Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 21, 2024

Detail photo of Japanese flowering cherry

Updated This Past Day

  1. GNU/Linux in Oman: From 0.03% to 5%! [original]
    Incredible!
  2. MX Linux 23.3 “Libretto” Released with Linux Kernel 6.8 and Updated Components
    The MX Linux team announced today the release and general availability of MX Linux 23.3 as the third stable update to the latest MX Linux 23 “Libretto” series.
  3. Never Criticize The Linux Foundation Expenses
    new video
  4. Explained: What is a Tiling Window Manager in Linux?
    Learn what a tiling window manager is, and the benefits that come along with it
  5. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    New

  6. HandBrake 1.8 Video Transcoder Adds GTK4 Port on Linux, FFmpeg 7.0 Support
    HandBrake 1.8 open-source and free video transcoding application is now available for download with a GTK4 port for Linux users, as well as numerous other new features and enhancements.
  7. Perl Programming: This week in PSC, LPW 2024, and Perl Weekly Challenge
    Some programming news
  8. IceWM 3.5 Lightweight Window Manager Released with New Features
    IceWM 3.5 lightweight window manager has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features, options, commands, improvements, and bug fixes.
  9. today's leftovers
    5 more links
  10. Videos and Shows: COSMIC DE, Linus and Dirk, Free Software Security Podcast, LINUX Unplugged
    New videos or shows
  11. Postgres: PGDay Israel 2024 and Pgpool-II Releases
    Some PSQL news
  12. today's howtos
    3 howtos
  13. GNOME: Sam Thursfield, Pablo Correa Gomez, and Endless OS 6 Review
    Some GNOME related news
  14. Fedora Elections (Interviews With Candidates)
    Some upcoming elections
  15. Android Leftovers
    Wow! A lot of people still don't know about this seven year old Android feature
  16. Fwupd 1.9.20 Firmware Updater Adds Support for FPC FF2 Fingerprint Devices
    Fwupd maintainer Richard Hughes released today fwupd 1.9.20 as a new maintenance update to this firmware updating utility for Linux-based operating systems that brings support for new hardware and other changes.
  17. Try Image Classification Running In Your Browser, Thanks To WebGPU
    When something does zero-shot image classification, that means it’s able to make judgments about the contents of an image without the user needing to train the system beforehand on what to look for
  18. Fwupd 1.9.20 Enhances Support for FPC FF2 Fingerprint Devices
    The latest fwupd 1.9.20 firmware update daemon fixes bugs, adds more hardware support, and enhances security for firmware updates
  19. Programming Leftovers
    Programming links
  20. Ventoy 1.0.98 Fixes Boot Issues
    Ventoy 1.0.98, an open-source tool for creating a bootable USB drive to load multiple ISO files, brings a few important fixes
  21. Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)
    There are plenty of fun things you can do on a Nintendo Switch
  22. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We only feature open source goodness
  23. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
    Ultramarine Linux is a Linux-based operating system designed for your own personal workstation (or battlestation)
  24. Review: Archcraft 2024.04.06
    I want to acknowledge right up front that I like what Archcraft is trying to do
  25. today's howtos
    first batch of howtos for today
  26. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 19th, 2024
    The 188th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 19th, 2024.

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-05-14 to 2024-05-20
    1179 /n/2024/05/14/Manjaro_Linux_24_0_Wynsdey_Officially_Released_with_Linux_Kerne.shtml
    979 /n/2024/05/15/Security_Patches_and_Linux_FUD_Blaming_Everything_on_Linux_Agai.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Slopwatch: Too Lazy to Write Real Articles, Offloading to Chatbots Instead (LLM Slop About "Linux")
The Web was already full of garbage before the LLM frenzy. Now it's even worse.
RMS 'Inauguration' in Montpellier (Government Administration) on January 20th
Happy hacking
Even Technical Articles and HowTos From UNIXMen Nowadays Seem to be LLM Slop
We've just permanently removed the RSS feed of UNIXMen
The FSF's 2024 End-of-Year Fundraiser Succeeds: Over $400k to Support Software Freedom
That's worth bringing up again because the SFC is trying to 'crash' this achievement of the FSF
[Meme] Fentanylware (TikTok) Banned in the United States, Next Up European Union (EU)
And the United Kingdom (UK)
President Biden is Right, "Free Press is Crumbling" and the United States Exports Its Media-Hostile Culture to Other Continents
perhaps Biden should pay closer attention to how Donald Trump-inspired Americans take their battles to other continents
 
Links 18/01/2025: Apple Getting Out of Hey Hi (AI) Slop (Too Much Misinformation), Chaffbots/Chatbots Try to Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
Links for the day
What Fake News Sites Are Doing to GNU/Linux
The LLM slop about Linux serves two purposes
Links 18/01/2025: Microsofters Upset at Microsoft's Ridiculous Rebrands (Excuse for Massive Price Hikes), Chaffbot Company ('Open'AI) Faces More Lawsuits
Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/01/2025: Surge in Illnesses, ctags, and Gemsync
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 17, 2025
IRC logs for Friday, January 17, 2025
Links 17/01/2025: TikTok Banned by the United Stated (SCOTUS Rejects Appeal)
Links for the day
Software Freedom Conservancy Inc (SFC) Makes It Obvious It's Just a Copycat Trying to Exploit or Leech Off the FSF's (and GNU's) Work
They swim next to the rich people (who "match")
Links 17/01/2025: Fentanylware (TikTok) Herds Its (Drug) Users Into Even More Harmful "Apps"
Links for the day
Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Uses Microsoft-Controlled Front Groups and LLM Slop in Order to Spread Microsoft-Directed Anti-Linux FUD
Microsoft garbage likely produced by Microsoft LLMs, spewing out Microsoft FUD
Likely Fake 'Article' About Linux Mint 22.1
BetaNews fired up its plagiarism machine (LLM)
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 16, 2025
IRC logs for Thursday, January 16, 2025
Links 16/01/2025: Conflicts, Overpopulation, and Software Patents
Links for the day
[Meme] Lock-down With DRM Server/s (in a Nutshell)
Companies like Microsoft and Apple have a 'God complex'
Thank You, London! There Was No Way to Still Reliably Host Gemini From Home (on a Raspberry Pi 4) Due to Scale
The only regret we've long had is that we hadn't made the move earlier
The Summit of Future (Kerala, 2025): Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) to Give Keynote Talk
promotional video was uploaded
Richard Stallman's Talk This Coming Monday (European 'Tour')
bunch of talks in Europe
Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part II - Down to the Very Core, Including the Hardware (CPU, GPU, Peripherals, and More)
instead of distinguishing themselves and antagonising these broadly reviled "antifeatures", both Canonical and IBM decided to join Microsoft in advocating lockdown
FSF, Guardian of the GNU Project, to Reach $400,000 in Winter Fundraiser Ahead of 40th Anniversary
The GNU Project Turns 42 later this year
Links 16/01/2025: "Meduza, IRL" and the Clock is Ticking on TikTok in the US
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Yesterday's Gone, The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
Links for the day
Computer Users Aren't Zoo Animals
Animals don't belong inside cages in zoos, either
Links 16/01/2025: Scale and Scope of Microsoft Layoffs Revealed (Two Waves of Layoffs in 2025 Already)
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Meta Has a Pixelfed Problem and Space Time Scoping
Links for the day
Anti-Linux 'Articles' in linuxsecurity.com (Guardian Digital, Inc) Are Composed by Bots, Probably Microsoft's
linuxsecurity.com has become a mindless stream of LLM slop
"New Year, New Career"
published a few hours ago
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
IRC logs for Wednesday, January 15, 2025