Distro of the Day: Not OpenSUSE (KDE 4.3 Video)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-11-13 00:33:25 UTC
- Modified: 2009-11-13 00:33:25 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Why We Publish Information About the SLAPPs (But Not About the Legal Process), an Abuse of Process by Americans Trying to Silence Critics of Their Employer, Microsoft
- It doesn't take thousands of pages to explain something simple
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- The Register MS Says "AI Web Crawlers Are Destroying Websites", So Why Does The Register MS Help 'AI' Companies? (Spoiler: Money)
- People need to call out The Register MS on its hypocrisy
- Slopfarms Already Peaked, They Will Die When Slop Companies Run Out of Money to Borrow
- slopfarms will lack an actual "engine"
- Links 02/09/2025: Attacks on Unions, Microsoft TCO, and DDoSing a Growing Problem
- Links for the day
- Internet Relay Chat Didn't Fall Off a Cliff
- IRC will turn 40 in less than 3 years from now
- The UEFI 9/11 - Part V - This is Not a Drill (Disable "SecureBoot" Now)
- A "9/11" Coming
- There's No Obligation to Speak to Anybody
- The very fact that "bkuhn" is till spending time in social control media says a lot about his poor judgment
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 01, 2025
- IRC logs for Monday, September 01, 2025
- Microsoft Trying to Force People to Resign (Amid Mass Layoffs) a Strategy That Takes Its Toll
- Microsoft seems to be circling down the drain and the "final flush" will be the moment the "hey hi" (AI) bubble implodes completely
- Google Simply Cannot Be Trusted
- Only fools would trust GAFAM
- Admission That a Third Party (or Parties) Funds the SLAPPs Against Techrights
- This can end up costing them over a million dollars
- Modifying and Writing One's Own Computer Programs is Not a Crime (or: Google Proves That Stallman Was Right)
- We're generally gratified to see so many positive mentions of him
- Why We Stopped Publishing Videos (for Now)
- We'll probably get back to videos one day, but it's hard to say when or to what extent
- What Animal Rights Activism Teaches Us About Sympathy and Focus
- It's possible to believe that the planet is warming, that we must do something about it, and still eat eggs and butter
- When You Turn Web Sites About Tech Into Political Sites
- A lot of people fall into the trap of catering only for particular groups
- Gemini Links 02/09/2025: ROOPHLOCH 2025 and Lagrange 1.19 Released
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 01/09/2025: News Corp. WSJ and A Month With NixOS
- Links for the day
- “Sideloading” Never Killed Anybody
- There are many online discussions this week about the misnomer "sideloading"
- Slopwatch: Google News as FUD Vector Against Linux and Plagiarism Enhancer, Serial Slopper (SS) Uses LLMs to Googlebomb "Linux"
- Slop destroys the Web not just by screwing with search engines and helping plagiarists. It's also responsible for de facto DDoS attacks...
- Links 01/09/2025: "Attacks on Science" and China's "Soft Power" Grows
- Links for the day
- Links 01/09/2025: Fresh Backlash Against Slop and "Norway’s Electricity Crisis is About to Hit Britain"
- Links for the day
- Writing and Coding Isn't Always Enough
- Last year we had to assume a role we didn't have before: litigants
- Links 01/09/2025: Catching Up (Mostly via Deutsche Welle), "Windows TCO" Effect in UK
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 01/09/2025: Linguistic Barriers and "Web 1.0 Hosting"
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 31, 2025
- IRC logs for Sunday, August 31, 2025
- Autumn Has Come
- Autumn should be exciting in all sorts of ways; it'll also mark our anniversary
- The UEFI 9/11 - Part IV - External Interference
- They all seem to be playing a role in crushing Software Freedom and self-determination for users
- Links 31/08/2025: Baggage Claim Scams, an Insurrectionist’s War on Culture, and a Sudden Robotics Hype
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 31/08/2025: Reviewing Netsurf and Slightly Less Historic Ada Design
- Links for the day
- IBM Has Taken Control of GNOME
- Don't expect a successor to be found any time soon
- Links 31/08/2025: Google Gmail Data Breach and LF Puff Pieces for Pay
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 30, 2025
- IRC logs for Saturday, August 30, 2025
- This is What Google News Has Become
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