Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 05, 2025

Spring time Canola field Victoria Australia

Updated This Past Day

  1. 5 of the Best Flashcard Apps in Linux
    let’s look at some of the best digital flashcard apps that you can install on Linux
  2. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  3. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web
    FOSS and WWW stories
  4. Linux Devices and Open Hardware/Modding
    Some hacker-centric gear
  5. Wine 10.0-rc4 and Games
    Game-related news
  6. Security and Windows TCO
    lots of examples and news
  7. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  8. What I need in a desktop environment
    I ended up going back to Xfce and KDE
  9. MakeUseOf on SystemRescue (GNU/Linux) and Raspberry Pi 500
    a bit older
  10. IBM, Red Hat, and Fedora Family/Volunteers/Staff
    Red Hat picks
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Development news and videos
  12. Windows TCO and Security Leftovers
    Security stories
  13. This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility
    Plasma developers are returning from their holidays and have provided us all with loads of goodies
  14. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 191 is available for testing
    The IPFire development team has been very busy over the holidays and is bringing you the latest update for IPFire ready for testing
  15. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux
  16. Games: Palworld, Marvel Rivals, and More
    Latest in GamingOnLinux
  17. Ditana – Arch-based Linux distribution
    Ditana Linux is a rolling release distro based on Arch Linux
  18. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    Debian, BSD, and more
  19. Games: Stunt Rally 3.3, Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Godot's Microsoft Sellout (Money With Strings Attached)
    Some gaming picks
  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Web
    FOSS and WWW stuff
  21. Security Leftovers
    Security-related stories
  22. Applications and HowTos
    software and howtos
  23. GNU/FSF Events: Free Software Directory, Raising Money to "keep putting pressure on Microsoft"
    new from FSF
  24. Videos: Recently in Invidious
    via YouTube
  25. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  26. Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, LattePanda, ESP, and More
    Hardware picks
  27. Postgres Extension Wizard and pg_chameleon 2.0.20
    Postgres news
  28. ExTiX 24.12 - based on Ubuntu 24.10 - with LXQt 2.0, Calamares Installer, Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.12.6-amd64-exton :: Build 241223
    ExTiX 24.12 LXQt – Build 241223
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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

    Span from 2024-12-29 to 2025-01-04
    947 /n/2024/12/29/MNT_Reform_Next_Laptop_Features_Modular_Design_and_Open_Hardwar.shtml
    880 /n/2024/12/29/Kdenlive_new_year_preview.shtml
    870 /n/2024/12/28/Release_of_Ghostty_1_0.shtml
    811 /n/2024/12/31/today_s_howtos.shtml
    777 /n/2024/12/31/Debian_13_Trixie_Installer_Alpha_Released_with_Linux_6_12_LTS_R.shtml
    774 /n/2025/01/01/Fedora_Based_Nobara_41_Gaming_Distro_Switches_to_Open_Source_NV.shtml
    758 /n/2025/01/01/today_s_howtos.shtml
    743 /n/2024/12/31/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    739 /n/2024/12/31/today_s_howtos.1.shtml
    735 /n/2024/12/31/KDE_Plasma_6_2_5_Released_as_the_Last_Update_in_the_Series_with.shtml
    726 /n/2024/12/31/Android_Leftovers.shtml
    722 /n/2025/01/01/PeaZip_10_2_Open_Source_Archive_Manager_Released_with_Qt_6_Pack.shtml
    705 /n/2024/12/31/Security_Leftovers.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

British Justice Minister Sarah Sackman Blasts Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
The "legal industry" is due for "some reckoning"
Someone at Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is Censoring the Birthday Greetings to Richard Stallman
Some people remember
Links 16/03/2026: Moscow Experiencing Cellphone Internet Outages, "Salman Rushdie Is Tired of Talking About Free Speech"
Links for the day
 
Links 17/03/2026: American Fentanylware (TikTok) Investors Implicated in Kickbacks, "Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast"
Links for the day
For Third Time in a Week The Register MS Runs Google SPAM That Paints Google as an Ally of Women (Which is False, They're Womanisers)
What does that make The Register MS to women?
GAFAM Deprecating Old Videos ("Content") by Removing the Support for Their Format for No Good Reason
"Security" is not a valid excuse
Credit/Debit Cards Have Long Been Called Plastics, Over Time They're Becoming More Like Pure Plastics
They cost less than a dollar to manufacture
The European Patent Office (EPO) Holds a Public Demonstration Tomorrow and It'll be Live-streamed
The EPO's workforce was meant to be capable of speaking many languages and have extensive experience in the sciences
People Who Attacked Techrights Also Attacked My Mother
Picking on old ladies because you don't like Free software advocates is never OK
Little Community Element Left in CentOS
CentOS, unlike Fedora, was meant to be long supported and solid
Social Control Media is Cancel Culture (Companies Like Facebook Also Punish/Ban Accounts for Mentioning "Linux" and Lobby for Anti-Linux Legislation)
The masters of Social Control Media decide what ideas can and cannot be expressed
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 16, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, March 16, 2026
The European Patent Office (EPO) Illegally Transitioning Into 'Gig' 'Economy' Equivalent (a Shop for Patent Monopolies in Europe)
for scabs aka SEALs
At Least Six EPO Strikes Next Month (Yes, Six!)
The pressure intensifies over time
Several MPs Blast Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for Inaction and Ineffective Action This Week
"Four MPs have written to the SRA"
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 14 Out of 200: The Abusive Cases of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft and His Litigation Buddy Garrett Did Cause "Serious Harm"
claims were de facto abandoned at the trial
Today's Discussions About How IBM Pushes Workers Out
The corporate media keeps trying - baselessly and in vain - to paint everything that happens with the "hey hi" brush
Linux Teck (linuxteck.com) and Ubuntu PIT (ubuntupit.com) Are Botspam
now they just keep experimenting by trashing their sites and reputation
Links 16/03/2026: Arctic Security and 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/03/2026: KN95 Skins and CSS Surprises
Links for the day
Debian is Dying for Some of the Same Reasons IBM's Fedora is Rapidly Dying
Prioritising CoC censorship, not communities
The Register MS is Again Femmewashing GAFAM (Which Makes Widows) in Exchange for Money
This is a moral issue because they betray or harm women and prop up authoritarian regimes
Gemini Links 16/03/2026: AB 1043, Lagrange Android Beta 47, and Poetry
Links for the day
"Slop-forking" or "Vibe-forking" as the New 'Noble' Plagiarism
New Cloudflare Slop Project?
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part VII - Cult Mentality, Mobbing, Nepotism
Does the EPO actually believe in the law?
2026 Microsoft Layoff Rumours
Surely if we had properly-functioning media, then someone would investigate this rather than rely on official statements from Microsoft and WARN notices
EPO Strike This Week
contact your national representatives about it
Gemini Links 15/03/2026: "Create Opportunities for Good Things to Happen", DOSbook, and Bitcoin Criticism
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 15, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, March 15, 2026
Pirate Praveen Arimbrathodiyil & Debian denouncing volunteers, hiding romances
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 15/03/2026: WB Games Montréal Undergoes Layoffs, "Swiss Reject Cuts to Public Broadcasting"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 15/03/2026: Messages in Bottles and Audio Streaming in Lagrange for Android
Links for the day
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 13 Out of 200: Abuse of Process to Make False Accusations of UKGDPR Violations
familiar barrister and same lawyers
Thrown Under the Microsoft Bus
Microsoft wants disposable contractors
Quitting IBM and "Rumors of an Upcoming RA [Mass Layoffs] in April 2026"
Blue layoffs or "RAs" were confirmed upfront by the CFO
GNU/Linux Distro Builders Barely Paid Enough to Pay Basic Bills, Chief of "Linux" Foundation (Not Even Using Linux!) Increases His Own Salary by Over 50% in 5 Years
Salaries or compensation correlate with the ability to exploit people, not to create things
What Puts the Brakes on GNU/Linux Adoption on Laptops and Desktops is Monopoly Control (or Monoculture) Over the Distros
Distros that adopt systemd are controlled by IBM and GAFAM
The "Zero-Sum" Fallacy
Fallacies like "zero-sum" - especially in the context of foreign affairs including war - are utterly ruinous
A Happy Birthday to Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman will turn 73
Jürgen Habermas is Dead, But the Politicised, Inherently Corrupt, Corporatised Court for Patents That He Inspired Is Not
In the news throughout the weekend
Mountains of Abuses of Process by Brett Wilson LLP on Behalf of Americans and Sometimes at the Expense of British Taxpayers
a virtual "limited liability"
linuxteck.com FUD by LLM Slop, ubuntupit.com Passes the Slop Baton
Unless they get back to doing long-form authentic articles, as opposed to slop, no good will come out of it
Links 15/03/2026: New Shortages, Lynx Populations Depletion
Links for the day
Sruthi Chandran & Debian Diversity, Favoritism, Hidden Conflicts of Interest
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
software in the public domain
Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva
Links 15/03/2026: Slop "Bubble Driving Interest in Chip Alternatives" and Wildlife Erosion Reported
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 14, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, March 14, 2026