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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 19, 2025

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Arch Says Goodbye to Redis, Adopts Valkey

Redis, a popular in-memory data store, is being deprecated in Arch Linux's repo
Let's talk about this "EU OS"

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Debian Developers (or IBM) on Hledger UI Themes and OpenSnitch for a 1.6.8 Release in Trixie

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and some FUD or TCO
Kdenlive is the best free and open-source video editor for most people

Kdenlive is an open-source video editing suite you should consider trying
Full Steam Ahead with RISC-V and Fedora Linux 42

The Fedora RISC-V SIG is excited to share that our RISC-V images for Fedora Linux 42 have landed on-time and without delay
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5 Weird Android Phones I Wish Were Sold Today
The newest Ubuntu version ushers in ARM64 support for early adopters

We saw a lot of movement on the Windows on Arm front earlier this year
Forget Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP!

You can use the Windows XP interface (as well as other Windows versions) on the Linux distribution Q4OS
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Games: Godot, SteamOS, and More

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Mesa 25.0.4 Released

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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
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
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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
"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
Links 17/04/2025: Calling Whistleblowers at Microsoft, Slop Doing More Harm Everywhere: Links for the day
Links 17/04/2025: Russian Bot Farms Infect TikTok (Which US Government and SCOTUS Decided to Block January 19), US Hardware Stocks Crash Due to Tariffs: Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Sticking to Free Software, Smolnet, and Counting the Reals: Links for the day
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA): There's too much to cover in one single part
When You Fail to Filter Your Clients You End Up SLAPPing Reporters on Behalf of Bad People From Microsoft in Another Continent: “American Psycho”
Links 17/04/2025: LayoffBot and Tesla Cheats Buyers: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 16, 2025: IRC logs for Wednesday, April 16, 2025