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  • #RaspberryPi OS Adds #Microsoft Repository Without User Permission http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/lunduke-on-raspi/ #gnu #linux #spying          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 08:54:05


  • How to read the Web site #Techrights (including Daily Links and IRC logs) without the hassles of bloat and manual work http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/reading-techrights-using-a-cron-job/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 08:54:59


  • #uspto : we do #monopolies for privileged males, but once a year we pretend to care for women and blacks to distract from what we really are (and whose class we serve) https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/02/uspto-event-celebrating-three-contemporary-black-women-inventors.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 08:56:08


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, February 06, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 08:56:58


  • #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 08:57:33


  • #Mageia 8 is closer and closer! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147363#comment-28185 #gnu #linux #france          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:00:00


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147373 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:00:12


  • Best Free Android Apps: Gmail – easy-to-use email app • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147372 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:00:26


  • ● NEWS ● #GeeksForGeeks ☞ R #Programming Language https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/r-programming-language/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:05:39


  • ● NEWS ● #DataSwamp #OpenBSD #UNIX ☞ Enable multi-factor authentication on OpenBSD https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-02-06-openbsd-2fa.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:05:58


  • ● NEWS ● #DataSwamp #UNIX ☞ Using pkgsrc on #OpenBSD https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-02-06-pkgsrc-on-openbsd.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:06:22


  • #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 06, 2021 • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/irc-log-060221/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:07:58


  • Some people find out a week late http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/lunduke-on-raspi/ #techrights broke this whole story          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:08:52


  • 3 ways to play video #games on Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147376 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:10:42


  • Why the success of #freesw depends on empathy • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147375 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:10:58


  • Linux Weekly Roundup: #Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, #Solus 4.2, and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147374 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:11:09


  • ● NEWS ● #HaikuOS #Haiku #BeOS ☞ Haiku activity report - January 2021 https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2021-02-06-haiku_activity_report_january_2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:17:53


  • "I’ve got a new Apple laptop, so I thought I’d do an Emacs build benchmark. Building Emacs is what people do on computers, right? At least if I extrapolate from myself, which is the only natural thing to do." https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2021/01/13/the-only-m1-benchmark-that-matters/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:18:41


  • ● NEWS ● #Ghacks #Mozilla ☞ #Firefox 85.0.1 fixes a critical security issue and bugs https://www.ghacks.net/2021/02/06/firefox-85-0-1-fixes-a-critical-security-issue-and-bugs/ "Firefox 85.0.1 and Firefox ESR 78.7.1 are security updates first and foremost"          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:19:43


  • ● NEWS ● #AndrewHuth #Programming ☞ My Staff Software Engineering Reading List https://huth.me/blog/my-staff-software-engineering-reading-list/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:28:24


  • ● NEWS ● #ChelseaTroy #Programming ☞ Quantifying Technical #Debt https://chelseatroy.com/2021/01/14/quantifying-technical-debt/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:28:56


  • #FOSDEM 2021: “More Evidence OSI is Obsolete.” http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/osi-is-obsolete/ #osi #microsoft #opensource #fosdem2021          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 09:54:26


  • Daniel Cantarín: Informatics, Progress, and Technocracy -- Introduction • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/informatics-progress-and-technocracy/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 10:21:40


  • ● NEWS ● #ChelseaTroy #Programming ☞ Avoiding #TechnicalDebt https://chelseatroy.com/2021/01/18/avoiding-technical-debt/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 10:31:30


  • ● NEWS ● #ChelseaTroy #Programming ☞ Reducing #TechnicalDebt https://chelseatroy.com/2021/01/21/reducing-technical-debt/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 10:31:40


  • ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle #Education ☞ #Turkey : #Erdogan promises 'no mercy' towards Istanbul protesters https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-erdogan-promises-no-mercy-towards-istanbul-protesters/a-56477279          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 11:21:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TimesHigherEducation #Education ☞ Universities must stop presuming that all students are tech-savvy https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/universities-must-stop-presuming-all-students-are-tech-savvy          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 11:21:25


  • ● NEWS ● #JeffGeerling #Hardware ☞ Argon One M.2 #RaspberryPi SSD Case Review. https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/argon-one-m2-raspberry-pi-ssd-case-review          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 11:22:08


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ PSA: Don’t post your #coronavirus vaccination card selfie on #socialmedia https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/6/22270400/coronavirus-vaccine-card-selfie-social-media          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:05:06


  • ● NEWS ● #TeenVogue #Health ☞ Chronic Illness and COVID-19: Understanding the Financial and Physical Costs https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chronic-illness-medical-debt-covid-19          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:05:20


  • ● NEWS ● #JacobinMag #Health ☞ #Rihanna Is Right About the Importance of India’s Massive Farmer Protests https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/farmer-protest-india-narendra-modi/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:05:51


  • ● NEWS ● #teleSUR #Health ☞ #SputnikV Is 92% Effective Even in People Over 60: #TheLancet https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Sputnik-V-Is-92-Effective-Even-in-People-Over-60-The-Lancet-20210202-0007.html Lancet had blasted #billgates until he bribed Lancet: http://techrights.org/2011/01/10/lancet-gates-exxon-mobil/ http://techrights.org/2010/09/07/simon-chapman-on-gates-slim/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:06:50


  • #twitter works for or protects #billgates (to keep poor people unvaccinated, so as to keep prices artificially higher) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:08:06


  • #RaspberryPi Pied in the Face - Part II: #RaspberryPiFoundation in Violation of #GNU / #Linux Rules (Because of #Microsoft ) • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/violation-of-debian-guidelines/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:27:57


  • ● NEWS ● #SebastianBuza #raspi ☞ #Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi’s Linux OS https://www.sebastianbuza.com/2021/02/04/microsoft-repo-secretly-installed-on-all-raspberry-pis-linux-os/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:28:48


  • ● NEWS ● #ThreatPost #ProprietarySoftware #security ☞ #Ransomware Attacks Hit Major Utilities https://threatpost.com/ransomware-attacks-major-utilities/163687/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:30:54


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ The #Covid19 has enforced businesses to rely heavily on #clowncomputing https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/cloud-computing/the-covid-19-has-enforced-businesses-to-rely-heavily-on-cloud-computing/80622767          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:33:46


  • So "very typical for an #Intel person to have a talk about #OpenBMC presenting from a #Windows desktop" -psydroid at #techrights moments ago. #fosdem https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/firmware_oiapg/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:35:20


  • ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Google Explores Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/google-explores-alternative-to-apple-s-new-anti-tracking-feature          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:35:39


  • ● NEWS ● #ThreatPost #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Clearview Facial-Recognition Technology Ruled Illegal in #Canada https://threatpost.com/clearview-facial-recognition-canada/163650/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:45:07


  • ● NEWS ● #OPCCA #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Clearview AI’s unlawful practices represented mass surveillance of Canadians, commissioners say https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2021/nr-c_210203/?=february-2-2021          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:45:33


  • ● NEWS ● #DefenceWeb #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook faces a reckoning in Myanmar after blocked by military https://www.defenceweb.co.za/daily-news/international-news/facebook-faces-a-reckoning-in-myanmar-after-blocked-by-military/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:45:44


  • "the whole track is interesting and also quite telling, as #Intel is probably dragged into #openfirmware rather than getting involved voluntarily" -psydroid at #techrights https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/track/open_source_firmware_bmc_and_bootloader/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:46:47


  • When More is Less and Older May in Fact be Better • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/overengineering-gnu-linux/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:57:13


  • A new mini-series from #DanielCantarín , a longtime follower and occasional contributor to #Techrights (since more than a decade ago) http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/informatics-progress-and-technocracy/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:59:06


  • The #OpenSourceInitiative (OSI) stand abandoned this year at #FOSDEM ; “Looks like the only stand abandoned is #OSI ,” we’ve been told http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/osi-is-obsolete/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 12:59:53


  • The blunder that harms the reputation of the #RaspberryPi (to appease or to serve #Microsoft objectives like the ones we saw at #Intel ) is far from over http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/violation-of-debian-guidelines/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:01:09


  • #Overengineering or addition of unnecessary complexity (or contrariwise the removal of useful features) is a subject Free-as-in-Freedom / #freesoftware advocates ought to discuss more openly/freely http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/overengineering-gnu-linux/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:02:20


  • #billgates : I save you from #covid19 not by going to the COVID 'front line' and putting my life on the line but by becoming a shareholder in #bigpharma profiteers, looking to profit from a crisis by controlling response to it          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:20:11


  • In 2021 #twitter bans people for criticising #billgates (even if that's based on facts) 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:21:01


  • #HeyHi (AI) is Pure Hype and It Deserves Scorn, Even Outright Ridicule, When Media and #Patent Offices Misuse the Buzzwords • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/hey-hi-hype/ •●• #Techrights #swpats #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:30:24


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes ☞ Joe #Biden bars Donald #Trump from receiving intelligence briefings, citing ‘erratic behavior’ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/joe-biden-bars-donald-trump-from-receiving-intelligence-briefings-citing-erratic-behavior/articleshow/80717919.cms          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:31:06


  • ● NEWS ● #Futurism ☞ US Admiral: “Real Possibility” Of Nuclear War With #China , #Russia https://futurism.com/the-byte/us-admiral-possibility-nuclear-war-china-russia          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:31:31


  • ● NEWS ● #BrookingsInstitution ☞ It’s time to stop US arms sales to #SaudiArabia https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/02/04/its-time-to-stop-us-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:31:49


  • Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147377 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:34:45


  • #twitter needs to apologise to people whom it wrongly bans for saying truths about #billgates but instead it blackmails them to self-censor 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 13:37:00


  • #cat https://i.redd.it/jpc2v33mond61.png          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:08:21


  • ● NEWS ● #France24 #sweden #africa #mali ☞ Swedish troops join French-led Takuba task force in Mali https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210205-swedish-troops-join-french-led-takuba-task-force-in-mali          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:08:30


  • ● NEWS ● #TheStrategist ☞ The five-domains update https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-five-domains-update-125/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:08:40


  • ● NEWS ● #ModernDiplomacy ☞ Pan-Turkism as a Rising Threat to Regional Stability https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/02/06/pan-turkism-as-a-rising-threat-to-regional-stability/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:08:54


  • The above video got cut midway due to a software crash (rare, albeit an ongoing problem); but it talks about my experience with so-called ‘Hey Hi’… http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/hey-hi-hype/ #ai #heyhi #cype #buzzwords          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:11:11


  • ● NEWS ● #VOANews #china #cn #covid19 ☞ Chinese #Whistleblower Honored on Anniversary of His Death https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/chinese-whistleblower-honored-anniversary-his-death          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:11:28


  • ● NEWS ● #RFERL #russia #Environment ☞ Russian Metallurgical Giant Ordered To Pay Record $1.9 Billion For Devastating Fuel Spill https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-norlisk-arctic-fuel-spill-1-9-billion-dollar-compensatoin/31087914.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:12:09


  • ● NEWS ● #Electrive Environment ☞ #Terrafame receives approval for battery material factory https://www.electrive.com/2021/01/22/terrafame-receives-approval-for-battery-material-factory/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:12:18


  • FOSS Patents: #Google approved official Android app of anti-lockdown pressure group promoting breach of Germany's #COVID19 prevention rules ⇨ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/02/google-approved-official-android-app-of.html •●• by @fosspatents          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:14:02


  • #twitter : criticising #oligarchs for profiting from #pandemic and letting the poor die (to keep prices high) is "unhealthy". You are banned! 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:15:43


  • McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP shamelessly promoting fake patents and patents that are an attack on the profession of software (because they profit from chaos and litigation, at the expense of everybody) https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/02/mbhb-webinar-on-patent-eligibility-of-software-and-business-methods.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:18:24


  • Using deaths of people to manufacture consent for #monopolies http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/02/it-looks-swims-and-quacks-like-quack-so.html "largest producer and distributor of chlorine dioxide bleach as a ‘miracle cure’ has announced that he wrote to President Trump last week to advise him that the bleach product ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ (MMS) is ‘a wonderful detox that can kill 99% of the pathogens in the body’ and ‘can rid the body of Covid-19’."          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:22:19


  • Now #ipkat promotes #patent #propaganda under the whole new section (buzzword) "Artificial Intelligence" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/02/around-ip-blogs.html #heyHi washing... http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/hey-hi-hype/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:23:55


  • ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhääling # ☞ Paet: Nord Stream 2 should be stopped due to Borrell's Moscow trip https://news.err.ee/1608100273/paet-nord-stream-2-should-be-stopped-due-to-borrell-s-moscow-trip          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:25:49


  • ● NEWS ● #BuzzFeed #Politics ☞ Donald Trump’s Business Sought A Stake In Parler Before He Would Join https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/trump-parler-ownership          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:26:22


  • ● NEWS ● #DanielPocock #Politics ☞ Why do #freesoftware organizations eliminate community representatives? https://danielpocock.com/why-do-free-software-organizations-eliminate-community-representatives/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:26:36


  • "After hearing all the evidence and wading through contemporaneous documents the judge found that the screenplay work was jointly authored, however, the contribution of the defendant was 20%." http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/01/25/martin-v-kogan-2-florence-foster-jenkins-returns-to-the-ipec/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:27:30


  • WeWoreWhat, #DanielleBernstein Want Infringement Suit Over "Copycat" Print Tossed Out of Court | The Fashion Law ⇨ https://www.thefashionlaw.com/accusing-the-great-eros-of-trying-to-avoid-an-already-pending-action-weworewhat-wants-case-filed-against-it-dismissed/ #copyright maximalists' cat fight          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:28:26


  • Passing new laws for rich #copyright barons at the expense of everybody else in defiance of clear evidence this would harm society http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/01/28/article-17-misunderstanding-the-intent-of-the-legislator/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:29:43


  • Letting #copyright spoil everything and misnaming things "sports" even when they have nothing to do with actual sport https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3738615          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:31:58


  • The opening sentence here is arguably a famous lie (preserving knowledge and monopolies spun as "innovation"): "Patent law promotes innovation by giving inventors 20-year-long exclusive rights to their inventions." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3748840          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:33:05


  • "this Article asks whether the government or markets can provide national cybersecurity innovation." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3751581          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:34:44


  • #apple has notoriously lousy and flimsy hardware, but maybe it hopes that a thicket of #patent #monopolies will disguise from this failure https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/4/22266478/apple-patent-application-charging-cables-fray-stiffness-thickness          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:36:16


  • "Many of the FOSDEM slides seem to be in proprietary formats. There seems to be no standardization for the slides published" -iophk #fosdem #proprietarySoftware #microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/01/04/fosdem-us/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:38:13


  • Stephen Lewis calls for suspension of #COVID19 #vaccine #patents https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/stephen-lewis-calls-for-suspension-of-covid-19-vaccine-patents-1.5291653 #twitter would BAN him 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:41:31


  • #monopolies on #cancer treatment raise ethical concerns https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/anpac-bio-granted-a-new-us-patent-on-novel-medical-device-for-multi-cancer-detectioncontinues-to-innovate-and-build-strong-ip-portfolio/ see http://techrights.org/2015/12/26/epo-and-cancer/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:43:41


  • #HowTo update #sudo version on #GNU #Linux ⇨ https://www.xmodulo.com/update-sudo-version-linux.html •●• #xmodulo          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:46:24


  • Planet #fedora today: #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware junk. What community? Fedora community? #IBM you mean... and its friends at Microsoft. http://catalin-festila.blogspot.com/2021/02/fedora-33-c-and-google-api.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:48:17


  • #clowncomputing #passingfad https://boilingsteam.com/google-slashes-stadias-ambitions/ #google loses loads of money, carries on regardless: http://techrights.org/2021/02/03/bubble-computing/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:53:37


  • Test driving #Mageia 8 RC • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147380 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:56:09


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147379 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:57:27


  • Best Linux Distros for the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 AMD Gaming Laptop • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147378 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 16:57:38


  • #Mozilla #Firefox gets open to display modified preferences only on about:config • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147381 #www          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:01:23


  • #Mandriva Linux Chronicles: #Mageia 8 is closer and closer! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147363#comment-28187 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:04:12


  • #Canonical turns to Google framework for new installer http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147154#comment-28188 worse: they outsource the work to #Proprietarysoftware #monopoly of #microsoft          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:07:32


  • #Nextcloud : Complete Setup Guide - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4dtcr2NL5M •●• #Video #GNU #Linux #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:11:07


  • "The story behind a #Microsoft repo shipping in #RaspberryPi OS" https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/144172/linux-action-news-175/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:12:04


  • "Left is a tiling window manager written in Rust for stability and performance. #LeftWM is very minimal by design." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_gQQL1Gxlc #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:13:12


  • This Week in Linux 137: #AlmaLinux Beta, Ubuntu’s New Installer, Solus, #EndeavourOS , #LibreOffice | This Week in Linux https://tuxdigital.com/2021/02/thisweekinlinux-137/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:15:24


  • "I will try hard to improve this situation – including my dream of having Fujitsu machines with pre-installed Debian on it" https://www.preining.info/blog/2021/02/new-job-fujitsu-research-labs/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:16:54


  • Updated #Debian 10: 10.8 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147364#comment-28189 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:19:12


  • ● NEWS ● #Gizmodo #Politics ☞ Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, and Other Sites to Keep the Receipts https://gizmodo.com/dominion-tells-facebook-parler-and-other-sites-to-kee-1846203245          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:20:37


  • ● NEWS ● #France24 #Politics ☞ The Arab Spring, 10 years on: How FRANCE 24 reported the story https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20210205-the-arab-spring-10-years-on-how-france-24-told-the-story-that-shook-the-arab-world          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:20:52


  • #Bluestar 5.10.13 is out https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/ #gnu #linux #archlinux #germany          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:21:58


  • #Mozilla #Firefox gets open to display modified preferences only on about:config • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147381 #www #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:26:07


  • #twitter : stop criticising #oligarchs OR ELSE! 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:33:16


  • The 'Klopp era' of Liverpool is over. No trophies this season. Not even decent results.          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:46:14


  • Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, #LeftWM , Linux Action News, #Nextcloud and GNU World Order • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147382 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:47:09


  • #FreeBSD 13.0-BETA1 Now Available • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147383 •●• #BSD #UNIX #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:47:19


  • #HaikuOS activity report - January 2021 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147384 •●• #BeOS #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:47:30


  • ● NEWS ● #Censorship #Burma ☞ #Myanmar orders [Internet] providers to block #Twitter and #Instagram in the country https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/6/22269831/myanmar-orders-block-twitter-facebook-instagram-military-coup          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:51:34


  • #twitter has sided with #oligarchs who occupy the population and deny #AccessToMedicines 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:52:25


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC #Censorship #Burma ☞ #Myanmar coup: #Internet shutdown as crowds protest against military https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55960284          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:52:41


  • ● NEWS ● #IndianExpress #Censorship ☞ ‘Chakka Jam’: Farmers block roads in Punjab, Haryana; [Internet] suspended at Delhi’s three border protest sites https://indianexpress.com/article/india/farmers-protest-chakka-jam-singhu-tikri-ghazipur-internet-ban-7177463/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:52:58


  • "On February 8, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) will organize “The Year of the COVID vaccines” conference." #patent profiteers and zealots looking to profit from deaths and litigation, not life-saving http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/02/sunday-surprises.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 17:56:22


  • Xfce’s Apps Updates for January 2021 Brings Improvements to Mousepad, Thunar, and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147387 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:00:11


  • #HowTo Install OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147385 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:00:20


  • ● NEWS ● #RFA #Censorship ☞ Junta Suspends More #SocialControlMedia Sites as Civil Disobedience Movement Spreads Across Myanmar https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/disobedience-02052021184005.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:02:23


  • Western #oligarchy has weaponised #socialcontrolmedia like #twitter to silence the 'peasants' 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:02:39


  • ● NEWS ● #HRW #Censorship ☞ #Russia : #SocialControlMedia Pressured to Censor Posts https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/05/russia-social-media-pressured-censor-posts          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:05:57


  • ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistan #Censorship ☞ 'Playing with fire': Twitter's India snub sparks debate on compliance, #freespeech https://www.dawn.com/news/1605829/playing-with-fire-twitters-india-snub-sparks-debate-on-compliance-free-speech          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:06:11


  • ● NEWS ● #JacobinMag #Censorship ☞ The Left Should Oppose Censorship by #BigTech Companies https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/censorship-big-tech-facebook-twitter          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:06:43


  • #socialcontrolmedia like #twitter is silencing the left (but the #corporatemedia pretends it's all about "far right") 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:07:08


  • ● NEWS ● #SydneyMorningHerald #au ☞ What #Assange and #WikiLeaks said about #Australia https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/what-assange-and-wikileaks-said-about-australia-20210129-p56xyo.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:09:14


  • ● NEWS ● #RFERL #PressFreedom ☞ RFE/RL Appeals Russian Court-Imposed Fines Linked To Controversial 'Foreign-Agent' Law https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-appeals-russian-court-imposed-fines-linked-to-controversial-foreign-agent-law/31088376.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:10:36


  • #gnu #linux distribution #PrimTux 6-20.04 is now out https://primtux.fr/ #france          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:12:05


  • #PCLinuxOS 2021.02 is also ready this weekend http://www.pclinuxos.com/ #pclos #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:12:58


  • ● NEWS ● #nigeria #ng #africa ☞ Nigerian news website #PeoplesGazette blocked, threatened with legal action https://cpj.org/2021/02/nigerian-news-website-peoples-gazette-blocked-threatened-with-legal-action/ Where's CPJ regarding corrupt EPO? It STILL blocks my site for showing EPO facts. Also threatened lawsuits.          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:13:19


  • What humiliation for #liverpool FC at home. Will it be 1-5? Klopp era is ending...          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:13:57


  • Who you gonna call? #Perl client and website for Google Civic Information API | 1nickt [blogs.perl.org] ⇨ http://blogs.perl.org/users/1nickt/2021/02/who-you-gonna-call-perl-client-and-website-for-google-civic-information-api.html •●• #perlprogramming #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:16:13


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC #iraq ☞ Iraq's #Yazidi community buries 104 victims of IS massacre https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55968068          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:16:27


  • ● NEWS ● #Gannett #police ☞ 9-year-old girl's brutal treatment at hands of police shows dangerous lapse in policy https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2021/02/04/police-pepper-spray-9-year-old-girl-dangerous-lapse-column/4388579001/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:16:40


  • ● NEWS ● #teleSUR #fgm #ritual #nisogyny ☞ #FemaleGenitalMutilation Harms 4 Million Girls per Year https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Female-Genital-Mutilation-Harms-4-Million-Girls-per-Year-20210205-0021.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:17:27


  • ● NEWS ● #Vice #bezos #greed #sweatshop ☞ #Amazon Is Forcing Its Warehouse Workers Into Brutal ‘Megacycle’ Shifts https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gk3w/amazon-is-forcing-its-warehouse-workers-into-brutal-megacycle-shifts          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:17:39


  • ● [Old] ● #LarsIngrebrigtsen ☞ Today’s $Copyright Claim https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2021/01/30/todays-copyright-claim/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:38:23


  • ● NEWS ● #DigitalMusicNews #Copyrights ☞ Warning: Google Is Deleting Your #GooglePlay #Music Library Next Week https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/02/05/google-play-music-library-deleted/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:38:31


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights # ☞ Copyright Holders Asked Google to Remove 5 Billion 'Pirate' Links https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-holders-asked-google-to-remove-5-billion-pirate-links-210206/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:41:31


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ After #Hentaicafe , #Fakku Goes After Owner of Pirate Site HentaiNexus https://torrentfreak.com/after-hentai-cafe-fakku-goes-after-owner-of-pirate-site-hentainexus-210206/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:41:40


  • #Liverpool vs #Manchester City 1-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_KpgcM5D2A          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:42:11


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #covid19 ☞ Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the #Coronavirus Wants Us to Do https://www.propublica.org/article/why-opening-restaurants-is-exactly-what-the-coronavirus-wants-us-to-do          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:52:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #Ecuador ☞ How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate aids the right-wing https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/06/yaku-perez-pachakutik-ecuador-us-coup/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:52:44


  • ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #Ecuador ☞ Ecuador’s historic election explained: Inside the Citizens’ Revolution https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/06/ecuador-election-citizens-revolution/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:52:55


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ Loosening Restrictions as New COVID Variants Spread Could Lead to New Surge https://truthout.org/articles/loosening-restrictions-as-new-covid-variants-spread-could-lead-to-new-surge/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:53:29


  • #master https://i.redd.it/gltyrnqtwed61.jpg          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:55:07


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Biden ☞ Biden's Executive Orders on #ClimateChange Aren't Upsetting Some Industry Giants https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-executive-orders-on-climate-change-arent-upsetting-some-industry-giants/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:56:06


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #gop ☞ Republicans Have Already Introduced Over 100 #VoterSuppression Bills This Year https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-have-already-introduced-over-100-voter-suppression-bills-this-year/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:57:42


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #israel #palestine ☞ 'Better Late Than Never': Palestinians Welcome ICC Decision Enabling #WarCrimes Probe of Israel https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/06/better-late-never-palestinians-welcome-icc-decision-enabling-war-crimes-probe-israel          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 18:58:15


  • ● NEWS ● #PIA #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Time to get rid of pervasive online ad tracking once and for all: the alternative is simple, effective, and fully respects privacy https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/time-to-get-rid-of-pervasive-online-ad-tracking-once-and-for-all-the-alternative-is-simple-effective-and-fully-respects-privacy/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:16:02


  • ● NEWS ● #CraigMurray #uk ☞ Now #Scotland Launched https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/02/now-scotland-launched/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:16:25


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The #Biden Rescue Plan Is Neither Risky Nor a Distraction From Structural Issues https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/biden-rescue-plan-neither-risky-nor-distraction-structural-issues          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:30:06


  • Informatics, Progress, and Technocracy - Part I: “It’s a Technical Problem, Stupid” • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/technical-problem/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW #freesoftware          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:47:18


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | 65 Billion Reasons the Senate Can Pass a $15 Minimum Wage by Reconciliation https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/65-billion-reasons-senate-can-pass-15-minimum-wage-reconciliation          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:48:18


  • Ben Sasse EVISCERATES Donald Trump and the Nebraska GOP State Central Committee https://youtu.be/BKsBVSa653E https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20033902/comments.mobile https://www.politico.com/2fbfdf72-eeea-40f5-a75a-2f81652f416f          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:53:23


  • #GooglePlay https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/161999/ #OONI :(          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:54:36


  • Part I of Daniel Cantarín’s article “Informática, progreso, y tecnocracia” http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/technical-problem/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:55:06


  • "Please provide a textual form, and then make a video if you so wish." https://cybre.space/@codeforchaos/105668709466659801          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:55:58


  • "To understand why millennials hate you, you must understand capitalism. To understand capitalism, imagine being forced to play a game of Monopoly where one person starts with nearly all the money in the bank" https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/105677149580069005          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:57:08


  • "Any old ideology can exploit people… the true genius of capitalism lies in getting the exploited to celebrate their own exploitation in hopes that maybe one day they’ll be the ones doing the exploiting." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/105677063109799331          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:58:58


  • "We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/105677149580069005          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 19:59:07


  • #fosdem "still sponsored by Google and Amazon, both of which technically contribute to open source software, but ultimately make money by locking people into their respective ecosystems" https://chaos.social/@morph/105679401179219927          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:01:20


  • Apropos: Corporations Aren’t Communities and Communities Controlled by Corporations Are Fake Communities http://techrights.org/2021/01/29/fake-communities-2/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:02:03


  • There’s still too much American (and corporate) control over the ‘European’ #FOSDEM , but the grip is — on least on the surface — slipping slightly http://techrights.org/2021/01/04/fosdem-us/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:02:31


  • #yemen #ksa #biden #war #middleeast https://reason.com/2021/02/05/biden-cuts-support-for-saudi-war-in-yemen-but-it-should-only-be-the-first-step/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/middleeast/yemen-saudi-biden.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:07:10


  • #yemen #ksa #biden #war #middleeast https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Cuts-Support-to-Saudis-Freezes-Arms-Sales-Over-Yemen-Crisis-20210204-0020.html https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bidens-saudi-balancing-act/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:07:22


  • This has impact on the #wikileaks #assange case https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/05/britain-extradition-us-crimes-uk #cia #extradition          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:08:05


  • #explica is a #plagiarism site, but this copy of #facebook mistreatment of #wikileaks and #assange is noteworthy https://www.explica.co/facebook-downgrades-wikileaks-article-page-supported-assange/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:08:47


  • old: #lapland #finland #olympics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/26/lapland-salla-highlights-climate-crisis-with-2032-olympics-campaign          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:09:51


  • #socialcontrolmedia like #twitter protects billionaires from you, not the opposite 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 20:11:43


  • #paypal rogue https://news.yahoo.com/paypal-co-founder-why-business-024327052.html          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:01:54


  • #pikvm #freesw https://pikvm.org/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:02:17


  • #mexico https://i.redd.it/reyl7tf9wpc61.jpg          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:03:18


  • "After almost a decade of gaining trust, Raspbian has now lost a huge amount in a single bad decision. It's yet even clear they even understand the depth of the mistake." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26035441          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:03:52


  • #microsoft #raspi #blunder #malware https://www.linux.org/threads/heads-up-microsoft-repo-secretly-installed-on-all-raspberry-pi%E2%80%99s-linux-os.32907/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:06:31


  • #Microsoft Compromising #RaspberryPi https://youtu.be/fkMUKSaaIVY          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:08:20


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | In Game-Changer, #ICC Will Take Up Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid in Palestine https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/game-changer-icc-will-take-israeli-war-crimes-and-apartheid-palestine          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:10:56


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Biden's Repeal of Trump's #MuslimBan Is Just the Beginning https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/bidens-repeal-trumps-muslim-ban-just-beginning          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:12:00


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Judging Has Begun! Check Out The Entries In Our #PublicDomain Game Jam https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210206/10035546200/judging-has-begun-check-out-entries-our-public-domain-game-jam.shtml          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:13:19


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #SuuKyi and #Trump Have a Lot in Common—Offices They Held and Their Treatment of People https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/suu-kyi-and-trump-have-lot-common-offices-they-held-and-their-treatment-people          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:21:52


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Biden's 'America First' Vaccination Strategy Promotes Global Inequity https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/bidens-america-first-vaccination-strategy-promotes-global-inequity #twitter bans people for bemoaning this 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:22:42


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Opinion | Biden's Efforts on Climate Is a Start—But What About Including Biodiversity? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/06/bidens-efforts-climate-start-what-about-including-biodiversity          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:36:58


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Biden ☞ Biden Aims for US to Produce Millions of At-Home COVID Tests by End of Summer https://truthout.org/articles/biden-aims-for-us-to-make-millions-of-at-home-covid-tests-by-end-of-the-summer/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:37:23


  • Analysis of OSI’s ’No Show’ at #FOSDEM 2021 • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/osi-no-show/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #FreeSW #osi          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:51:46


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ #Military Metaphors in Health Care Are Harmful - Especially During the #Pandemic https://truthout.org/articles/military-metaphors-in-health-care-are-harmful-especially-during-the-pandemic/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:52:27


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Billionaires Win and We Lose at #Pandemic Super Bowl 2021 https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-win-and-we-lose-at-pandemic-super-bowl-2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 21:52:42


  • Serve and protect https://i.redd.it/0n70tbqe5hd61.png #cat          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:08:54


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #yemen ☞ Citing Humanitarian Impact, #Biden Reverses 'Dangerous' Designation of #Houthis as Terrorist Group https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/06/citing-humanitarian-impact-biden-reverses-dangerous-designation-houthis-terrorist          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:09:09


  • #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147391 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:12:05


  • #Shutter 0.95 Released, Removing Outdated Perl #Gnome2 Libraries • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147390 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:12:21


  • #9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 7th, 2021 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147389 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:12:40


  • Best Free #Android Apps: #VLC – media player • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147388 •●• #freesw #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:13:15


  • The promises of #OpenSource are broken; with #openwashing overwhelmingly and increasingly overshadowing actual Free software it’s clear that this label rapidly loses its meaning and isn’t a synonym of #FreeSoftware anymore; it’s a misleading label http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/osi-no-show/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:21:07


  • Holding A Mirror Up In Front Of GNU/Linux | Hackaday ⇨ https://hackaday.com/2021/02/07/holding-a-mirror-up-in-front-of-gnu-linux/ •●• #hackaday #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:22:19


  • "ever heard of Buckminster Fuller? the guy wo inveted the “fish car” and big fan of geodesic domes" https://dwaves.de/2021/02/07/crazy-dose-of-science/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:28:04


  • Old: #OpenBSD #IPSEC backdoored? https://lwn.net/Articles/419865/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:29:03


  • #GNU #Linux Weekly Roundup #116 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147389#comment-28191          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:30:14


  • Techrights Archives: #HowTo Retrieve Very Old Articles, Including References That Are Now Missing (Dead Sites) • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/techrights-archives/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:39:15


  • Setup your KDE development environment - kdesrc-build & Kate - Kate | Get an Edge in Editing ⇨ https://kate-editor.org/post/2021/2021-02-07-kdesrc-build-and-kate/ •●• #kateeditor #kde #qt #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:42:08


  • #EndeavourOS 2021.02.03 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147247#comment-28192 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:44:55


  • #Kubernetes Clown Native 'Ecosystem' [sic] Set to Advance in 2021 | IT Pro ⇨ https://www.itprotoday.com/cloud-native/kubernetes-cloud-native-ecosystem-set-advance-2021 •●• #itprotoday          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:57:07


  • How to find old articles of the #Techrights blog and what to do in case some external references become missing/invalid ( #InternetArchive to the rescue, sometimes) http://techrights.org/2021/02/07/techrights-archives/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 22:59:23


  • Paru: AUR Helper Isn't Just A Rust Rewrite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5p_ZaSzj8 but #rustlang is problematic http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:03:23


  • REMINDER: #twitter protects the oligarchs from the population. It's NOT what they tell you it is! 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:04:13


  • The Latest #FreeSW AMD #Firmware / #Coreboot Happenings In Early 2021 - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Open-Source-AMD-FW-2021 •●• #Phoronix #AMD          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:05:08


  • #DYI KVM over IP with #pikvm | dennogumi.org ⇨ https://www.dennogumi.org/2021/02/dyi-kvm-over-ip-with-pikvm/ •●• #dennogumi          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:09:55


  • Diamond #LinuxTT Gen5+ Repack#4 now available to download. https://www.linux-tt.com/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:10:59


  • #deletegithub ... now some companies move beyond the #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #monopoly (by acquisition) https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-gitlab-integration-for-digitalocean-app-platform/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:12:56


  • "Version 5.5 of text editor GNU nano is now available. The release, which has been given the code name Rebecca, includes an option to suppress the title bar and just show some basic editing information at the bottom" https://devclass.com/2021/01/22/wtp-220121/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:14:20


  • Linux 5.11-rc7 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147399 •●• #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:18:24


  • Linux 5.12 To Move Ahead In Phasing Out Support For Outdated #Intel MIDs • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147398 •●• #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:19:03


  • The #freesw honor culture • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147397 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Freedom          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:19:26


  • 10 Most Stable #GNULinux Distros In 2021 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147396 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #FreeSW          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:19:54


  • The 5 Best #Microsoft Office Alternatives for Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147395 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:26:14


  • #FWUPD Is Being Ported To The BSDs To Handle Firmware Updating • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147394 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #bsd          ☞

POSTED sUNDAY, fEBRUARY 07, 2021 AT 23:27:22


  • Games: #Stadia , #PublicDomain Game Jam and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147393 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:28:04


  • Distribution Release: #PCLinuxOS 2021.02 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147392 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #PCLOS          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:29:39


  • "While working on ansi_colours crate I’ve learned about colour spaces things I’ve never thought I would. One of those is intricacies of greyscale." https://mina86.com/2021/rgb-to-greyscale/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:34:34


  • #cnxsoftware is now blocked by #clownflare ! How sad. All this for not running #javascript (in a site that otherwise would not strictly require any). #cloudflare #BOYCOTTcloudflare          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:36:29


  • #Rescuezilla 2.1: Caped Tux to the Rescue? • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147400 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:38:00


  • Shaun McCance: All new yelp-tools • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147401 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #GNOME #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:38:12


  • #twitter silences the 'peasants' of #india who want to be vaccinated but 'threaten' pricing 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:44:07


  • "After spending a few days playing around with Gemini and creating my own Gemini capsule, I thought I would share a few additional thoughts about it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iZ3R9U5ug #gemini #internet          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:44:56


  • Opinion: It is very much noteworthy that #canonical staff defends not only #microsoft #malware on #debian -based OS (Canonical does the same) but same for Google https://popey.com/blog/2021/02/chromium-on-linux/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:47:24


  • Seems like #Fujitsu forces all staff, even #debian #gnu #linux devs, to use #windows with NSA back doors. Seems like a misguided policy that needs correcting. https://www.preining.info/blog/2021/02/new-job-fujitsu-research-labs/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:49:48


  • #microsoft #windows TCO: https://threatpost.com/ransomware-attacks-major-utilities/163687/ #Ransomware #Ransom #proprietarySoftware          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:51:24


  • Some useful/useless stats: #techtrights RSS feed requests last week: 250k+, bulletins: 17k+, IPFS pages: 12k+. The goal is to do less WWW/HTML and more text, IPFS CIDs, sometimes RSS/Atom. Screw the Bloat Wide Web.          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:56:07


  • Days ago I seriously considered no longer updating -- not even PASSIVELY -- the #twitter account. They deserve NOTHING from their useds [sic]. 1) http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ 3) http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:57:24


  • Informatics, Progress, and Technocracy -- Part II by Daniel Cantarín will be published tomorrow in #techrights -- a very long article with Argentinian perspective on #freesw of "LIBRE" as they call it.          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:59:08


  • "After almost a decade of gaining trust, #Raspbian has now lost a huge amount in a single bad decision. It's yet even clear they even understand the depth of the mistake." #raspi #gnu #linux #microsoft https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26035441          ☞

posted Sunday, February 07, 2021 at 23:59:50


  • New video; see comments in this video which also wrongly attributes the findings to one who copied #techrights (not a bad idea to acknowledge original sources) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkMUKSaaIVY&feature=youtu.be          ☞

posted Monday, February 08, 2021 at 00:01:07


  • "As first reported by Techrights." https://raspbian.io/ #raspbian #raspi #gnu #linux #techrights> Monday, February 08, 2021 at 00:01:44


    • #mozilla : #firefox respects your #privacy (NOT) so we hire from #facebook and put #microsoft in our Board. 1) http://techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/ 2) http://techrights.org/2020/06/22/mozilla-board/          ☞

    posted Monday, February 08, 2021 at 00:04:30


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