Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 05, 2024

Vote

Updated This Past Day

  1. Linux 6.12-rc6
    Another week, another rc

    New

  2. Updates/Blogs From Debian Developers
    Blog posts, 3 of them
  3. Audiocasts/Shows: Open Source Security and This Week in Linux
    2 new episodes
  4. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Commodore 64, Beth Deck, and More
    Some hardware picks
  5. today's leftovers
    various subjects
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Programming themed stuff
  7. Distributions and Operating Systems: OSMC, MakuluLinux, and Mageia
    Distros in the news (or blogs)
  8. today's howtos
    4 howtos for now
  9. Kernel: No Russians, Performance Gains, and VMware Workstation to Switch to KVM
    Some kernel level stuff
  10. Servers/Databases: Clown Computing, DuckDB, and TCapture
    Some back-end news
  11. Hardware Leftovers
    Devices and Chromebooks
  12. today's howtos
    5 howtos
  13. Android Leftovers
    Quick Share for Android now shows percentage while transferring
  14. And here is new MADb!
    That was fast: we have only just explained why our Mageia Application Database was offline and now papoteur tells us that new MADb is ready to be used
  15. Free and Open Source Software
    The software is built with GTK4, Libadwaita, Rust and Sqlite
  16. Review: Fedora 41 Kinoite
    About a month ago we posted a poll which asked in which version of Fedora people were most interested
  17. 9 Things I Do to Improve My Linux Computer's Security
    Want to know some quick but effective methods to keep your Linux system safe? Here are some great tips for you
  18. This Week in KDE Apps
    Dolphin's accessibility, Itinerary's travelling aids, and a bunch of new upcoming KDE apps
  19. RockChip RK3568-Based SBC for Embedded Applications with PoE+ Support
    The board is compatible with both Linux Yocto and Android operating systems, providing flexibility for developers
  20. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 3rd, 2024
    The 212th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on November 3rd, 2024.
  21. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  22. Sculpt OS, Tribblix, OpenPaX, PCLinuxOS, GNU, and More
    today's leftovers
  23. KDE: HDR and color management in KWin and upgrading Fedora KDE 40 to Fedora KDE 41 is this easy
    Some KDE picks
  24. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks
  25. today's howtos
    only 3 for the time being
  26. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More
    hardware/device picks
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-10-29 to 2024-11-04
    1059 /n/2024/10/29/Fedora_Linux_41_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_DNF5_GNOME_47_a.shtml
    745 /n/2024/11/01/EA_removes_Apex_Legends_from_Steam_Dec.shtml
    670 /n/2024/10/23/Linus_Torvalds_Rants_About_Defective_x86_Designs_and_AI_Being_J.shtml
    617 /n/2024/11/01/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_3_7_1_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_N.shtml
    603 /n/2024/10/30/Audacity_3_7_Open_Source_Audio_Editor_Is_Out_to_Improve_Linux_C.shtml
    571 /n/2024/10/31/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    566 /n/2024/10/24/Linus_Torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of_Russian_maintainers.shtml
    535 /n/2024/10/29/today_s_howtoos.shtml
    529 /n/2024/10/11/Gaming_on_Fedora_Asahi_Remix.shtml
    511 /n/2024/10/29/Bazzite_41_launches_with_VRR_fixes_and_better_handheld_support.shtml
    496 /n/2024/10/30/Shotcut_24_10_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_AI_Powered.shtml
    482 /n/2024/10/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    480 /n/2024/10/29/Microsoft_s_Windows_11_24H2_issues_just_keep_getting_worse_with.shtml
    479 /n/2024/10/31/today_s_howtos.shtml
    476 /n/2024/10/31/You_Probably_Don_t_Need_to_Compile_a_Linux_Kernel_Anymore.shtml
    466 /n/2024/10/28/Raspberry_Pi_OS_Now_Enables_Wayland_by_Default_on_All_Raspberry.shtml
    458 /n/2024/10/29/Snapdragon_8_Elite_Powered_Phones_Will_Play_PC_Games_Thanks_to_.shtml
    456 /n/2024/10/28/Mozilla_Firefox_132_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    448 /n/2024/10/29/PineNote_Community_Edition_is_a_399_E_Ink_tablet_that_ships_wit.shtml
    447 /n/2024/10/30/today_s_howtos.shtml
    447 /n/2024/10/29/DietPi_9_8_Boosts_Support_for_NanoPi_ROCK_and_Orange_Pi_Boards.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

All the Red Flags in New Linux Foundation Report
How telling...
[Meme] Shooting the Messenger
"you needn't refute the message, just take out the messengers"
Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Associate Sued Us for Publishing Perfectly Accurate Article About SFC; We Sued Them for Harassment
SFC and its associates aren't nice people
Fantastic Journalism by Brian Fagioli
A lot of today's Web, even "news" sites, is spam
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Raised More Than Three Times More Money Than the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), Which Mostly Gets Money From Corporations, Including Microsoft
Do not donate any money to copycat organisations. It's worse than money down the river because your money might get spent attacking and even defaming the originals.
 
In France, Android Skyrockets to 52%, Windows Falls to 26%
even in rich countries across Europe Windows is rapidly losing "market share"
When News Sites Become Shopping Catalogues Disguised as 'Reviews' or 'Articles'
Sometimes Fagioli uses HEY HI (AI, LLMs actually) to make 'articles' about HEY HI
Three Months
Next week on Tuesday our sister site turns 20.5
[Meme] Hit and Run with SLAPP
Microsoft staff versus Techrights
[Meme] When You Go Against Corporate Front Groups and Shills of Moneyed Interests (EDRi is Microsoft-Compromised Now)
The "golden rule" is, follow the gold
The Register Exposed Many IBM Scandals, Lawsuits, and Secret Layoffs. Now IBM Pays The Register.
Hush money?
IBM Told the Media the Secret Mass Layoffs Would Carry on Till End of November, But They Still Happen This Month
"My team of 9 people had 4 regulars and 5 contractors. All contractors gone."
Links 06/12/2024: Promotion of Fake and Illegal Patent 'Court' (UPC), South Korean Strikes, and More Bailouts at Taxpayers' Expense
Links for the day
Gemini Links 06/12/2024: Shrinkflation and Working at Google
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 05, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, December 05, 2024
Techrights Does Not Forget
Techrights has many anti-censorship mechanisms
Windows Has Fallen to All-Time Low in India
In India, only about 1 in 8 Web requests comes from Windows
Microsoft Criminals: Law Enforcement is the Real Problem
deflecting the issue and resorting to projection
[Meme] They Dropped the L (Libre and Law)
SFLC, could I borrow 75% of your letters?
Companies That the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Will Censor the Community for, Using Their Very Large CoC
also exploiting poor (and sexually abused) women from eastern Europe
Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Has Asked a Blogger to Delete This Page About the SFC, So We Reproduce It in Full Here
Censored article
Increasing Productivity With Less Hardware, Little Power, and Fewer CPU Cycles (and Far Less Digital Waste in General)
A lot of people who glance at our PCs (as they visit us) act a bit baffled, as much of what we're using is a bunch of terminals and some text editors
Gemini Protocol Keeps Getting Better (Less and Less Reliance on Centralised Certificate Authorities)
Reliable systems do not depend on third parties, only themselves
Why We Moved to Perl and Dumped PHP Last Year
Elongating the lifetime of the underlying stack
Links 05/12/2024: Explaining the South Korea Chaos and French PM Barnier's Government Already Disintegrating
Links for the day
Gemini Links 05/12/2024: Domain Changes, Griping With Haskell
Links for the day
Links 05/12/2024: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft's PR (Bribery of Media) Agency, UnitedHealthcare CEO Shot Dead
Links for the day
GNU/Linux news for the past day
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 04, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, December 04, 2024
Links 05/12/2024: Formaldehyde and Cancer, US and China Boycotting One Another
Links for the day
Gemini Links 05/12/2024: Hermeticism, Living in the Shell, and More
Links for the day
At the OSI, Microsoft Operative (Funded by Microsoft) Promotes Proprietary Software of Microsoft
The OSI is deeply corrupt. The good news is, it's barely hiding it anymore.
It's FOSS? No, It's SPAM.
Another sellout
Links 04/12/2024: Social Control Media Thoughts, Enrons of 2024, and More
Links for the day
Gemini Links 04/12/2024: Soviet Esotericism, Mikrotik is Awesome, and More
Links for the day
Techrights is Officially an Adult
this site's eighteenth anniversary
Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part IX
By Dr. Andy Farnell
Many Geeks' Achilles Heel: They Don't Take Computer Breaks
Life can get longer if you stay healthy
[Meme] Silicon Valley's "Successful Businessmen"
Debt is not a currency
Visualising About 0.7 Trillion Dollars of Debt in Supposedly "Successful" Tech Companies
If they're doing so well, how come they borrow so much money (which some would struggle to pay back or never manage to pay back)?
Single-Digit Microsoft: Windows Finally Falls Below 10% in Angola
it's only a matter of time before Windows is down to 5%
Coming Up With Topics to Cover and Issues to Comment on
Socialising is a big part of it
In Asia, Microsoft's Bing Became Smaller Than Yandex and It Shrinks Every Month
How long before Microsoft pulls the plug on Bing?
[Meme] Far From What Was Originally Intended
Makes site about RMS; Deletes his own 'site'
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 03, 2024
IRC logs for Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Illuminating Microsoft's Dirty Tactics
Criticising illegal things that Microsoft does can be classified as "Microsoft bashing" or "hatred"
Proof That Drew DeVault Vanished From Mastodon After the RMS Attack Site Was Linked to Him (and People Pointed Out DeVault's Fascination With Animated CP, Drawings of Naked Kids)
We assume he just wanted to vanish from Mastodon
Maybe Bill Gates is Getting Demented Like His Late Father (He Says Things That Are True But He's Not Supposed to Say in Public)
It happened in a podcast with Reid Hoffman
We've Clearly Struck a Nerve
Microsofters and Microsoft proxies have meanwhile lost their temper