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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Barbados Joining Growing Number of Nations Where GNU/Linux is Measured at Around 10% [original]
    Did something happen there?
  2. Fedora Dominated by IBM Staff, Red Hat is 100% Focused on Promoting Slop and Riding Bubbles
    sad news

    New

  3. KDE Frameworks 6.22 Fixes Multiple Clipboard-Related Issues on Wayland
    KDE Frameworks 6.22 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop. Here’s what’s new!
  4. Vitalik Buterin Rides the Credibility of Linux
    Linux as a brand
  5. Security and BSD Leftovers
    just 2 more links for now
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Access, and Standards
    FOSS and more
  7. Web Browsers: Brave Adblock Engine Rewrite, Using RSS, and Firefox Pushing Slop Dressed Up as Hey Hi (AI) After Removing RSS Support, Which Was Actually Useful
    WWW picks
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development related leftovers
  9. Open Hardware/Modding: Fairphone, Raspberry Pi, and More
    gadgets and more
  10. Omarchy 3.3.0 Released
    based on Arch
  11. Dima Kogan has the Meshroom packaged for Debian, Reproducible Builds in December 2025
    Debian picks
  12. today's howtos
    only 3 for now
  13. Games: Steel Bounty, Dungeon Rampage, Wireworks, and Dig Dig Die
    half a dozen new articles from GamingOnLinux
  14. Does 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Somalia Run GNU/Linux Now? [original]
    statCounter sees the same duo at almost 10%
  15. today's howtos
    only half a dozen for now
  16. Security Patching in GNU/Linux
    Security leftovers
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  18. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    kernel and more
  19. Orange Pi RV2 and Octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026
    some exciting Linux devices
  20. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat, some Fedora
  21. European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software
    FOSS win
  22. Android Leftovers
    I used the Honor Magic8 Pro, and the OnePlus 15 should be worried
  23. This free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how
    With Homebrew, you get access to even more apps - maintained by both Linux and MacOS developers
  24. The state of Enterprise Linux for networking
    The open-source Linux operating system has emerged to be the foundation for cloud and networking across industries
  25. Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites
    Many people say they would switch to Linux if it weren't for the lack of some Windows-exclusive apps
  26. This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why
    Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software
  27. MUSE Book laptop review – Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026
    SpacemiT sent me a sample of the MUSE Book RISC-V Linux laptop for review
  28. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  29. CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds
    CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher’s Xfce edition leans on Debian Trixie, custom tuning
  30. GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Benin, Says statCounter [original]
    GNU/Linux gains
  31. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2026-01-03 to 2026-01-09
    1456 /n/2026/01/02/Microsoft_LLMs_Are_Speaking_Spreading_Misinformation_by_Slop_Ab.shtml
    1290 /n/2026/01/04/Manjaro_26_0_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_.shtml
    1246 /n/2026/01/03/State_of_the_Server_2026_and_Kubernetes_Updates_Tips.shtml
    1133 /n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.shtml
    1120 /n/2026/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_new_year_new_accessibility_features.shtml

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Layoffs in Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft's LinkedIn
There are silent layoffs at Microsoft this month
We Don't Depend on Google and Don't Care for Google
We have our own site search and we don't depend on Google to bring visits/visitors to us
Facebook Layoffs Due to Enormous Debt, Nothing to Do With "Hey Hi" Slop
The lies about "hey hi" in relation to layoffs will only contribute to further public resentment towards: 1) the media and 2) all the slop.
Universities Became Bad Places for Work
What happened to academia?
 
Links 15/03/2026: Slop "Bubble Driving Interest in Chip Alternatives" and Wildlife Erosion Reported
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 14, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, March 14, 2026
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The Good IBM Managers Have Flown Away, All That's Left is the Book-Cooking Loyalists
IBM is just cheating the SEC and shareholders. This seems to be the only thing IBM's management is nowadays good at.
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 12 Out of 200: Months Ahead of Serial Strangler From Microsoft Who Helped Double the Lawsuits (Funded by Third Parties) as 'Revenge' for Exposing Crimes
In 2024 I sat down and wrote about what had been done to me and to my wife
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once readers realise they read slop they immediately lose interest
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Patriotism is Conditional, If It's Unconditional, Then It's Like a Cult
My love for Software Freedom is only as strong as my love for Freedom of the Press
Links 14/03/2026: Mass Layoffs at Facebook ('Meta') and Sweeping Layoffs at Twitter (xAI), Social Control Media and Slop Are Only Debt
Links for the day
Wrong Time, Wrong Place (Digg)
Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian can relaunch Digg.com, but we doubt it'll work "this time for real!"
Reporting New and Suppressed Information is What Journalism is All About
In the domain of Free software, there are very few sites out there that offer exclusive coverage on community affairs and there are many gagging/censorship attempts
The Limits of Speech and the Rationale of Limitations
it seems to be part of an international trend
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 13, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, March 13, 2026
Gemini Links 14/03/2026: Goodness, AD534 Multiplier Module, and Extroverts Online
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Don't ask "the media"
Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 11 Out of 200: Cannot Censor His Spouse, Accusations Are Repeated Today
He already has a history of threatening to sue gay people in America; he cannot take criticism too well
Price of Storage, Price of Energy... What Next?
EPO workers are going on strike because their salaries don't keep up with price increases and tech companies without connections in "the channel" face long delays, low availability, and high prices (no "bulk" purchases), which further solidifies monopolies.
Don't Forget Red Hat's RTO (Return-to-office) Layoffs
How many people still remember that Red Hat did the same thing?
Reminder: Microsoft silent Layoffs by RTO (Commute Time and Lack of Comfort/Work Satisfaction) Already in Effect This Year
It's difficult to measure how many employees have already "left on their own" due to the RTO policy
Founder of IBM Ventures Has Just Quit IBM
Some people leave IBM and many people 'leave' IBM
Signs of Impeding Mass Layoffs - Not Just Quiet Layoffs - at Microsoft
Beneath the surface there are waves of layoffs and even entire teams are let go
Career Science and Academia as Corporate Propaganda 'on Tap'
article about surveillance
Veteran GNU/Linux Journalist Jack Wallen Tries Geminispace and Likes It
It'll turn 7 some time soon
Scheduled Maintenance Tonight
There will be similar work early next week
"Alternative to Microsoft Office" Must Use Free/Open Standards/Formats for Real Sovereignty
It would make sense for the EU to invest in its own workers and its own software projects, more so now that there are hostile countries both to the east and to the west
IBM Has No Clue How to Integrate Companies Like Red Hat
IBM is failing to respect this company's culture
Fake Articles From Sites With "Linux" in Their Name/Domain Name
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Gemini Links 13/03/2026: Exhaustion and Smartphone Addiction
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Friday the 13th & Debian Developers afraid to nominate in DPL elections
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 13/03/2026: Chatbot "Pentagon Contract" (Bailout) and Secret Service Ditches Slop Pusher
Links for the day
When Everybody Has a Right/Access to An Attorney/Lawyer (But Some Get Funding From Malicious American Corporations to Spend a Million Dollars on Many Lawyers and Several Barristers)
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European Qualifying Examination (EQE) Being Reduced to Pieces of Papers One Can Buy, Patent System Rapidly Losing Its Legitimacy
Welcome to the "new Europe"
Priorities in 2026
2026 is an interesting year
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Producing More Propaganda for EPO "Cocaine Communication Managers"
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Head of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 360 is Leaving Microsoft Amid Problems and Mass Layoffs
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 12, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, March 12, 2026
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