Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 29, 2024

Duck Mallard and Greylag Goose

Updated This Past Day

  1. Lynis - Robust security audit tool, but is it for Linux home users?
    Linux security is an interesting beast
  2. Microsoft Must be Nervous About the United States This Year [original]
    about 7% of Americans were estimated to be Chromebook (or ChromeOS) users, based on statCounter, compared to 62% that were Windows users on desktops/laptops

    New

  3. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    news from Canonical/Ubuntu
  4. GNU Health and Free Software Foundation News
    Some Free software picks
  5. Mozilla Leftovers
    Mozilla news picks
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  7. FUD, Security and Windows TCO Stories/Leftovers
    Some Microsoft FUD too
  8. today's leftovers
    half a decade picks
  9. Open Hardware: Collabora, Orange Pi, Arduino, and RISC-V
    5 hardware stories
  10. Raspberry Pi 5 News and Projects
    Raspberry Pi 5 picks
  11. today's howtos
    many howtos
  12. Qubes, CentOS, Red Hat, and Sponsored 'Spam of Red Hat
    IBM-related things
  13. Creator 14 and PostgreSQL 17 Beta 2 Release
    Two new betas
  14. Android Leftovers
    Android updates are about to get a lot easier | Digital Trends
  15. Marknote 1.3
    Marknote is a rich text editor and note management tool using Markdown
  16. Raspberry Pi 5 M.2 HAT+ Review: It Just Works!
    A review of the official M.2 HAT+ for the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer that lets you have a stable and faster internal storage drive.
  17. Celluloid GTK+ Frontend for mpv Video Player Got an Update
    Celluloid 0.27, a simple and powerful GTK+ frontend for the mpv video player
  18. Fatdog64 Linux – small, yet versatile multi-user Linux distribution
    Fatdog64 Linux is a small yet versatile 64-bit multi-user Linux distribution
  19. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We recommend the best free and open source alternatives
  20. Banana Pi BPI-M5 Pro Features Octa-core Rockchip RK3576 with 6 TOPS NPU
    The Banana Pi BPI-M5 Pro is powered by the Rockchip RK3576 SoC, which includes a 6 TOPS NPU and supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM
  21. (Updated) HiFive Unmatched SBC showcases new FU740 RISC-V SoC
    The SBC runs Linux on a penta-core, 64-bit SiFive FU740 SoC and offers 2x M.2 and PCIe x16 for graphics
  22. today's leftovers
    FOSS for the most part
  23. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks
  24. 2024 FreeBSD Developer Summit Picks and Talks
    10 picks for this event
  25. Red Hat Leftovers
    IBM stuff mostly
  26. Open Hardware: FPGA, Sipeed, Raspberry Pi, and More
    some hardware news with Linux angle
  27. today's howtos
    morning batch of howtos
  28. Windows TCO: The True Cost of Microsoft
    many Microsoft tales
  29. Microsoft Admits It Got Totally Cracked
    tells clients, too
  30. Games: Steam Summer Sale, Star Trek: Resurgence, GOG, and SteamOS (Arch Linux)
    latest 8 articles from gamingonlinux
  31. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-06-22 to 2024-06-28
    990 /n/2024/06/24/Linux_and_BSD_news_Larry_Finger_has_died.shtml
    965 /n/2024/06/22/Two_Months_After_SLAPP_Strategic_Lawsuit_Against_Public_Partici.shtml
    852 /n/2024/06/23/The_Linux_Mint_22_Beta_is_almost_here_as_ISO_testing_gets_under.shtml
    850 /n/2024/06/25/Pocket_Z_project_aims_to_build_99_Linux_PCs_that_fit_in_your_po.shtml
    847 /n/2024/06/26/Microsoft_Antitrust_Problems_Again.shtml
    828 /n/2024/06/23/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
    803 /n/2024/06/23/today_s_howtos.shtml
    803 /n/2024/06/22/A_breath_of_SSD_air_for_a_10_year_old_Linux_laptop.shtml
    782 /n/2024/06/22/today_s_howtoss.shtml
    776 /n/2024/06/26/Daniel_Bristot_de_Oliveira_Has_Passed_Away.shtml
    771 /n/2024/06/26/Archrebel_Tactics_Battle_Train_and_More.shtml
    770 /n/2024/06/23/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml
    764 /n/2024/06/26/Essential_Tips_for_Reliable_Linux_Backups.shtml
    764 /n/2024/06/23/today_s_howtos.1.shtml
    760 /n/2024/06/24/Andrew_Tanenbaum_Honored_with_ACM_Software_System_Award.shtml
    749 /n/2024/06/24/Linux_6_10_rc5.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

[Meme] Growing Up and Becoming Sceptical
Social control media is a toxic weapon against what's true
Energy shock: €17,000 circuit court claim, threat of judgment for fraudulent charges
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Fentanylware (TikTok) Just Doing Exactly What It Was Supposed to Do
A senior official at Romania's telecoms watchdog called for Fentanylware (TikTok) to be suspended
Links 29/11/2024: China Tensions and Big Bounties for Invalidation of Software Patents
Links for the day
More Microsoft Corruption and Cover-ups
The key point here is that Microsoft is a corrupt company that bribes officials and breaks every law in the books, then lies about it, covers things up, even bribes publishers to participate in the cover-up
Microsoft Fired Hundreds of Workers Days Before Thanksgiving
Maybe it's time for Microsoft shareholders to reassess the true wealth and well-being of Microsoft as a company
Ireland Goes to Polls, Here's Daniel Pocock's Leaflet (Running as Independent in Dublin Bay South)
He seems to be the only geek running for Office
 
With a Month Left to Raise Money the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Already Raised 56,000 Dollars
December starts tomorrow
The Irish Have Voted, We'll Soon Know How Many Voted for a Debian Developer and Free Software Specialist
Dublin Bay South results
[Meme] The Word Security Has Been Redefined
"See what the media tells us?"
Proving Yet Again That Techrights Was Right About UEFI 'Secure Boot' All Along (Since 2012)
'Secure Boot' or 'secure' boot is about anything but security
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 29, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, November 29, 2024
Reporting Information and Facts at Times of War (and Information Wars), Dissent of Merit and Scepticism//Critical Skills Impermissible
The world is full of white-collar crime, so the more people report, the better
Links 30/11/2024: More Strongarming and Threats to Taiwan, Ananda Krishnan is Dead
Links for the day
Links 29/11/2024: Hike at Potato Creek and Best SSG
Links for the day
Brigid Purcell (PBP): generation Z, unteachable children, how will they govern in ten years?
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 29/11/2024: Smithfield Market in London Shutting Down, BRICS (China) Accused of Validating Undersea Cables Based on New Evidence
Links for the day
Daniel Pocock Explains Why People Should Vote for Him Today (General Election 2024)
Polling day in Ireland
[Meme] Microsoft and Bill Gates Controlling Media Coverage
Cautionary tale
Typical Microsoft Bully (Paid by Microsoft)
Some Microsoft staff doesn't know boundaries
Threats, Attacks on Women, and Other Tactics of Microsofters Will Always Backfire
California: An Epicentre of Psychosis Influenced by Silicon Valley?
Rejecting Fake Holidays
In the US, today is the day after Thanksgiving and nothing els
8GB Swiss Archive offered to Irish voters by Dáil candidate
Mr Pocock doesn't take orders from cyberbullies
Daniel Pocock: Why you should follow my RSS or Atom feed, Irish elections, everybody wins
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 28, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, November 28, 2024
CNX Software Selling Out to Microsoft For Deny Friday
Hardly the first time they do this
Links 28/11/2024: F.T.C. Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Microsoft, Bluesky Concerns
Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/11/2024: Fighting Evil and Games With “Content”
Links for the day
Microsoft Canonical: Proprietary Spyware in 'Community' Clothing
Some years ago Canonical decided to restore the mere appearance of being run like a democracy or a community
Deny the Shopping Holiday, Celebrate the Real Holiday
Buy Nothing Day
Stories About Microsoft and "Hey Hi" (LLMs Actually) 'Written' by Microsoft "Hey Hi" Chatbots With 'Linux' Thrown in for SEO Purposes
self-promotional Microsoft nonsense
Links 28/11/2024: Pakistan Turmoil, TuxCare Changes, and More 'Open'AI Problems
Links for the day
Links 28/11/2024: Privacy, DNS, and Python
Links for the day
[Meme] When Social Control Media is Over
Any deathbed regrets?
Death of Human Interaction
How much are future generations being "damaged" by premature introduction of skinnerboxes and, perhaps more importantly, is there any "safe" age?
Dr. Andy Farnell: "Electronic Voting" is a Solution to a Problem That Doesn't Exist
The arguments are similar to ones that we've made for years
The Linux Foundation (Fronting for Microsoft and Bill Gates, Not Linux) Makes Cyberspace Less Secure
Security is not the goal
[Meme] The Most Important Things When Committing Crimes
pronouns
The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Meeting Last Month Sought to Remove Genders (But It's Nearly Impossible in French and German)
there are so many major problems at the EPO; this one seems like a minor distraction and perhaps one that suits corrupt management (misdirection of anger)
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, November 27, 2024