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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 21, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Kernel: Don't Break Userspace and Don't Help Murderers Publish Articles
    2 provocative pieces
  2. today's howtos
    another medium-sized batch
  3. easyVoid version 6.0 released
    This is the very first release of easyVoid
  4. SourceHut network outage post-mortem
    back online, with explanation
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS news and more
  6. Programming Leftovers
    perl, emacs, and more
  7. Mozilla, Servo, Thunderbird, and Chromium
    Web browser news/views
  8. This Week in GNOME #131 STF Happenings
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from January 12 to January 19
  9. Devices and Open Hardware/Modding (Raspberry Pi and Similar)
    hardware-centric news and coverage in blogs
  10. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Linux Weekly Roundup
    A pair of roundups
  11. today's howtos and technical posts
    many howtos for now
  12. Android Leftovers
    Android Circuit: Galaxy 24 Revealed, ROG Phone 8 Reviewed, Pixel 8 Pro Special Offers
  13. This week in KDE: auto-save in Dolphin and better fractional scaling
    Quite a few new features and UI improvements are starting to accumulate there
  14. today's howtos
    mostly older ones
  15. Security Leftovers
    Lots of CISA bulletins
  16. Shows and Videos: The Linux Link Tech Show and Invidious (Past Week)
    Mostly videos
  17. Archcraft January 2024 Release Available
    Just a regular ISO update
  18. openmediavault: OMV7 (Sandworm) RC1 available
    Today the first release candidate (7.0-24) of OMV7 (Sandworm) has been released
  19. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

On Groupthink, Mindless 'Sheep', and Toxic Online Cults
This week, treat yourself to a life free of social control media
BetaNews is Run and Written by Bots That Make Clickbait
At least one author is doing this
Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part VIII
By Dr. Andy Farnell
GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in Europe (at 6%)
many in Europe chose to explore something else, something freedom-respecting
 
Links 25/11/2024: Egypt Harasses Bloggers, The University of Michigan Has Become Like a Corporation
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Links 25/11/2024: Climate News, Daniel Pocock Receives a Fake/Fraudulent €17,000 Electricity Bill
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[Meme] Microsoft: Our "Hey Hi" Hype is Going So Well That We Have MASS Layoffs Every Month. Makes Sense?
Contradiction
Latest Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Are Confirmed, Bing and Vista 11 Losing Market Share
They tried to hide this. They misuse NDAs.
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 24, 2024
IRC logs for Sunday, November 24, 2024
Gemini Links 25/11/2024: Purity and Cory Doctorow's Ulysses Pact, Smolnet Portal and SGI
Links for the day
Patents Against Energy Sources That Reduce Pollution
this EV space (not just charging) is a patent mine field and it has long been that way
DARPA’s Information Innovation Office, Howard Shrobe, Values Compartmentalisation But Loses the Opportunity to Promote GNU/Linux and BSDs
All in all, he misses an opportunity
Wayland is an Alternative to X
the alternative to X (as in Twitter) isn't social control media but something like IRC
BetaNews, Desperate for Clicks, is Pushing Donald Trump Spam Created by LLMs (Slop)
Big clap to Brian Fagioli for stuffing a "tech" site with Trump spam (not the first time he uses LLMs to do this)
[Meme] Social Control Media Bliss
"My tree is bigger than yours"
Links 24/11/2024: More IMF Bailouts and Net Client Freedom
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Gemini Links 24/11/2024: Being a Student and Digital Downsizing
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Techrights' Statement on Code of Censorship (CoC) and Kent Overstreet: This Was the Real Purpose of Censorship Agreements All Along
Bombing people is OK (if you sponsor the key organisations), opposing bombings is not (a CoC in a nutshell)
[Meme] The Most Liberal Company
"Insurrection? What insurrection?"
apple.com Traffic Down Over 7%, Says One Spyware Firm; Apple's Liabilities Increased Over 6% to $308,030,000,000
Apple is also about 120 billion dollars in debt
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 23, 2024
IRC logs for Saturday, November 23, 2024
[Meme] GAFAMfox
Mozilla Firefox in a state of extreme distress
Google Can Kill Mozilla Any Time It Wants
That gives Google far too much power over its rival... There are already many sites that refuse to work with Firefox or explicitly say Firefox isn't supported
Free (as in Freedom) Software Helps Tackle the Software Liability Issue, It Lets Users Exercise Greater Control Over Programs
Microsofters have been trying to ban or exclude Free software
In the US, Patent Laws Are Up for Sale
This problem is a lot bigger than just patents
ESET Finds Rootkits, Does Not Explain How They Get Installed, Media Says It Means "Previously Unknown Linux Backdoors" (Useful Distraction From CALEA and CALEA2)
FUD watch
Techdirt Loses Its Objectivity in Pursuit of Money
The more concerning aspects are coverage of GAFAM and Microsoft in particular
Links 23/11/2024: Press Sold to Vultures, New LLM Blunders
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Links 23/11/2024: "Relationship with Oneself" and Yretek.com is Back
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Links 23/11/2024: "Real World" Cracked and UK Online Safety Act is Law
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Links 23/11/2024: Celebrating Proprietary Bluesky (False Choice, Same Issues) and Software Patents Squashed
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 22, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, November 22, 2024
Gemini Links 23/11/2024: 150 Day Streak in Duolingo and ICBMs
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