me. I don't have complete support from certain | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > members of the board of the FSF. Yes, you guessed it - racism is at | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > play. Also, I don't know when I'm going to find time to reset my | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > GNU/Linux system - I've been overloaded for some time dealing with the | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Cylons! :-) | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 04:12 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Cheers | May 24 04:12 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | IBM - Techrights | May 24 04:12 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Sirius Open Source - Techrights | May 24 04:13 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Crimes of Sirius Open Source - Techrights | May 24 04:13 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://9to5linux.com/fedora-onyx-approved-as-immutable-fedora-linux-39-spin-with-budgie-desktop">Fedora Onyx Approved as Immutable Fedora Linux 39 Spin with Budgie Desktop</a></h5> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>At the end of April 2023, Budgie Desktop developer and Solus maintainer Joshua Strobl proposed an official immutable / emerging variant of Fedora Linux with the Budgie desktop environment, complementing the Fedora Budgie Spin that was introduced with the Fedora Linux 38 release.</p> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Fedora Onyx aims to offer Fedora Linux users yet another immutable/atomic desktop operating system in the style of Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, and Fedora Sericea, leveraging technologies like rpm-ostree, Podman, toolbx, and Flatpak. An immutable system is never modified after it’s been deployed.</p> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 11:10 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 11:10 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Fedora Onyx Approved as Immutable Fedora Linux 39 Spin with Budgie Desktop - 9to5Linux | May 24 11:10 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 11:14 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://9to5linux.com/tux-paint-0-9-30-digital-painting-app-for-kids-adds-support-for-sizes-to-magic-tools">Tux Paint 0.9.30 Digital Painting App for Kids Adds Support for Sizes to Magic Tools</a></h5> | May 24 11:14 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 11:14 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>The new sizing options give Tux Paint‘s Magic tools a boost and are enabled by default. However, the devs note the fact that this new feature can be deactivated if parents consider that it adds complexity to the program, which will revert all Magic effect tools to their previous behavior.</p> | May 24 11:14 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 11:14 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 11:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Tux Paint 0.9.30 Digital Painting App for Kids Adds Support for Sizes to Magic Tools - 9to5Linux | May 24 11:14 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | ```````` <li> | May 24 13:28 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://rakudoweekly.blog/2023/05/22/2023-21-maxcinating/">2023.21 Maxcinating</a></h5> | May 24 13:28 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 13:28 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Steve Roe was inspired by a fascinating discussion on the #raku-beginner IRC channel about the concept of the maximum and minimum possible values of empty lists, and why the Raku Programming Language handles them the way they are handled. The result was a blog post called “raku to the .max” with some insightful comments on /r/rakulang as well.</p> | May 24 13:28 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 13:28 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 13:28 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-rakudoweekly.blog | 2023.21 Maxcinating – Rakudo Weekly News | May 24 13:28 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-target-middle-east-entities-with-new-windows-kernel-driver/">Iranian [Crackers] Using New Windows Kernel Driver in Attacks</a></h5> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Iranian threat actors have been using a newly identified Windows kernel driver in attacks against Middle East targets since 2020, cybersecurity firm Fortinet reports.</p> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Dubbed ‘Wintapix’, the driver uses the Donut, a position-independent code that enables in-memory loading of payloads through shellcode, using process hollowing or thread hijacking.</p> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 13:47 |
| schestowitz[TR] | May 24 13:47 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Iranian Hackers Using New Windows Kernel Driver in Attacks - SecurityWeek | May 24 13:47 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/edpb-decision-facebooks-eu-us-data-transfers-stop-transfers-fine-and-repatriation">€ 1.2 billion GDPR fine for Meta over US mass surveillance. Decision required 10 years and 3 court procedures against Irish DPC.</a></h5> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>Today, a decade-long (2013 - 2023) case on Meta's involvement in US mass surveillance has lead to a first direct decision. Meta must stop any further transfers of European personal data to the United States, given that Meta is subject to US surveillance laws (like FISA 702). The EDPB had largely overturned the Irish DPC's decision, insisting on a record fine and that previously tran | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | sferred data must be brought back to the EU.</p> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 13:50 |
| schestowitz[TR] | May 24 13:50 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-noyb.eu | noyb win: € 1.2 billion fine against Meta over EU-US data transfers | May 24 13:50 | |
| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 14:08 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/WSJ-Journalist-To-Remain-In-Detention---Moscow-Court-20230523-0019.html">WSJ Journalist To Remain In Detention - Moscow Court</a></h5> | May 24 14:08 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 14:08 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>The embassy has twice requested a consular visit, which Russia has refused. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, this is "in response to the refusal to issue visas to Russian journalists" who intended to accompany Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the UN Security Council in New York last month.</p> | May 24 14:08 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 14:08 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 14:08 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.telesurenglish.net | NO TITLE | May 24 14:08 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | <li> | May 24 14:09 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <h5><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-court-extends-detention-us-journalist-gershkovich/32424527.html">Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention For U.S. Journalist Held On Spying Charges</a></h5> | May 24 14:09 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <blockquote> | May 24 14:09 |
| schestowitz[TR] | <p>The Lefortovo district court in Moscow ruled on May 23 that Gershkovich must remain in custody until at least August 30. The hearing was held behind closed doors. Gershkovich's current pretrial detention term expires on May 29.</p> | May 24 14:09 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </blockquote> | May 24 14:09 |
| schestowitz[TR] | </li> | May 24 14:09 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.rferl.org | Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention For U.S. Journalist Held On Spying Charges | May 24 14:09 | |
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| schestowitz[TR] | > ROY: | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > > What RMS needs is a board that understands the dynamics of | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > management | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > > and marketing as well as being strategically savvy in the game of | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > mega | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > > corporate power play. People who can't be bought. | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > Some are /already/ bought and on the board. | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > It would be too much to ask you to name those you believe have already | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > been bought. Can you name 1 person on the board (other than RMS) who | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | > hasn't been bought? | May 24 16:00 |
| schestowitz[TR] | LXO (Oliva) only worked briefly for IBM and principles kicked in, so he left. With others, there is potential to cave for money. But the current composition seems OK-ush. | May 24 16:00 |
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