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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 11, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Red Hat Layoffs "Affecting Over 400 Employees" This Week (Technical Staff) [original]
    Suppressed by the media industry
  2. French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux - country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push
    2026 is set to be l’année de Linux.
  3. Red Hat Puff Pieces, Promotion of Slop and 'Clown Computing' (the Usual)
    Red Hat in IBM clothing
  4. Mass Layoffs at Red Hat This Week (Hundreds of Engineers Laid Off)
    as reported by Techrights

    New

  5. Two Months Until Community Party [original]
    Today is the tenth of April, so we're exactly two months away from our community party
  6. Next Week Dr. Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in University of Texas [original]
    Talk in Austin, Texas
  7. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    3 more links for today
  8. Debian vs Ubuntu Server and Debian-based TrueNAS
    Debian picks
  9. Sharing and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    some standards too
  10. Databases: SQLAlchemy 2 Coverage and IndexedDB for Search
    Database stuff
  11. Web Browsers/Web Servers: the Power of RSS and Mozilla Waking Up After Selling Out to Microsoft, Killing RSS Support, Pushing Slop Against Users' Will
    Mozilla mostly
  12. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  13. Linux Devices, Open or Flexible Hardware, Going Back to Landlines
    some hardware picks
  14. "Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamer", Leadership Debate, and Media Mocks Ubuntu Over RAM Requirements
    Canonical/Ubuntu news
  15. Games: Godot 4.7 dev 4 and FEX 2604 Tagged
    Games' development and more
  16. KDE: Skrooge 26.4.0, Akademy 2026, and Testing org.kde.Platform Flatpak Built in CI
    KDE picks
  17. Kernel News and Graphics Coverage
    Linux news
  18. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, Dr. Luis Falcon in Cybershow (about GNUHealth)
    2 new episodes
  19. Applications: Why GNU/Linux Works Better, LittleSnitch Targets GNU/Linux, Trying Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap
    software news and more
  20. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  21. Security Patches, News, Analysis
    Security leftovers
  22. Openwashing and Scammers (Python Sells Out to Charlatans, Frauds, and Vicious, Shameless Plagiarists)
    really naughty
  23. KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner
    KDE Frameworks 6.25 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
  24. Android Leftovers
    Every Android phone is getting a free performance upgrade
  25. Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event
    It features a few clear references to Linux
  26. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  27. Tighter KDE Connect Integration
    In my opinion, KDE Connect is one of the finest pieces of software KDE has ever produced
  28. My top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all
    I've spent decades testing nearly every Linux desktop
  29. Can Garuda Linux Mokka Take Manjaro’s Arch-Based Crown?
    Our reviewer looks at Garuda Linix and finds a rolling-release Arch derivative with eye-catching visuals, a friendly installer
  30. I tried CuerdOS and this niche Debian distro is dramatically fast
    CuerdOS is a lightning-fast Linux distro with an alternative approach to preinstalled software
  31. Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server
    Calibre 9.7 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with support for grouping results by any field in the annotations browser and other changes.
  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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SLAPP Censorship - Part 83 Out of 200: Religion is Still Alive, But for Many This Religion is Monetary (Greed, Monopolies, Corporate Power)
If all you keep boasting about is being able to afford a hotel room and some domestic flight, then maybe you have no real accomplishments and are more like a "Facebook serf" with a credit card
Web Browsers Are for Rendering Web Page, They Shouldn't Become PDF Editors
Linus Torvalds is quickly learning and speaking about this
 
GAFAM is Connected to Misogyny, Almost All Founders Divorced
They're not good people, even if they pay the media to pretend otherwise
Oracle Seems to Have Popularised Overnight Layoffs, Now GAFAM Does the Same
layoff emails at 4 a.m. local time
A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft's LinkedIn Today, Some Comes From Slopfarms, Some Relies on Those Slopfarms
As usual, slopfarms make the Web a huge pile of garbage
IBM's Kyndryl is Circling Down the Drain, Say Kyndryl Insiders
"IBM Dinosaurs who were recycled and catapulted into the orange trash heap by IBM"
A Lot of Coverage Adding Hype Factor to Slop Bug Reports... is Made by LLM Slop
Local Privilege Escalation [...] the slop motivates some actual people to keep writing about it
Links 20/05/2026: Mass Layoffs at NPR (Bought by the Ballmers and Bill Epsteingate), Starbucks Korea CEO Fired Over ‘Tank Day’ Ad
Links for the day
Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Advantage of CD Collections, Geminaut's View of Nostr, and SSL / TLS Certificates
Links for the day
IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value
Having laid off a ton of people, borrowed lots of money to fake growth (by acquisition), and sent some jobs to low-paid regions where innovation isn't done
Links 20/05/2026: Looting of Americans for "White Grievance Reparations Fund"; "Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians"
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 82 Out of 200: British Government Intervenes in the SLAPPs by Brett Wilson LLP
At this stage our matters are dealt with by a layer below that of the Prime Minister (adjacent to it)
LinkedIn Communications Reveal That LinkedIn - Like GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Microsoft
This is definitely going to happen.
In Wall Street, Financial Difficulties Drive Shares Up
Wall Street doesn't work that way
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVIII - European Patent Office (EPO) Guidebook Says Report Crimes Committed on EPO Premises. Some Did, But President Campinos Covers up for the Culprits.
The staff has long been on strike and the union (SUEPO) organised an enhanced day of action just two days ago
Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Fall of an Empire, "High Tech is a Social Exercise", and Big Cameras
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
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IRC logs for Tuesday, May 19, 2026
LinkedIn Layoffs at Microsoft: Probably Well More Than 5% of Staff
In short, it's difficult to believe only 5% are impacted
It's Not Just a Widespread Theory, It's Apparently a Verified Fact: Home Appliances Not Made to Last Long
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Torvalds Capitulated on Rust and Slop, Now He's Paying the Price
they are pushing Microsoft and slop for grifters and scammers
Whistleblowers Needed: We Are Seeing Many Layoffs in Red Hat (Not Just in China), We Want to Know More
Last week we learned about some people who said they had left Red Hat or are leaving Red Hat
Links 19/05/2026: More Obituaries for Peter G. Neumann, Taiwan Abandoned by Cheeto House for Don's Personal Gain
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 81 Out of 200: SLAPP Censorship Does Not Work If Your Sole Strategy is Revenge (and You Attack the Family)
Both yours and others'
Techrights at 20 (Soon)
It does not seek popularity or affirmation from "Establishment" outlets
We Pay More for Less, for Things That Last Less Time and Are Almost Impossible to Repair
Ever noticed how "modern" or "smart" TVs come with dumber and dumber (worse) controllers?
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It is the only supported version of Windows; many people move elsewhere
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We've long said that LinkedIn and GitHub, which Microsoft bought, would likely end up like Skype
The Slop Bubble is Already Bursting
Slop is not desirable and the general public is growingly impatient, seeing that slop has improved nothing for them
Gemini Links 19/05/2026: Reliable Old Tech, Collection of Essays
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The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVII - European Patent Office (EPO) Became a "Toxic Work Environment" When Cocaine Addicts Put in Charge
They are putting at risk colleagues by abusing them
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IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 18, 2026
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Links 18/05/2026: Slop-induced Shortages, Solicitors Regulation Authority Says It's Unable to Deal With Complaints Load (So Regulation Does Not Really Exist)
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Links 18/05/2026: 25 Years of OLDaily and Dangers of "Living With Too Much Tech"
Links for the day
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