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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 23, 2023

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Graphics: XDC, NVK, and More
    4 stories, Linux focus

    New

  2. Open Hardware and Ubuntu, Openwashing and Linux Foundation
    some more leftovers, long weekend ahead
  3. today's leftovers
    3 stories
  4. KDE and GNOME Leftovers
    3 more stories
  5. IBM: Fedora on 'Macs' and PHP in RHEL, Alma, CentOS, Rocky...
    Some Red Hat stuff
  6. New Videos: Makulu Linux and Kdenlive (Akademy 2023 Keynote)
    2 new videos
  7. LinuxLinks on ASUSTOR Data Master 4.2 and 5 Best Free and Open Source No-Code Database Tools
    2 new articles
  8. Security Leftovers
    4 news stories of blog posts
  9. SUSE/OpenSUSE: SLE BCI, Lockdown (Microsoft), and OBS Has New and Improved Ways to Report
    SUSE news
  10. Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 dev 1
    first dev snapshot
  11. today's howtos
    many howtos for the day
  12. Weston 13.0 release: Backends consolidation
    Weston 13.0 brings multiple fixes and important changes, notably the ability to load multiple backends simultaneously
  13. Announcing Incus 0.4
    Just as we’re wrapping up 2023, one last Incus release!
  14. Plymouth Linux Graphical Boot Manager Now Better Handles Display Rendering
    Plymouth, the open-source graphical boot animation and logger application, has been updated to version 23.51.283, a release that brings various new features and improvements.
  15. TUXEDO Control Center 2.1 Released with Exciting New Functions
    TUXEDO Computers announced today the availability of TUXEDO Control Center 2.1 open-source system tuning app for TUXEDO notebooks.
  16. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS like Tor and more
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Python, Perl, and more
  18. Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly and Linux in the Ham Shack
    2 new episodes
  19. Games: Steam Winter Sale and The Talos Principle 2
    only 2 from Liam Dawe yesterday
  20. Android Leftovers
    Android’s Nearby Share is getting rebranded ‘Quick Share’
  21. 8Devices Noni M.2 WiFi 7 module runs FirmUx embedded Linux distribution
    The source code for FirmUX is open-source and available for download, but only to customers
  22. Windows TCO Stories
    Cost of Windows
  23. PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.8.4 and rpki-client 8.7
    two new releases
  24. Devices and Hardware: OPNsense, Purism, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More
    BSD and GNU/Linux mostly
  25. Mozilla: Buzzwords, Privacy Pass, Firefox DevTools Newsletter
    Mostly Firefox stuff
  26. BSD: FreeBSD, PlayStation 5, and the Desktop
    Some BSD news
  27. today's howtos
    10 howtos for the morning
  28. Openwashing and Lock-in in 'Open' Clothing
    SFC and LF
  29. Linux 6.7-rc8 release (rather than 6.7 final) on December 31
    Schedule for final
  30. Security and Windows TCO Stories
    also patches and FUD
  31. Openwashing, Games, and More
    today's leftovers
  32. Security Leftovers
    Many incidents and such
  33. Mozilla: Pontoon survey results and multiple memory safety bugs
    a pair of Mozilla updates
  34. Red Hat / IBM: Training and Outsourcing (to Microsoft)
    a couple of new stories
  35. Devices: Avalue, FriendlyELEC, Arduino, Youyeetoo
    Devices that are "open" or Linux leaning
  36. today's howtos
    only 3 for now
  37. Etnaviv NPU update 13: Don't cross the tensors
    serious refactoring of the data structures
  38. Qt 6.7 Beta 1 Released and More Qt News
    3 new items
  39. GRUB 2.12 released
    GRUB maintainers are proud to announce GRUB 2.12 that has been just released
  40. Today in Techrights [Some of the latest articles]
    Some of the latest articles

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

What is "MATA"?
Think of it as GAFAM or "Meta"
WebProNews is a Slopfarm
Please avoid linking to WebProNews
Another "Told You So!": XBox Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Many Recent Reports Were Chaff and Spin), Many Other Divisions Affected
With mass layoffs at Microsoft the world would be much better
When the Microsoft Aggressors Rely on Several Law Firms ('Attack Dogs', 'Guns for Hire'), Not Just One, Lawyering Up Against Techrights (Acting on Behalf of Americans Against UK Publishers)
From serving customers at some restaurant he has moved on to bullying people with demand letters
 
Brian Fagioli Created Another Slopfarm Targeting "Linux" After BetaNews Became a Slopfarm of Phantom Accounts and Pseudonyms
Mr. Fagioli even had slop about a dead Torvalds (hypothetical) as clickbait
Wayland is Perfect, Nobody Can Escape Its Perfection! (Or Not)
Do not form on opinion on Wayland based on politics
Moral Duty for "Linux Sites" to Speak Out Against LLM Slop
My wife has long complained about "Linux bloggers" keeping quiet and thus passive about a growing problem: slop
In Recent Hours Google News Promoted at Least 3 Slopfarms That Relayed Linux Foundation Propaganda Made by Bots or LLM "Bullshit Generators" (as Dr. Stallman Dubbed Them)
Google is circling down the drain and Google News too is hopeless
Linux Journal is a Slopfarm, It's Experimenting With LLM 'Authors'
Is Slashdot next?
Microsoft LinkedIn is Dying and Many More Layoffs Are on the Way
LinkedIn is just a failed acquisition of Microsoft. It causes losses and debt.
Gemini Links 25/06/2025: Combinatorial Music and Self Hosting
Links for the day
Richard Stallman Coming Back to Europe This Autumn to Give More Talks
His last talk in Europe attracted about 400-450 people
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
IRC logs for Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Social Control Media, Technology & Catholicism: Synod on Synodality review and feedback
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
How Many More Women Will Managers at Microsoft Strangle and Tell to Kill Themselves (or Try to Kill)?
The world needs to know what happened
The New BetaNews: 7 New 'Articles', All of Them LLM Slop
BetaNews is basically defunct. Nobody writes there anymore.
statCounter Estimates Only 1 in 300 Iranians Would Use Microsoft for Search
Iranians don't quite trust Microsoft
Gemini Links 24/06/2025: ftpd on FreeBSD and Online Small Web Magazine
Links for the day
Google News Does Great Harm by Promoting Slopfarms as Legitimate News Sites
Slopfarms are sites which are 100% LLM slop
Links 24/06/2025: Trouble at "Open" "AI" and ‘Siarhei is Free’
Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/06/2025: Stimulants and Subscription Costs for DRM
Links for the day
Links 24/06/2025: OpenAI [sic] May Soon Die (Too Much Debt) and Social Control Media Accused of Being Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda Amplifier
Links for the day
Nirbheek Chauhan in Planet GNOME Explains Why Wayland Pushers Are Losing
"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."
Polygamy, from Catholic Synod on Synodality to Social Control Media & Debian CyberPolygamy
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Only a Third of or 1 in 3 Web-Connected Devices is a Desktop or Laptop, According to statCounter
we can expect Android to widen its lead
The Days Are Getting Shorter, the First Half of 2025 is Almost Over
We're gratified to see significant increase in traffic and also positive feedback on the work we do
Turning GNU/Linux Into a Political Football
X (not the site) is Free software
X Server Still Works for Many People
A lot of people will grow suspicious of Wayland boosters/pushers if they persist and insist on using these tactics
Exactly a Week Ago "BetaNews Staff" Said "Betanews Is Growing Alongside You". Since Then Every Article (All by "Camila Nogueira") Has Been LLM Slop.
BetaNews is basically a slopfarm
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 23, 2025
IRC logs for Monday, June 23, 2025
The "Tarzan Effect" in Compilers and Software
What happens when you forcibly make things 'work', either by hacks or by disregarding warnings (like those that compilers tend to issue)?
Gemini Links 23/06/2025: Mass Tourism, Hair Love, and Google Gemini as a Googlebomb
Links for the day
Law Firm Burgess Mee Does Not Fully Deny Participating in Abusive Litigation for Serial Strangler From Microsoft
I am not unfamiliar with these tactics
The Modus Operandi of Wayland Pushers: Make It Political
do what I say or you're a nazi...
Links 23/06/2025: RFE/RL Contributor Vladyslav Yesypenko Released, Recording Industry Cutbacks
Links for the day
Brett Wilson LLP Solicitors (M): Over 99.9% of Our E-mail is Self-Marketing, We Send You 3.5MB E-mails for Less Than 1KB of Text
Why would tech people entrust legal matters to such people?
Peter Moon's (Computerworld) Interview With Richard Stallman
Stallman: If you want freedom don't follow Linus Torvalds
At What Point Does Outsourcing Constitute Malpractice?
Brett Wilson LLP's new staff page is misleading
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sailing to GNU/Linux, According to statCounter
countries in that region will quickly learn the price of neglecting digital sovereignty
From Do Your Own Research to Do Your Own Search
The Web is full of garbage; search engines amplify this garbage
More People Moving to Geminispace?
at age 6+ Gemini Protocol seems to have gained some maturity and it seems like more people use it
Permutation in LLMs Does, Inevitably, Change Meanings and Therefore LLMs Cannot Properly Rephrase or Summarise Texts
LLMs lack actual grasp or comprehension of what they spew out
Links 23/06/2025: Many Security Breaches, Population Declines
Links for the day
Gemini Links 23/06/2025: "America at the Crossroads" and OpenWRT Surgery
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 22, 2025
IRC logs for Sunday, June 22, 2025
Pure Dove
Different means different, and sometimes those who "deviate" from "the norm" have a point
Censorship is a Sign of Weakness Which Invites More Censorship Attempts
revolutionaries don't succumb to pressure from bullies
Why It's Unlikely That LLM Slop Will Dominate the Web in the Long Run
Slopfarms will eventually perish (they have no actual value) and "survivors" on the Web will be sites that never depended on search engines and social control media
GNU/Linux in Argentina Now Measured Near 5%
Like in central Europe, they must be seeing an increasingly hostile US
BetaNews is Fake News, Composed by LLM Slop
nothing in BetaNews is written by humans anymore