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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 13, 2025

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  1. Firefox and I [original]
    Mozilla seems to be the biggest enemy of Firefox at this point

    New

  2. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux stuff
  3. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Data Leftovers
    mostly FOSS news
  4. GNU Releases/News: unrtf 0.21.11 and GNU Health Conference 2025 Next Month
    GNU Project news
  5. Refreshing Apache XML Infrastructure and Mozilla's Browser/s
    Web Browsers/Web Servers leftovers
  6. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  7. Red Hat Leftovers (Lots of Self-Promotional Fluff)
    Red Hat's site for the most part
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and GNU/Linux Devices
    Hardware leftovers
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development with R and Python etc.
  10. Security, FUD, and Windows TCO
    holes, misinformation, and more
  11. Year of Linux on the Desktop Part 2: Mac It So
    Can I use Linux to revive a decade-old MacBook Pro – and is it even worth trying?
  12. New Releases: EasyOS Excalibur-series Version 7.0.30 and MX Linux 25 'Infinity'
    2 new releases
  13. Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative
    Within the world of FreeBSD there is just FreeBSD
  14. Valve Announces Steam Machines, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR Headset
    Valve today announced three new products, the highly anticipated and rumored Steam Machines powered by the Arch Linux-based SteamOS, the Steam Frame VR headset, and a new Steam Controller.
  15. Systemd-Free Nitrux 5.0 Officially Released with Hyprland Desktop, Linux 6.17
    After many months of hard work, Uri Herrera announced today the general availability of Nitrux 5.0 as a major update to this immutable and systemd-free distribution.
  16. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  17. 7 Best Linux Distros to Switch from Windows 10
    now is the time to make a switch to Linux
  18. today's howtos
    9 howtos for now
  19. Android Leftovers
    Android Battery Woes Might Finally Be Over—Thanks to This Quiet Change
  20. Games: Side Effects, Final Sentence, and More
    half a dozen stories from GamingOnLinux
  21. Rspamd 3.14 Launches with Dark Mode, Postfix Wizard
    Rspamd 3.14, an open-source spam filtering system
  22. Fastfetch 2.55 Introduces Dynamic Refresh and Media Cover Logos
    Fastfetch 2.55 system information tool adds dynamic output refresh and the ability to use your current media cover art as a logo source
  23. Podman 5.7 Adds Full TLS and mTLS Encryption for Remote Connections
    Podman 5.7 container management tool introduces encrypted client–server communication
  24. This free Linux distro replaced 5 of my most-used networking tools
    One thing about building home local area networks (LANs) is that the more you add to it
  25. Linux’s Slickest System Monitor App Gets Updated
    Mission Center, the fancy (and yes, a little Windows-y inspired) GTK4/libadwaita system monitoring tool for Linux has been updated
  26. I replaced my Linux desktop with Fedora Silverblue, and it feels futuristic
    After moving from Windows 10 to Linux, I quickly found a new home in Fedora KDE Plasma
  27. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. Gooroom Platform – Debian-based open source operating system
    Gooroom Platform is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for cloud computing
  29. Alternative Timezone Naming in Calamares
    Calamares is a Linux system installer
  30. Plasma Setup Security Improvements
    Plasma's first-run experience (FRE) / out-of-box experience (OOBE) has seen significant improvements in security recently
  31. Tired of Help Scout Pulling the Rug from Under You? Try This Free, Open Source Alternative
    Discover how FreeScout lets you run your own help desk without vendor lock-in or surprise price hikes
  32. Want to try Linux but prefer the Windows UI? This distro is for you
    FreeXP is a Q4OS spin with a decidedly Windows feel
  33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

IBM Effect at Confluent: Mass Layoffs and IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs) Said to be Violated
For Confluent employees who survived the layoffs there will be "culture chock"
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
 
Links 19/03/2026: "AI Glasses" as Euphemism for Mass Surveillance and ABC (US) Has Begun Publishing Slop as 'News'
Links for the day
The European Patent Office, Europe's Second-Largest Institution, is on Strike Today
Lots more to come
What People Impacted by the Bluewashing Layoffs at IBM Confluent Say (While the Media Says Nothing at All, in Effect Burying the News)
Worse yet, the mainstream media spreads lies about it right now
IBM Has Turned Red Hat and Fedora Into Slop
This is IBM policy
IBM is Being Robbed, Companies and Jobs Are Destroyed
Companies taken over by IBM will be exploited and destroyed to keep a bubble inflated for a little while longer
In Confluent Layoffs, IBM Vapourises a Quarter of Its Workforce (IBM Buys Something That It Destroys Already)
In the past, such things were typically referred to as "media blackout"; now it's just "the norm".
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Links 19/03/2026: LLM Fatigue (It Doesn't Work as Advertised), "Small Web Feeds"
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 15 Out of 200: Background and Particulars of Truth Regarding Techrights and Tux Machines
the basic facts (this has aged well, except the times/ages/numbers)
A Slopfarms Survey for Today (linuxteck.com, linuxsecurity.com, linuxjournal.com)
Not only did Google news link to a slopfarm; it linked to three run by the same team!
Links 18/03/2026: "Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down" Due to Slop Bubble, "Birdwatching for Fun and no Profit"
Links for the day
IBM Red Hat is Still Promoting Restricted Boot Which Restricts Users' Control Over Their Computers
Red Hat under IBM is a total catastrophe
Arvind Says... Something Something "Hey Hi" (the State of Today's Media)
Look for news about IBM and most likely it'll boil down to some sound bites from an executive and nothing else
New Post Has Just Explained How IBM Gets Robbed by the People Who Fail IBM
Their plan for IBM is a personal plan
Slop-Spewing GAFAM LLM That Knows Nothing and Understands Nothing, It's a Stochastic Parrot That Cannot Even Figure Out Tux Machines is a Community That Started in Tennessee 22 Years Ago
RMS rightly calls those things "bullshit generators"
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
Instant Bluewashing at Confluent: Mass Layoffs Alleged at IBM
So the main question is, did IBM just fire 800 people?
"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