Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 14, 2024

Northern lakes shore

Updated This Past Day

  1. today's leftovers
    SUSE, Linux, and more
  2. Poof! Shaman Holly Million, Gnome’s Executive Director Disappears on July 31
    Professional shaman Holly Million, who became Gnome’s executive director in October
  3. Incus 6.3 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
    Incus 6.3 rolls out with initial support for running OCI application containers

    New

  4. Programming Leftovers
    focus on Qt
  5. Linux event and Linux kernel 6.6.39 compiled for EasyOS
    Some kernel news
  6. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
    4 stories
  7. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  8. Fedora Project and Red Hat Leftovers
    Mostly Red Hat's stuff
  9. Software Leftovers
    Some Releases and EoL
  10. today's howtos
    only 5 more for now
  11. Microsoft Mischief and Fake Hype (or Bribed Commentators)
    Bubbles busting and more
  12. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks
  13. Web Browsers Leftovers
    Web related news
  14. GNOME 47 Alpha Desktop Environment Released with Support for Accent Colors
    The GNOME Project today announced the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 47 desktop environment series, due out later this year.
  15. Audiocasts/Shows: Hackaday, Self-Hosted, The Linux Link Tech Show, and Videos
    new episodes and videos
  16. today's howtos
    over 10 howtos for today
  17. Ubuntu: Telemetry, Security Updates, and Microsoft Projects
    Some Ubuntu news
  18. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    Some Red Hat picks
  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Android, and Raspberry Pi
    hardware news
  20. Windows TCO: the Cost of Microsoft
    TCO stories
  21. Linux Command Line for Beginners – creating directories and files
    In this Command Line for Beginners tutorial series I try to lay down the basics in simple steps to get a feel for what is possible with the command line and how to actually work with it
  22. 9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem
    Best Free and Open Source Software
  23. ArchBang – simple lightweight rolling release Linux distribution
    ArchBang is a simple live Arch Linux based distribution using the Openbox window manager
  24. Jargon Buster: What is an Immutable Distro?
    Immutable Linux distributions. While these existed for a while, it is getting popular now
  25. Reaching Higher [original]
    GNU/Linux seems to be growing a lot this month, as does the general interest in it (people looking for information)
  26. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  27. TrueNAS 24.04.1.1
    Latest bugfix

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

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

    Span from 2024-07-07 to 2024-07-13
    1093 /n/2024/07/02/OpenSSH_9_8_Fixes_Critical_sshd_Vulnerability.shtml
    1079 /n/2024/07/08/Mozilla_Firefox_128_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    925 /n/2024/07/10/Linux_6_6_38.shtml
    879 /n/2024/07/07/Ubuntu_23_10_Support_Ends_July_11_Upgrade_Soon.shtml
    828 /n/2024/07/09/6_10_rc7.shtml
    826 /n/2024/07/09/NethSecurity_8_1_Open_Source_Linux_Firewall_Released.shtml
    809 /n/2024/07/06/LocalSend_Share_Files_and_Messages_on_the_Local_Network.shtml
    791 /n/2024/07/04/Booting_Linux_off_of_Google_Drive.shtml
    779 /n/2024/07/07/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    774 /n/2024/07/08/COSMIC_Desktop_Introduced_Its_Official_Wallpapers.shtml
    762 /n/2024/07/10/DXVK_2_4_Released_with_Non_Native_Refresh_Rate_Emulation_Direct.shtml
    756 /n/2024/07/08/GDB_15_1_released.shtml
    734 /n/2024/07/07/today_s_howtos.shtml
    724 /n/2024/07/08/In_Rome_Use_GNU_Linux.shtml
    721 /n/2024/07/07/Programming_Leftovers.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

IBM Eliminating Over 20,000 IBM Workers by Year's End, Insiders Claim
the layoffs are silent
The Register MS Publishes More Word Salads Promoting "AI" Because It's Paid to Do So
Hype, name-dropping, and scaremongering
 
SLAPP Censorship - Part 171 Out of 200: Talking About Corruption and Violence Against Women
Today the Labour Party (UK) speaks about corruption
Warming Up for Investigative Journalism About the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest and Probably Most Corrupt Institution in Europe
It continues to exploit diplomatic immunity for impunity
Microsoft Handing Out PIPs by the Thousands, Anxiety in GAFAM Building Up
Years ago I heard from people who pretended to be ill to avoid getting fired
BRICS in the Windows: Brazil's GNU/Linux Share (as Measured by CDN) Has Hit Highest Point in a Month
The largest Web CDN, Clownflare, sees GNU/Linux at 8.1% right now in Brazil
Corporate Media Will Always Glorify Its Owners (Corporations That Value Nothing But Capital)
Collecting "money" like it's a form of competition where they track "score"
We'll Never Do Slop!
Being against slop is not being "left behind"
Thieves Complain About the People They Steal From
"When you point the finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back to you"
Links 04/09/2026: "The Rise of the Billionaire Lobby", the "Imperialist Delusions", and Digital Restrictions (DRM) From Nvidia
Links for the day
Buying From China
Nations must begin to speak about their digital sovereignty, which Free software is best equipped to grant and best positioned to assure in the face of outside resistance
GNU/Linux Continues to Grow in China
GNU/Linux reached its highest point in a month
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 03, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, September 03, 2026
Gemini Links 04/09/2026: Forgotten Realms Avatar Series and Slop Plagiarism's Footprint in Gopher/Geminispace
Links for the day
Like Uber, Paypal's Debt Has Shot Up 2.5 Billion Dollars in 3 Months, Now the Mass Layoffs Come to India
even reducing the salaries by offshoring isn't enough to save the company
Microsoft "engineers who aren’t critical are let go" this week/month (silent layoffs)
"stack ranking"
Is Microsoft Trying to Kill What's Left of XBox by Year's End?
How many people will still bother purchasing these consoles by the end of the year?
SLAPP Censorship - Part 170 Out of 200: Downtimes
Yesterday traffic skyrocketed here
Gemini Links 03/09/2026: Google Maps, Gemini's Early History, and Suppressing Slop Plagiarists
Links for the day
Links 03/09/2026: Unsafe Skies, Thunderbird Adopts Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in Traps, "Xbox Live Down Again"
Links for the day
Growing Thirst for Free Software, the LibreOffice Edition
LibreOffice is in "high demand"
Links 03/09/2026: John Ternus Enters Apple Amid Mass Layoffs, Journalist İrem Delice Arrested
Links for the day
Stallman.org Down Due to Virtual Machines Issue, "Senior Engineers are Investigating the Issue" Since Saturday
RMS site down due to virtual machines issues upstream
Linux Foundation is Plagiarism Hub, Linux is at Risk From It
Torvalds never looked weaker and more compromised
Gemini Links 03/09/2026: Back in Japan, Another New Year, Reasons to Avoid Have a "Smart" "Phone", and Rant About Built-in Batteries
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 02, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Identi.ca is Practically Dead, Just Like All Social Control Media (Eventually)
All Social Control Media is a waste of time
Gemini Links 02/09/2026: Intentions, Publishing on Workstations, and Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA)
Links for the day
GNU/Linux Reaches 6% in Nepal
Today I checked GNU/Linux in Nepal again
SLAPP Censorship - Part 169 Out of 200: Calling People "Nazis"
'Cancel culture' in action
GNU Turns 43 This Month, GNU/Linux Turns 35 Next Year
It seems like no area of computing has not been impacted by the GNU/Linux revolution
Uber Debt Grew 2.5 Billion Dollars in 3 Months, Company Lays Off at Least 10% of Workforce
The media repeats the "official" numbers
Links 02/09/2026: The Machine Stops, AuraSearch, and DOOM 1/2
Links for the day
1-1 Meetings at IBM This Week, PIPs Expected, Maybe RAs Too
As usual, we invite whistleblowers to tell us what's going on
Links 02/09/2026: Germany Blames Russia for Leipzig Airport Drone Attack and China Gains Power as US Faces Humiliation in the Midst of Presidential Cover-up
Links for the day
Quit Talking About "AI Layoffs" and Talk About How Chatbots and Other Bots Broke Recruitment Processes by Cheating
Bots talking to other bots isn't HR; it's a catastrophe
It's Inevitable Anyway, So...
of course blame Chinese Communists for the "anti-AI" messages
Robotics Isn't "Hey Hi", Robotics Isn't New Either
Is the official Arduino blog becoming shilling platform for Qualcomm's "hey hi" [so-called 'intelligent'] chips?
Giving 'Free Publicity' to the People You Hate and Attack
Be careful what you wish for in social control media
Today We'll Focus on Growth of GNU/Linux
We've meanwhile noticed that Clownflare statistics for north American nations show 19% of requests (CDN) originating from GNU/Linux
IBM Secret (or Silent) Layoffs in September 2026
We need whistleblowers
Gemini Links 02/09/2026: GAFAM's E-mail Cartel, ROOPHLOCH 2026, and Homeworlds
Links for the day
Not Only Microsoft and IBM Hide Layoffs (Secret Layoffs) and Fail to Follow the Law (or Bypass It)
Microsoft's tactics are not so unique
People Who Participate in the Slop Plagiarism Pyramid Scheme and the Moral Dilemma (What's Acceptable for a Salary?)
giant pyramid scheme
State of the Slop, Linux Edition
Whether slop about "linux" becomes rarer by the end of this year, well... time will tell
Links 02/09/2026: 'Open' 'AI' (Proprietary Slop Plagiarism) Destroying Evidence, "Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Scam Altman"
Links for the day
Andrew Lee Has Turned Freenode Into a Slopfarm (Because Who Needs IRC Anyway?)
The site is churning out slop all day long
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 01, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, September 01, 2026