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Updated This Past Day

  1. Geminispace and Gopherholes on How GNU/Linux Becomes More Mainstream [original]
    It is growing relatively fast
  2. GNU/Linux Will Reach 6% in American Government Sites If This Trend Carries on [original]
    GNU/Linux growing a lot lately
  3. Uncomfortable Realities [original]
    In GNU/Linux and in Free software in general we rely on excellence in science, not deceit and altercation

    New

  4. Slimbook and KDE Celebrate 8th Anniversary with KDE Slimbook VII Linux Laptop
    Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced today the launch of the KDE Slimbook VII laptop to celebrate 8 years of collaboration with the KDE project in creating the best Plasma-powered Linux notebooks.
  5. today's leftovers
    only 3 more for now
  6. Release of Snagboot v2.5 and Kroah-Hartman Talks About the European Union’s (EU) Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
    Kernel news
  7. Barry Kauler on Latest in PuppyLinux or EasyOS
    updates on development thereof
  8. Security Holes and Patches, OpenSSF Tech Talk
    Security related picks
  9. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux focused picks for today
  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    FOSS leftovers
  11. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Destination Linux, and Ask Noah Show
    3 new episodes
  12. Games: “Vietnam 1965-1975”, Steam Machine, and "How quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack"
    Games related picks
  13. IBM: Aurora 43 Release, Red Hat Official Keeps Promoting Mindless Buzzwords and Microsoft Traps
    very bad from Red Hat today
  14. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  15. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Mobile GNU/Linux and More
    Hardware leftovers
  17. Android Leftovers
    If your Android feels slow or cluttered, this open-source launcher fixes it
  18. These 5 Gnome extensions instantly improved my Linux workflow
    Using Linux as a desktop operating system can be rewarding once you’ve customized it to fit how you actually work
  19. 4 reasons why you should stop using snaps on Ubuntu
    Ubuntu is often heralded as the king of beginner-friendly distros
  20. Q4OS Linux brought my old laptop back to life and you mustn't ignore it
    Linux is the inevitable choice if you're transitioning from a Windows 10 PC
  21. Thunderbird and Systemd Ushering in Monopoly
    a couple of updates
  22. Xubuntu Reveals How its Website Was Hijacked
    The Xubuntu team has shared details on last month’s worrying website hijack
  23. The Librephone project aims to remove proprietary blobs from smartphones running an open-source OS
    Some of you may already be running an open-source operating system on your smartphone
  24. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  25. Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together
    Over the past 5 months I have interviewed OSS developers, read dozens of academic articles
  26. Games: Playnite, Guild Wars Reforged, and Game Awards 2025
    latest from Liam's gamingonlinux
  27. today's leftovers
    IBM and more
  28. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links for today
  29. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  30. Strengthening KernelCI and Slop in Linux Kernel
    some kernel picks
  31. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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

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    986 /n/2025/11/15/Debian_13_2_Trixie_Released_with_123_Bug_Fixes_and_55_Security_.shtml
    984 /index.shtml

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IBM does seem like a dead company
"Social Dialogue" With the Man Who Never Faced Real Competition at the European Patent Office (EPO), He Buys the Voters and Eliminates Rivals
Will the "Pretender" write back?
Greenwashing Corruption With a "Chief Sustainability Officer", Who Infamously Defended Battisetelli's Crimes at the EPO and Petitioned for Him
She was rewarded for conspiring against EPO staff, as usual
What I Explained to Police About Blackmail and Death Threats via Burner Accounts (a Practice Which Generally Constitutes a Crime)
Today I've communicated several times with police
 
Comments on Today's Judgment
It hopefully helps clarify what actually happened
Microsoft Has Fallen to #3 in Singapore
There are many technically talented people in Singapore or overseas workers who lodge in Singapore
Thank You, Andy
Burnham and "Tech Rights"
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part II - 77 Messages Sent, Did Not Even Investigate or Examine Any of the Actual Evidence (British Taxpayers' Money Wasted)
SRA has become known (even notorious) for inaction
Inevitable Politics
In technology, provided the work you do has growing impact (we served almost 2 million requests yesterday), things will inevitably become more political - whether you like it or not does not matter
Not Only "Loonies Take on Farage"
pretending that the opposition to the right wing is "Loonies"
Brigading Against Women - Part I - Bypassing the Legal System by Threatening Companies in Another Continent
In the next part we'll begin to connect Lozza's online activities (and court activities) to those of Garrett
IBM is Trying to Turn Debt (Borrowed Money) Into Fake Growth and It'll Worsen Matters
they put in their balance sheets a fake "growth" in something that does not even exist
Microsoft Relies on Misleading Narrative of Studios Going 'Independent'; in Reality There Are Mass Layoffs in Them
This is not a good narrative for Microsoft
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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Links for the day
At Microsoft, PIPs Are Sometimes Known as "LITE" (a Silent Layoffs Legal Hack or a Shrewd Workaround to Skirt WARN Act)
Zero "layoffs" to report
Gemini Links 28/07/2026: “Strategies Against Algorithms” and DIYers
Links for the day
Digital Restrictions (DRM) and Microsoft: What Kills XBox Will Kill Windows Next
Microsoft wrongly and very arrogantly assumed that users would tolerate everything it throws their way
GNU/Linux in Afghanistan Reaches 7%
For many years it was stuck at less than 1%
Links 28/07/2026: "People’s Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online" and SpaceX Stock Crashes Like Its Products
Links for the day
UK tech sector missing from democratic process
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
How Not to Cover Elections (Democracy Relies on Reliable, Complete Information)
Misinformed voters are a recipe for disaster
Microsoft E.E.E. (and "Bait and Switch") Going Exactly According to Plan
That is what they are trying to tell us and the companies that employ us
IBM: An Old Company That Hates Old People
Remember that's coming to Red Hat workers in 2 months
Strict Policy on Violence and Violent Language
This matter is now being escalated to law firms
Avoiding Discrimination Against People With Disabilities
work underway to improve the system which runs the sites
Links 28/07/2026: XBox DRM Doomed Everyone (Cannot Play Anything), Slop (Ponzi Scheme) Being Pinkwashed Now
Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/07/2026: Ethics, GIMP Script-Fu, SMTP Versus Gemini, and Proposal for Better TOFU
Links for the day
To a Sociopath, Ethical People Are Bad People. Don't Fall for It.
If you put sociopaths on a pedestal, the pedestal will break
Improving the Static Site Generator
Our system has fixes triaged
Diversity in Debian
bringing up the topic is the real problem, diversity itself is a taboo subject
GNU/Linux in Brazil. The B in BRIC(S).
the "market share" is assessed to be around 5%
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 27, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, July 27, 2026
Hate Consumes the Haters
If you hate someone (or something) and you're willing to do anything for "hate rituals", then at the end the emotion will outweigh reason and it'll backfire, surely
GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7%
significant growth for GNU/Linux in Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia
IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor
People in their 50s seem to be targeted as they are considered "expensive"
Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots)
Breeding ignorance means people will assume they have a choice between two pieces of trash: "Nige" or a literal trash can
Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent
Links for the day
A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace".
The lost media is engaging in self-harm
Microsoft is Down
This relates in a timely fashion to what we published yesterday
In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different
Those were never equivalents or mirrors, those are two things that are inherently different and are maintained by different teams
Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, “Junk DNA” Is Commented-Out Code, and More
Links for the day
The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror
Techrights has long taken accessibility quite seriously
Americans Are Not Our Masters
If you are subjected to online abuse, don't give up
Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity"
There seems to be a growing 'coalition' in the UK based around important issues which impact the entire planet
XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead
XBox has never been closer to profitability
Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties
Economies cannot function when few people abuse them for self-enrichment
After statCounter Figures Out Many "Unknowns" Were in Fact GNU/Linux the "Market Share" Estimate in China More Than Doubles
Japan is the same for similar reasons
peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm
We won't be linking to it anymore
Feeding 'the Children'
Maybe some time soon we'll do a fund-raiser to help feed the birds
Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1%
Now it's at over 5%
We Need More Transparency
Our heads of state are very much aware of and concerned about SLAPPs and censorship
"The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show
Consumer protection and the war on children
EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come
Another week has begun
When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue)
"IBM is a Law firm with an I/T department."
Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 26, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, July 26, 2026