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Updated This Past Day

  1. Mission Center 1.2.0 Released
    a pair of articles
  2. IBM Fedora: We Forced 'Secure Boot' on Linux, Now It Discourages Dual-Booting [original]
    That is what they are trying to tell us and the companies that employ us
  3. Abusive Cults a Phenomenon Recognised by Formal Authorities [original]
    This matter is now being escalated to law firms

    New

  4. Getting More Political [original]
    Tomorrow we'll get some attention again
  5. Wayfire 0.11 Wayland Compositor Adds Better Fractional Scaling, HDR Rendering
    Wayfire 0.11 modular and extensible Wayland compositor is now available with better fractional scaling, HDR rendering, support for per-output ICC profiles, and more.
  6. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks
  7. Web and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
    FOSS and more
  8. Mozilla: Firefox Nightly and MozPhab 2.15.4 Released
    Firefox news
  9. Debian: Freexian, DebConf26, and Slopware Based on Debian
    Freexian and more
  10. GUADEC, GNOME Shell Extensions, and Slop
    GNOME leftovers
  11. KDE: KIO Too Slow for Many Files, New Developer Hacking on KDE's Network Manager
    KDE news
  12. Audiocasts/Shows: Michael Geist, Late Night Linux, and This Week in Linux
    3 new episodes
  13. Linux Kernel: Networking, Slop, and Holes
    4 picks
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  15. Games: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Skate 3 Recomp 2.0, EmuDeck, Denuvo DRM, and More
    mostly from Liam Dawe
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Orange Pi, ESP32, and More
    hardware news
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  18. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  19. Migrating a NAS from TrueNAS Core to vanilla FreeBSD, NTSYNC driver
    FreeBSD bits
  20. Pyramid Scheme Piggybacking Misnomer "Hey Hi" (Like "Crypto"), Now "Linux" Foundation (for "Linux" "Brand") and Openwashing
    Red Hat is fully subverted now
  21. Linux isn't your only escape route from Windows and macOS—here are 4 alternatives
    Most people who step outside of Windows and macOS assume Linux is the only alternative worth taking seriously
  22. Windows 11 ruined my old laptop, but this lightweight Linux distro brought it back to life
    Once I decided to try Zorin OS Lite, which promised to make the laptop feel snappy and light again
  23. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. OpenUK Wants Britain to Stop Giving Away Open Source Creations
    They point to MCP, built by two engineers in London, that ended up under US-based governance
  25. Improving Accessibility [original]
    work underway to improve the system which runs the sites
  26. AI and Linux: a bit of ranting
    Rants follow
  27. 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 2026-07-22 to 2026-07-28
    1791 /n/2026/07/25/Free_Software_Makes_Complex_Setups_Affordable_and_Feasible.shtml
    1060 /n/2026/07/23/Mourning_Dan_Williams.shtml
    925 /summary.shtml

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In IBM, PIPs and RAs (Layoffs) Have Become Almost the Same Thing, Workers 'Expire' With Age (Seniority, Experience) and Empathy is Punishable by Termination
IBM does seem like a dead company
"Social Dialogue" With the Man Who Never Faced Real Competition at the European Patent Office (EPO), He Buys the Voters and Eliminates Rivals
Will the "Pretender" write back?
Greenwashing Corruption With a "Chief Sustainability Officer", Who Infamously Defended Battisetelli's Crimes at the EPO and Petitioned for Him
She was rewarded for conspiring against EPO staff, as usual
What I Explained to Police About Blackmail and Death Threats via Burner Accounts (a Practice Which Generally Constitutes a Crime)
Today I've communicated several times with police
Improving the Static Site Generator
Our system has fixes triaged
 
IBM is Trying to Turn Debt (Borrowed Money) Into Fake Growth and It'll Worsen Matters
they put in their balance sheets a fake "growth" in something that does not even exist
Microsoft Relies on Misleading Narrative of Studios Going 'Independent'; in Reality There Are Mass Layoffs in Them
This is not a good narrative for Microsoft
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Gemini Links 29/07/2026: Arosa, Tired Tuesday, and Constellation Browser
Links for the day
At Microsoft, PIPs Are Sometimes Known as "LITE" (a Silent Layoffs Legal Hack or a Shrewd Workaround to Skirt WARN Act)
Zero "layoffs" to report
Gemini Links 28/07/2026: “Strategies Against Algorithms” and DIYers
Links for the day
Digital Restrictions (DRM) and Microsoft: What Kills XBox Will Kill Windows Next
Microsoft wrongly and very arrogantly assumed that users would tolerate everything it throws their way
GNU/Linux in Afghanistan Reaches 7%
For many years it was stuck at less than 1%
Links 28/07/2026: "People’s Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online" and SpaceX Stock Crashes Like Its Products
Links for the day
UK tech sector missing from democratic process
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
How Not to Cover Elections (Democracy Relies on Reliable, Complete Information)
Misinformed voters are a recipe for disaster
Microsoft E.E.E. (and "Bait and Switch") Going Exactly According to Plan
That is what they are trying to tell us and the companies that employ us
IBM: An Old Company That Hates Old People
Remember that's coming to Red Hat workers in 2 months
Strict Policy on Violence and Violent Language
This matter is now being escalated to law firms
Avoiding Discrimination Against People With Disabilities
work underway to improve the system which runs the sites
Links 28/07/2026: XBox DRM Doomed Everyone (Cannot Play Anything), Slop (Ponzi Scheme) Being Pinkwashed Now
Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/07/2026: Ethics, GIMP Script-Fu, SMTP Versus Gemini, and Proposal for Better TOFU
Links for the day
To a Sociopath, Ethical People Are Bad People. Don't Fall for It.
If you put sociopaths on a pedestal, the pedestal will break
Diversity in Debian
bringing up the topic is the real problem, diversity itself is a taboo subject
GNU/Linux in Brazil. The B in BRIC(S).
the "market share" is assessed to be around 5%
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 27, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, July 27, 2026
Hate Consumes the Haters
If you hate someone (or something) and you're willing to do anything for "hate rituals", then at the end the emotion will outweigh reason and it'll backfire, surely
GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7%
significant growth for GNU/Linux in Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia
IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor
People in their 50s seem to be targeted as they are considered "expensive"
Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots)
Breeding ignorance means people will assume they have a choice between two pieces of trash: "Nige" or a literal trash can
Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent
Links for the day
A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace".
The lost media is engaging in self-harm
Microsoft is Down
This relates in a timely fashion to what we published yesterday
In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different
Those were never equivalents or mirrors, those are two things that are inherently different and are maintained by different teams
Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, “Junk DNA” Is Commented-Out Code, and More
Links for the day
The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror
Techrights has long taken accessibility quite seriously
Americans Are Not Our Masters
If you are subjected to online abuse, don't give up
Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity"
There seems to be a growing 'coalition' in the UK based around important issues which impact the entire planet
XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead
XBox has never been closer to profitability
Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties
Economies cannot function when few people abuse them for self-enrichment
After statCounter Figures Out Many "Unknowns" Were in Fact GNU/Linux the "Market Share" Estimate in China More Than Doubles
Japan is the same for similar reasons
peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm
We won't be linking to it anymore
Feeding 'the Children'
Maybe some time soon we'll do a fund-raiser to help feed the birds
Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1%
Now it's at over 5%
We Need More Transparency
Our heads of state are very much aware of and concerned about SLAPPs and censorship
"The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show
Consumer protection and the war on children
EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come
Another week has begun
When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue)
"IBM is a Law firm with an I/T department."
Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 26, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, July 26, 2026