Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 02, 2025

Part of a radial engine aircraft with engine removed on display

Updated This Past Day

  1. We're 21 Next Week [original]
    This site has become vastly easier to run and maintain since we dumped Drupal
  2. Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.1 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Linux 6.15
    PorteuX 2.1 has been released today as a new update to this portable Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux and inspired by both Slax and Porteus distros, designed to be small, fast, portable, modular, and immutable.

    New

  3. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 1st, 2025
    The 242nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on June 1st, 2025.
  4. Android Leftovers
    5 ways I keep my Android phone and data safe while traveling
  5. Is It Still Open Source? MinIO Steering Users Toward Paid Subscriptions
    MinIO removes key web console features, nudging users toward its paid offering
  6. This Alternative Operating System Is Keeping Retro Computing Alive
    HelenOS is an oddly specific OS that you may want to check out
  7. How-To Geek: How-Tos
    How often do you come across a cool application that isn't available for your distribution
  8. These 5 Linux Distros Still Support 32-Bit PCs
    Most desktop and laptop computers from the past two decades use 64-bit x86 processors
  9. Best Free and Open Source Software
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
  10. Linuxfx 11.25.06 “NOBLE”
    Codename “Winux”
  11. Publishing a book from the GNOME desktop
    My first two books were written online using Pressbooks in a browser
  12. I put Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and unlocked a new way of computing
    The Piccolo N150 is a tiny eight-inch laptop with more power than it suggests and a nice display
  13. New Release of BlueOnyx 9.6 and More (RHEL Clone)
    4 news items
  14. today's leftovers (GNU/Linux Focus)
    GNU/Linux-centric news
  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Security Leftovers
    mostly FOSS
  16. today's howtos
    3 howtos only
  17. Open Hardware: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware picks
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Development analysis and more
  19. Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers
    mostly browsers
  20. Security Bugs in Apport and systemd-coredump
    now fixed
  21. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: A Powerhouse, Rock-Solid Linux Desktop Distro
    This Linux distribution offers a well-designed KDE Plasma environment with a comprehensive software selection and user-friendly features like simplified installation and GUI-based Samba configuration
  22. This terminal-based file manager for Linux beats every alternative out there
    Midnight Commander (or mc)
  23. today's howtos
    mostly idroot for now
  24. A Visual Journey Through IPFire’s Development
    We are excited to share something a little different with you today
  25. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  26. April/May in KDE Itinerary
    The past two months since the last update have been busy again around KDE Itinerary
  27. today's leftovers
    Security, GNU/Linux, and more
  28. Open Hardware: ESP32 and 3-D Printing
    hackable gadgets
  29. today's howtos
    handful of links
  30. antiX-23.2 – init-diversity – 2025 remaster edition
    A special thanks also to eric from Obarun for providing guidance about getting 66 properly working on antiX, which in my humble opinion is the pinnacle of this respin
  31. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

SLAPP Censorship - Part 22 Out of 200: When You Complain People Impersonate You in IRC (But You Yourself Impersonate People in IRC and Lock Them Out of Their IRC Handles)
We'll cover this with direct evidence some time soon
The Empty Suits of IBM Managers (NIH or "Nothing Invented Here")
IBM's management adopted the business model of parasites
Dr. Stallman’s Work Will Never be Considered 'Mainstream' Because He Rejects and Works Against the So-called 'Mainstream'
Try to be more like Stallman
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part IX - Cocaine Addicts in Charge of the EPO Attacking Families of EPO Staff
Things like being high-profile and being a serious drug addict aren't opposites
 
Gemini Links 25/03/2026: Blogging Fright and Absolutely Useless 'Apps' Made by Slop Machines
Links for the day
Rise in Energy Prices Will Significantly Accelerate the Death of So-called "AI Companies"
It should be noted that fake news about Microsoft OpenAI doubling workforce (mere words, not actions) can serve as a nice distraction from the death of Sora due to divestment
It's Always a Question of Trust
There's a widespread stigma of lawyers being manipulative and chronically dishonest
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Must More Carefully Investigate or Assess the Financial State of Law Firms in the UK
We'll cover this in depth in the future
GAFAM Mozilla Removes Theora Support, Now GNU Needs to Re-encode Videos
Mozilla used to mean something to Free software advocates
An Open Admission Profits Depend on Addiction
Proprietary software tends to be like this
IBM Americas President Ayman Antoun Comes to OpenText, Weeks Ahead the Mass Layoffs Begin
Is that what IBM will be good at?
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Gemini Links 24/03/2026: Junk Drawer Time Capsule and Building Outside Alire
Links for the day
Not Much LLM Slop About "Linux" Lately, It Only Ever Comes From the Same Few Sites
As long as only few such sites use LLM slop we can skip and avoid them
Links 24/03/2026: "Epic Lays Off Over 1000 Employees" and US in Financial Trouble According to the Fed
Links for the day
The "Media" Does Not Only 'Miss' Mass Layoffs
"The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it"
2012: 'Secure' (Microsoft-Controlled) Boot Has Not (Yet) Been Made Obligatory. 2026: systemd Has Not Implemented Age Verification
should we stop calling "nazi" everyone we don't agree with?
More Threats (Including Physical Threats) Against Us Are a Dumb Move
It's like a "hit list" (targets list) and I shall keep the police duly informed
New Example of Pentagon in "Feminist" Clothing Inside Fake News of Publishers Paid to Promote Outsourcing to US ("Clown Computing") and American Slop
Google now pays money to promote Google as a friend of women
Hating Techrights is a Career
but is it good for civil society?
The New Layoffs: 'Silent Layoffs', 'Secret Layoffs', 'Quiet Layoffs', 'Passive Layoffs' 'Stealth Layoffs', and Unannounced Layoffs Disguised as Return-to-Office (RTO Mandates)
The US needs to revisit and fix the WARN Act
What Feminism in Science Means (Codes of Conduct Don't Tackle the Real Issues)
Universality matters, more so in a project or community that's said to build the "universal operating system" (Debian)
SLAPP Censorship - Part 21 Out of 200: It's About Behaviour Online, Not How Much Money From Shadowy Third Parties Gets Spent on Lawyers and Two Barristers
75+ KG of legal papers, 2 cases, 2 barristers (one hiding in the metadata) and maybe two law firms (also hiding in the metadata) against two modest people in Manchester seems disproportionate and vindicative
Links 24/03/2026: "Airports on ICE" and "Have You Paid Your “Intuit Tax”?"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/03/2026: Slop Interview and Why Slop Makes Lousy Code
Links for the day
Richard Stallman to Give Public Talk This Thursday at the University of Bologna (Italy)
Hardly the first time he speaks in Bologna
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 23, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, March 23, 2026
Gemini Links 23/03/2026: "Mandatory" Bad Things and Dangers of Perfection Aspirations
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 20 Out of 200: All Roads Lead to Rome and to GAFAM Funding
Now about 10% into this series
Last Week's EPO Strike Was the Biggest (Highest Participation Rate), Hours Ago General Assembly Discussed Next (Growing) Intensity of Strikes
Well done and well attended
Mass Layoffs at HashiCorp, IBM Hid Them
The media did not mention those layoffs
Microsoft Downgraded on Concerns (Lack of Growth) Amid Silent Layoffs in 2026
The press isn't functioning anymore
Links 23/03/2026: Gulf Water at Risk, Heatwave in Malaysia
Links for the day
Slop Means False, New Article by Cybershow
"We are living in a world that is rapidly divesting from reality."
Debianism election 2026 community poll created, everybody can vote
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 23/03/2026: "Shocking Peter Thiel Antichrist Lectures", Robert Mueller Remembered
Links for the day
The Scandal Bigger Than IBM/Red Hat Layoffs is the de Facto "Media Blackout" About Those Layoffs
So we have a media crisis, aside from the economic crises
Gemini Links 23/03/2026: Geminispace/Elpher Enhancement and the Cerberus Cinco
Links for the day
Fear is Not a Legitimate Factor
Smart people know that trying to prevent moral people from doing the "Right Thing" will backfire
Fuel Autonomy and What It Teaches Us About Software Autonomy (or Software Freedom)
Need we wait until a "software Pearl Harbor" or protect ourselves proactively by weaning ourselves off of GAFAMware?
Scheduled Maintenance This Coming Wednesday
Other than that, all is the same and we carry on as usual
Most Press Articles About IBM Are LLM Slop, Sometimes With Slop Images
IBM basically laid off almost 1,000 people last week [...] At the moment about 75% of the 'articles' we see about IBM (in recent days) are some kind of slop
Links 23/03/2026: Security Breaches, Energy Shortages, Another SRA Scandal, and Patents on Nature
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 22, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, March 22, 2026