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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 29, 2024
Audiocasts/Shows and Videos About GNU/Linux
Hardware, Tumbleweed, and Bad Passwords
=> https://news.tuxmachines.org/i/2024/09/1081-1270658739TGSZ.thumbnail.jpg ↺ California native wildflower Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla Scrophulariaceae) in bloom
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Linus_Torvalds_His_Employers_and_Critics_of_His_Employers_Can_A.shtml ↺ Linus Torvalds, His Employers, and Critics of His Employers Can Agree That Rust in Linux is a Failed Experiment
What we published 2 years ago (2022-09-22) leaves us vindicated
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Links_28_09_2024_Stagnation_of_Journalism_and_More_Suppressions.shtml ↺ Links 28/09/2024: Stagnation of Journalism and More Suppressions in HK (Now China)
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Gemini_Links_28_09_2024_ROOPHLOCH_and_smolspace.shtml ↺ Gemini Links 28/09/2024: ROOPHLOCH and smolspace
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Linux_remains_a_safer_choice.shtml ↺ Linux remains a safer choice
Microsoft worries
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Links_28_09_2024_Microsoft_Lays_Off_Hundreds_of_California_Work.shtml ↺ Links 28/09/2024: Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of California Workers, Windows Recall Infuriates Many
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Demise_of_Desktops_Laptops_in_the_British_Market.shtml ↺ Demise of Desktops/Laptops in the British Market
The British market is getting overrun by mobile phones (up more than 10% in the past year)
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Gemini_Links_28_09_2024_Misfin_and_Beepy.shtml ↺ Gemini Links 28/09/2024: Misfin and Beepy
Links for the day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Meme_25_Years_After_Winamp_WINAMP_EXE.shtml ↺ [Meme] 25+ Years After Winamp (WINAMP.EXE)
Winamp is pretty much irrelevant because of the solid replacements for it that are Free software
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Winamp_Was_Always_Windows_and_Proprietary_Now_Its_Code_is_Also_.shtml ↺ Winamp Was Always Windows and Proprietary, Now Its Code is Also Controlled by Microsoft
It's not "free" or "Open Source"
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/WINAMP_Reminds_Us_That_Choosing_GitHub_is_Sign_of_Failing_to_Un.shtml ↺ "WINAMP" Reminds Us That Choosing GitHub is Sign of Failing to Understand or Not Intending to Respect Freedom (Usually a Platform for Lousy Openwashing Stunts)
GitHub is a "cancer" - more so than WP Engine ever was
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Fear_Uncertainty_and_Doubt_FUD_Barometer.shtml ↺ Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) Barometer
Fear-mongering/dramatisation regarding CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176 and CVE-2024-47177 had very small impact
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml ↺ Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_September_27_2024.shtml ↺ IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 27, 2024
IRC logs for Friday, September 27, 2024The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-09-22 to 2024-09-28951 /n/2024/09/26/Why_We_Keep_Saying_Bryan_Lunduke_is_a_Liability.shtml 751 /n/2024/09/23/A_Year_Since_the_Big_Switch_Part_II_Early_Discussions_About_Mor.shtml 636 /n/2024/09/21/After_3_Strikes_Watching_YouTube_Without_Ads_YouTube_Accuses_Yo.shtml 632 /n/2024/09/23/Expect_Microsoft_Windows_to_Nodedive_in_China_Just_Like_in_Indi.shtml 610 /n/2024/09/24/A_Year_Since_the_Big_Switch_Part_III_Deliberate_Deceit_and_Misu.shtml 578 /n/2024/09/23/YouTube_You_re_Blocked_From_Watching_Videos_About_Why_YouTube_S.shtml
=> http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-09-28.txt ↺ Saturday