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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 18, 2024
Best Free and Open Source Software
=> https://news.tuxmachines.org/i/2024/08/money-financessavings-171268923499v.thumbnail.jpg ↺ Money metaphors
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_19_in_Congo_Only_About_1_in_8_Window.shtml ↺ Microsoft Windows Falls to 19% in Congo, Only About 1 in 8 Windows Users (or 2-3% of Web Users) Are on Vista 11
The estimated share of Vista 11 fell sharply this past month
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Videos_Self_Hosted_Well_Worth_It.shtml ↺ Videos Self-Hosted: Well Worth It!
Our work on making videos, in particular since 2020, is paying off
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/It_s_About_Justice_Not_About_Money.shtml ↺ It's About Justice, Not About Money
truth and justice tend to prevail
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/What_Diversity_Means_to_Us.shtml ↺ What Diversity Means to Us
We need to define terms such as "discrimination" and "diversity" based on more objective, societal criteria
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Links_17_08_2024_Greedflation_Illuminated_by_Harris_Apple_Chang.shtml ↺ Links 17/08/2024: Greedflation Illuminated by Harris, Apple Changes App Store Rules
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2024_Distractions_and_Finding_a_Backup_Solut.shtml ↺ Gemini Links 17/08/2024: Distractions and Finding a Backup Solution
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Links_17_08_2024_Further_Escalation_in_East_Europe_Prices_for_D.shtml ↺ Links 17/08/2024: Further Escalation in East Europe, Prices for Drugs Scrutinised
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/When_Ubuntu_Pro_Means_Microsoft_Ubuntu_With_Back_Doors_the_Conf.shtml ↺ When 'Ubuntu Pro' Means Microsoft Ubuntu With Back Doors (the 'Confidential' Lie)
This author seems to be working for Microsoft
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Another_Case_Study_Regarding_Edge_s_Death.shtml ↺ Another Case Study Regarding Edge's Death
people adopt Chrome and a lot more people use obscure browsers than adopt the latest Edge
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Meme_A_Question_of_Interests.shtml ↺ [Meme] A Question of Interests
'The Internet? We are not interested in it.' -Bill Gates, 1993
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/In_the_Romanian_Browser_Market_Microsoft_is_the_2_Edge_Down_to_.shtml ↺ In the Romanian Browser Market, Microsoft is the 2% (Edge Down to 2.3%)
the Wintel era has ended
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2024_Selfishness_and_Offline_BBSing.shtml ↺ Gemini Links 17/08/2024: Selfishness and Offline BBSing
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Frans_Pop_Debian_Day_2024_31_years_of_deception_and_modern_slav.shtml ↺ Frans Pop & Debian Day 2024: 31 years of deception and modern slavery
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml ↺ Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_August_16_2024.shtml ↺ IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 16, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, August 16, 2024The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-08-11 to 2024-08-17913 /n/2024/08/11/Wikileaks_Editor_Kristinn_Hrafnsson_on_Donald_Trump_Attempting_.shtml 860 /n/2024/08/10/Reminder_A_Few_Days_Before_Julian_Assange_Was_Kidnapped_the_Sta.shtml 607 /n/2024/08/11/CAPTCHA_is_Slavery_Corporations_Compelling_the_Masses_to_Tag_Da.shtml 596 /n/2024/08/12/Former_GitHub_CEO_and_Mono_Chief_Nat_Friendman_Donated_to_Ron_P.shtml 531 /n/2024/08/12/A_Growing_Movement_of_Web_savvy_Geeks_Who_Say_Go_Static_Simple_.shtml
=> http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-08-17.txt ↺ Saturday