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Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman (RMS) do not have to be idolised ("cult of personalities") but they definitely need to be defended from a longstanding and ongoing corporate coup, which the corporations seek to justify using nicer-sounding terms like "security" (that's how they justify added complexity such as Rust) or "safe space" (they're collectively insulting the community as if only employees of monopolies can help combat bigotry)
Links 4/8/2021: More IBM Downtimes and Firefox Losing Many Users
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Links 3/8/2021: DeaDBeeF 1.8.8, CrossOver 21, AMD and Valve Hook Up for GNU/Linux Work
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Links 3/8/2021: LibreOffice Autoupdater and Vulkan in X-Plane
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The EPO is Europe's Largest Scale Scam (by Far the Largest)
In another fine instance of deja vu, the biggest scammers are warning everybody else about lesser “scammers”; one might be tempted to call this “projection tactics” or deflection (staring at the mirror) which helps churn/flood the "news" section with tons of recycled old fluff (they could certainly use a distraction right now)
Links 3/8/2021: Raspberry Pi ‘WeatherClock’ and IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 159
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IBM's Attack on the Community and on GPL/FSF is an Attack on Red Hat's Greatest Asset
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Four Weeks of Non-Compliance: EPO Only Accepts Courts That It Rigs and Controls
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Seven Eleven: 11 is to 10 What 7 Was to Vista
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Links 3/8/2021: Nitrux 1.5.1 and Gerbera Media Server 1.9.0
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Links 2/8/2021: XEyes 1.2 and Fwupd 1.6.2 Released
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Links 2/8/2021: Open Science in France and Zoom Pays to Settle Privacy Violations
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It Almost Feels Like Battistelli Still Runs the EPO (by Extension/Proxy)
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[Meme] Vichyite Battistelli Committed Crimes and His Buddy António Snubs Courts That Confirm These Are Crimes
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[Meme] Nobody and Nothing Harms Europe's Reputation Like the EPO Does
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