Karma or Hubris? Is #TorvaldsWasRight a Thing Now?

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-07-31 01:58:53 UTC
Modified: 2020-07-31 02:05:23 UTC

This is why perceived 'rudeness' is sometimes necessary and well deserved

Red Hat won't boot
As widely reported right about now

Summary: Techrights did not forget how UEFI 'secure' boot came into kernel space (see the below); This proposal came from Red Hat and then foisted/pushed onto Linus Torvalds by at least 3 Red Hat employees (the mainstream media blasted Torvalds for his response to this 'offensive' technical move by Red Hat, helping Intel and Microsoft control silicon at CA level)

Slopwatch: Blaming the Victims for Microsoft's Failures and Plagiarising Phoronix: That's what Google has been reduced to: slop and slopfarms
Links 22/09/2025: Breaches, Windows TCO, and Arrests: Links for the day
Gemini Links 22/09/2025: Rabbit Hole and DeGoogling Fairphone: Links for the day
Links 22/09/2025: Russian War Planes Invade NATO Airspace While Dihydroxyacetone Man Escalates Attack on Free Speech Because of Critics: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 21, 2025: IRC logs for Sunday, September 21, 2025
Links 21/09/2025: "Hey Hi" (Hype) Under Fire, Fakes Identified; Tesla Burns Family: Links for the day
Google's Software is Malware and Malware in Mobile Devices: Originally posted by Rob Musial
Links 20/09/2025: Hegemony Coming to a Close, Luigi Mangione Ruled Not Terrorist: Links for the day
Gemini Links 21/09/2025: "Charlie Kirk Was a Hateful Piece of Shit" and Slop Code Attempted by Microsofter: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 20, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, September 20, 2025
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Snowy Photos and utism is a Spectrum: Links for the day
Microsoft-Sponsored Xenophobia and Nationalism: IBM is very similar in this regard
Vintage is Sometimes Better: Why can't we get back to "simple" if (or where) "simple" means better?
Climate Breakdown Means We'll be Publishing More, Not Less: Press freedom will be a common, recurring theme
Our 5-Year Geminispace Anniversary is Coming Up: I still remember when Gemini Protocol was quite new
It's Right to Point Out Violence From the Right: Violence is a recurring theme
Tentative Summary of Things to Publish in Project 2030: I'll still be in my forties by then
Web Browsers That "Do Hey Hi" (AI): State-of-the-art plagiarism or "autocomplete on steroids" (not coined by us, nevertheless a nice description) don't have much/any prospect
Links 20/09/2025: Hardware Projects in View, Some Independent Publishers About Russia Prosper After Cheeto Cuts Funding: Links for the day
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Options and TV Time Machine: Links for the day
Links 20/09/2025: Retrocomputer, Antique Phone Experience, and More: Links for the day
Links 20/09/2025: Internet Shutdowns, Media Censorship, and Climate Worries: Links for the day
About 700 New Gemini Capsules in 13 Months (or 54 Per Month): 4.8K would represent a 20% increase
Rust People: Drain the Swap, You're Holding It Wrong: Does Rust make sense?
Techrights the Name Turns 15: About 6 weeks from now we turn 19
Microsoft is Running Out of Time and Floating Fake Figures, Fake Projects, Fake Narratives, Fake Excuses: Also, a lot of Microsoft's "revenue" claims are circular financing (i.e. Microsoft buying from itself, which means Ponzi-like fraud)
Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, linuxconfig.org, and Plagiarised Phoronix: Many articles out there are nowadays fake
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 19, 2025: IRC logs for Friday, September 19, 2025
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Navigating the Pressures of Modern Life and SpellBinding Accidentally Wrote Another Gemini Server: Links for the day

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