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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 09, 2024

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We shared some positive words around the LibreOffice project

New
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This is an adaptation of my standard desktop case for the Raspberry Pi 5, with adjustments made for the bottom-mounted NVMe hat
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many news pertaining to security, with GNU/Linux focus
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made mainly for hosting containerized projects related to Fedora, but not ready for infrastructure deployment yet
Web Browsers and Mozilla Losing Focus

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today's howtos

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Android Leftovers

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The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn

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Blaming "Linux" for Things That Are Not Linux

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation in the media
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

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

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Microsoft's 'Lawsuit Diplomacy' (SLAPPs Riding UK Libel Law and Piggybacking UK GDPR, Inapplicable!) Will Only Give a Worse Image to Microsofters (and Microsoft), Give Exposure to Even More Suppressed Facts and Scandals: Microsoft came to dominate some sectors because of (or owing to) crimes; Microsoft won't just go away without some more crimes.
Five (or Three) Years Without Social Control Media: Glyn Moody quit X (Twitter)
Why GNU/Linux is Growing: There's growing interest in GNU/Linux right now because people do not fancy buying a new PC just to 'upgrade' (more spying) Windows
Links 20/04/2025: Partly Assorted Scientific and Political Leftovers: Links for the day
Links 20/04/2025: Many Data Breaches and Growing Censorship Wave: Links for the day
Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Canadian Elections and "Use the Best Tools You Have for the Current Environment": Links for the day
Links 20/04/2025: Bleeding Constitution and ChatGPT Infuriates Users Some More: Links for the day
Chinese OEMs (and World's Largest) Pave a Path Out of Microsoft Windows: So Microsoft now values (or prices) Vista 11 at just $140?
Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Contradictions of Mark Carney and Blog Questions Challenge: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 19, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, April 19, 2025
Electronics in People's Bedrooms: Modern technology not only blurred the gap between "functions" of rooms
Gemini Links 19/04/2025: Contingencies, GTD, and Old Computers: Links for the day
Links 19/04/2025: Economic Races, Charm Offensives, and USB-C Rants: Links for the day
Links 19/04/2025: "Infantilization at Big Tech" and LLM Slop Abused in Defiance of Workplace Rules/Policies: Links for the day
Gemini Links 19/04/2025: Palm Addiction and Real Experts: Links for the day
Egypt is Controlled by Google, Not Microsoft: Moving from Microsoft to Google is not the answer
Microsofters Say They Cannot Find a Job (That They Want) Because of Techrights, But Techrights Merely Reported on Their Behaviour: Quit pointing the finger at people who are recipients of abuse or merely mention the abuse
Free Software and Standards - Not Marketing Blitz - Needed Amid Growing Severity of Dependency on Hostile Suppliers (or Another Country's Sovereignty): ZenDiS can be described as the "Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration"
When It Comes to the Web, Google is Evil and It Destroys the Web's Integrity With LLM Slop: Even academia, which is meant to keep standards high, is being lured into LLM slop
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 18, 2025: IRC logs for Friday, April 18, 2025
Links 18/04/2025: "Fentanylware (TikTok) Exodus Continues", Chinese Weapons Allegedly in Russia Already: Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Price of Games and State of Tinylog: Links for the day
Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing: This isn't the "old" IBM; they're applying pressure by confusion and humiliation
Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Role of Language and Back to Mutt for E-mail: Links for the day
"Sayonara" (さよなら), Microsoft: Windows had fallen below iOS in some countries
Links 18/04/2025: Layoffs at Microsoft Infosys and Qt Becoming Increasingly Proprietary (Plus Slop): Links for the day
Google News is Dying: treating MElon's algorithmic/biased site as a source of verified news
Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What?: It would be utterly foolish to assume that Microsoft has any intention of changing
All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype): If you have code you wish to share and keep, then start learning how to do so on your own
To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship): Do not let media steal and steer the narrative; CoCs are not about "social justice", they're about corporate domination
Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM: Fedora used to be very strict compared to many other distros and it had attracted very bright volunteers
Microsoft is Still Attacking GNU/Linux and the Net: Microsoft bribed the government using money that did not even exist
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 17, 2025: IRC logs for Thursday, April 17, 2025
Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Pinephone Pro and Linux is too Easy: Links for the day