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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 23, 2023

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Graphics: XDC, NVK, and More

4 stories, Linux focus

New
Open Hardware and Ubuntu, Openwashing and Linux Foundation

some more leftovers, long weekend ahead
today's leftovers

3 stories
KDE and GNOME Leftovers

3 more stories
IBM: Fedora on 'Macs' and PHP in RHEL, Alma, CentOS, Rocky...

Some Red Hat stuff
New Videos: Makulu Linux and Kdenlive (Akademy 2023 Keynote)

2 new videos
LinuxLinks on ASUSTOR Data Master 4.2 and 5 Best Free and Open Source No-Code Database Tools

2 new articles
Security Leftovers

4 news stories of blog posts
SUSE/OpenSUSE: SLE BCI, Lockdown (Microsoft), and OBS Has New and Improved Ways to Report

SUSE news
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 dev 1

first dev snapshot
today's howtos

many howtos for the day
Weston 13.0 release: Backends consolidation

Weston 13.0 brings multiple fixes and important changes, notably the ability to load multiple backends simultaneously
Announcing Incus 0.4

Just as we’re wrapping up 2023, one last Incus release!
Plymouth Linux Graphical Boot Manager Now Better Handles Display Rendering

Plymouth, the open-source graphical boot animation and logger application, has been updated to version 23.51.283, a release that brings various new features and improvements.
TUXEDO Control Center 2.1 Released with Exciting New Functions

TUXEDO Computers announced today the availability of TUXEDO Control Center 2.1 open-source system tuning app for TUXEDO notebooks.
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

FOSS like Tor and more
Programming Leftovers

Python, Perl, and more
Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly and Linux in the Ham Shack

2 new episodes
Games: Steam Winter Sale and The Talos Principle 2

only 2 from Liam Dawe yesterday
Android Leftovers

Android’s Nearby Share is getting rebranded ‘Quick Share’
8Devices Noni M.2 WiFi 7 module runs FirmUx embedded Linux distribution

The source code for FirmUX is open-source and available for download, but only to customers
Windows TCO Stories

Cost of Windows
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.8.4 and rpki-client 8.7

two new releases
Devices and Hardware: OPNsense, Purism, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More

BSD and GNU/Linux mostly
Mozilla: Buzzwords, Privacy Pass, Firefox DevTools Newsletter

Mostly Firefox stuff
BSD: FreeBSD, PlayStation 5, and the Desktop

Some BSD news
today's howtos

10 howtos for the morning
Openwashing and Lock-in in 'Open' Clothing

SFC and LF
Linux 6.7-rc8 release (rather than 6.7 final) on December 31

Schedule for final
Security and Windows TCO Stories

also patches and FUD
Openwashing, Games, and More

today's leftovers
Security Leftovers

Many incidents and such
Mozilla: Pontoon survey results and multiple memory safety bugs

a pair of Mozilla updates
Red Hat / IBM: Training and Outsourcing (to Microsoft)

a couple of new stories
Devices: Avalue, FriendlyELEC, Arduino, Youyeetoo

Devices that are "open" or Linux leaning
today's howtos

only 3 for now
Etnaviv NPU update 13: Don't cross the tensors

serious refactoring of the data structures
Qt 6.7 Beta 1 Released and More Qt News

3 new items
GRUB 2.12 released

GRUB maintainers are proud to announce GRUB 2.12 that has been just released
Today in Techrights [Some of the latest articles]

Some of the latest articles

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Coercion From the "Consent" and "CoC" Crowd is a Self-Defeating Tactic: Freedom of the press; Nothing less
According to statCounter, GNU/Linux Increased From 3.77% to 3.89% This Month (Worldwide), Windows Now Below 20% in 78 Nations, Below 10% in 27 Nations: Highest since March (for GNU/Linux)
Patriotism is OK, But We Need Facts and Reason, Not Blind Obedience to Authority: Very seldom in the history of human civilisation has groupthink proven to be of real merit
Gemini Links 16/06/2024: Hand Held Maneuvering Unit and Hugo Static Files: Links for the day
Removing the Tumour From IRC: looking back
Windows Sinking Below 13% Market Share in the Island of Jamaica: Microsoft's decline continues and will mostly likely continue indefinitely in Jamaica and its neighbours
Africa is Android and Green (Chrome, Not Just Android Logo): In Africa Firefox is almost below 1% now
Covering Abuses and Corruption: We'll never surrender to blackmail
Ubuntu Running Out of Energy: Its planet too is deteriorating
Links 16/06/2024: In Defence of Email and Why Recycling Symbol Lost All Meaning: Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/06/2024: Computer Science Course Union and Potentiometer: Links for the day
Cross border crime: sale of Swiss insurance in France and European Union without authorisation: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Letting Microsoft systemd Manage /home Was a Terrible Idea All Along: systemd-tmpfiles, deleting /home
When You Touch One of Us You Touch All of Us: We have a principled, uncompromising stance on this matter
Links 16/06/2024: New Sanctions Against Russia, Fentanylware (TikTok) Causing More Problems: Links for the day
Social Control Media in Japan: Twitter (X) Has Collapsed, YouTube Rising (Apparently): What a genius Mr. Musk is!
Windows Cleansed in South Africa (Already Hovering Around 10% Market Share): Plus Microsoft's mass layoffs in Africa
[Meme] Satya Nadella's Windows PC RECALLS Not What He Did: Satya got lucky
Usage of Let's Encrypt in Geminispace Has Collapsed (That's a Good Thing!): Ideally, or eventually, all capsules will sign their own certificates or have their own CA
North Macedonia: Windows Down From 99.2% to 28.5%: Last year it was even measured at 26%
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 15, 2024: IRC logs for Saturday, June 15, 2024
[Meme] The Free(dom) Software Engineer in European Elections: “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
Vista 11 Was 'Leaked' Exactly 3 Years Ago and This One Picture Says It All: how 'well' Vista 11 has done
A Smokescreen for Brad Smith: Maybe the key point was to say "Linux is not secure either" or "Windows and Linux are equally vulnerable", so don't bother dumping Microsoft
Links 15/06/2024: Microsoft's Intellectual Ventures Attacks Kubernetes With Software Patents, More Layoff Waves: Links for the day
Gemini Links 15/06/2024: On Lagrange and on YouTube Getting Worse: Links for the day
Edward Brocklesby: hacker received advance notice of zero-day vulnerabilities in MH and NMH email software: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
[Meme] Code Liberates Kids: Matthias Kirschner: I can't code, but I can write a book
In Armenia, Bing is Measured at 0.6%, About Ten Times Less Than Yandex: Bing will probably get mothballed in the coming years
[Meme] A Pack and Pact (Collusion Against Computer Users): They never really cared about users, no more than drug dealers care about drug users...
GNU/Linux in Azerbaijan: From ~0.1% to 7%: Azerbaijan is around the same size as Portugal
Women in Free Software (FOSS) Need Action, Not Mere Words: the men who are loudest about women's rights are some of the very worst offenders
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish Minecraft: These folks should check out Minetest
Techrights Statement on Men Who Viciously Attack Women in Free Software: history shows women will win
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 14, 2024: IRC logs for Friday, June 14, 2024
[Meme] People Who Cannot Find Gainful Employment Because of Their Poor Behaviour Online (Not the People Who Merely Call Them Out on It): Imagine trying to become a lecturer while talking like this in public
You Too Would Get Nervous: countries where Windows is down to 2%
[Meme] The Two Phases (and Faces) of Microsofters: Microsofters: stalk IRC, then troll IRC
The 'Nobody Reads Techrights Anyway' Crowd: Send In the Clowns
Books in the Making: I intend to spend a considerable amount of time explaining what my family and I were subjected to for the 'crime' of promoting/covering Free software
Microsoft is Still Losing Malta: And GNU/Linux is doing well on laptops and desktops
Tux Machines: Third Party Impending: There will be more next week
Links 14/06/2024: Microsoft Layoffs in the News Again, East-West Conflict/Tensions Update: Links for the day
Links 14/06/2024: Comments on the Death of Email and Lagrange Commentary: Links for the day
Dutch Government Appoints Microsofters to Combat "OSS Fetishism": What corruption looks like
Microsoft's Collapse in Africa and Shutdown of Entire 'Development Centre': Unlike what Microsoft claimed in face-saving statements
[Meme] Not Your Typical IRC Troll and Harasser: I say, let's punch nazis...
GNU/Linux's Journey in Qatar: From 0.1% to Over 3%: Windows is no longer an important contender there
Secret Contracts and Corpses: The media pretends it's just some generic "IT" issue, but it is not
Bing Has Run Out of Time and Microsoft Might Dismantle It (Save a Financial Miracle): How much more of investors' money is Microsoft willing to throw in the trash?
Statement on Antisemitism in Our IRC Network and in Social Control Media: In an ideal world nobody would have to be banned from IRC
Gemini Links 14/06/2024: Ads vs. Content, Why Aliases Are Har: Links for the day
Vista 11 Has Fallen in Switzerland, a Country That is More Microsoft Friendly Than Most of Europe: GNU/Linux rose to its highest level there in almost half a decade
Microsoft is Dying in Africa: Based on the Central African Republic, which "is around the same size as France"
[Meme] Microsoft in Africa: Are you telling me Windows is now down to 1% 'market share' in some countries?
Management of the European Patent Office Misleads Staff on Views of the Office's Staff Committee: The EPO as a workplace very rapidly deteriorates
[Meme] Newer is Worse: "They say those are New Ways of Working (NWoW); New does not mean better, it is worse"
Microsoft Needs to be Banned From Contracts, Including Government Contracts, Not Just for Security Failings But for Criminal Negligence, Corruption, and Fatal Cover-ups: How many deaths will it take for Microsoft to face real, effective scrutiny rather than kid gloves treatment?
Links 14/06/2024: Violence, Famines, and Montana Has More Cows Than People: Links for the day
Microsoft Telecom Layoffs, Facebook Layoffs in Africa: A Month After Microsoft's Mass Layoffs in Lagos (Nigeria) Facebook/Meta Does the Same and Microsoft is Now Retreating and Quitting an Entire Sector! (Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch): Disasters in the making for GAFAM. Money down the drain.
Papua New Guinea: GNU/Linux Growing, Windows Down Below 15%: it seems indisputable there's headway and momentum
"Planets" Cannot Replace Social Control Media, They're Very Much Akin to It (Censorship Hubs, Gatekeepers): Don't be subjected to gaslighting; make your own OPML file
Topics That Truly Irritate and Consistently Infuriate the Microsofters (Whenever We Cover These): Censoring uncomfortable information is a difficult activity that has its limits, even in Reddit
Honduras: Vista 11 Down, GNU/Linux Up: Valve sees GNU/Linux as bigger than Apple's MacOS
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, June 13, 2024: IRC logs for Thursday, June 13, 2024
LibrePlanet 2024 and the Lost Video/Audio of Talks: After the event was over someone informed us that due to technical issues they had lost (or failed to acquire) recordings of the talks
Choosing Between Options to Outsource to Evades the Best Solution (Self-Hosting): Most users don't need this sort of complexity
IBM Layoffs at Kyndryl: This can soon spill over to Red Hat
Turkmenistan: GNU/Linux Leaps Past 5% This Month?: This is how statCounter sees it
Watch This Space: what matters most is not the volume or quantity of publications but their underlying depth and quality