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  1. Linux Graphics: AMD, Collabora, and Tomeu Vizoso
    3 new stories about GPUs and such
  2. Fedora Project Announces Fedora Atomic Desktops for Immutable Fedora Spins
    The Fedora Project announced today a new family of Fedora Linux spins called Fedora Atomic Desktops, which serves as an umbrella for all the current and future Fedora Linux spins that offer an immutable file system.
  3. Microsoft Sabotages Linux, Then Blames Linux
    and media plays along
  4. We Love Animals as Much as We Love GNU/Linux [original]
    This site very routinely shows animal photos
  5. Old 'Windows PCs' Are Becoming GNU/Linux PCs [original]
    Europe shows GNU/Linux growth
  6. today's howtos
    a few for now
  7. Mozilla Corporation's Mitchell Baker Stepping Down
    finally it happens

    New

  8. Desktop YouTube Music App Musictube Gets ‘Major Overhaul’
    A new version of Musictube, a Qt-based desktop app that lets you stream music from YouTube, is available for download for Windows, macOS and Linux.
  9. today's leftovers
    5 more assorted stories/links
  10. Programming Leftovers
    coding related picks
  11. Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly corporate fluff
  12. Software: fooyin, Redis Managers, and Mindmapping Editors
    3 software-themed articles
  13. Security Leftovers
    OpenSSF, Reproducible Builds, and More
  14. today's howtos
    quite a few evening howtos
  15. VirtualBox KVM public release
    For the past few months we have been working hard to provide a fast, reliable and secure KVM backend for VirtualBox
  16. GNU lightning 2.2.3 released!
    GNU lightning has a new release
  17. Free Software: Licensing, Web, and More
    FOSS links
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Python and education, among lots more
  19. today's leftovers
    SUSE, CMS, and CRM links
  20. OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and BSD Now
    latest BSD picks
  21. PostgreSQL 16.2, 15.6, 14.11, 13.14, and 12.18 Released!
    The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update
  22. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, CERBERUS 2100, and More
    3 projects and products
  23. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Attacks on Firefox and data breaches
  24. Games: BORE BLASTERS, MangoHud, and More
    5 stories from Liam Dawe
  25. KDE: 15-Minute Bug Initiative update
    Well, it’s been two years, so how did it go
  26. CERBERUS2100: A Multi-CPU Open-Source Educational Microcomputer
    Olimex recently featured the CERBERUS 2100
  27. Android Leftovers
    10 Best GPS Spoofing Apps for Android in 2024
  28. What is a swap file in Linux and how much should you use?
    Add some virtual memory to your Linux PC
  29. Debian͏ vs ͏Ub͏untu: Which i͏s the͏ best Linux di͏s͏tro in͏ ͏2024?
    Debian and Ubunt͏u are widely used di͏stri͏butions amon͏g Linux u͏se͏rs
  30. ODROID-M1S review – Part 2: Ubuntu 20.04 benchmarks and features testing
    One user mentioned Ubuntu 22.04 is supported, but that’s supported by a third party and we used the official image for testing
  31. Gameeky released
    After three months of development, Gameeky reaches its first public release
  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  33. Kernel and LWN: Linux, Joe Brockmeier, and Paying for Tests
    4 new articles
  34. Security Leftovers
    Security related stories
  35. today's howtos
    only 3 more for now
  36. I Switched to Linux Full Time. There’s seemingly been a recent uptick…
    I’m a big fan of Linux, and after Windows 11 couldn’t take the sheer amount of advertisements on a operating system you pay for
  37. Windows, DRM, and Microsoft
    opposition news
  38. Clear Linux, Zorin OS, Damn Small Linux, and More on Distributions
    a couple of news picks and FOSS Weekly
  39. Linux-Friendly Devices and Arduino IDE 2.3
    3 stories more
  40. Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and FLOSS Weekly
    2 new episodes
  41. World Wide Web: Curl, Firefox, Mozilla
    3 stories about Mozilla and former Moz (Daniel)
  42. Programming Leftovers
    only a few spillovers for the time being
  43. Free Software Reviews/Overviews in Medevel
    half a dozen new ones
  44. Red Hat Leftovers
    redhat.com's latest
  45. NetBSD 10.0 RC4 available!
    please help testing
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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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
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Links 18/05/2024: KOReader, Benben v0.5.0 Progress Update, and More
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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
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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
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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)
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Gemini Links 16/05/2024: Microsoft Masks Layoffs With Return-to-office (RTO) Mandates, Cash Issues
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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
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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)
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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"
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Links 15/05/2024: XBox Trouble, Slovakia PM Shot 5 Times
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