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Updated This Past Day

  1. Media Says 4% for GNU/Linux, But It's Already 4.2% for GNU/Linux (Worldwide) [original]
    articles are appearing rather belatedly
  2. GNUnet 0.21.0
    We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.21.0

    New

  3. today's leftovers
    a mix of stories
  4. Mobile Systems: E-Ink QWERTY Phone, Casio F-91W/PineTime, and Fairphone
    3 stories about mobile
  5. Distributions and Operating Systems: CP/M, GNU/Linux Distributions for Your Data Cente, MakuluLinux, EasyOS, and FreeBSD
    a handful of OS stories
  6. Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, mintCast, Linux Out Loud, and More
    Several new episodes
  7. Security and Windows TCO
    a couple of Windows TCO stories, but more of GNU/Linux
  8. Games: Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, Linux Gaming With Anti-Cheat, Steam, Yuzu
    Some gaming related news
  9. Free Software: From Reference Management Software to PostgreSQL
    FOSS leftovers
  10. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  11. Tor Browser 13.0.11 is Out, Mozilla Cozies Up to Columbia Institute of Global Politics
    Mozilla news
  12. Fedora Project Now Considering Dropping XOrg Session from Fedora 41 Workstation
    Fedora Project is considering dropping the XOrg session by default in the Fedora Linux 41 Workstation edition featuring the GNOME desktop environment.
  13. Zorin OS 17.1 Released with Enhanced Windows App Support, Education Edition
    The Zorin OS team released today Zorin OS 17.1 as the first update to the latest Zorin OS 17 operating system series adding various improvements and updating the Education edition.
  14. Pineberry Pi Unveils New Expansion Boards for Raspberry Pi 5
    Pineberry Pi introduces a new lineup for the Raspberry Pi 5
  15. openSUSE Leap 15.6 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with GNOME 45
    The openSUSE Project released today the beta version of the upcoming openSUSE Leap 15.6 operating system release ahead of the final version on June 12th, 2024.
  16. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, PCB, Acorn, SparkFun, and More
    Hardware stuff, Linux focus
  17. Leap 15.6 Reaches Beta Phase
    The openSUSE Project is thrilled to announce the Beta release phase of Leap 15.6
  18. Fedora 41 Drops the GNOME Xorg Sessions
    Fedora Workstation 41 will not include GNOME Xorg sessions by default
  19. RHVoice – multilingual speech synthesizer
    This is free and open source software
  20. GTK 4.14 will be released very soon, with new renderers that were introduced earlier this year
    GTK 4.14 will be released very soon, with new renderers that were introduced earlier this year
  21. Programming Leftovers
    Coding related news
  22. Proprietary Malice, Microsoft Downtimes
    Microsoft news
  23. Windows TCO Leftovers
    The true cost of choosing Windows
  24. Games: EmuDeck, Direct3D, Proton, and More
    7 stories by Liam Dawe
  25. today's howtos
    handful of howtos
  26. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    2 of each
  27. Linux Weekly News on kernel and documentation
    Linux news outside the paywall now
  28. Forgejo makes a full break from Gitea
    from LWN
  29. A look at Nix and Guix
    Nix and Guix are a pair of unusual package managers based on the idea of declarative configurations
  30. Proprietary Imitations and FUD Against "Linux"
    3 leftovers
  31. NixBSD: This Project Mixes FreeBSD and NixOS in One!
    Wait, what? Two good things in one? What do you mean? Take a look here.
  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday 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