Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 16, 2024

Stonehenge - 5000 years old prehistoric monument

Updated This Past Day

  1. today's howtos
    not so many howtos just yet

    New

  2. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks and educational bits
  3. Kirigami tutorial now ported to Qt6, Qt 6.8 Beta 1 is out
    Some Qt news
  4. Openwashing: Foorp, Linux Foundation, OSI
    some fakes and deceit
  5. Make free software normal
    It is like this because people consider it the normal
  6. Tomeu Vizoso and Timur Kristóf on Kernel and Acceleration
    Linux development
  7. Software: Leaf Node Monitoring, Classic Linux Tools Have Better Modern Alternatives, Mozilla, and LibreOffice
    Some FOSS news
  8. Games: New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, GodotCon, Epic Games Store, and More
    7 stories
  9. Fedora, DevConf.cz, and Paid-For Red Hat Fluff
    IBM and FOSS
  10. Yaskawa robot uses Wind River Linux for AI and autonomy
    Motoman Next also uses Nvidia’s Jetson Orin modules to add intelligence and handle tasks in unstructured environments
  11. Security Leftovers
    and some Windows TCO as well
  12. GNU/Linux Devices and Open Hardware
    Some Open Hardware mostly
  13. Raspberry Pi and Similar
    SBCs for/with Linux
  14. Arduino Projects and News
    Some Arduino picks
  15. Celebrating FreeBSD Day: A Journey Through 31 Years of Open Source Excellence
    Mark your calendars and get ready for an extraordinary celebration as we embark on a week-long tribute to one of the most resilient and respected operating systems in the world—FreeBSD
  16. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Some Windows TCO stories for today
  17. Android Leftovers
    Delete immediately 13 new Android malware apps
  18. Wine 9.11 Debuts with Enhanced ARM Support
    New Wine 9.11 release: Advanced C++ exception handling for ARM and increased DPI awareness
  19. The Evolution of Linux-Based Smart Home Operating Systems
    Linux-based operating systems are pivotal in meeting the evolving demands of smart homes
  20. Adélie Linux is an Intriguing Independent Distribution
    It's been a while since we checked out an independent Linux distribution. Adélie Linux sounds interesting
  21. These Linux Tools Increased My Command-Line Productivity: Here’s How
    Have you ever felt like you’re not getting the most out of your Linux terminal
  22. Best Free and Open Source Software
    Here’s our verdict on some great free and open source alternatives to Google Charts
  23. Smartphone users: You are Being Watched! Protect Your personal and professional lives to avoid digital rape
    In today’s digital age, privacy is a luxury few can afford
  24. GSOC Week 1 Week 2
    This is the first blog post of my GSOC journey
  25. This week in KDE: Final Plasma 6.1 polishing and new features for 6.2
    Plasma 6.1 is due to be released in three days, and lots of attention went into final release readiness activities
  26. HD/UHD Linux desktop scaling tricks mega-tutorial
    Over the past five years or so, I've written about half a dozen articles on how to manage desktop and application scaling in Linux on high-density displays
  27. Games: Killer Bean, Ancient Forge, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, Steam Client
    4 new stories from gamingonlinux
  28. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  29. A Week of Celebrations [original]
    There will be more next week
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-06-09 to 2024-06-15
    1012 /n/2024/06/10/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_X_Elite_prototype_that_runs_Linux_emerges_f.shtml
    938 /n/2024/06/11/AlmaLinux_OS_Now_Officially_Supports_the_Raspberry_Pi_5_Compute.shtml
    928 /n/2024/06/10/Mozilla_Firefox_127_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    848 /n/2024/06/08/Kubuntu_Focus_unveils_Ir14_GEN_2_and_Ir16_GEN_2_Linux_laptops.shtml
    823 /n/2024/06/10/Arch_Linux_Based_CachyOS_Adds_Handheld_Edition_and_T2_MacBook_S.shtml
    784 /n/2024/06/10/Linux_6_10_rc3.shtml
    774 /n/2024/06/01/Linux_Lite_7_0_Galena_Officially_Released_with_Xfce_4_18_Based_.shtml
    733 /n/2024/06/10/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    723 /n/2024/06/12/Sparky_7_4.shtml
    719 /n/2024/06/10/Don_t_Worry_Be_Happy.shtml
    713 /n/2024/06/10/today_s_howtos.shtml
    702 /n/2024/06/09/today_s_howtos.shtml
    694 /n/2024/06/11/Linux_System_Monitor_App_Mission_Center_is_Now_Even_More_Useful.shtml
    693 /n/2024/06/13/today_s_howtos.shtml
    687 /n/2024/06/10/Count_to_20_and_Make_a_Wish.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

European Patent Office (EPO) Series: From Alicante to Munich: Another Smooth Ride
Campinos is intent on transforming what was originally envisaged as a temporary public office into his own permanent personal feather-bed
Daniel Pocock and the Important Observation About Threats of Cult-Like Behaviours (No Rationality, No Reason, Just "Mob Rule")
It's a threat to Europe's sovereignty
The "PIP Parade" of IBM's Lousy Management, Which Said "Blockchain" Was the Future
In a healthy company such a CEO would be punished for utterly wrong visions and predictions. Not at IBM...
SLAPP Censorship - Part 135 Out of 200: Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) That Does Not Disclose Financial Activities Before August
It certainly looks like they keep losing the remaining women that still exist in the firm
Links 31/07/2026: "Climate Cover-Up Continues" and Pesticides "Cook the Planet"
Links for the day
Datacentre 'Boom' Sceptics Aren't Luddites, They Recognise a Threat to Human Survival (Not Limited to Climate Change)
Archaeologists very well know that no species will survive forever
Microsoft's Claims Are Based on a Big Lie
the bubble is coming to its hard limits
Don't Lose Sight of the Impact of "End of 10" (Vista 10)
GNU/Linux has taken off fast
Microsoft's Debt Continues to Steadily Increase, Not Counting Hundreds of Billions in Secret/Hidden Debt
The mass layoffs will carry on, maybe labelled LITE
IBM is Circling Down the Drain, the 'Growth' Comes From Beancounting Tricks and Salary Cuts
IBM was down 2.17% yesterday
Microsoft's "Headcount" Distracts From How Big a Cull It Had This Month
It also speaks of numbers "[a]s of June 30" though the "buyouts" were effective July 1 and since then well over 10,000 workers have vanished
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 30, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, July 30, 2026
Gemini Links 31/07/2026: Music, Journaling, and Longing
Links for the day
More Fake News From (and for) IBM, Nobody Ever Held Accountable for Fraud
Companies that turn a blind eye to their own corruption end up recruiting more corrupt people and sacking those who object to the corruption
Links 30/07/2026: Smol Document Server and More PalmOS-ing
Links for the day
Links 30/07/2026: Microsoft Refuting Its Own Slop Hype and "Amazon Is Gutting Its Hey Hi (AI) Division" (GAFAM Bubble)
Links for the day
Today The Register MS Published "AI" Spam and Fake Article by "Senior Technical Marketing Engineer"
unethical practices
Cult inquiry parliament leak fallout
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Techrights Will Always Protect Sources
Our #1 priority is sources
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Legal Concerns and Suspicions of Irregularities
complaints submitted to OLAF
The Era of Silence
So stay silent, remain hidden
GAFAM and IBM Dying in Massive Debt, Hence the Mass Layoffs (Increasingly Silent Layoffs That the Media Fails to Mention)
the integrity of this economy is only as good as its leaders or those who govern the market
TheLayoff.com Deletes Comment That Called IBM's Previous CEO, Ginni Rometty, "Gin 'n Tonic"
It is hard to believe the comment was deleted for being a duplicate (in another thread)
The Mainstream Media Continues to Overlook or Intentionally Ignore Hundreds of Billions in Hidden/Secret Microsoft Debt
the issue is that Microsoft's crisis is a lot greater and broader than this
SLAPP Censorship - Part 134 Out of 200: What "Majority Rules" Tell Us About the Litigant
we press on with this series
Overshoot Day Sites That Contribute to the Problem
Some of these are not even accessible (at all) without JavaScript
Microsoft May Have Gotten Rid of 8% of Its Workforce This Month
It's hard to know what's really going on because there's no transparency due to NDAs
Links 30/07/2026: "Age of Irrationality", Google Losing Money, and "House of Ellison is on the Brink"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 30/07/2026: Homeworlds Notes and Manuscript Submitted
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 29, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, July 29, 2026
As Expected, Facebook Collapses, Microsoft Hides Massive Debt
GAFAM is a giant mountain of debt
At The Register MS "PARTNER CONTENT" Means Company Writing Fake Articles About Itself and Its Own Products
At The Register MS, content-farming has become a thing
Staff of EPO Cautions Against Unlawful Weaponisation of PIPs Against Industrial Actions That Protest Corruption
PIP-like sanctions against anybody who does not toe the line of Cocaine King?
IBM, Running Out of Things It Can Sell, is Selling Software Patents
IBM is not just pathetic; it's actively harmful because it lobbies for software patents and spreads software patents around
Gemini Links 29/07/2026: Star Trek, Retirement, and ODEs in GNU Octave
Links for the day
Links 29/07/2026: "BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff" (Trying LLM Slop Some More), Scam Altman Mocked by the Media
Links for the day
GNOME Curated and Censored by IBM (Under the Guise of "Code of Conduct")
Felipe Borges (IBM) has just posted a follow-up
Digital Mass Surveillance as a Hallmark of Failed Societies
"small leap forward in tech ethics"
I Found a Typo, Don't Vote!
Social control media isn't good at adding any meaningful signal
Jeremy Sands Explained the Harms of Codes of Conduct
next week the 500th show milestone [is reached]
Tonight's Earnings Report From Microsoft and Facebook ('Meta') Will be Faked Because They Hide Almost a Trillion Dollars in Debt
The US economic system is only as honest as the people who govern it
The Vacuum Syndrome
Parables help
The Only Old People Who Can Survive IBM Are the CEO and His Circle of Enablers
very similar to what's happening at the EPO
The 'Church' of Moglen/Stallman
'reunion' with Eben Moglen
Microsoft Layoffs Aren't Done Ahead of the Need to Tell Shareholders About "Efficiency" (Tonight)
Microsoft layoffs won't be "Done" until what's left of Microsoft is "None"
Microsoft Lacks Growth. Ahead of 'Results' The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Finds Merit in Allegations Slop is Microsoft's Excuse for Price Hikes (Piggybacking Vendor Lock-in).
At this stage it's not hard to see why many nations gravitate away from Microsoft
Parliament leaks confidential cult inquiry witness contact list (COFG Victoria)
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Troll-Feeding is Time-Wasting
in social control media
WordPress is Technical Debt
There are a number of technical tasks underway and maybe some testing (this coming weekend or later)
Will Red Hat Still Exist in 2027 or Just Become a "Brand" at IBM?
Whistleblowers told us IBM was laying off about 500 Red Hat engineers earlier this year
Call for IBM Whistleblowers
If you work for IBM and have something material (like balance sheets) to prove financial misconduct, please try to 'touch base' and establish a secure communication channel we can both use
EPO Series on EU and Pan-European Corruption, Vote-Rigging, Extending Beyond the EPO Itself
By Saturday it will be August already, so we'll start preparing for Rianne's birthday
SLAPP Censorship - Part 133 Out of 200: Lies by Omission
As usual, the other side wants people to ignore how much they lost
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Streamlining the Decision-Making Process
Negrão was one of 17 applicants for the position but he somehow managed to end up as the sole candidate on the shortlist prepared by the Management Board in June 2020
Links 29/07/2026: "Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem" and "$1.5B Anthropic Copyright Infringement Ruling" (Plagiarism is Not "Training")
Links for the day
Comments on Today's Judgment
It hopefully helps clarify what actually happened
Microsoft Has Fallen to #3 in Singapore
There are many technically talented people in Singapore or overseas workers who lodge in Singapore
Thank You, Andy
Burnham and "Tech Rights"
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part II - 77 Messages Sent, Did Not Even Investigate or Examine Any of the Actual Evidence (British Taxpayers' Money Wasted)
SRA has become known (even notorious) for inaction
Inevitable Politics
In technology, provided the work you do has growing impact (we served almost 2 million requests yesterday), things will inevitably become more political - whether you like it or not does not matter
Not Only "Loonies Take on Farage"
pretending that the opposition to the right wing is "Loonies"
Brigading Against Women - Part I - Bypassing the Legal System by Threatening Companies in Another Continent
In the next part we'll begin to connect Lozza's online activities (and court activities) to those of Garrett
IBM is Trying to Turn Debt (Borrowed Money) Into Fake Growth and It'll Worsen Matters
they put in their balance sheets a fake "growth" in something that does not even exist
Microsoft Relies on Misleading Narrative of Studios Going 'Independent'; in Reality There Are Mass Layoffs in Them
This is not a good narrative for Microsoft
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Gemini Links 29/07/2026: Arosa, Tired Tuesday, and Constellation Browser
Links for the day