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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

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Linus Torvalds, His Employers, and Critics of His Employers Can Agree That Rust in Linux is a Failed Experiment

=> 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

Links 28/09/2024: Stagnation of Journalism and More Suppressions in HK (Now China)

=> 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

Gemini Links 28/09/2024: ROOPHLOCH and smolspace

=> 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

Linux remains a safer choice

=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Linux_remains_a_safer_choice.shtml ↺ Linux remains a safer choice

Microsoft worries

Links 28/09/2024: Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of California Workers, Windows Recall Infuriates Many

=> 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

Demise of Desktops/Laptops in the British Market

=> 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)

Gemini Links 28/09/2024: Misfin and Beepy

=> 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

[Meme] 25+ Years After Winamp (WINAMP.EXE)

=> 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

Winamp Was Always Windows and Proprietary, Now Its Code is Also Controlled by Microsoft

=> 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"

"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)

=> 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

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) Barometer

=> 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

Over at Tux Machines...

=> http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml ↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 27, 2024

=> 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

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