Links 27/02/2008: Low-cost GNU/Linux PCs, LGP GUI, Android Videos
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-02-27 13:56:39 UTC
- Modified: 2008-02-27 13:56:39 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 142 Out of 200: GemText is Not a Webpage, Gemini Protocol is Not the Web, and Capsules Are Not Websites
- our intention to appeal (escalate to the Court of Appeal)
- What We Said About Red Hat's Fate Under IBM Turned Out to be Right on the Money (That IBM Lacks)
- There are no layoffs at IBM
- At Clacton by-election Hustings Event Daniel Pocock Says "Social [Control] Media Has Contributed to Some of the Anti Social Behaviour."
- No doubt many problems in society are caused or at least amplified/accentuated by this horrible phenomenon
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
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- RA-pocalypse: IBM Tells Workers "Taking a Hike" is Their "Next Step" ('Voluntary' Layoffs), Now It Prepares to Sack Lots of Contractors
- There definitely is something going on
- Legal Attacks on Techrights Have Made Techrights More Popular and More Widely Read
- The misogynists will have plenty of work to do this summer
- Kai Stephens (Barkley Walsh) & British Democrats in Clacton by-election hustings
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Daniel Pocock 'Punching' Nazis in the UK
- The so-called "cult" of so-called "Debianism" was left with nothing but massive legal bills
- Microsoft: Our August 2026 Layoffs Are Not Layoffs Because... Reasons
- That's like IBM making "spin-offs", then pretending that no layoffs are happening
- Links 07/08/2026: UMG and Anthropic in Trouble Over Copyright Infringements Sold as "Training" (Slop)
- Links for the day
- Links 07/08/2026: "BMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat", Software Patents on Drones
- Links for the day
- IRC Networks Show No Signs of Going Away, IRC Enters Its 39th Year
- That IRC daemons are still actively developed and patched in summer of 2026 (over 38 years after IRC was born) says a lot about IRC's importance
- Social [Control] Media Needs to Die
- I am a bit shocked to recall that I wasted a lot of time on it
- Some Malware is Legal Because It's Made and Distributed by Politically-Connected GAFAM
- In reality, the security non-experts 'championed' (and salaried) by GAFAM are anti-security people who advocate back doors
- The GNU/Linux Anniversary is Next Month, Not This Month
- It'll turn 43
- IBM Insiders Explain Why IBM is in Very Serious Trouble
- Will IBM last long enough for any "quantum" deliverables to become a reality?
- The Register MS Took Money From Broadcom to Publish Fake 'News' With "AI" Mentioned 35 Times
- not legitimate or authentic journalism.
- GNU/Linux Approaching 20% in Georgia (the Country)
- Usage of GNU/Linux was near 0%, as measured by statCounter, several years ago
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 06, 2026
- IRC logs for Thursday, August 06, 2026
- Gemini Links 07/08/2026: Radio Amateurism, Summer Updates, and Programming "Taste"
- Links for the day
- Links 06/08/2026: Billboard Chart Contaminated by Slop Plagiarists, Sheinbaum Blasts Social Control Media
- Links for the day
- A Long Break and What's Coming Next Year
- Some time next year we definitely plan to show how the EFF failed women, failed bloggers, and basically prioritised GAFAM
- Daniel Pocock on a "metre-long ballot paper"
- The Debian "cult" (as he calls them collectively) is simply jealous of him
- Links 06/08/2026: Disney and Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal, "Hearing Aids Shenanigans"
- Links for the day
- IBM Mass Layoffs Began Yesterday, They're Sold as "Voluntary", the "Offer" Runs for Two Weeks (Last Day August 19th 2026)
- IBM will self-detonate while using contractual agreements to force people to smile
- Start of September 2026 'Voluntary' Mass Layoffs at IBM, Start of October Red Hat Employees Forced Into the 'Bloodbath' (After Collapse of IBM's Shares)
- Red Hat is in trouble
- Many GNU/Linux PCs Are Not Connected to the Net or Don't Use the Web
- Saying GNU/Linux user-agents are just "bots" (Microsoft Lunduke and other Microsofters say this) is like asserting that the Twin Towers fell not because of two giant planes but because of explosives
- They Call Occupations "Professions" Because the "Pro" Means Something
- If you want to find tech news online
- New Conference Paper (Science of Cyber Security) Credits RMS With Delaying Passwords
- When it comes to passwords, RMS was "right"
- Removing Gender Barriers in Computer Science
- It is not that "women aren't good at maths"
- In Brunei, GNU/Linux Approaches International Average of 8.5%
- a sharp rise from 0% to about 7.5% happened in a few years
- 15% of IBM Staff Marked for Layoffs ("RAs"), the Workers' Objective is to Find Another Employer and Leave
- "That's not a workforce, that's a waiting room."
- Maintenance to be Completed Tonight (IPv6)
- Notice how, after 25+ years, we're still not fully adopting IPv6, we're only about 50% there
- A Data Centres Hub Puts Everyone at Risk, Especially People Who Live Near Them at Times of War/s
- Spoiler: Datacentres are military targets, they attract missiles, some with nuclear warheads
- GAFAM Mass Layoffs and Mountains (Trillions of Dollars in 'Secret' or 'Off-the-Ledger') Debt
- GAFAM is having layoffs this month
- August 2026 Microsoft Layoffs Confirmed by Staff This Week
- It's hard to assess how many are impacted but signed an NDA, preventing them from speaking about what really happened
- analytics.usa.gov Says 7% of Sessions Come From GNU/Linux and ChromeOS. If ~40% (Mobile) Get Omitted, It's More Like 11%.
- In desktops and in laptops GNU/Linux has become a big player
- IBM Cannot Survive for Much Longer, There Are Limits to RAs and Offshoring, IBM Now Asks Workers to Quit
- IBM is in very serious trouble
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 141 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP Failed to Learn From the Mistakes of the European Patent Office (EPO)
- my solicitor, David Allen Green, put them in their place
- Texts of the Claims From Balabhadra (Alex) Graveley and Matthew J. Garrett Almost Identical, I am Suing for Abuse of Process
- Half a decade ago Balabhadra (Alex) Graveley from Microsoft and GNOME was arrested for strangulation in Texas
- Gemini Links 06/08/2026: "Eat That Frog", Mutt Terminal Email Guide, and BASICODE
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 05, 2026
- IRC logs for Wednesday, August 05, 2026
- Big Announcement Tomorrow
- Stay tuned...
- GNU/Linux Seen Exceeding 10% in Antigua and Barbuda
- In Antigua And Barbuda, what's seen this month is not far from the average
- Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Family Room, Smoke, and Alarm clocks
- Links for the day
- The Establishment, Oxford, Google & Debian artificial intelligence conspiracies
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- SLAPP Censorship - Part 140 Out of 200: You Become What You Eat, Your Clients Become You
- In 2024 Brett Wilson LLP failed to heed a decade-old warning
- Debian losses in Switzerland hidden until after DPL election debate
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 05/08/2026: Microsoft's (XBox's) "Devastating July" and "Never Write With" Slop, Says New York Times
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 05/08/2026: No to Slop, Dangers of Clown Computing, and Reducing Internet Usage
- Links for the day
- The Register MS Takes Money From NVIDIA and HP to Promote Their Ponzi Scheme, "AI", in a Fake 'Article' That Says "AI" 42 Times
- "The media"... selling us scams for profit
- Fertility app privacy, Britain's teenage pregnancies & faith based schooling
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- In Chile, GNU/Linux Approaches 4%
- Let's see if it can exceed 5% by year's end
- No Room for Misogyny and Incels in Free Software
- How can we ever trust men whose own family and their own partners cannot trust?
- How to Dehumanise a Triple National
- Don't be easily incited against those who sacrifice a lot to inform the public of suppressed topics
- In El Salvador, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Now Measured at Around 12%
- signs of gradual and steady adoption of GNU/Linux
- Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Starts Spending Big Money in an Effort to Resist Lawsuit From Daniel Pocock
- They've lost over half a million dollars in the latest 3 years
- The Establishment, Cambridge, Steve McIntyre & Debian suicide cluster
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 05/08/2026: Internet Archive Harmed by Slop Bot, "EBay And Former Execs Agree to Pay $56 Million For Trying to ‘Crush’ a Journalist"
- Links for the day
- Luxembourg and Software Freedom
- Luxembourg's adoption of GNU/Linux has quite consistently been higher than the European average
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Web Site is Online, GNU's Site Having Issues (Ongoing Issues)
- We hope they can rectify the issues with the GNU Web site
- Freedom Includes the Liberty to Disagree (and be Listened to, Not Censored)
- Freedom is our collective strength
- Tanzania: GNU/Linux Now Seen on 8% on Desktops/Laptops (User Clients)
- numbers have more than doubled
- IBM CEO Says IBM Won't be Bankrupt by 2028 or 2029 (When He Reaches Retirement Age)
- IBM has no path to survival
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
- IRC logs for Tuesday, August 04, 2026
- Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Being Good, Tildeverse and Tilde.pink, Games
- Links for the day
Comments
CoolGuy
2008-02-27 14:06:47
Europe Fines Microsoft $1.3 Billion
Roy Schestowitz
2008-02-27 14:14:36
Prepare for Zuck and the rest of the shills (yes, I mean it when I say "shills" because you must remember who pays their bills) to attack the EU left and right, on all fronts, inciting the American public against the Commission. I said this the other day actually. It's the same cycle of abuse all over again. ACT and CompTIA strike first, Do(MS)J joins in, Kroes et al ask for an apology and the AAI then apologises on behalf of America for the AstroTurf Squad Microsoft operates behind the scenes.
It's a very gross case of political manipulation and diplomatic games. Wait and watch.