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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 30, 2025

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When People Use What They Want (in the US) Only 1 in 10 People Uses Vista 11 [original]

Vista 11 usage falls by about 50%
In Bosnia And Herzegovina, GNU/Linux Rose From 2% to Over 5% in a Few Years [original]

We wrote about this before
Night Bird and the Free Software Metaphor [original]

people need to become parts of large groups
Physical Safety [original]

Physical safety precedes more "petty" aspects such as reputation

New
Valnet's HowTos for Proxmox

Proxmox articles
The 5 best macOS-like Linux desktop environments for a polished, modern look

Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default
Android Leftovers

2026 could be the year of the Android desktop
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
today's leftovers

with focus on GNU/Linux
Web, Static Site Generators, and BSDCan 2026 Call For Papers

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software leftovers
Programming Leftovers

Development picks
Articles on FSF / Software Freedom From/About RMS and J. Self

a pair of new pieces
Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More

Hardware leftovers
KDE Funding, Development, and Hacking

KDE related picks
Audiocasts/Shows: 2 New Episodes From LINUX Unplugged and Going Linux

the latest
I finally fixed my Xfce workflow with these simple settings and apps

Are you working in the Xfce desktop environment
Linux 6.19-rc3

another week, another RC
What exactly makes Linux so bulletproof?

The open-source juggernaut may not have a large share in the desktop market (yet)
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
GuideOS – beginner-friendly Linux distribution

GuideOS is a Debian-based distribution with the goal to create a distro that’s suitable for everyone
today's howtos

only 4 for now
KDE Plasma 6_25.12 for Slackware-current

I promised to use my holiday to come up with packages for KDE Plasma6
Proprietary Software (and Games) Rotting Away

3 stories
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

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

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

SLAPP Censorship - Part 189 Out of 200: A Terrible Idea to Condemn Projects for Using Slop 'Code' When Your Own Employer Does This (and Profits From Every Company Doing So) or to Call Distros 'Not Secure' While You Advance Back Doors: "I don’t want a back door. I want a front door."
Slop Ruins Development and Reverse Engineering, It Rewards Retarded "Slop Kiddies" (to Quote Andy ‘TheFlow0’ Nguyen): Slop is just a fatal cancer that kills the body, then dies with the body it killed
Links 19/09/2026: "OpenAI and Microsoft Knew They Were Starting a ‘Doom Loop’ [of Mass Plagiarism 'Normalised' by Brute Force] for the web", Calling It "Hey Hi": Links for the day
8 Series Going on at the Moment in Techrights: 4 series about SLAPPs and related matters
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 4 - Outsourcing to Microsoft, Approaching 10 Gigabytes: Can we blame Microsoft for those DDoS attacks? Partly.
Software Freedom Day 2026 is Today, Week-long Celebration in Brazil: In Brazil, Clownflare reckons about 1 in 20 laptops/desktops might use GNU/Linux already
Red Hat Lost 2,000 Staff (Net Loss): Maybe by year's end it'll be a 20% reduction
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 18, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, September 18, 2026
Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Setting Goals, Tiredness, and Admissions From LLM Purveyors It Was All Along About Building Plagiarism Engines Sold as "Intelligence": Links for the day
Links 18/09/2026: Microsoft Boasted Slop is Just Copyright Infringement/Plagiarism, Floods in Europe: Links for the day
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Mailing Lists Are Still Better Than Discord, Slack, and Discourse: Discourse is "open" "bossware"
Links 18/09/2026: Disgust Over LLMs and Why "Agents" (Bots) Are Nothing More Than "Spam": Links for the day
Software Freedom Day is Tomorrow: events coming
Illegal and Unconstitutional Tribunal That SLAPPs Critics Does the Illegal and Unconstitutional: It "Rubberstamps Software Patents": This is not a legal system. This is mafia.
Privilege in 'Linux' Foundation (Double Standards) and What the FSF Should Avoid Doing: If RMS can talk about politics, others too should be able to talk about politics
Seems Like Many Microsoft Layoffs Are Going On Right Now (Forever Layoffs): Like IBM, Microsoft hopes shareholders will not know of morale and financial problems
More Threats From the Person of Restricted Boot Infamy: Remember this is the man who is the principal purveyor of restricted boot and who landed restricted boot in Linux
Snooping EPO Management, Sniffing Up Every Staff Action: It this a problem for whistleblowers? Of course.
Don't Do That: Options do exist. People should exercise freedom.
Iran Has Debunked GAFAM and Cloud Computing as Safety of Data: Cloud of smoke?
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 17, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, September 17, 2026
SLAPP Censorship - Part 188 Out of 200: Used, Then Discarded, by Microsoft (as We Predicted All Along, It's Always Like That): The longer they carry on with it, the more scandalous this will get
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 3 - Besieged by LLM Bots, Now Hiding Behind a Wall of JavaScript: The series began 3 days ago
Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Modern Linguistic, Boxing, Turning 40, and Solar MiniServer: Links for the day
Links 17/09/2026: Studio Closures and Negative Rumours About Microsoft XBox Again: Links for the day
What's Wrong with Microsoft's GitHub, New Article by Jacob Bachmeyer and Richard Stallman: licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
EBay is Going to Die Soon: Users will flee
Red Hat PIPs. The Only Question is, How Many?: Insiders know what's coming soon
This Week The Register MS Published a Page With "AI" 34 Times in It and It Was, as Usual, Paid SPAM!: Does The Register MS understand that it is doing harm to its audience (for temporary gains)?
43rd Anniversary of the GNU Project Announcement: Coming soon
General Assembly (Meeting of All Staff) Starts in Hour Ago to Discuss Strikes at Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO), Strikes to Last Until End of 2026 (If Not Further): The media absolutely does not cover this and that's intentional
SLAPP Censorship - Part 187 Out of 200: Reminding Ourselves of the Great Damage Garrett Did to Linux (for Microsoft): he rejects freedom
Cancel Culture is a Cancer That Harms Democracy, Justice, and Science. It's Designed to Help Corporations Vanish Their Critics.: "Codes of Conduct" sounds benign; in practice, however, it is not
Links 17/09/2026: Class Action Lawsuit Over GAFAM's "NameTag" and Automattic Hides What It Did to CEO Mullenweg (or Why): Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/09/2026: Google Signals the End, ROOPHLOCH Coverage, EBay Uses Offensive Bots to Falsely Accuse Users of Stuff: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 16, 2026: IRC logs for Wednesday, September 16, 2026