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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 23, 2023

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Graphics: XDC, NVK, and More

4 stories, Linux focus

New
Open Hardware and Ubuntu, Openwashing and Linux Foundation

some more leftovers, long weekend ahead
today's leftovers

3 stories
KDE and GNOME Leftovers

3 more stories
IBM: Fedora on 'Macs' and PHP in RHEL, Alma, CentOS, Rocky...

Some Red Hat stuff
New Videos: Makulu Linux and Kdenlive (Akademy 2023 Keynote)

2 new videos
LinuxLinks on ASUSTOR Data Master 4.2 and 5 Best Free and Open Source No-Code Database Tools

2 new articles
Security Leftovers

4 news stories of blog posts
SUSE/OpenSUSE: SLE BCI, Lockdown (Microsoft), and OBS Has New and Improved Ways to Report

SUSE news
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 dev 1

first dev snapshot
today's howtos

many howtos for the day
Weston 13.0 release: Backends consolidation

Weston 13.0 brings multiple fixes and important changes, notably the ability to load multiple backends simultaneously
Announcing Incus 0.4

Just as we’re wrapping up 2023, one last Incus release!
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.
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.
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

FOSS like Tor and more
Programming Leftovers

Python, Perl, and more
Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly and Linux in the Ham Shack

2 new episodes
Games: Steam Winter Sale and The Talos Principle 2

only 2 from Liam Dawe yesterday
Android Leftovers

Android’s Nearby Share is getting rebranded ‘Quick Share’
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
Windows TCO Stories

Cost of Windows
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.8.4 and rpki-client 8.7

two new releases
Devices and Hardware: OPNsense, Purism, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More

BSD and GNU/Linux mostly
Mozilla: Buzzwords, Privacy Pass, Firefox DevTools Newsletter

Mostly Firefox stuff
BSD: FreeBSD, PlayStation 5, and the Desktop

Some BSD news
today's howtos

10 howtos for the morning
Openwashing and Lock-in in 'Open' Clothing

SFC and LF
Linux 6.7-rc8 release (rather than 6.7 final) on December 31

Schedule for final
Security and Windows TCO Stories

also patches and FUD
Openwashing, Games, and More

today's leftovers
Security Leftovers

Many incidents and such
Mozilla: Pontoon survey results and multiple memory safety bugs

a pair of Mozilla updates
Red Hat / IBM: Training and Outsourcing (to Microsoft)

a couple of new stories
Devices: Avalue, FriendlyELEC, Arduino, Youyeetoo

Devices that are "open" or Linux leaning
today's howtos

only 3 for now
Etnaviv NPU update 13: Don't cross the tensors

serious refactoring of the data structures
Qt 6.7 Beta 1 Released and More Qt News

3 new items
GRUB 2.12 released

GRUB maintainers are proud to announce GRUB 2.12 that has been just released
Today in Techrights [Some of the latest articles]

Some of the latest articles

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

analytics.usa.gov: Vista 11 Scarcely Used, GNU/Linux Increasingly Dominant (Microsoft Loses "Goodwill", Depletes Cash Equivalents, and Debt Soars): "Total current assets" fell by more than 2 billion dollars in the past 3 months
Not Only Mass Layoffs at IBM But Complete Shutdowns "Amid A.I. Boom": apparently about 10,000 layoffs, not counting those who got pushed out by PIPs and other means
Search @ Techrights: Almost There Now (Maybe an Anniversary Gift): Just to be very clear, search would not be unprecedented at Techrights
At IBM, Layoffs Start at 1AM (at Night): not a single English-speaking site covers the news about the layoffs
Envy Makes People Do Self-Harming Things (and Harm to Others): Online communities that can be deemed successful are built around trust, mutual respect, and collective accomplishment
What Julian Darley Wrote About the Stallman Talk Regarding "AI" in Oxford (2025): From LinkedIn (Microsoft)
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." -Galileo Galilei: This site is educational
Many People Have Said That They "Leave" IBM in Recent Days (Ahead of Mass Layoffs): So the real extent of layoffs is greater than what's publicly stated (there are silent layoffs) [...] Whatever IBM says about the scope, scale, or magnitude of the "RAs", it doesn't tell the full story
It Seems Like GNOME/IBM Don't Like Women and When Budget is Limited Only Women Take the Fall: Seems like a very patriarchal, GAFAM-controlled Foundation
"Last Day" as in "IBM Sacked Me" (Cruel Euphemisms): "The entire design and research technical leadership at IBM was laid off in the past year, including this round"
Shadow Crew and Ads Disguised as Articles: That The Register MS runs articles that are paid-for fluff isn't unprecedented
Vista 11 "Market Share" Has Fallen This Month, Based on statCounter: The US government's own data shows the same thing this month
This is How Mainstream Media, Boosted or Parroted by Slopfarms, Spins IBM's Commercial Failure and Mass Layoffs as "AI": Some say "software focus", but most just resort to buzzwords and blame-shifting hype
Resisting Misogynists: Rianne has already added close to 100,000 pages to this site
Starting November on a Strong Note: All in all, this month started well for us as we have good, accurate publications with considerable impact
Fake Retirements Help IBM Keep the Layoff Figures Down: Yesterday we read that it was quite cruel how IBM (or Red Hat) compelled staff to pretend to be happily leaving or "retiring" when the reality was, they had been pushed out with some "package"
Cocaine at the European Patent Office Now a Subject in YouTube, Media Will Revisit the Topic: "The Cocaine Patent Office" is no joking matter
Gemini Links 05/11/2025: "Wuthering Heights" and "Winter is Coming": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, November 04, 2025: IRC logs for Tuesday, November 04, 2025
2 Days Until Site Anniversary Party, Search Likely to Launch Same Day: We're now just two days away from the nineteenth anniversary of the site
Richard Stallman's 2005 Article on Why Patents on Software Should be Denied: If patent law had been applied to novels in the 1880s, great books would not have been written. If the EU applies it to software, every computer user will be restricted, says Richard Stallman
"Last Day" at IBM and Red Hat as "Stealth Layoffs" (They Force People to Pretend It's Wilful): So the real extent of the layoffs is being kept 'undercover'
Slopwatch: The WebProNews Slopfarm and the Serial Slopper: The Web is ill
Links 04/11/2025: Tensions Around Belarus Grow, Turkey’s Hype-inflation Continues: Links for the day
Corporate Media That Fails to Report Cocaine at EPO is Totally Failing to Report Mass Layoffs at IBM: How come nobody anywhere writes about this week's RAs?
Links 04/11/2025: Google Cloud Account Engages in Censorship of the Innocent, arXiv Spammed by LLM Slop: Links for the day
EPO Cocaine Chronicles: Our Aim Will be to Ensure This Becomes a Mainstream Media Topic, Not a Suppressed Scandal (Which the German State Deems Embarrassing and Detrimental to Its Pan-European Patent Franchise): At the EPO, and perhaps in German media as well, people "fall upwards" (they get rewarded for bad things)
Static Site Generators (SSGs) Made Techrights Better, Faster, Easier to Manage: Consider adopting SSGs if you still use a CMS such as WordPress
But he Was Born in Manchester! (Origin Stories): Borussia Dortmund does not exist!
GNU/Linux is American, Not Finnish: It started in Boston, not in Helsinki
'Hacker' 'News' Makes Dumb Assertions Against Smart People: A logical fallacy
We Turned Down Every Settlement Offer Because Truths Aren't Determined in Bank Accounts: Without free press, there won't be free society
Why I'm Always Proud of the Site I've Devoted My Life to: As a graffiti around the corner from our home says, "be a better person"
Standing Up or Standing for What's True But Inconvenient: Bad actors need to be called out
Media Coverage Regarding IBM is Vapourware and LLM Slop: With slop images, too
statCounter Says GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in the Russian Federation: Adoption of Vista 11 has been embarrassingly weak
Corruption is Not a Joke: we'll try to limit our use of humour to avoid misunderstandings or misinterpretations
The Slopfarm WebProNews is Overwhelming "linux" Results in Google News: Google News is slop
The Fall of IBM: What Happened?: Just like the EPO continues riding some old reputation acquired in the 1970s IBM relies on old myths like, "nobody gets fired for buying IBM."
IBM's CEO Already Has the Excuse for the Latest Wave of Mass Layoffs: Only days ago the CEO told a bunch of nonsense
Links 04/11/2025: Conflicts, Politics, and IPv6 at Home: Links for the day
Gemini Links 04/11/2025: Entering WiFi Passwords and Programming Rambles: Links for the day
Arch Linux Seems Like the New Debian: Arch users (btw!) are growing in relative and absolute share
Analytics From US Government Affirm a Trend: Microsoft's "Market Share" in Search is Falling: the data set is large
Holding Institutions Such as the EPO Accountable Through Public Information: Speaking truth to power is never easy
Techrights Will Contact German Media About the EPO's Substance Abuse: This scandal won't "go to waste"
EPO Staff Losing Holidays, as Usual, as the Office Increases Profits by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents While Reducing Salaries: How much more can the staff endure and generally tolerate?
Free Software Does Not Always Speak for Itself, It Needs Advocates: Legal matters that relate to sharing of code will be discussed
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 03, 2025: IRC logs for Monday, November 03, 2025
The Register MS Continues Looking for Money in Promotion of the "AI" Ponzi Scheme: That The Register MS participates in this deceit rather than tackle/debunk it says a lot about The Register MS
IBM Layoffs in "Software", This Likely Impacts Red Hat as Well: Many people say "software" people are impacted
Escaping Proprietary Software, Not Just Escaping Microsoft: To take control of your life adopt GNU/Linux
A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft Headcount (Also: Microsoft's Debt Rose by About 24 Billion Dollars in Past 12 Months): If you see some headline about Microsoft's CEO making claims about hirings, look away
Techrights Turns 19 in Three Days: It would be nice to meet for a chat
Akira Urushibata on How Grokipedia Fails to Work: The Grokipedia article gives the wrong character for the "Ko" on "Koan"
Links 03/11/2025: Data Breaches, Wars, and Digital Censorship: Links for the day
Gemini Links 03/11/2025: Poetry, Old Androids and Small Shells: Links for the day
The Rumour Was True, Mass Layoffs at IBM Today: How widespread the layoffs are (or how they're disguised, e.g. PIPs) is hard to assess
Links 03/11/2025: Internet Anniversary: Links for the day
Two Years of Uptime: Reboots are seldom involuntary
Richard Stallman is Giving Another Talk in Less Than a Fortnight: in two weeks' time (13 days from now)
Windows Falls Below 20% in the UK: Many people choose to leave Windows altogether
Microsoft's Search Business Falls to Lowest Point in 2 Years, Based on statCounter: what can Microsoft sell other than shares in Microsoft?
Evidence Regarding Layoffs at Red Hat: Seems like IBM layoffs
Microsoft: Our "Goodwill" Value Grew More Than Tenfold Since 2011: Hallmark of pseudo-economics
GNU/Linux as a Boarding Pass: being mostly analogue is still feasible
Links 03/11/2025: Lack of Trust in LLMs and Windows TCO at Jaguar: Links for the day
Gemini Links 03/11/2025: Books in October and Change: Links for the day
Mozilla Firefox Won't Survive and Many Sites Don't Work With It (Compatibility Abandoned): The Web has become monocultural
Debian is Non-Free: Devuan might be worth looking into
Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli and LinuxSecurity: This is a real problem and most certainly a big problem because when people try to find real information about security and GNU/Linux they instead read "word salads" made by bots
Four Reasons to Party With Us in Four Days, Celebrating the Four Freedoms: Today we expect to be back to a more-or-less regular publication pace
Links 03/11/2025: The "Smartphone Panopticon" and Belarus' Hybrid Attacks on EU Intensify: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 02, 2025: IRC logs for Sunday, November 02, 2025