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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 26, 2024

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today's leftovers

many leftovers for today
Programming Leftovers

with some R and Python focus
Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known

OpenBSD explained by insider
Debian: Spellchecking, Noi & Imaginer in Debian-Derived SparkyLinux

Some Debian updates
Unifont 15.1.05 and GNU libunistring-1.2 Released

Some GNUU releases
GNOME Reflection and Wayland

On Terminal-Based Programs and Wayland
Linux and Devices

3 storiees
Software: KRFB, Data Recovery, and More

4 links regarding FOSS
Red Hat Refines Beta Release Cycle for RHEL Minor Updates

Starting from RHEL 9.5, Red Hat will bet on a new approach for the minor beta releases to streamline testing and feedback processes
today's howtos

many howtos
Sway 1.9 Debuts with Advanced Rendering

Sway 1.9 tiling Wayland compositor released porting rendering code to the new wlroots Hey Hi (AI) Here's more on that!
Android Leftovers

The Honor Pad 9 is the most iPad-est Android tablet I’ve used, and that’s a good thing
Kid3 Audio Tag Editor 3.9.5 Released with Webp Image Support

Kid3, the free open-source Qt based audio tag editor
Bluesky vs. Mastodon: Which Twitter Alternative Should You Choose?

Mastodon is one of the most-loved open-source social media platforms. But, what's different with Bluesky? Let us find out here
Proton 9.0 Released

Proton 9.0 is now out
Recent Invidious Videos (GNU/Linux Focus)

via YouTube
Android Leftovers

New Android threat sends your photos, texts, contacts, hardware data and more to a foreign server
Security Leftovers

Mostly CISA and LockBit
FreeBSD 13.3-BETA3 Now Available

The third BETA build of the 13.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available
OnlyOffice 8.0 and the Dream of a Microsoft Office Alternative

OnlyOffice is an open source office suite licensed under the AGPL 3.0 license
Armbian 24.2 Kereru

We’re excited to announce the latest Armbian release,24.2, codename: Kereru!
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

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

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Within Weeks, Clownflare Has Collapsed Again, Time to Dump Clownflare: It's run by amateurs who, even if you maintain your site perfectly well, will render it inaccessible without prior notice
Web Developers in the US Can Already Disregard Mozilla, Firefox, and Firefox Users: "Last month, Firefox turned 21"
Links 05/12/2025: Slop Harming Democracy/Elections, More Bans Around the World on Kids' Use of Social Control Media: Links for the day
IBM Has No Layoffs, According to IBM, and According to the Media Parroting IBM: Another day of parrots (losers) who call themselves "journalists"
IBM Will Make You Unemployed On Christmas Eve: lists of people to cull
Cars Getting Worse and More Lethal: Who will be held accountable?
To "Take Back Control" Start With Actions Against 'Tech' (Mass Surveillance, Mass Censorship, Mass Control) Monopolies: collusion, price-fixing, a "cartel" of sorts
Beyond the Hype: Almost Nobody Uses Chatbots, Not Even 1% of Activity Online: 3 years ago when Scam Altman (Microsoft) acted as if Google (search) was doomed a lot of the press got paid to pretend this was true
Rumour That Another IBM Round of Mass Layoffs (RAs) in Preparation Before the Current One is Even Completed: IBM still has strong brand recognition (because of its age and past might), but that won't last forever
Techrights Publication Pace to Increase Next Year: one is encouraged to stay indoors
Upgrading the Site: Debugging might be needed, so feedback helps
Why Microsoft is Panicking: Keep advocating (or "marketing") GNU/Linux to Vista 10 (or Vista 7) users... there are still over a billion of them "out there".
The Fate of "Blockchains" and "Metaverse" as a Sign of Things to Come for Slop ("AI"): Doesn't that tell us a lot about the modus operandi of these companies?
A Year After the Owner of X (Twitter) Performed Several Nazi Salutes on Stage the Germany-Based and Microsoft-Funded 'FSFE' Decides to Exit X (Twitter): Will the real Free Software Foundation (FSF) follow suit?
EPO: What Comes Next: European media seems to have been sedated by soft bribes from cocaine addicts
Slopwatch: The Volume of Slop Has Certainly Gone Down a Lot Lately, Slop Image Providers Abandoned/Changed: It's a big improvement compared to past months
Thousands Laid Off at IBM, "Last Day" Yesterday: IBM is a dying company. This is a problem for Red Hat.
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 04, 2025: IRC logs for Thursday, December 04, 2025
Gemini Links 05/12/2025: Espressif ESP32-C5 UEXT Module, Pixelfed, and the Web Getting Much Worse: Links for the day
Links 04/12/2025: "People Hooked on [Slop] Far Are More Likely to Experience Mental Distress", Monopolies in Europe, and "Blogging Makes Me Feel Like A Worse Writer": Links for the day
Dr. Andy Farnell: Can we regain control (of technology)?: "Technology as spiralling mass hysteria has the unsettling potential to draw even rational sceptics like myself into disaffection"
Links 04/12/2025: "Hey Hi" Implosion and Half of Europeans See Cheeto Trump as Enemy of Europe: Links for the day
Communication Needs Open Standards and Open Data: Standards are imperative
The "Hey Hi" House of Cards: The "Hey Hi" bubble is living on borrowed time (days or weeks) and it can implode any time now
Supporting the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Also Supports GNU Development: The FSF is mostly raising money to pay salaries
IBM's "AK Sez" Campaign: In today's media, to be characterised as important and smart one needn't be important and smart
Microsoft's Vista 11 Not Gaining, Just Plateauing or Even Going Down (Over Time): "Desktop Windows version Market Share Worldwide"
Bubbles Popping, "Hey Hi" (AI) a Passing Fad: "Microsoft slides amid report it's cutting software sales quotas tied to AI"
At The Register MS, "Exclusive Webinar" Means Sponsored Video Ad Disguised as an Article: Why would one choose to watch these?
IBM Forces Staff to Sign an NDA If They Want Severance Package, in Effect Bribing Them or Denying Them Money They're Entitled to If They 'Disparage' IBM: We wrote about the legality or illegality of this in relation to Microsoft two years ago
IBM and Red Hat Not Done With 2025 Layoffs ("RAs") Yet: IBM isn't quite done laying off people this year, with only 3 weeks till Christmas
Gemini Links 04/12/2025: Christmas Looms, Devuan, and Programming: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 03, 2025: IRC logs for Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Loads of People Exit IBM Tomorrow: Way to slam the door on on those who march or walk on
Slopwatch: It's Blowing, Jim (Gym), the Bubble is Blowing Up: Let's race to "zero GPT"
At IBM, "Last Day" Can be Same as Layoffs ("RAs"), Might be Euphemism Advanced by PR/HR Under NDA-Tied Conditions: They try to act all happy cheerful (in public) about becoming unemployed
Links 03/12/2025: "Disastrous Hey Hi (AI)", Breaches of Confidentiality, and "Global Democratic Recession": Links for the day
Fake Security and 'Free' Certificates as a Trap of Planned Obsolescence and Top-Down Centralisation: The boiling frogs
Links 03/12/2025: UK Budget Leak and Criticism of Peace Posturing Over Ukraine: Links for the day
So Far Rust in Ubuntu Has Turned Out to be an Expensive Mistake: it is certainly seeming or feeling like the wrong people are in charge and they make bad decisions based on false reasoning
Gemini Links 03/12/2025: Obsession, Ubuntu, and Programming With Scheme: Links for the day
The Next Stages of EPO Coverage (and Why That Matters): What's at stake here?
Wayland Rejection Is Not Racist: We need to collectively reject that
Reflections on a Month of Techrights Search: it looks like we've survived nearly a month without the search functionality being leveraged to stage DDoS attacks
New Year's Resolutions 4 Weeks Ahead of 2026: the main New Year's Resolution was... sleep
IBM Layoffs: It's Like They Read From a Script, Like They've Signed a Non-Disparagement Agreement/Clause: Some new departures
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 02, 2025: IRC logs for Tuesday, December 02, 2025