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Updated This Past Day

  1. GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Sweden: A High at 15% [original]
    huge increases
  2. Greek GNU/Linux: Grok the Freedom, Over 10% This Month [original]
    Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece - Jan 2009 - Feb 2024
  3. Google targets Windows refugees with ChromeOS Flex
    Google has announced a solution for businesses facing the end of support for Windows 10 next year
  4. System76: Closing in on a COSMIC Alpha
    We’re on approach towards an alpha version of the new COSMIC desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other distros
  5. Slimbook Launches Manjaro Gaming Edition Laptop
    Powered by Intel Core i7-13620H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, Slimbook Manjaro is a great gaming laptop for Linux enthusiasts
  6. Twitter (X) Rotting [original]
    Twitter (X) is a waste of time
  7. Freedom-Centric GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States: 4% [original]
    Whether or not it is accurate, which is a reasonable concern, the trends are quite telling

    New

  8. Microsoft and Apple: More Layoffs and Problems
    some misc. links
  9. Events and Free Software
    today's FOSS picks
  10. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux focused
  11. Security Leftovers
    banks at peril and latest from CISA
  12. today's howtos
    mostly from the past week
  13. Latest From Perl Programming Hub
    perl.org's latest
  14. Linux hardware maker Juno Computers releases 17-inch Saturn 17 v5 laptop with Intel i7-13620H, Geforce RTX 4000 GPUs and Ubuntu
    Juno Computer's new Saturn 17 v5 notebook is now available to order with a 17.3-inch 2K display
  15. Shows and Videos: The Linux Link Tech Show and Lots From Invidious (Past Week)
    many new videos
  16. Programming Leftovers
    regressions, R, and more
  17. Security Leftovers
    mostly incidents and holes in this batch
  18. Kernel, Security, and Mesa
    kernel level stuff and SELinux
  19. today's howtos
    a handful more
  20. UNOFFICIAL antiX-23 “init-diversity” spin.
    not systemd
  21. Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Installer Changes [First Look]
    As part of work on the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release
  22. Digi IX40 5G edge computing industrial IoT cellular gateway is designed for Industry 4.0 use cases
    The IIoT gateway is based on an NXP i.MX 8M Plus Arm processor running a custom Linux distribution
  23. today's leftovers
    Ubuntu, programming, and more
  24. Applications: XDM, HandBrake, and Power Profiles Daemon
    Three DOSS stories, GNU/Linux focus
  25. Security Leftovers
    Security links for now, more to come later
  26. today's howtos
    many howtos for the afternoon
  27. New krita.org website launched
    After a lot of work, we moved our website to a new Hugo based platform
  28. Red Hat Leftovers
    a few bits from the "official" sites/sources
  29. Driving into the Absurd: Imagining a Smartphone-esque Auto Industry
    Imagine stepping into a world where the automotive industry has taken a wild turn, mirroring the smartphone market’s quirks and monopolies
  30. Games: Helldivers 2, Capcom, and More
    4 articles by Liam Dawe
  31. 4MLinux 44.1 STABLE released.
    This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 6.1.69.
  32. ExTiX Deepin 24.2 Live based on Deepin 23 BETA 3 (latest) with Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.7.4-amd64-extix :: Build 240209
    I’ve released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today (240209)
  33. GhostBSD 24.01.1 Now Available
    bugfixes
  34. Android Leftovers
    10 Of The Best Android Smartphones Ever Released
  35. Machine Learning in Linux: Surya – multilingual document OCR toolkit adds text recognition
    This is free and open source software
  36. Microchip Launches Affordable PolarFire SoC Kit, Expanding Access to RISC-V and FPGA for Embedded Engineers
    The PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit is centered around a quad-core, 64-bit RISC-V processor, optimized for Linux and real-time applications
  37. More About Thunderbird And Mozilla Firefox
    A new year, a new progress report
  38. Closing in on a COSMIC Alpha
    We’re on approach towards an alpha version of the new COSMIC desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other distros
  39. today's leftovers
    applications, servers, and more
  40. Red Hat Leftovers
    and RHEL too
  41. Microsoft, Proprietary Stuff, and Chatbots
    Mostly Microsoft though
  42. Programming Leftovers
    Python, Java, R, and more
  43. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  44. Security Leftovers
    another handful of links
  45. today's howtos
    only a handful for now
  46. GNU/Linux in Denmark: Market Share Has Doubled in a Year, Now Tops 8% on Desktops and Laptops [original]
    this isn't a matter of being "too poor" to pay Apple and/or Microsoft
  47. Mixxx 2.4 Open-Source DJ Software Released with Major Changes
    Mixxx 2.4 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software designed to give you all the tools you need to perform live mixes arrived today as a major update that adds major new features and improvements.
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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To me, May 1 means something
Microsoft Lunduke is 'Pulling a Garrett' by Turning Technical and Legal Debate Over Rust Into a 'Trans Debate'
Don't fall for the demagogue
Microsoft "Buyout" Offer is Less Than One Year's Salary
So our assumption about this was correct
In New Letter Sent to Chair and Heads of Delegation of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation the Staff Union Explains How to End European Patent Office Strikes
If Campinos continues to behave as he does right now, the Council can show him the door
Microsoft Debt Rose Almost $50 Billion Since We Moved to Debian
GAFAM has a new name for debt
European Patent Office Management Mocked for Trying to 'Bribe' Staff With a Little Food
The Office is having a crisis; a little breakfast treat won't solve it
 
Oracle's Debt Grew by Over 50 Billion Dollars in 6 Months
Larry Ellison spent a lot of money buying a lot of the corporate media
In Praise of Debian
30 hours ago we began an upgrade
Yes, GNU/Linux Can Run on Playstation 5, But Don't Buy It, Learn From Sony's Past of Rootkit and PS3 Betrayal
Millions of Playstation 3 owners will never forget what Sony did to them
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Don't spread their ideology and never participate in any of their projects
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Links for the day
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part X - European Patent Office Managers Have Crossed Red Lines, According to Themselves
The girlfriend of the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) is trying to muzzle EPO critics
Techrights is Still Growing, Attacking Techrights Does Not Weaken the Community
Bullying us for 2+ years does not result in fear, it results in us feeling more emboldened and motivated
SLAPP Censorship - Part 63 Out of 200: Graveley as a Stripped-Down Version of Garrett in the Particulars of Claim (5RB Barrister Could Do This in One Minute)
Lazily and sloppily, it looks like the barrister took Garrett's claims and tweaked them a little (shortened) for Graveley
Lots of People Leave IBM, Today IBM Has About 1,000 Workers Fewer Than Yesterday
Confluent "last day" for 800+ people
Been a Very Busy Week
Next week, as we have no upgrades to prepare for, we should be able to publish at the usual pace of 20+ pages per day
Links 01/05/2026: Poems and Continuous Privacy Policy
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 30, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, April 30, 2026
Google News Sloppy Again
Today was disappointing
SLAPP Censorship - Part 62 Out of 200: Garrett and Graveley Issue Astounding Copy-Paste Masterpiece Asserting Publicly-Accessible Embarrassing Facts Must Remain Hidden
Are Garrett and Graveley twins separated at birth but joined by GNOME and Microsoft?
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Links for the day
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Microsoft will shrink
The Corporate Media Intentionally Overlooks How Google's Debt Trebles in Just Over a Year
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(Trigger Warning) Jeremy Bicha & Debian-Edu, TecKids, Ubuntu incest scandal at DebConf25
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Upgrade Successful
we had a downtime of only 1-2 minutes overall (for two reboots)
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Links for the day
Then Come the DDoS Attacks
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The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part X - Deliberately Violate European Patent Convention (EPC), Tolerate Cocaine Use in Management, Hide That From Staff and Stakeholders
The "Alicante Mafia" (as staff calls it) is a disgrace to Europe
The Register MS Running Spam Pieces for Huawei, a Banned Company
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Apparently Last Day for Nearly 1,000 Confluent Workers IBM Laid Off Last Month
IBM is a dying company pretending to be strong because of its age
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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Gemini Links 30/04/2026: Outdoor Time, Old Computers, and Joining Geminispace
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In Past 6 Months IBM Lost About 100 Billion Dollars in 'Value' While Debt Ballooned to 70 Billion Dollars
Welcome to a universe of fake finances and phony accounting based on fictional assets with made-up 'worth'
Dr. Andy Farnell on Weaponising Morality Against Technofascism and Slop
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Six Months
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If We Move Everything to Devuan...
IRC, Git, Apache and so on
Why We Publish "The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt"
We intend to report the facts, fearlessly, until real and lasting solutions are reached
SLAPP Censorship - Part 61 Out of 200: Garrett and Graveley Must Understand That Reporting Women's Issues in the United States of America (“the US”) is Not Impermissible
when you cover Microsoft corruption and have real effect
Weeks After Mass Layoffs of Red Hat Engineers We Learn of European "Buyouts" and Layoffs at IBM
At Microsoft, they tell us there are merely "buyouts", but they don't tell us what happens if you say "no!"
OS Upgrade Tentatively Scheduled for Tomorrow
We have some contingencies in case the upgrade goes wrong
Campinos is a Lame Duck President This Year at the European Patent Office (EPO)
The strikes are not ending. If anything, they intensify further.
Links 29/04/2026: LLM Chatbot Usage Goes Down Sharply (as Do Stocks Associated With Them), Microsoft's Circular Financing Accounting Fraud at Risk
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Slop Has a Long Way to Go Before It Gets Basic Facts Right
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The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part IX - European Patents That Are Illegal (But Serve Non-European Monopolists in Exchange for 'Quick Cash')
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Canonical is Selling You, Ubuntu is a Data-Collecting Platform
Canonical is looking for money in the wrong places
Links 29/04/2026: "Snowden Affair 13 Years Later" and "Landmark Data Center Pause"
Links for the day
Seems Like Only Techrights Covered IBM Laying Off About 33% of Confluent Staff
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