TechBytes Episode 67: Nokia Down, Android Up

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2012-04-13 21:33:04 UTC
Modified: 2012-04-13 21:33:04 UTC

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Summary: The first episode in a long time discusses changes in form factors and the stronger points of Linux

Today we spoke about Nokia, Linux, proprietary software on GNU/Linux, and finally something about LibreOffice. We didn't prepare topics in advance, but it should be an entertaining episode nonetheless. The show closes with "Ceiling Of Plankton" (a song by Givers).

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Episode 66: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 66: First of the Second Series

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Gemini Links 19/08/2026: "Big Boost in Autonomy" and "Answer of E-Mail": Links for the day
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Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene: Links for the day
Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead: "Linux" is (or was, as GNU/Linux) meant to empower - not artificially restrict - the users
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Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein": Links for the day
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Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech': It's long, so make a cuppa first
SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt: they've always had a financial report by now
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