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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 01, 2026

The Long Camera with which the Monsters were Taken

The Long Camera with which the Monsters were Taken

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  1. Dr. Andy Farnell on Pulling the Plug [original]
    Who does your technology serve?
  2. In Praise of Catalyst2, My Webhost Since 2004 [original]
    Here's to the next 22 years!

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  3. Another Geminispace Milestone [original]
    For those who don't know Gemini Protocol, it's simpler and thus faster than the Web
  4. March About to Commence [original]
    Today we were out all morning
  5. Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.6 Released with Linux 6.19, TLP Support, and More
    PorteuX 2.6 has been released today as the latest snapshot of this Slackware-based distribution inspired by Slax and Porteus and designed to be super fast, small, portable, modular, and immutable.
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security patches and more
  7. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftofers
    RSS, LibreOffice, and more
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  10. Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: The 'Smartphone' Fatigue and "State of [GNU/]Linux Mobile 2026"
    a pair of new articles
  11. Mozilla Development and Localization
    Mozilla Firefox links
  12. Software Freedom: Cory Doctorow, Moving off American Tech, and Choosing Nextcloud, not OpenCloud
    Software Freedom links
  13. Ubuntu: Snapshot, Open Hardware and Reduced Security With Rust Fetishists
    Ubuntu leftovers
  14. Tumbleweed and OpenSUSE Roundup
    OpenSUSE updates
  15. Games: Framework, Godot, and More
    gaming leftovers
  16. Hardware and Devices: ESP32, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  18. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly from the Red Hat site
  19. Games: OrangePi Neo, Gambonanza, and More
    latest 8 from GamingOnLinux
  20. Linux-based Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld delayed due to rising RAM and storage costs
    The Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld has been delayed
  21. Linux Mint released its best version yet, and it’s the ultimate Windows replacement
    For people looking to switch from Windows, the common question asked is what the most suitable Linux distribution is
  22. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  23. today's leftovers
    OMEMO, WordPress, and More
  24. This Week in Plasma: Vietnamese lunar calendar and rounder highlights
    This week, in addition to the typical post-Plasma-release bug-fix spree, folks started working on UI improvements and features
  25. Canadian Software Boutique SimplyPHP Acquired by Startup-Focused TLM
    The deal pairs a boutique PHP outsourcing shop with a startup-focused product studio
  26. Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi CM5, and More
    Raspberry Pi and other devices
  27. Red Hat on hosted control planes (HCP) and Rocky Linux or CIQ selling long-term support (LTS)
    IBM and clones
  28. Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code and Linux 7.0
    Linux news
  29. BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13
    BunsenLabs Carbon has been released today, more than two years after BunsenLabs Boron, with a new Debian base for this OpenBox-based and lightweight distro, the successor of the acclaimed CrunchBang Linux distribution.
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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Microsoft's XBox "Bloodbath" Seems to Have Already Begun (Informally), Studios Allegedly to Face Shutdowns, Layoff Notices Handed Out, 100% Layoffs in Some Cases, 10% in Others or on Average
So is a complete closure/shutdown imminent? (Compulsion Games in this case)
SLAPP Censorship - Part 105 Out of 200: When Bad Legal Advice Results in Your Client, Dale Vince, Ordered to Pay £600k - or 801,930 United States Dollar (USD) - to the Person Frivolously Sued (Lord Bailey of Paddington)
"A judge has ruled that Dale Vince must pay punitive costs to Lord Bailey of Paddington, the Tory peer, over the 'unexplained abandonment' of his" SLAPP
IBM is Importing/Exporting Corporations' Regime of Censorship (Hiding the Wrongdoing) to Free Software Communities
Is IBM protecting criminals in the name of "manners"?
 
Links 13/06/2026: University of Nottingham Confirms Data/System Breach, Courts Fuming at Fraudulent Lawyers Who Fling LLM Slop at Them
Links for the day
Gemini Links 13/06/2026: World Cups and 做人
Links for the day
Discussing Morale at IBM and Conversations Regarding IBM Layoffs (Disguised as Other Things)
Trolling can be a form of censorship
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: All the President's Men
Gilles Requena,Patrice Pellegrino, and Sandro Mendonça
SUEPO Elections Coming Up, Union Leaders at Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO) to be Determined Soon
The staff union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) is having an election soon
How Long for Can American Taxpayers Justify Bailing Out Microsoft?
How many times need the American taxpayers give Microsoft money for vapourware that's neither necessary nor delivered?
Links 13/06/2026: Microsoft’s XBox Crisis and "Apple Deepfakes"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 13/06/2026: Why Humans Are Mostly Right Handed and "Getting Things Done"
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 12, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, June 12, 2026
SLAPP Censorship - Part 104 Out of 200: Exactly Two Years Ago Brett Wilson LLP Humiliated or Weaponised Our Solicitor's Judaism in an Effort to Censor and Gag Us
dated 12/06/24
Half a Year Since Slopwatch Died
To Google's credit, it did manage to delist a lot of slopfarms in recent months
Links 12/06/2026: Science, Windows TCO, and More
Links for the day
"AI" 46 Times in One 'Article' Because The Register MS Got Paid to Push it
Today is just another opportunity to remind people that the slop bubble and GPU bubble are based on inauthentic fake 'journalism'
Gemini Links 12/06/2026: FTP and Gopher, Cluster Outage Postmortem After Cleaning by Wife
Links for the day
Sonny Piers Finally Spills the Beans on GNOME Cover-up, Points Finger at Robert McQueen, Misusing "Defamation" to Silence Critics of Wrongdoing
Robert McQueen, who is extremely connected to Garrett (they share digital nests)
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Transcending Partisan Rivalry in the National Interest
Up until now, Campinos has generally been regarded as a Portuguese "asset" on the international stage
Gratitude to Whistleblowers or Sources of Techrights
Whistleblowers are what makes journalism work
Techrights Was Months Ahead of "XBox" News (Mass Layoffs)
Next: end of XBox as a console
More Commentary on June 2026 IBM Layoffs and Why They Happen
It sounds a lot like what happened to the EPO
Links 12/06/2026: "NearlyFreeSpeech" No More, Openwashing by Google (DiffusionGemma)
Links for the day
Today There's a Massive EPO Strike (Like Every Friday), Workers Explain Further Cuts Despite the EPO Making More Income by Granting Illegal Patents (or Invalid Patents Illegally)
"Recent exchange with the Administration on the implications of the SAP on the Education and Childcare Allowance"
The Cyber Show: Remember That Code is Art
The article is very long, very profound, and speaks of "the next installation"
Communicating With Freedom - Part IV - Quibble Now in quibble.chat, Open for Contributions Via Codeberg
Today we continue the series about Quibble
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Importance of Having "Pals from the Palacete"
for his reappointment bid to succeed, Campinos will need to be able to rely on the support of both the Portuguese Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, and the President of the European Council, António Costa
Cyber Show on How Updates or Upgrades Break Workflows, Even in Free Software
"We did a big upgrade on the AV production pipeline"
Discussions About IBM Layoffs in June, Including by RTO and PIPs
mass layoffs are becoming increasingly difficult to conceal
Gemini Links 12/06/2026: Decks and Work Essay
Links for the day
"Rolling Strikes" Continue at the European Patent Office, the Administrative Council Needs to Take Action Against Crooked Office Management
This coming weekend we'll talk about some of the other issues and concerns expressed by the union
Only Days After Mass Layoffs in Microsoft's Azure There Are Headlines About Much-Expected XBox Layoffs
XBox as a console is basically dead or "fast-dying"
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, June 11, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, June 11, 2026
Links 11/06/2026: Disputes Over Copyright Infringement, Failure to Meet Climate Goals, "ChatGPT Caught Recommending “Products” That Are Just Scams"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 11/06/2026: Programmable Systems and Slop "is Coming for Your Serifs"
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 103 Out of 200: Telling People What They Know and Don't Know About Death Threats They Receive
patronising letters sent on behalf of the Serial Strangler from Microsoft
IBM Genies in the Bottle
for ordinary people working who at at IBM, it's not hard to see that IBM is floundering
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Links 11/06/2026: LF Openwashing of Slop and "Azerbaijan Bans TikTok and Other Social Media Apps in School"
Links for the day
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Centre (in Portugal) Falls Apart…
Luís Montenegro became embroiled in a conflict-of-interest controversy
IBM Lost About 18% of Its "Market Value" This Month
In IBM's case, a lot of the latest "pump" was Arvind's "quantum" hype/fantasy