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  1. Institutional Failure at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Reported to Politicians [original]
    Because of the SRA, malicious "hired guns" harassed my wife for several years
  2. Bookmarking the Web, Offpunk 3.0 for Gemini/Gopher, and Matrix in Governments
    Free, Libre, and Open Source Software on the Net
  3. Wine 11.2
    The Wine development release 11.2 is now available
  4. analytics.usa.gov Shows Rapid Erosion of Windows Market Share Since 'End of 10' (Vista 10) [original]
    "There were 2.23 billion sessions in the last 30 days.
  5. When the UK's Regulatory Authorities Are Systematically Failing Women [original]
    This isn't the last resort but one of several

    New

  6. tag2upload general availability
    tag2upload is now out of beta
  7. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware picks
  9. Red Hat Leftovers and a Focus on Slop, as Usual From IBM
    Red Hat is slop pusher
  10. Security Leftovers
    Security patches and more
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  12. PostgreSQL: credcheck v4.5 pgAdmin 4 v9.12 Released
    Databases news
  13. FreeBSD and OpenBSD Leftovers
    BSD news
  14. Games: Steam, Roblox, and GOG
    With Linux focus
  15. GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop: NsCDE on Debian 13, Sound of 'Distrohop', and AppManager
    3 new picks
  16. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, "What’s in the SOSS?" and Social Control Media Ban
    some new episodes
  17. Distributions and Operating Systems: Distro Dilemma, "Mid-life Crisis", Servers, and Hadron
    distros in the news
  18. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  19. EasyOS News and Release of 7.1.4
    EasyOS leftovers
  20. MythTV 36.0 Open-Source Media Center Is Out Now with Support for FFmpeg 8
    MythTV 36.0 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source media center software capable of recording TV (similar to TiVo), playing videos, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, music, viewing photos, and more.
  21. Games: D7VK, Steam, and Retro Linux Gaming Computer
    4 GamingOnLinux stories
  22. Mesa 25.3.5 Released
    Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixe
  23. Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: Pioreactor, Amiga With PAL, and More
    Hardware projects
  24. Audiocasts/Shows: Cybershow, TDE Podcast and Package Manager Podcast
    some new episodes
  25. Concerns about low-quality PRs being merged into main
    I think we need to change our approach
  26. Is Open Source in Trouble?
    "Every 20 developers in your company, 50% of one person’s time goes to them developing open source and that 50% is like, completely free of company influence.”
  27. Android Leftovers
    You can (and should) run a tiny LLM on your Android phone
  28. KDE Plasma vs. Xfce: Comparing Lean and Mean Desktop Environments for Linux Users
    KDE and XFCE are two impressive desktop environments known for their resource efficiency and performance
  29. 8 Reasons Why Linux Mint is Better Than Ubuntu for Linux Beginners
    Linux Mint is better for beginners, but why so
  30. Want to self-host for free? This server OS makes it easy - here's how to get started
    Ubuntu Server is my go-to for self-hosting
  31. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  32. Kapsule: it shipped and nobody died
    In my last post, I laid out the vision for Kapsule—a container-based extensibility layer for KDE Linux built on top of Incus
  33. Microsoft's Implosion Will be an Opportunity for Further GNU/Linux Gains [original]
    Microsoft's layoffs will focus on Windows and XBox (gaming has been a complete catastrophe for Microsoft), so there will be room for GNU/Linux gains
  34. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Says It Cannot Keep Up With Abusive Legal Cases in the UK [original]
    Rianne will soon contact her politicians (representatives) about this
  35. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-10
    970 /n/2026/02/04/LibreOffice_26_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml
    896 /index.shtml
    787 /summary.shtml
    754 /n/2026/02/04/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_6_17_and_Mesa_25_2_Ahead_of_Ub.shtml

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When Happens to Red Hat If (or When) IBM Collapses
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With an IBM Company Down Over 75% After Apparent Accounting Fraud the IBM Insiders Want Answers From James Krabanaugh
He has no technical qualifications
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The SRA is part of the SLAPP problem
EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) on EPO Social Dialogue
They've refrained from mentioning the industrial actions
The Register MS is Promoting Ponzi Scheme for Financial Fraud/Accounting Fraud Company, The Register MS Gets Paid to Do This
Published 6 hours ago
IBM's Kyndryl Managed to Fall to Less Than a Quarter of Its Past Year's High
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Links 10/02/2026: Media Freedom Feels Dead in Hong Kong and Grammys, Superbowl Becoming Politics
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Matthew J. Garrett Has Just Sent a Threat to Put My Wife and I in Prison Because His Own Spouse Says He's a Rapist
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With Firefox Measured at 2% in the United Kingdom Time is Running Out for Web Site Support for Gecko/Servo Users
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Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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IBM's Financial Engineering (Accounting Fraud) Shell, Kyndryl Holdings Inc, is Insolvent
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Clownflare isn't free
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Microsoft Corp shares were down yesterday
EPO's Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH): The EPO is Generally “Managed by Excel” (Microsoft)
The current management has basically defined corruption to be "success"
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
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Kyndryl CFO Harsh Chugh Comes From IBM (17+ Years)
Who would want such a position?
IBM RAs (or PIPs) in London, England?
They try to keep the lid on it
International Buybacks Machines
Will the current US administration/regime look into IBM's accounting or only its mini me's?
IBM Could be the Next Kyndryl, a Dinosaur With Accounting Fraud
Many shareholders (or even pension funds) are taking a big hit today
Ian Murdock Died in San Francisco 10 Years Ago. Cops Led to His Death.
10 years ago Ian Murdock died after cops had messed him up
US/Europe divergence: health & safety, criminality & Debian harassment culture: Open Digital Ecosystems submission F33370170
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 10/02/2026: Splinternets and "Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case"
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Russia and China Best Off Without GAFAM
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SRA: SLAPPs From Russian War Criminals and American Men Who Strangle Women Are Acceptable
The SRA, by inaction, is complicit in this
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is Not a Regulator, It's Part of the Litigation "Industry" in the UK (They Overlap Each Other)
Does nothing except talk about SLAPPs
Brett Wilson LLP Seems to Have Done for Roberto Foa What It Did a Year Earlier for the Serial Strangler from Microsoft
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In Finland, Microsoft Falls Behind Yandex (Russia)
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Slop at Microsoft is a Miserable Failure, Now Microsoft Takes the "Vista Route" (Paying People to Say Good Things About It)
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Rumours About February 2026 Microsoft Layoffs: Silent Layoffs or 30,000 Culled Tomorrow
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From what we can see in the "public Web"
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