TechBytes Episode 27: Linux Phones, Pardus, Trusting One's Government-funded Distribution, and Much More

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 1: Brandon from Fedora	TechBytes Episode 1: Apple, Microsoft, Bundling, and Fedora 14 (With Special Guest Brandon Lozza)	1/11/2010
Episode 2: No guests	TechBytes Episode 2: Ubuntu's One Way, Silverlight Goes Dark, and GNU Octave Discovered	7/11/2010
Episode 3: No guests	TechBytes Episode 3: Games, Wayland, Xfce, Restrictive Application Stores, and Office Suites	8/11/2010
Episode 4: No guests	TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee's Magic	9/11/2010
Episode 5: No guests	TechBytes Episode 5: Windows Loses to Linux in Phones, GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share Estimations, and Much More	12/11/2010
Episode 6: No guests	TechBytes Episode 6: KINect a Cheapo Gadget, Sharing Perceptually Criminalised, Fedora and Fusion 14 in Review	13/11/2010
Episode 7: No guests	TechBytes Episode 7: FUD From The Economist, New Releases, and Linux Eureka Moment at Netflix	14/11/2010
Episode 8: Gordon Sinclair on Linux Mint	TechBytes Episode 8: Linux Mint Special With Gordon Sinclair (ThistleWeb)	15/11/2010
Episode 9: Gordon Sinclair returns	TechBytes Episode 9: The Potentially Permanent Return of ThistleWeb	17/11/2010
Episode 10: Special show format	TechBytes Episode 10: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux	19/11/2010
Episode 11: Part 2 of special show	TechBytes Episode 11: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux - Part II	21/11/2010
Episode 12: Novell special	TechBytes Episode 12: Novell Sold for Microsoft Gains	23/11/2010
Episode 13: No guests	TechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat	28/11/2010
Episode 14: Patents special	TechBytes Episode 14: Software Patents in Phones, Android, and in General	29/11/2010
Episode 15: No guests	TechBytes Episode 15: Google Chrome OS, Windows Refund, and Side Topics Like Wikileaks	30/11/2010

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 16: No guests	TechBytes Episode 16: Bribes for Reviews, GNU/Linux News, and Wikileaks Opinions	3/12/2010
Episode 17: No guests	TechBytes Episode 17: Chrome OS Imminent, Wikileaks Spreads to Mirrors, 'Open' Microsoft	5/12/2010
Episode 18: No guests	TechBytes Episode 18: Chrome OS, Sharing, Freedom, and Wikileaks	11/12/2010
Episode 19: No guests	TechBytes Episode 19: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktop at 4%, Microsoft Declining, and ChromeOS is Coming	16/12/2010
Episode 20: No guests	TechBytes Episode 20: GNU/Linux Gamers Pay More for Games, Other Discussions	18/12/2010
Episode 21: No guests	TechBytes Episode 21: Copyright Abuses, Agitators and Trolls, Starting a New Site	20/12/2010
Episode 22: No special guests	TechBytes Episode 22: Freedom Debate and Picks of the Year	27/12/2010

Show overview	Show title	Date recorded
Episode 23: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 23: Failuresfest and 2011 Predictions	2/1/2011
Episode 24: Tim, Gordon, and Roy	TechBytes Episode 24: Android, Microsoft's President Departure, and Privacy	10/1/2011
Episode 25: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 25: Mono, Ubuntu, Android, and More	14/1/2011
Episode 26: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 26: €£98 GNU/Linux Computer, Stuxnet's Government Roots, and More	18/1/2011

The Post Offices Have Turned Into Trash. They Swallow Packages and Only Spit Them Out If You Get Lucky.: Nom nom nom
Four Years of Videos (Self-Hosted, Not Social Control Multimedia): Seeing how the "hey hi" (AI) hype spreads to GulagTube and ruins GulagTube, we're glad we need not worry about Google (Gulag) policing our "content" via supposedly 'free' (not really) platforms, such as GulagTube, the social control (multi)media "market leader"
We Already Know What Makes Techrights So Attractive to Online Abuse and Cybercrimes: Techrights helps explain how to dismantle the 'cancel culture' against Free software (it also names the key perpetrators)
Microsoft Controlling Apache by Proxy/ies: This is a broader attack on what "Open Source" actually means
In Case Undersea Cables Are Cut...: The issue has been somewhat of a taboo - mostly overlooked or entirely ignored at times of peace
Links 01/12/2024: Russian Police Raiding Gay Bars, Zelensky Wants NATO Membership: Links for the day
Gemini Links 01/12/2024: Recycling and Interest in Computers: Links for the day
Links 01/12/2024: 23andMe's DNA Bubble Imploded, Web Server Survey Shows Microsoft Nosediving: Links for the day
Vulture funds war-gaming Ireland loss of corporation tax revenue, Donald Trump: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Gerry Hutch & Debian: suicide by Monk?: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch: criminals vs geeks, multinationals vs Ireland: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
"Microsoft suffered the next largest loss, down by 634,406 sites (-3.24%)": Microsoft is now in only 2 of the 5 tables; over time Microsoft slips out of visibility in more categories
[Meme] Hiding From Bullies Not the Solution: ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.’
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 30, 2024: IRC logs for Saturday, November 30, 2024
If You Support Free - is in Freedom/Libre - Software, Then Support the Free Software Foundation (FSF): 2024 was the most productive year so far
CNN's Front Page is About 250 Times Heavier Than Techrights' (Also Far Slower): Those who value performance and users' experience will give bloat the boot
[Meme] What 'Social Justice Warrior' Has Come to Mean by 2024: People who have long called themselves "SJW" aren't exactly any of those things
Two Years Later Sirius Open Source is Basically Dead (With a Zombie Web Site): 1 day from now it's exactly 2 years since Rianne and I resigned
[Meme] The Internet is More Fragile Than They Are Willing to Admit: If your site ready for a war on pipes and cables?
IBM is More Than 60 Billion Dollars in Debt (Which It Cannot Pay Back): IBM debt is growing
IBM and Microsoft Fake Headcount in Exactly the Same Way (While Mass Layoffs Persist and Real Revenue Falls, Not Just Compared to Inflation Rates): They convert profits into fake 'growth' instead of cashing in (so debt continues to soar), in effect gaming the system based on misleading metrics
Daniel Pocock Moved Up Two Spots in the Political Battles: He has made a statement about it
Links 30/11/2024: Cable Cuts Under Investigation, America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding, Panda Protection Money Misused: Links for the day
Understanding Irish general election 2024 results Dublin Bay South: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 30/11/2024: Social Control Media Under Growing Scrutiny, Patent Propaganda Sites Still Promote a Fake Court (UPC): Links for the day
Gemini Links 30/11/2024: SIGINT Foo and Hooking Up an Old Serial Terminal to a NetBSD Machine Over USB: Links for the day
Apache Software Foundation, Already Infiltrated by Microsoft for Well Over a Decade, Still Controlled by Proprietary Giants With Openwashing Agents: No wonder things get outsourced to Microsoft's proprietary prison (GitHub)
Tux Machines Turning Twenty a Half: Contact us if you want to join us and live not far from Manchester
Stable at Over 4% and 400+ Days' Uptime: Hopefully some time this weekend we'll find enough time to upload party photos (this site turning 18)
With a Month Left to Raise Money the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Already Raised 56,000 Dollars: December starts tomorrow
The Irish Have Voted, We'll Soon Know How Many Voted for a Debian Developer and Free Software Specialist: Dublin Bay South results
[Meme] The Word Security Has Been Redefined: "See what the media tells us?"
Proving Yet Again That Techrights Was Right About UEFI 'Secure Boot' All Along (Since 2012): 'Secure Boot' or 'secure' boot is about anything but security
[Meme] Growing Up and Becoming Sceptical: Social control media is a toxic weapon against what's true
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 29, 2024: IRC logs for Friday, November 29, 2024
Reporting Information and Facts at Times of War (and Information Wars), Dissent of Merit and Scepticism//Critical Skills Impermissible: The world is full of white-collar crime, so the more people report, the better
Links 30/11/2024: More Strongarming and Threats to Taiwan, Ananda Krishnan is Dead: Links for the day
Links 29/11/2024: Hike at Potato Creek and Best SSG: Links for the day
Energy shock: €17,000 circuit court claim, threat of judgment for fraudulent charges: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Brigid Purcell (PBP): generation Z, unteachable children, how will they govern in ten years?: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 29/11/2024: Smithfield Market in London Shutting Down, BRICS (China) Accused of Validating Undersea Cables Based on New Evidence: Links for the day
Fentanylware (TikTok) Just Doing Exactly What It Was Supposed to Do: A senior official at Romania's telecoms watchdog called for Fentanylware (TikTok) to be suspended
Links 29/11/2024: China Tensions and Big Bounties for Invalidation of Software Patents: Links for the day
Daniel Pocock Explains Why People Should Vote for Him Today (General Election 2024): Polling day in Ireland
[Meme] Microsoft and Bill Gates Controlling Media Coverage: Cautionary tale
More Microsoft Corruption and Cover-ups: The key point here is that Microsoft is a corrupt company that bribes officials and breaks every law in the books, then lies about it, covers things up, even bribes publishers to participate in the cover-up
Microsoft Fired Hundreds of Workers Days Before Thanksgiving: Maybe it's time for Microsoft shareholders to reassess the true wealth and well-being of Microsoft as a company
Typical Microsoft Bully (Paid by Microsoft): Some Microsoft staff doesn't know boundaries
Threats, Attacks on Women, and Other Tactics of Microsofters Will Always Backfire: California: An Epicentre of Psychosis Influenced by Silicon Valley?
Rejecting Fake Holidays: In the US, today is the day after Thanksgiving and nothing els
8GB Swiss Archive offered to Irish voters by Dáil candidate: Mr Pocock doesn't take orders from cyberbullies
Ireland Goes to Polls, Here's Daniel Pocock's Leaflet (Running as Independent in Dublin Bay South): He seems to be the only geek running for Office
Daniel Pocock: Why you should follow my RSS or Atom feed, Irish elections, everybody wins: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 28, 2024: IRC logs for Thursday, November 28, 2024

TechBytes Episode 27: Linux Phones, Pardus, Trusting One's Government-funded Distribution, and Much More

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