When 50% of Slashdot's 'Linux' Section is Microsoft Marketing, EEE, and FUD (Updated)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-05-28 18:11:40 UTC
Modified: 2022-05-29 16:20:19 UTC

I seem to recall Slashdot being a pro-Linux site, but that was a very long time ago. Also notice the Microsoft/GitHub shilling (showing at the top of the page).

Slashdot's 'Linux' Section
Whose section is this?

Summary: As this minutes-old screenshot shows, Slashdot is not what many of us "geeks" remember it for

Update: Only one day has passed and here's that pattern again.

Good Gains for Android for GNU/Linux in New Zealand This Year: Notice that GNU/Linux rose to its highest point (this month)
2024 a Record Year for Android (Almost 50% "Market Share"), Which is Now Bigger in Europe Than Microsoft Windows: a look at Europe
Wishing for a Wikileaks Renaissance in 2025: as a site that facilitates whistleblowers, hosting large leaks
[Meme] Getting Banned From Social Control Media 2 Days or Two Weeks Before Leaving Office: Seems like interference using dinners with an insurrectionist
Jimmy Carter on Globalisation of "Tech": Carter's legacy in the area of science (and technology)
The True Importance of Diversification: Monopoly or monoculture breed fragility
This New Talk Helps Explain Why Crimes at the European Patent Office (EPO) and Patent Policy Deficits Remain Unaddressed by the European Commission: Corporations write and enforce the law
Enshittification is Everywhere: Computer Science has been reduced to just "computer" (spyphone)
Move to GNU/Linux and Save the Planet, CCC Talk Explains: video of the talk
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Tells Us All to "Keep Putting Pressure on Microsoft": "Grassroots organization against a corporation as large as Microsoft is never easy"
A Free Software Foundation (FSF) Led by Dr. Richard Stallman Can Still Raise a Lot of Money: Give people more time (e.g. until end of January) and maybe hit the target
Is Microsoft's Plundering of Africa Coming to an End?: Microsoft had many layoffs in Africa this year
Microsoft Windows Down From 23% to 20% This Year in Asia (Android Up From 54% to Almost 60%): Less and less of Windows, more of the Linux-powered Android
15 Years Ago Mozilla Firefox Had Over 50% of the Slovakian Market, Now Google's Chrome Has Over 70%: Peaked at 72.4% earlier this year
Remembering When Photography Meant Realistic Captures of Reality, Not "Hey Hi" (AI) and 'Instagrammed' (Filtered, Manipulated): Fake pictures predate the "hey hi" hype; Instagram in particular was full of these
Apple's Main Stronghold (North America) at Risk From GNU/Linux: Apple had several rounds of layoffs in the US this year
statCounter: Microsoft Windows Down a Percent This Year in South America, GNU/Linux Up to 3.2%: Microsoft down, freedom up
The Threat of Googlebombing and LLMs: There are many Carters, but search engines and LLMs lack the "logic" (or common sense) to tell the difference
Social Control Media (Not Just TikTok) is a "Modern Challenge" to Democracy: Society is worse off with Social Control Networks
IBM's Bad Leadership is a Threat to GNU/Linux: We worry that since Red Hat controls so much of the GNU/Linux stack difficulties at IBM will result in divestment
Putting Some Eggs in the Geminispace Basket: Do not bet on the future of the Web
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, December 29, 2024: IRC logs for Sunday, December 29, 2024
Gemini Links 30/12/2024: Countdown to New Year, Tinylogging, and LLM Hype: Links for the day
Incredible! Beta'News' Now Runs Ads as 'Articles' About 'Hey Hi' (AI), Written by LLMs: Does it get any more rogue than this?
Our Most Relaxing Christmas Ever?: this Christmas was our most calm every (in recent memory at least)
Bad Year for Microsoft in India (and Another All-Time Low, Windows at 12% "Market Share"): Microsoft is the next Intel
Keeping Online Even During Wars: the Internet is still quite robust
Fascistic Regimes and Their Justices Will Leverage Social Control Networks to Their Advantage (Power Grab), They Won't Protect Constituents From Them: "controlling the voices and all the narratives, including the press because they too buy into the lies that it is a communications medium"
New Year's Resolution for Techrights: No More Very Short Posts: If we publish memes, as above, then we'll try to at least contextualise them somewhat
Links 29/12/2024: Phytium Sells Chinese CPUs and Landing Gear Malfunction Crashes Plane in Korea: Links for the day
Links 29/12/2024: Facebook Wants More Bots and Slop, Whistleblowers and Bloggers Under Attack: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 28, 2024: IRC logs for Saturday, December 28, 2024
Gemini Links 29/12/2024: Supernatural Mystery and Mechanical People: Links for the day
Links 28/12/2024: Standards Emphasised, Putin Implicitly Admits Taking Down Passenger Plane: Links for the day
Links 28/12/2024: BRICS-Controlled Social Control Media Defended by GOP, "Paper Passport Is Dying": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 27, 2024: IRC logs for Friday, December 27, 2024
Links 28/12/2024: Having Bosses, Ada's Dependent Types: Links for the day

When 50% of Slashdot's 'Linux' Section is Microsoft Marketing, EEE, and FUD (Updated)

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