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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 13, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Firefox and I [original]
    Mozilla seems to be the biggest enemy of Firefox at this point

    New

  2. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux stuff
  3. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Data Leftovers
    mostly FOSS news
  4. GNU Releases/News: unrtf 0.21.11 and GNU Health Conference 2025 Next Month
    GNU Project news
  5. Refreshing Apache XML Infrastructure and Mozilla's Browser/s
    Web Browsers/Web Servers leftovers
  6. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  7. Red Hat Leftovers (Lots of Self-Promotional Fluff)
    Red Hat's site for the most part
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and GNU/Linux Devices
    Hardware leftovers
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development with R and Python etc.
  10. Security, FUD, and Windows TCO
    holes, misinformation, and more
  11. Year of Linux on the Desktop Part 2: Mac It So
    Can I use Linux to revive a decade-old MacBook Pro – and is it even worth trying?
  12. New Releases: EasyOS Excalibur-series Version 7.0.30 and MX Linux 25 'Infinity'
    2 new releases
  13. Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative
    Within the world of FreeBSD there is just FreeBSD
  14. Valve Announces Steam Machines, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR Headset
    Valve today announced three new products, the highly anticipated and rumored Steam Machines powered by the Arch Linux-based SteamOS, the Steam Frame VR headset, and a new Steam Controller.
  15. Systemd-Free Nitrux 5.0 Officially Released with Hyprland Desktop, Linux 6.17
    After many months of hard work, Uri Herrera announced today the general availability of Nitrux 5.0 as a major update to this immutable and systemd-free distribution.
  16. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  17. 7 Best Linux Distros to Switch from Windows 10
    now is the time to make a switch to Linux
  18. today's howtos
    9 howtos for now
  19. Android Leftovers
    Android Battery Woes Might Finally Be Over—Thanks to This Quiet Change
  20. Games: Side Effects, Final Sentence, and More
    half a dozen stories from GamingOnLinux
  21. Rspamd 3.14 Launches with Dark Mode, Postfix Wizard
    Rspamd 3.14, an open-source spam filtering system
  22. Fastfetch 2.55 Introduces Dynamic Refresh and Media Cover Logos
    Fastfetch 2.55 system information tool adds dynamic output refresh and the ability to use your current media cover art as a logo source
  23. Podman 5.7 Adds Full TLS and mTLS Encryption for Remote Connections
    Podman 5.7 container management tool introduces encrypted client–server communication
  24. This free Linux distro replaced 5 of my most-used networking tools
    One thing about building home local area networks (LANs) is that the more you add to it
  25. Linux’s Slickest System Monitor App Gets Updated
    Mission Center, the fancy (and yes, a little Windows-y inspired) GTK4/libadwaita system monitoring tool for Linux has been updated
  26. I replaced my Linux desktop with Fedora Silverblue, and it feels futuristic
    After moving from Windows 10 to Linux, I quickly found a new home in Fedora KDE Plasma
  27. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. Gooroom Platform – Debian-based open source operating system
    Gooroom Platform is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for cloud computing
  29. Alternative Timezone Naming in Calamares
    Calamares is a Linux system installer
  30. Plasma Setup Security Improvements
    Plasma's first-run experience (FRE) / out-of-box experience (OOBE) has seen significant improvements in security recently
  31. Tired of Help Scout Pulling the Rug from Under You? Try This Free, Open Source Alternative
    Discover how FreeScout lets you run your own help desk without vendor lock-in or surprise price hikes
  32. Want to try Linux but prefer the Windows UI? This distro is for you
    FreeXP is a Q4OS spin with a decidedly Windows feel
  33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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Instant Bluewashing at Confluent: Mass Layoffs Alleged at IBM
So the main question is, did IBM just fire 800 people?
 
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A Step Close to Shutting Down the European Patent Office (EPO)
Not going to work all month long
EPO Staff Demonstration Today
The demonstration will be live-streamed for those thousands of colleagues who don't live in Munich
Gemini Links 18/03/2026: Brazilian SYN Attacks and BGP
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LibreLocal Also Coming to Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, and Spain
It helps raise awareness of Software Freedom
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 14 Out of 200: Men Who Strangle Women (and Worse) Trying to Force Us to Write Public Apologies to These Men
For those who never before saw a SLAPP, they basically make many demands
"Vibe-forking" and Why It'll Ultimately Fail (Hype on Top of Hype)
Code made with LLMs sucks; converting solid, human-tested code into slop only complicates matters and increases risk
Updates About Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation
After all those years (a decade) and in spite of phony scandals many people out there still respect him
LLM Slop With "Linux" in the Domain Names
This is becoming a pain and a problem also in the arts and in software engineering
The EFF Has a Bug, Fixing This Bug is Likely Not Possible Anymore
"the EFF's continued existence impairs the arrival of a replacement organization, one which will actually champion digital rights."
Sophie Brun, Raphel Hertzog & Debian sexual conflicts of interest
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 17/03/2026: Microsoft Windows Broken by Samsung, Afghanistan-Pakistan War Escalation
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Gemini Links 17/03/2026: Newcomers and False-Positive 'Slop'
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Héctor Orón Martínez & Debian shadow candidate pressure on Sruthi Chandran
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 17/03/2026: American Fentanylware (TikTok) Investors Implicated in Kickbacks, "Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast"
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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?
British Justice Minister Sarah Sackman Blasts Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
The "legal industry" is due for "some reckoning"
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
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 16, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, March 16, 2026
Someone at Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is Censoring the Birthday Greetings to Richard Stallman
Some people remember
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: Moscow Experiencing Cellphone Internet Outages, "Salman Rushdie Is Tired of Talking About Free Speech"
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Links 16/03/2026: Arctic Security and 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'
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Gemini Links 16/03/2026: KN95 Skins and CSS Surprises
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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
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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