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Updated This Past Day

  1. Kernel FUD and Revisionism
    poor jourrnalism

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  2. Vim 9.1 Text Editor Adds Smooth Scroll Support, New :defer Command, and More
    Vim, the open-source and highly configurable text editor, has been updated to version 9.1, a release that mainly fixes numerous bugs but also introduces a few new features and improvements.
  3. today's leftovers
    lawsuits, SUSE, and more
  4. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    IBM/Red Hat fluff and bluff
  5. Events and Organisations: CCC, FSF, and LF
    some chatter and updates
  6. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and ESP32
    3 stories for now
  7. New Video: Krita 5.2 Features!
    Ramon Miranda has published a new video on the Krita channel: Krita 5.2 Features
  8. Programming Leftovers
    various languages, raves, and reports
  9. PyCharm for GNU/Linux Users and How to Generate Random Numbers in Python
    Some Python stories
  10. Security Leftovers
    Many stories, inc. some breaches in the news
  11. WordPress Weaknesses and Last Month in WordPress
    2 bits of news about the widely-used Content Management Systems (CMS)
  12. This Week in GNOME #129 Hello 2024
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from December 29 to January 05
  13. Software Releases: pg_dbms_metadata v1.0.0, Istio 1.19.6, and Crosswords 0.3.12
    3 new releases of free software
  14. Applications/Software: News and Reviews, Misc. Articles
    browsers, FTP clients, and more
  15. today's howtos
    the remainder for today
  16. Wine 9.0-rc4
    The Wine development release 9.0-rc4 is now available.
  17. elementary OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News
    We’re now shipping the latest GNOME Web which includes a new Tab Overview mode. Plus we’re shipping some updated icons for things like the animated downloads icon in the Headerbar and hardware access icons
  18. Android Leftovers
    5 Android apps you shouldn't miss this week and all the latest app news
  19. UNIX/GNU/Linux: FreeBSD, ZFS, and Bash
    technical leftovers
  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  21. Programming Leftovers
    coding-related news
  22. Mobile, Open Hardware, Raspberry Pi, and More
    leftovers about devices
  23. Debian and Canonical Leftovers
    only 3 stories for now
  24. Games: Proton 8.0-5, Steam Deck Milestone, and More
    7 stories by Liam Dawe
  25. MRD5165 Eagle Kit Targets Autonomous Aerial Robotics with Qualcomm Technology
    The company also mentions that the Eagle kit is pre-equipped with a comprehensive software suite, including Ubuntu Core and the ROS framework
  26. today's leftovers
    KDE, Mozilla and more
  27. Programming Leftovers
    R and more
  28. A glimpse at Fish and Wireshark updates
    a couple of new posts
  29. Security Leftovers
    FUD also (very long)
  30. Distributions and Operating Systems: Immutable GNU/Linux and Windows Alternatives
    two stories for now
  31. 14 of the best plugins and DAWs you can use on Linux
    We continue our adventure into the world of Linux-based music-making with a round-up of the best Linux-friendly software tools
  32. today's howtos
    mostly from yesterday
  33. Latest Issue of Linux Magazine
    partial paywall though
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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Good Thing When Home Appliances Are Ancient Antiques
dealing with the alarm has cost only time
The Bloating of the Web Contributes to Global Warming and Causes Burnout (Slowdown, Hardware Erosion, Waste)
This problem isn't limited to weather sites or subsites
Why It's Ludicrous to Call Us "Microsoft Haters"
Even if clustered together, news items still cover a broad spectrum (or spectra) of issues
The Old Ways of Computing Were Objectively Better
Not as fast, but certainly much better
 
Google: We Are Locking You Out of Your Account (Since 15+ Years Ago) Because You Don't Have a Spyphone We Remotely Control
Google (GAFAM) is an evil company deep in debt
Red Hat: Bluewashing by IBM, Followed by RAs (Layoffs)
We could use some hints or evidence related to this
Links 26/05/2026: "Making the Digital Physical"; "The Medical System Abandons Women When They Are Most Vulnerable"
Links for the day
While US Government Greenlights (or Bluelights) Bailouts for IBM Some Foreign Governments Blacklist It
"Albany leadership doesn’t know what they are doing but are damn good at pretending they do."
IBM Bailouts and the IBM People Inside the Administration
It seems possible/plausible that it is bailout money down the drain or that this money will never arrive at all
Links 26/05/2026: Lithium Batteries Causing Fires (Even on Planes), 'Timmy' the Whale Dies
Links for the day
Pursuing Facts in an Age of Lies and 'Hallucinations' (Falsehoods Without Anyone Accountable, They Try Calling Computer-Generated Lies or Forgeries "Intelligence").
Our aim is to relay information while bypassing gossip networks like social control media and slop in "search" clothing
Computer-Generated Legal Filings Get You Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
We'll write a lot more about this in the future
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XII - In the Second-Largest Institution in Europe One Can Take Paid 'Sick Leave' for Doing Cocaine, Then Come Back
Cocaine addicts in the management were bullying colleagues. They're still in charge.
Sites in Their Twenties
We currently run concurrently a handful of series and have a lot more in the backlog
SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them
Garrett is scoring many own goals this year
Sloppy "Resource Action," (RA) or IBM Layoff, Leads to Another IBM Lawsuit, Alleging IBM Tries to Pass Liability to Algorithms
IBM is meanwhile resorting to slop to gaslight its remaining shareholders
The Latest IBM Layoff Rumours
What has happened to the company that invented so much of modern computing?
Holy See Recognises the Threat of GAFAM and Slop
Will the Holy See move away from GAFAM?
Social Control Media is a Giant Waste of Time (and There Are No Future Remedies for This)
Social Control Media is considered unhealthy to young people, but it is also collectively unhealthy to nations and nation-building
Codecs and Software Patents - Part X - Florian Müller Still Muddying the Waters for FOSS, Using Software Patents
Some things never change...
Gemini Links 26/05/2026: Slop Bug Reports and Crawlers Considered Evil
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 25, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, May 25, 2026
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Vatican Speaks Out Against Slop, Promoting Instead "Truth, Dignity of Work, Social Justice, and Peace."
Religion (no matter which) does not oppose machines, but LLMs aren't useful machines
SLAPP Censorship - Part 87 Out of 200: Access to Justice
this part will be short
A Promise IBM/Red Hat Could Not Keep
"all about control, not so much optics."
Links 25/05/2026: Russia Lobbing Oreshnik Ballistic Missile Again, Slop Comes Under More Fire
Links for the day
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Links for the day
A 'Bank Holiday' When National Debt Doubles in a Decade
Maybe it's time to rename "Bank Holidays"
Links 25/05/2026: Lingering Environmental Concerns and Domain Registrars Targeted for Unmasking
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 24, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, May 24, 2026
Gemini Links 24/05/2026: Impressions of Auckland, the Age of Left or Right Extremism, and .zim files
Links for the day
Microsoft's 'Hiring Freeze' (Layoffs) and Salary Freeze (While Inflation Approaches Double-Digit Rates)
If they get replaced by anyone, it'll be low-paid folks in low-salary regions [...] workers' stress levels shoot up, compensation goes down
Slop Will Not End Humanity, The Pushers of It Do (Artificial Scarcities and Global Warming)
Causing hunger and poverty in the name of "computation"
How Can the 'Broligarchs' Love Us When They Don't Even Love Themselves?
Their SLAPPs have their limits
Death at IBM Due to Overwork
Dying for IBM is never worth it
We Publish Less, We Get More Exposure
UbuntuPit is coming to realise that quantity isn't what comes to matter or truly "count", especially when quantity comes at expense of authenticity
Codecs and Software Patents - Part IX - GNU Project Has Chosen to Adopt AV1 for Its Videos, Conversion and Additions Underway
One of our readers is working to help GNU through the maze of software patents and maze of patent lawsuits, which aren't the same thing but are somewhat overlapping issues
SLAPP Censorship - Part 86 Out of 200: The Position of Courts on Computer-Generated Lawsuits and Filings From Another Continent (Made by Two Men Who Work for Slop Companies)
Lawsuits by proxy from California
Links 24/05/2026: SoftBank CEO Getting Conned by Scam Altman, Hotter 2026 and El Nino With Growing Impact
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IAM Magazine is in Effect Dead, It's Now Fused Into Microsoft's Patent Troll (Which It Has Promoted All Along)
Microsoft-connected patent trolls in Europe [...] Now, in his new job, Wild can use his 'expertise' to help guide blackmail/extortion to better harm Europe's industry
A Huge Proportion of 'Articles' in The Register MS Are Actually Paid Spam of the Communist Party of China, Selling Compromised (for Wiretapping) Technology
The Register MS is having a go at becoming a marketing company or "B2B"
Top Officials Have Just Left Microsoft, Layoffs in Anything But Name
Microsoft's debt is very fast-growing
Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) Meets "Alicante Mafia" at the European Patent Office (EPO)
Report on meeting with VP1 and his team on 21 April 2026
UbuntuPit (ubuntupit.com) Has Deleted Slop Pages, Its Slopfarm Experiment Has Failed (Like Always!)
Turning one's site into a slopfarm is a death knell
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