The Linux Foundation is Not Even Using Linux to Prepare and Publish the Linux Kernel History Report

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2020-08-30 22:32:02 UTC
Modified: 2020-08-30 22:32:02 UTC

Recent: Linux Foundation Newsletter is Microsoft Windows and Proprietary IIS

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Summary: The "something" Foundation (something they make money from, without even using it, supporting it, let alone understanding it) is outsourcing almost everything to Microsoft (GitHub, proprietary software). It's just constantly milking the trademark of Linus Torvalds to make a lot of money and now it uses Apple and proprietary software to prepare a report about Linux (maybe Linux Foundation is the wrong name for it).

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statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 4.7% "Market Share" This Month: 30,000 Microsoft jobs may be eliminated by year's end
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Last Article From Australia's Sam Varghese Was a Year Ago and It Covered the Release of Julian Assange, Who Will Apparently Come Back as 'Politician': It'll soon be exactly 12 months
Hungary Seems Hungry for Linux: Windows down by a lot
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About 8 Waves of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft in 2025 (in Less Than 5 Months), Now Vista 11 "Market Share" Decreases: Really bad news for shareholders of Microsoft
statCounter Sees Bing "Share" Falling Over 0.5% in One Month, Now Lower Than Before the ChatGPT/Bing Chat Hype: Bing has been part of the mass layoffs for quite some time
Microsoft's Demise is a Global Phenomenon: mass layoffs justified using mindless buzzwords
All-Time Highs for GNU/Linux in EU and the UK, All-Time Lows for Microsoft: Combining ChromeOS and GNU/Linux, it adds up to and almost reaches 6%
[Video] New Introduction to Richard Stallman's Contributions Including GNU Emacs, GNU/Linux, and Software Freedom: from the channel previously bullied for supporting RMS
Links 02/06/2025: South Korea to Vote, Russia Blitzed From Within: Links for the day
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Covering Corruption in Poland, Including a War on Science (Due to Bad Politicians): What we're about to show is that skilled and experienced scientists in Poland are besieged by bureaucrats
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Gemini Links 01/06/2025: "Stardust" and Ideal PC Setup: Links for the day
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Gemini Links 01/06/2025: Simplification and Networks Everywhere: Links for the day
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Gemini Links 30/05/2025: Limmat, Doomscrollers, and Arguments Parsing: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 30, 2025: IRC logs for Friday, May 30, 2025

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