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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 14, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. PulseAudio 17.0
    big new release
  2. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP, and More
    Raspberry Pi for the most part
  3. Recent Red Hat / IBM News, 'Ads', and Leaks (Right Wing Perspective)
    Some puff pieces and some crude leaks

    New

  4. Android Leftovers
    Latest Galaxy S24 leaks reveal Google-powered ‘Circle to Search,’ 7 years of Android updates
  5. Firebird 5.0 Database Release: Key Features and Changes
    Firebird 5.0 open-source RDBMS features improved parallel operations, enriched SQL syntax, and more robust security
  6. Wine 9.0-rc5
    almosy there now
  7. 8 of the Best GNU/Linux Debuggers for Software Engineers
    Whether you're coding in C or PHP, everything on GNU/Linux is slower without a debugger
  8. today's howtos
    a second batch for today
  9. Tux Machines a Little Faster [original]
    Speeding up the sites some more
  10. 70% of companies on the Linux Foundation Board are GPL violators.
    Microsoft, Meta, Sony, Oracle, Samsung... lots of big names in here
  11. Programming Leftovers
    4 code-related links
  12. today's leftovers
    some weekend links
  13. BSD: FreeBSD Journal, Sync, Audio Improvements
    3 BSD stories
  14. today's howtos
    only 4 more howtos for now
  15. Games: AYANEO Next Lite and More
    5 stories from Liam Dawe
  16. Linux Mint 21.3 "Virginia": Best New Features
    Learn about the exciting new features of the Linux Mint 21.3 "Virginia" release.
  17. Android Leftovers
    Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid hands-on review: Android tablet meets Windows laptop
  18. The Best Linux Distros for Gaming
    Believe it or not, the open-source universe is fit for some serious gaming these days
  19. KDE Frameworks 5.114.0
    KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.114.0
  20. Leaked Microsoft documents reveal effort to "Gender Transition" young children
    This report was not released freely to the public, but was made available to Microsoft employees and management
  21. Parch Linux: A Simple & Easy-to-Use Arch-based Distro
    A straightforward Arch-based distribution that doesn't come with overwhelming customizations out of the box
  22. The last few weeks in KDE: It’s coming… it’s coming… it’s coming
    Wow, it feels like it’s been a while! And while many of KDE’s contributors have been enjoying some holiday and vacation time
  23. Chatreey AM08 Pro review – Part 3: Ubuntu 22.04 and ESXi 7.0 on an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS mini PC
    Now it’s time for the third part where I’ll test Ubuntu 22.04.03 Desktop OS and ESXi 7.0 update 3C hypervisor on the AM8 Pro mini PC
  24. Open Hardware and Mobile Phones
    running Linux
  25. today's leftovers
    distros and software
  26. Servers, Containers, and Clown Computing (Buzzwords, Cargo Cults)
    the backend news
  27. The return of EasyVoid
    NetworkManager show-stopper
  28. Web Clients/Browsers: Mail About Curl, WordPress, Hotdog, and Mozilla
    4 stories
  29. Audio/Shows/Videos: BSD Now and Hacker Tools Origin Stories
    technical and Free software-centric material
  30. Graphics: Mesa 23.3.3 and Broadcom VideoCore GPU (in Raspberry Pis)
    graphics stack in Linux
  31. PostgreSQL Databases: pg_dumpbinary, PGConf.dev, and Greenmask 0.1.0
    new postgres announcements
  32. Blending Free Software With Unrelated Causes
    SFC, LF etc.
  33. Security and Windows TCO
    patches, incidents, and more
  34. Statement regarding the ongoing SourceHut outage
    DDoS
  35. Programming Leftovers
    Mostly R
  36. Qt and KDE: Proprietary Releases, KTextAddons 1.5.3, Qt 6 WASM, KDE Gear 24.02
    Some KDE-centric news
  37. today's howtos
    many howtos for Friday and today
  38. Games: AYA Neo Next Lite, Godot 4.3 dev 2, and More
    Some gaming news
  39. Linux and OpenSSH FUD (Still)
    Same old spin
  40. Stable Kernel Linux 5.10.207
    I'm announcing the release of the 5.10.207 kernel
  41. Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe InCopy
    What are the best free and open source alternatives to InCopy
  42. KDSoap 2.2.0 Released
    We’re pleased to announce the release of KDSoap version 2.2.0
  43. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Microsoft's Bing Falls to Fourth in the Europe/Asia-Based Turkey, Share Halved Since LLM Hype, Now Only 1% (Sometimes Less)
Turkey (Eurasia) is another example of Microsoft failing with LLM hype and just burning a lot of energy in vain (investment without returns)
Backlash and Negative Press After Microsoft Tells Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) People to DIE
Follow-up stories
Censorship as Signal of Opportunity for Reform
It remains sad and ironic that Wikileaks outsourced so much of its official communications to Twitter (now X)
The World Wide Web Has Been Rotting for Years (Quality, Accuracy, and Depth Consistently Decreasing)
In the past people said that the Web had both "good" and "bad" and that the good outweighed the bad
Comoros: Windows Plunges to Record Low of About 6% in Country of a Million People (in 2010 Windows Was 100%)
Many of these people earn a few dollars a day; they don't care for Microsoft's "Hey Hi PC" hype
The Mail (MX) Server Survey for July 2024 Shows Microsoft Collapsing to Only 689 Servers or 0.17% of the Whole (It Used to be About 25%)
Microsoft became so insignificant and the most astounding thing is how the media deliberate ignores it or refuses to cover it
Windows Down From 98.5% to 22.9% in Hungary
Android is up because more people buy smaller mobile devices than laptops
Microsoft Windows in Algeria: From 100% to Less Than 15%
Notice that not too long ago Windows was measured at 100%. Now? Not even 15%.
Microsoft Windows "Market Share" in New Zealand Plunges to 25%
Android rising
SUSE Goes Aryan: You May Not Use the Germanic Brand Anymore (It's Monopolised by the Corporation)
Worse than grammar Nazis
Gratis But Not Free as in Freedom: How Let's Encrypt is Dying in Geminispace
Let's Encrypt is somewhat of a dying breed where the misguided CA model is shunned
 
Fedora Week of Diversity (FWD) 2024 Attracting 0.01% of the IBM Staff "Was a Success"
They expect volunteers (unpaid slaves) to do the PR for them...
African's Largest Population (Nigeria) Approaching 80% Android "Market Share" Amid Steady Monthly Increases While Microsoft Has Mass Layoffs in Nigeria
Microsoft- and Apple-sponsored Western (or English-speaking) media chooses to ignore that or treat it as irrelevant (a racist disposition in its own right)
[Meme] The Warlord's Catspaw
Thugs that troll us
Microsoft Misogyny Will be the Fall of Microsoft (Covering Up for Misogynists is a Huge Mistake and Highly Misguided Short-term Strategy)
Microsoft's undoing may in fact be its attitude towards women
Red Hat Keeps Behaving Like a Microsoft Reseller (for Proprietary Stuff!), Microsoft Employees as Authors in redhat.com
In some ways this reminds us of Novell
UEFI 'Secure Boot' Once Again Bricking PCs and Fake Security Models Are Perishing in Geminispace
Let's Encrypt has just fallen again
Links 17/07/2024: New Attacks on the Press, European Patents Squashed Even at Kangaroo Court (UPC)
Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/07/2024: Proponents of Censorship and New Arrivals at Gemini
Links for the day
Links 17/07/2024: School Budget Meltdown and Modern Cars as Tracking Nightmares
Links for the day
This Should Certainly be Illegal, But the Person Who Helped Microsoft Do This is Still Attacking the Critics of It
perhaps time for an "I told you so post"
[Meme] A Computer With an Extra Key on the Keyboard Isn't Everyone's Priority
(so your telling me meme)
Africa as an Important Reminder That Eradicating Microsoft Doesn't Go Far Enough
Ideally, if our top goal is bigger than "get rid of Microsoft", we need to teach people to choose and use devices that obey them, not GAFAM
Billions of Computers Run Linux and Many Use Debian (or a Derivative of It)
many devices never get updated or even communicate with the Net, so exhaustive tallies are infeasible
[Meme] Microsoft is Firing
Don't worry, Microsoft will have some new vapourware coming soon
More DEI (or Similar) Layoffs on the Way, According to Microsoft Team Leader
What happened shortly before Independence Day wasn't the end of it, apparently
[Meme] Many Volunteers Now Realise the "Open" in "OpenSUSE" or "openSUSE" Was Labour-Mining
Back to coding, packaging and testing, slaves
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 16, 2024
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 16, 2024
[Meme] Ein Factory
A choice between "masters" (or "master race") is a false choice that results in mass exploitation and ultimately eradication (when there's little left to exploit)
Links 17/07/2024: Open Source Initiative Lies and Dark Net Thoughts
Links for the day
Media Distorting Truth to Promote Ignorance
online media is rapidly collapsing
Android Rises to New Highs of Almost 80% in Cameroon
How many dozens of nations will see Windows at under 10% this coming winter?
Links 16/07/2024: TikTok Ban in Europe and Yandex Split
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/07/2024: On Packrafting and on Trump Shot
Links for the day
[Meme] Firefox Users Who Think They Know Better Than Mozilla
Enjoy Firebook
Firefox Used to Have About Half the Market in Switzerland, But It Doesn't Stand a Chance Anymore (Chrome Surging This Summer)
Mozilla has managed to alienate some of the biggest fans of Firefox
Microsoft's Biggest Losses Are in Europe This Summer
Microsoft's ability to milk a relatively rich Europe is fast diminishing
How to Make Software Suck and Discriminate Against People at the Same Time
ageism glorified
Bing Was at 2.6% in Russia When LLM Hype Started. Now It's Down to 0.8% (for 3 Months in a Row Already)
The sharp fall of Bing may mean that exiting the Russian market won't matter to anybody
[Meme] Microsoft Seems to be Failing to Comply With WARN Act (by Refusing to Announce Mass Layoffs as They Happen)
since when does Microsoft obey the law anyway?
Microsoft Layoffs Are Still Too Frequent to Keep Abreast of and Properly (or Exhaustively) Classify
The "HR" department knows what's happening, but whistleblowers from there are rare
Bahamas Joined the "5% Windows" Club
statCounter only traces back about 1 in 20 Web requests to Windows
Links 16/07/2024: Salesforce Layoffs and Microsoft's DMARC Fail
Links for the day
Antenna Abuse and Gemini Abuse (Self-hosting Perils)
Perhaps all this junk is a sign of Gemini growing up
Possibly Worse Than Bribes: US Politicians and Lawmakers Who Are Microsoft Shareholders
They will keep bailing out Microsoft to bail themselves out
The Software Freedom Conservancy Folks Don't Even Believe in Free Speech and They Act As Imposters (Also in the Trademark Arena/Sense)
Software Freedom Conservancy was already establishing a reputation for itself as a G(I)AFAM censor/gatekeeper
Djibouti Enters the Windows "10% Club" (Windows Was 99% in 2010)
In Africa in general Microsoft lost control
GNU/Linux Share Doubled in the United States of America (USA) in the Past 12 Months
Or so says statCounter
Even in North Korea (Democratic People's Republic Of Korea) Google Said to Dominate, Microsoft Around 1%
Google at 93.26%
[Meme] The Red Bait (Embrace... Extinguish)
They set centos on fire, then offer a (de facto) proprietary substitute for a fee
Shooting the Messenger to Spite the Message
segment of a Noam Chomsky talk
[Video] Boston Area Assange Defense (Yesterday)
It was published only hours ago
Guinea: Windows Down From 99.3% to 2.7% 'Market Share'
Guinea is not a small country
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 15, 2024
IRC logs for Monday, July 15, 2024
What's Meant by "Antenna Abuse" (Gemini)
syndication is not a monopoly in Gemini and if one doesn't condone political censorship, then one can create one's own syndication service/capsule
Microsoft Layoffs and Entire Unit Termination: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
What an announcement to make just before Independence Day
Links 16/07/2024: Old Computer Challenge and One Page Dungeon Contest
Links for the day
Microsoft Falls Further and Closer Towards 10% (Windows "Market Share") in Kuwait
more countries entering the "single-digit Windows" (under 10%) club
Gemini Links 15/07/2024: Antenna's Pro-Hamas Bias Revisited and Old Computer Challenge
Links for the day
[Video] Julian Assange, Over One Decade Ago, Cautioning About What the Internet Had Truly Become
video is not new
Homage to Malta
Malta is probably easy for Microsoft to bribe
IRC at 16
Logging has been used for us and against us
In Malta, Android/Linux Has Overtaken Microsoft Windows (According to statCounter)
statCounter milestone?
Links 15/07/2024: China’s Economic Problems, Boeing Under Fire
Links for the day
500 Days' Uptime Very Soon
Good luck doing that with Windows...
Windows Falls Below 20% in Tunisia
A month ago we wrote about GNU/Linux in Tunisia
Links 15/07/2024: Google Wants Wiz and Why "Sports Ruin Everything"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 15/07/2024: Old Computer Challenge and Sending Files via NNCP
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 14, 2024
IRC logs for Sunday, July 14, 2024