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  1. Ubuntu: Newsletter, Repositories, and Microsoft Spyware
    Some Ubuntu picks
  2. IBM LinuxONE 4 Express and Ubuntu Server drive data centre performance and economics
    Canonical is pleased to announce that Ubuntu Server is optimised and fully supported on IBM LinuxONE 4 Express

    New

  3. today's leftovers
    LF, FSF-EEE, and OpenSUSE
  4. Android Leftovers
    Ayaneo reveals details of new Android gaming handheld set to rival the Ayn Odin2
  5. OS 8 Now Available in Early Access
    I’m super excited to let you know that OS 8 builds are available in Early Access and they are now installable
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Raku and more
  7. Best Linux Distro for Gaming – Top Distros for Enhanced Linux Gaming Experience
    Thanks to the big push made by Valve
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino Uno, ESP32-S2, and 3D Printing
    4 projects or stories
  9. Security Leftovers
    flaws, patches, and more
  10. A Complete Guide to Xubuntu Default Apps and Their Purposes
    This is a full list of all Xubuntu default applications
  11. Review: wattOS R13
    wattOS wattOS is a fast and lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Debian
  12. OKdo ROCK 5 AIO Edge Media Board with 3 TOPs NPU and Pre-integrated AI Stack
    The board runs on the Debian 10 LTS operating system, providing a mature and actively developed software environment
  13. European Events: Hackaday Europe 2024 and FOSDEM 2024
    4 reports/invitationss
  14. Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    corporate and technical articles from Red Hat
  15. GNU/Linux Applications: FSearch, Note Taking, and Lux
    5 new articles about software
  16. Audiocasts/Shows: WordPress Briefing, Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, Destination Linux, and LINUX Unplugged
    5 new episodes
  17. today's howtos
    many howtos for Tuesday
  18. Why the future of manufacturing will rely on open source
    Let’s look at a few examples of how Red Hat is working with our ecosystem to put this effort into action
  19. Open Hardware/Modding: How I Also Hacked my Car and Raspberry Pi Project
    Some devices and hacking
  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the World Wide Web
    Web-centric news picks
  21. Programming Leftovers
    many picks for this week
  22. Windows TCO Leftovers
    3 Windows TCO examples
  23. today's howtos
    morning batch of howtos
  24. Android Leftovers
    Google Maps is now bringing 3D buildings during navigation to more Android Auto users
  25. Beyond 2038: Debian Strengthens 32-Bit Builds with Critical Patches
    No worries. Your 32-bit packages won't break after 2038 since the Debian team already started working on it.
  26. IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 182 released
    The first update of the year 2024 is out: IPFire 2.27
  27. Stable kernels: Linux 6.7.4, Linux 6.6.16, and Linux 6.1.77
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.7.4 kernel
  28. These two old-school music players for Linux let me fine-tune my listening experience
    Both Clementine and Qmmp include 10-band EQs
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Daniel Pocock: "I've Gone to Some Lengths to Demonstrate How Corporate Bad Actors Have Used Amateur-hour Codes of Conduct to Push Volunteers Into Modern Slavery"
"As David explains, the Codes of Conduct should work the other way around to regulate the poor behavior of corporations who have been far too close to the Debian Suicide Cluster."
 
Links 18/05/2024: Caledonia Emergency Powers, "UK Prosecutor's Office Went Too Far in the Assange Case"
Links for the day
Microsoft ("a Dying Megacorporation that Does Not Create") and IBM: An Era of Dying Giants With Leadership Deficits and Corporate Bailouts (Subsidies From Taxpayers)
Microsoft seems to be resorting to lots of bribes and chasing of bailouts (i.e. money from taxpayers worldwide)
US Patent and Trademark Office Sends Out a Warning to People Who Do Not Use Microsoft's Proprietary Formats
They're punishing people who wish to use open formats
Links 18/05/2024: Fury in Microsoft Over Studio Shutdowns, More Gaming Layoffs
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 17, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, May 17, 2024
Links 18/05/2024: KOReader, Benben v0.5.0 Progress Update, and More
Links for the day
Microsoft-Connected Sites Trying to Shift Attention Away From Microsoft's Megebreach Only Days Before Important If Not Unprecedented Grilling by the US Government?
Why does the mainstream media not entertain the possibility a lot of these talking points are directed out of Redmond?
[Meme] UEFI 'Secure' Boot Boiling Frog
UEFI 'Secure' Boot: You can just ignore it. You can just turn it off. You can hack on it as a workaround. Just use Windows dammit!
The Market Wants to Delete Windows and Install GNU/Linux, UEFI 'Secure' Boot Must Go!
To be very clear, this has nothing to do with security and those who insist that it is have absolutely no credentials
In the United States Of America the Estimated Share of Google Search Grew After Microsoft's Chatbot Hype (Which Coincided With Mass Layoffs at Bing)
Microsoft's chatbot hype started in late 2022
Techrights Will Categorically Object to Any Attempts to Deny Its Right to Publish Informative, Factual Material
we'll continue to publish about 20 pages per day while challenging censorship attempts
Links 17/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, More YouTube Censorship
Links for the day
YouTube Progresses to the Next Level
YouTube is a ticking time bomb
Journalists and Human Rights Groups Back Julian Assange Ahead of Monday's Likely Very Final Decision
From the past 24 hours...
[Meme] George Washington and the Bill of Rights
Centuries have passed since the days of George Washington, but the principles are still the same
Video of Richard Stallman's Talk From Four Weeks Ago
2-hour video of Richard Stallman speaking less than a month ago
statCounter Says Twitter/X Share in Russia Fell From 23% to 2.3% in 3 Years
it seems like YouTube gained a lot
Journalist Who Won Awards for His Coverage of the Julian Assange Ordeals Excluded and Denied Access to Final Hearing
One can speculate about the true reason/s
Richard Stallman's Talk, Scheduled for Two Days Ago, Was Not Canceled But Really Delayed
American in Paris
3 More Weeks for Daniel Pocock's Campaign to Win a Seat in European Parliament Elections
Friday 3 weeks from now is polling day
Microsoft Should Have Been Fined and Sanctioned Over UEFI 'Lockout' (Locking GNU/Linux Out of New PCs)
Why did that not happen?
Gemini Links 16/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, Cash Issues
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 16, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, May 16, 2024
Ex-Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier Did Not Retire, He Just Left IBM/Red Hat a Month Ago (Ahead of Layoff Speculations)
Rather than retire he took a similar position at another company
Linux.com Made Its First 'Article' in Over and Month, It Was 10 Words in Total, and It's Not About Linux
play some 'webapp' and maybe get some digital 'certificate' for a meme like 'clown computing'
[Meme] Never Appease the Occupiers
Freedom requires truth. Free speech emancipates.
Thorny Issues, Violent Response
They say protests (or strikes) that do not disrupt anything are simply not effective. The same can be said about reporting.
GNU/Linux in Malaysia: From 0.2 Percent to 6+ Percent
That's like 30-fold increase in relative share
Liberty in Liberia? Windows Falls Below 10% and Below iOS
This is clearly a problem for Microsoft
Techrights Congratulates Raspberry Pi (With Caution and Reservations)
Raspberry Pi will "make or break" based on the decisions made in its boardroom
OSI Makes a Killing for Bill Gates and Microsoft (Plagiarism and GPL Violations Whitewashed and Openwashed)
meme and more
The FSF Ought to Protest Against UEFI 'Secure Boot' (Like It Used To)
libreplanet-discuss stuff
People Who Defend Richard Stallman's Right to Deliver Talks About His Work Are Subjected to Online Abuse and Censorship
Stallman video removed
GNU/Linux Grows in Denmark, But Much of That is ChromeOS, Which Means No Freedom
Google never designs operating systems with freedom in mind
Links 16/05/2024: Vehicles Lasting Fewer Years, Habitat Fragmentation Concerns
Links for the day
GNU/Linux Reaches 6.5% in Canada (Including ChromeOS), Based on statCounter
Not many news sites are left to cover this, let alone advocate for GNU/Linux
Links 16/05/2024: Orangutans as Political Props, VMware Calls Proprietary 'Free'
Links for the day
The Only Thing the So-called 'Hey Hi Revolution' Gave Microsoft is More Debt
Microsoft bailouts
TechTarget (and Computer Weekly et al): We Target 'Audiences' to Sell Your Products (Using Fake Articles and Surveillance)
It is a deeply rogue industry that's killing legitimate journalism by drowning out the signal (real journalism) with sponsored fodder
FUD Alert: 2024 is Not 2011 and Ebury is Not "Linux"
We've seen Microsofers (actual Microsoft employees) putting in a lot of effort to shift the heat to Linux
Links 15/05/2024: XBox Trouble, Slovakia PM Shot 5 Times
Links for the day
Windows in Times of Conflict
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, May 15, 2024