Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 19, 2024

Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road Australia

Updated This Past Day

  1. Huawei’s HarmonyOS NEXT Rumored To Remove All Source Code That Is In Any Way Linked To The U.S., Including Linux And Android
    potentially allowing Huawei to branch its operating system outside of China
  2. GNU/Linux Devices and Open Hardware
    On the hardware side...
  3. Free Software (GNU) and Openwashing (OSI, 'Linux' Foundation)
    Some leftover stories
  4. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  5. Programming Leftovers
    raku, coding etc.
  6. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    mostly Ubuntu related stories
  7. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    some IBM stuff in GNU/Linux
  8. today's howtos
    4 howtos for now
  9. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, Late Night Linux, and More
    some new episodes
  10. HPLIP 3.24.4 Released with Debian 12 & New Printers Support
    HPLIP, the free open-source HP developed GNU/Linux driver for HP inkjet and laser based printers, released version 3.24.4 today!
  11. IceWM 3.6 Released with New Features and Fixes
    Maximize windows by double-clicking borders and enjoy enhanced character support in the address bar
  12. KDE Plasma 6.1 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    The KDE Project announced today the general availability of KDE Plasma 6.1 as the latest version of their acclaimed desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions.
  13. Tails 6.4 Anonymous OS Introduces Random Seed to Strengthen All Cryptography
    Tails 6.4 amnesic incognito live system has been released today as the latest stable version of this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution that protects against surveillance and censorship.
  14. Android Leftovers
    Google Assistant's new and improved UI spreads to Android Automotive
  15. today's howtos
    first howtos batch for the day
  16. Mozilla Acquires Anonym, Pioneering Privacy in Digital Ads
    Mozilla acquires Anonym to pioneer privacy-safe advertising with cutting-edge tech
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Web Browsers
    FOSS and WWW leftovers
  18. Programming Leftovers
    4 stories for now
  19. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    some hardware leftovers
  20. Security Leftovers
    Security links, 3 for now
  21. Linux Graphics Plagued by Microsoft SystemD
    hostile takeover?
  22. SUSE to continue supporting CentOS 7 users after Red Hat pulls the plug
    No Red Hat? No problem
  23. Lindroid, a native, hardware-accelerated Linux operating system on Android, is in development
    Engineer Erfan Abdi is developing a project called Lindroid , which aims to run Linux apps on Android devices
  24. DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II with SpacemIT K1 octa-core SoC to run Ubuntu supported by Canonical
    The DC-ROMA II laptop is said to run an optimized version of Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop
  25. Sparky 5 “Nibiru” EOL
    SparkyLinux 5 code name “Nibiru” (oldoldstable) will reach end-of-life (EOL) on the end of July 2024
  26. Finnix – Debian-based Live CD operating system
    Finnix is based on Debian
  27. Best Free and Open Source Software
    A music streamer lets you share your music, photos and videos with your network
  28. MuseBook RISCV-V Laptop with SpacemiT SoC Starts Pre-orders at $299.00
    The MUSE Book is a laptop that features a RISC-V-based architecture
  29. IBM Red Hat Latest: 80% is Just "Hey Hi" (AI) Nonsense, Hardly Any Substance in RedHat.com
    incredible hype parade in one day
  30. 5 Linux commands you need to gather your system's most important information
    Linux never suffers from having too little information
  31. Games: Life by You, The Powder Toy, and More
    9 new articles from gamingonlinux
  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  33. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  34. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux focused
  35. Security Leftovers
    Security news, but not much for now
  36. Oracle's on and off relations with open source software
    All companies use open source now, but some, such as Oracle, have never been completely comfortable with it.

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

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

    Span from 2024-06-12 to 2024-06-18
    959 /n/2024/06/14/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    914 /n/2024/06/13/Android_Leftovers.shtml
    886 /n/2024/06/12/openSUSE_Leap_15_6_Officially_Released_Here_s_What_s_New.shtml
    858 /n/2024/06/14/Canonical_Announce_First_RISC_V_Laptop_Running_Ubuntu.shtml
    829 /n/2024/06/16/postmarketOS_24_06_Linux_Mobile_OS_Brings_KDE_Plasma_6_GNOME_Mo.shtml
    807 /n/2024/06/11/AlmaLinux_OS_Now_Officially_Supports_the_Raspberry_Pi_5_Compute.shtml
    775 /n/2023/12/14/Kubernetes_v1_29_Mandala.shtml
    755 /n/2024/06/15/today_s_howtoss.shtml
    749 /n/2024/06/12/Sparky_7_4.shtml
    738 /n/2024/06/13/today_s_howtos.shtml
    733 /n/2024/06/16/Debian_10_Long_Term_Support_reaching_end_of_life.shtml
    715 /n/2024/06/10/Mozilla_Firefox_127_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Estimates That IBM to Lay Off Close to 10,000 Workers in 2026 (Not Counting People Pushed Out)
There's still chatter about Confluent mass layoffs
Sophie Brun, Raphael Hertzog & Debian sexual conflicts of interest
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Instant Bluewashing at Confluent: Mass Layoffs Alleged at IBM
So the main question is, did IBM just fire 800 people?
 
Cusdeb Makes New Presentation About Where GNU Hurd (Still a Possible Linux Replacement) Stands in 2026
coming from a generally RMS-friendly account
Gemini Links 18/03/2026: Librarians, Phone Anxiety, Growing 'Small' Net, and Slop Versus Software Engineering
Links for the day
Smug Threat by Garrett to Put My Family and I in Prison Doesn't Prove We Did Anything Wrong, It Only Proves He's Truly Desperate to Stop Further Publications That Embarrass Him
his reputation is poor in the United States
systemd Increasingly Microsoft Project, Controlled by Microsoft and Slopware
Cannot allow choice
What IBM Meant to Red Hat: "Proprietary Bundling, Restricted Source Access"
Anyone or anything that joins IBM likely shortens its lifespan
IBM Thrashing Confluent Upon Arrival, Based on Rumours
We deem it a bigger issue that investigative journalism perished, not that one must rely on hearsay online or mere "rumours"
Slop Is Plagiarism, Not (Vibe) Coding, and It's Not Automated, It Doesn't Save Money
Reject misnomers, explain what's actually happening
UPC is Still Illegal and Unconstitutional (Kangaroo Court for Patents, Manned by Corporate Staff), Federal Court of Justice of Germany Receives Belated Complaint About It
What is happening to Europe???
EPO Demonstration Happening Right Now, Later This Week Things Will Only Escalate Further
The SUEPO The Hague Committee wrote to staff this morning
Links 18/03/2026: Commodore's Hedley Davis Dies, Apple Not Good Enough, Cheeto "Floats Treason Charges for Iran War Coverage"
Links for the day
A Step Close to Shutting Down the European Patent Office (EPO)
Not going to work all month long
EPO Staff Demonstration Today
The demonstration will be live-streamed for those thousands of colleagues who don't live in Munich
Gemini Links 18/03/2026: Brazilian SYN Attacks and BGP
Links for the day
LibreLocal Also Coming to Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, and Spain
It helps raise awareness of Software Freedom
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 14 Out of 200: Men Who Strangle Women (and Worse) Trying to Force Us to Write Public Apologies to These Men
For those who never before saw a SLAPP, they basically make many demands
"Vibe-forking" and Why It'll Ultimately Fail (Hype on Top of Hype)
Code made with LLMs sucks; converting solid, human-tested code into slop only complicates matters and increases risk
Updates About Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation
After all those years (a decade) and in spite of phony scandals many people out there still respect him
LLM Slop With "Linux" in the Domain Names
This is becoming a pain and a problem also in the arts and in software engineering
The EFF Has a Bug, Fixing This Bug is Likely Not Possible Anymore
"the EFF's continued existence impairs the arrival of a replacement organization, one which will actually champion digital rights."
Links 17/03/2026: Microsoft Windows Broken by Samsung, Afghanistan-Pakistan War Escalation
Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/03/2026: Newcomers and False-Positive 'Slop'
Links for the day
Héctor Orón Martínez & Debian shadow candidate pressure on Sruthi Chandran
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 17/03/2026: American Fentanylware (TikTok) Investors Implicated in Kickbacks, "Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast"
Links for the day
For Third Time in a Week The Register MS Runs Google SPAM That Paints Google as an Ally of Women (Which is False, They're Womanisers)
What does that make The Register MS to women?
British Justice Minister Sarah Sackman Blasts Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
The "legal industry" is due for "some reckoning"
GAFAM Deprecating Old Videos ("Content") by Removing the Support for Their Format for No Good Reason
"Security" is not a valid excuse
Credit/Debit Cards Have Long Been Called Plastics, Over Time They're Becoming More Like Pure Plastics
They cost less than a dollar to manufacture
The European Patent Office (EPO) Holds a Public Demonstration Tomorrow and It'll be Live-streamed
The EPO's workforce was meant to be capable of speaking many languages and have extensive experience in the sciences
People Who Attacked Techrights Also Attacked My Mother
Picking on old ladies because you don't like Free software advocates is never OK
Little Community Element Left in CentOS
CentOS, unlike Fedora, was meant to be long supported and solid
Social Control Media is Cancel Culture (Companies Like Facebook Also Punish/Ban Accounts for Mentioning "Linux" and Lobby for Anti-Linux Legislation)
The masters of Social Control Media decide what ideas can and cannot be expressed
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 16, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, March 16, 2026
Someone at Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is Censoring the Birthday Greetings to Richard Stallman
Some people remember
The European Patent Office (EPO) Illegally Transitioning Into 'Gig' 'Economy' Equivalent (a Shop for Patent Monopolies in Europe)
for scabs aka SEALs
At Least Six EPO Strikes Next Month (Yes, Six!)
The pressure intensifies over time
Several MPs Blast Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for Inaction and Ineffective Action This Week
"Four MPs have written to the SRA"
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 14 Out of 200: The Abusive Cases of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft and His Litigation Buddy Garrett Did Cause "Serious Harm"
claims were de facto abandoned at the trial
Today's Discussions About How IBM Pushes Workers Out
The corporate media keeps trying - baselessly and in vain - to paint everything that happens with the "hey hi" brush
Linux Teck (linuxteck.com) and Ubuntu PIT (ubuntupit.com) Are Botspam
now they just keep experimenting by trashing their sites and reputation
Links 16/03/2026: Moscow Experiencing Cellphone Internet Outages, "Salman Rushdie Is Tired of Talking About Free Speech"
Links for the day
Links 16/03/2026: Arctic Security and 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'
Links for the day
Gemini Links 16/03/2026: KN95 Skins and CSS Surprises
Links for the day
Debian is Dying for Some of the Same Reasons IBM's Fedora is Rapidly Dying
Prioritising CoC censorship, not communities
The Register MS is Again Femmewashing GAFAM (Which Makes Widows) in Exchange for Money
This is a moral issue because they betray or harm women and prop up authoritarian regimes
Gemini Links 16/03/2026: AB 1043, Lagrange Android Beta 47, and Poetry
Links for the day
"Slop-forking" or "Vibe-forking" as the New 'Noble' Plagiarism
New Cloudflare Slop Project?
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part VII - Cult Mentality, Mobbing, Nepotism
Does the EPO actually believe in the law?
2026 Microsoft Layoff Rumours
Surely if we had properly-functioning media, then someone would investigate this rather than rely on official statements from Microsoft and WARN notices
EPO Strike This Week
contact your national representatives about it
Gemini Links 15/03/2026: "Create Opportunities for Good Things to Happen", DOSbook, and Bitcoin Criticism
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 15, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, March 15, 2026
Pirate Praveen Arimbrathodiyil & Debian denouncing volunteers, hiding romances
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock