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  • Holding Linus Torvalds Accountable for Things He Has Nothing to Do With • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:36:02


  • #Linux #Kernel 5.13 Officially Released, This Is What’s New • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152753 #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:38:39


  • An 81-minute video response to the a new article about Mr. #Torvalds and about Linux; there are problematic claims inside this article, which merits a rebuttal of sorts • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/ ䷉ #Techrights #Kernel #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:39:52


  • It has now been 1.5 years since we last travelled to a different city. Just before #covid19 was officially a pandemic: http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Weekend-in-Sheffield          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:42:01


  • Update on this post: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/12/uk-home-office-eu-mobile/ just before the weekend, AFTER ALMOST 2 WEEKS (no reply), and just a few days before #brexit hard deadline, the Council finally responded to my complaint that they strictly require mobile phone. And what did they tell me? Send us your mobile phone number to book an appointment! Yes, mobile! Did they even READ my message?!          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:44:36


  • Official message and LWN on #Linux 5.13 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30068 #kernel         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:46:16


  • What #BusinessInsider has just published with the headline "Profile of Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux Operating System" is actually an ATTACK on Linus Torvalds. They have just REPUBLISHED it. Minutes ago!! To coincide with Linux 5.13 release! I respond in http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/ trolls or journalists?          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:48:11


  • The same person who is attacking #torvalds right now also boosts the illusion of #microsoft #azure 'success' (even amid Azure #layoffs that Microsoft is trying hard to hide) http://techrights.org/2020/07/23/microsoft-defrauding-again/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:52:23


  • #ibm #layoffs happening again https://buffalonews.com/business/local/ibm-cutting-84-jobs-at-fountain-plaza-tech-hub-that-is-part-of-buffalo-billion/article_897fe7bc-d512-11eb-9bc2-933b69cb5bb0.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:57:09


  • #ibm #layoffs #outsourcing "With the acceptance of remote work, this is going to be more pervasive. We were so desperate to avoid the commute we didn’t see that we’re outsourcing our own jobs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bxsPoIY#replies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 00:58:46


  • "Tech giant IBM (NYSE: IBM) has started marketing 630,000 square feet of space at its RTP campus, including three buildings full of office, lab and warehouse space that date back to the 1970s and '80s." https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2021/06/24/ibm-puts-three-buildings-up-for-sublease.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:00:20


  • "I was a fool to dedicate my life to #IBM thinking that I was truly a valued employee." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bt7YBtu          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:01:18


  • " #IBM announced in early May a voluntary redundancy plan in #France for up to 1251 people. We just learned that out of ~4900 employees, 2513 (more than half) asked for extra information and 1547 filed a complete and valid application" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bsvKl69          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:02:31


  • On #redhat @ #ibm "IBM - dead man walking. Get out while you can folks." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bobChtI          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:04:15


  • #BusinessInsider waited until the day of the #linux release (once in 2-3 months), then hours before (and again minutes after release!) pushed out "Profile of Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux Operating System" -- in fact an ATTACK on the guy! On a Sunday and holiday! http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:08:45


  • #ibm insiders sort of expect to be laid off. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bx1jHin#replies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:10:55


  • "our thoughts on WD Live users getting their data wiped and Rocky Linux’s gold master." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/145417/linux-action-news-195/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:13:50


  • Torvalds is only 51. By the time he's flirting with retirement the age threshold might be 70. RMS is already in retirement age and still works tirelessly. But BI decided to write him off as a dead or dying horse! At 51. WTH? Journalism? http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:18:14


  • Review: Ubuntu MATE 21.04 and Anbox • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152754 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:18:26


  • pg_dumpbinary v2.4 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_dumpbinary-v24-released-2248/ "pg_dumpbinary is a program used to dump a #PostgreSQL database with data dumped in binary format."          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:22:34


  • #SimonSharwood thinks 7 RCs is not normal for Linux (false) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30069 lots of concern-trolling today against #linux http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 01:25:02


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Sunday, June 27, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:45:15


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

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:46:16


  • Who runs #freenode now https://git.freenode.net/freenode-web/web-7-0/-/commit/797879658339b7ac01d60c423218a33920c4970a          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:48:56


  • #Slashdot on Linux release http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30070          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:57:05


  • Josh Bressers: Episode 277 – #Privacy and #activism with Chris Weiland https://opensourcesecurity.io/2021/06/27/episode-277-privacy-and-activism-with-chris-weiland/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:57:39


  • Everything we release in KDE Gear is maintained https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2021/06/everything-we-release-in-kde-gear-is.html #kde #freesw          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 05:59:39


  • "This is the set of scripts and configuration files that maintain the Usenet control message archive and #newsgroup lists hosted on ftp.isc.org." https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2021-06/002.html #usenet #freesw          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:00:25


  • Too many 'Linux' sites, IMHO, help promote #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware ... they clearly don't understand or prefer not to understand that Microsoft is attacking us in several ways and those bits of proprietary software are parts of that strategy.          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:02:10


  • " #Firefox has been my only choice of web browser to decades at this point. But recent decisions by Mozilla have left many Firefox users feeling forgotten." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVUdZ2jkd-o          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:02:49


  • Why refer to patents as "IP"? Also, why kill millions of people for profit? These are ethical issues and they make people understand that patents are ethically problematic. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3861961          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:04:49


  • Conflating monopoly (patents) with innovation, with the veneer of "science" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3864360 #patent #religion #patents          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:06:12


  • #Patent extremists only amplify the dissent, not the majority, in pursuit of some spin or slant that makes #softwarepatents seem legitimate https://www.natlawreview.com/article/diehr-alice-yu-are-superimposing-novelty-patent-eligibility-love-newman #swpats          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:07:36


  • The world's ugliest car.... from the world's ugliest mind... of Elon 'pedo guy' Musk https://electrek.co/2021/05/27/tesla-cybertruck-retractable-solar-bed-cover-revealed-patent/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:08:42


  • Will #WTO decided to kill millions of people for profit? And will billion of people realise that #patents kill? A legitimacy crisis https://fortune.com/2021/06/18/wto-covid-vaccines-patents-waiver-south-africa-trips/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:10:24


  • #ptab assessing #fakePatents again https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/23/dual-camera-patent-at-core-of-lawsuit-against-apple-must-be-reconsidered #uspto #patent          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:11:19


  • #Canada in #WTO talks on possibly waiving #COVID19 vaccine #patents https://globalnews.ca/news/7950466/covid-vaccine-patents-canada-wto/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:12:17


  • And now we have loads of #patents on #narcotics so that lawyers can make money from drugs and from people getting stoned https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/ctt-pharmaceuticals-existing-canadian-patent-confirmed-to-include-psychedelic-applications/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:13:36


  • Classifiers for the fight against cancer https://www.dovepress.com/value-of-machine-learning-with-multiphases-ce-mri-radiomics-for-early--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-CMAR          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:14:59


  • Worrying trend in recent years: trying to make #swpats seem like a matter of life and death by painting them "medical". #patents on algorithms are wrong and very bad, no matter what they're on...          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:16:08


  • High cost of #imperialism https://us.newschant.com/us-news/houston/camp-hope-houston-restaurants-help-veterans-on-national-ptsd-awareness-day/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:16:51


  • How to Install Linux Kernel 5.13 and More http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30071 someone misplaces or misuses the term "pull request"         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:23:09


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152755 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:23:38


  • #9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 27th, 2021 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152756 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:24:26


  • #SexTrafficking Victims Can Sue Facebook For Damages, #Texas Court Rules https://www.tampafp.com/sex-trafficking-victims-can-sue-facebook-for-damages-texas-court-rules/ is #Facebook is an enabler of it, so is #billgates (he tried to free Epstein) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:30:42


  • Audiocasts/Shows: Firefox, Free Software Security, and Linux Action News • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152757          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:31:43


  • #KDEGear Update and Akonadi+MySQL 5.7.34 on FreeBSD • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152758 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:32:03


  • The total and complete insanity of pursuing #patents on life and nature https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/06/toolgen-files-substantive-preliminary-motion-no-2-to-deny-cvc-of-priority-benefit.html #patent #monopolies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:33:23


  • Links 28/6/2021: Linux 5.13, IBM Layoffs, and Software Patents • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/linux-5-13/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/linux-5-13/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:41:15


  • More #IBM Layoffs and Migrating From #CentOS 8 to #RockyLinux 8 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152759 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:42:12


  • Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152760 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:42:32


  • #geminiSpace site/capsule gemini://gemlog.blue seems to be down https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006810.html https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006809.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:45:22


  • " #IBM may as well move their HQ to India. That would most likely get rid of the do nothing executives." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bxsPoIY#replies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:47:07


  • "Problem is IBM's not even able to license the [ #patents] because everyone licenses ARM these days" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bwoz6ON#replies #ibm          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 06:48:06


  • "The young IBMers seem to be living under the covid rock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bwBiu7b#replies #ibm          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:00:42


  • " #IBM will be crushed by its debt when interest rates start rising." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bthp3hR#replies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:01:51


  • #RMS on #Australia lockdown: "Australia has imposed a lockdown on part of Sydney, and a neighboring town. This is necessary. An article argues that Australia was foolish to depend on its quarantine and occasional lockdowns to protect the country from Covid-19. I disagree."          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:04:20


  • ● NEWS ● #ITWire ☞ Torvalds dismisses Register claim of 5.13 release deviating from the norm https://itwire.com/open-source/torvalds-dismisses-register-claim-of-5-13-release-deviating-from-the-norm.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:46:58


  • Response to Simon Sharwood's clickbait http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30072 see http://techrights.org/2021/02/28/the-register-microsoft-pr/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:48:29


  • ● NEWS ● #PaulGear ☞ The School for Sysadmins Who Can’t Timesync Good and Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, part 1 – the problem with NTP https://libertysys.com.au/2016/09/the-school-for-sysadmins-who-cant-timesync-good-and-wanna-learn-to-do-other-stuff-good-too-part-1-the-problem-with-ntp/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:48:52


  • ● NEWS ● #AviationAnalysis ☞ The 4 Most Used Operating Systems for NAS Devices, In Case You’re Thinking of Getting It https://www.aviationanalysis.net/the-4-most-used-operating-systems-for-nas-devices-in-case-youre-thinking-of-getting-it/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:51:40


  • ● NEWS ● #MakeUseOf ☞ What Can You Do With [GNU] Linux on a Chromebook? https://www.makeuseof.com/what-can-you-do-with-linux-on-chromebook/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:51:54


  • ● [Old] ● #KevinNorman # ☞ Declouding my life - Replacing Google Photos https://kn100.me/declouding-replacing-google-photos-part-1/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:52:44


  • ● NEWS ● #ElectronicsDesign #Programming ☞ How to Use Ada to Insulate Software from Hardware Updates https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21167036/adacore-how-to-use-ada-to-insulate-software-from-hardware-updates          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:53:51


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Programming ☞ Why Security is Paramount in a Digital-First Economy? https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/why-security-is-paramount-in-a-digital-first-economy/83910409          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:54:05


  • #EPO #ViCo on Trial http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/vico-on-trial-eboa/ #europe #corruption #kangarooCourt          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 07:59:54


  • What to Do If the #Techrights Web Site is Offline http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/techrights-p2p/ #epo #freespeech #censorship #ipfs #geminiProtocol          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 08:12:10


  • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 #IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 27, 2021 • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/irc-log-270621/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/irc-log-270621/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 08:53:23


  • Some prose about this week’s impending case, which will decide the future of the #EPO (or “EPO 2.0″, introduced in defiance of the EPC) EPO ViCo on Trial • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/vico-on-trial-eboa/ ䷉ #Techrights #Europe #corruption #patents | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/vico-on-trial-eboa/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 08:53:59


  • Even if, for whatever reason, Techrights becomes unavailable there are several other ways to retrieve pages (independently from the site) and then share them in a #P2P fashion • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/techrights-p2p/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/techrights-p2p/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 08:54:23


  • Today in #Techrights • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152761 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 08:56:52


  • ● NEWS ● #AntonioMarquezRaygoza #Science ☞ Cellular Automata http://www.oftenpaper.net/permanent-cellularautomata.htm          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 09:42:50


  • ● NEWS ● #NewIndianExpress #Education ☞ Woman teacher in #Bihar mentors peers towards digital empowerment https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2021/jun/27/woman-teacher-in-bihar-mentorspeers-towards-digital-empowerment-2321970.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 09:43:19


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Education ☞ #India fails in cybersecurity literacy test: Study https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/india-fails-in-cybersecurity-literacy-test-study/83910033          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 09:43:34


  • ● NEWS ● #ModernDiplomacy #Health ☞ Health policies should recognize environmental factors https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/06/27/health-policies-should-recognize-environmental-factors/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:11:39


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posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:12:31


  • ● NEWS ● #SecurityWeek #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Zyxel Warns Customers of Attacks [sic] on Security Appliances https://www.securityweek.com/zyxel-warns-customers-attacks-security-appliances          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:12:55


  • ● NEWS ● #SecurityWeek #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Splunk Gets $1 Billion Investment From Silver Lake https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-gets-1-billion-investment-silver-lake          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:13:07


  • ● NEWS ● #NYOB #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ Our third year of fighting for privacy: Annual Report 2020 out now https://noyb.eu/en/annual-report-2020-out-now          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:13:59


  • ● NEWS ● #NYOB #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ European Center for Digital Rights: Annual Report 2020 https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2021-06/ANNUAL%20REPORT%202021_smallsize.pdf          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:14:11


  • ● NEWS ● #HindustanTimes #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ Messaging app Signal not in compliance with new rules, say officials https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/messaging-application-signal-not-in-compliance-with-new-rules-say-officials-101624508925464.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:14:27


  • ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ As lockdowns lift, media firms brace for an “attention recession” https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/27/as-lockdowns-lift-media-firms-brace-for-an-attention-recession          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:15:04


  • ● NEWS ● #Time #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Facebook Tried to Ban Myanmar’s Military. But Its Own Algorithm Kept Promoting Pages Supporting Them, Report Says https://time.com/6075539/facebook-myanmar-military/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:15:25


  • ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle ☞ #Iran stops sharing images with nuclear watchdog https://www.dw.com/en/iran-stops-sharing-images-with-nuclear-watchdog/a-58063840          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:21:17


  • ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ #Blinken to Meet with Pope, Discuss Defeating IS with Allies https://www.voanews.com/usa/blinken-meet-pope-discuss-defeating-allies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:21:28


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC ☞ Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at bus stop https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57624942          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:21:43


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes ☞ #Twitter interim grievance officer for #India quits https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/social-media/twitter-interim-grievance-officer-for-india-quits/83909863          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:22:08


  • ● NEWS ● #AtlanticCouncil #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ Ashish Jha: Doctors must train for the new battlefield of information—social media https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcripts/ashish-jha-doctors-must-train-for-the-new-battlefield-of-information-social-media/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:22:53


  • ● NEWS ● #AtlanticCouncil #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ How to spot the latest trends in digital disinformation https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-to-spot-the-latest-trends-in-digital-disinformation/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:23:10


  • ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Censorship ☞ #Google to warn users about unreliable information during 'rapidly evolving' events https://thehill.com/policy/technology/560270-google-to-warn-users-about-unreliable-information-during-rapidly-evolving          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:24:22


  • ● NEWS ● #AtlanticCouncil #Censorship ☞ Behind the European Union’s plan to rewrite the rules of online life https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/behind-the-european-unions-plan-to-rewrite-the-rules-of-online-life/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:24:47


  • ● NEWS ● #TheEpochTimes #Censorship ☞ #China Manipulating American Businesses to Serve Beijing’s Interests, House GOP Investigation Finds https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-is-manipulating-american-businesses-to-serve-beijings-interests-house-gop-investigation-finds_3876041.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:25:11


  • ● NEWS ● #Stundin #wikileaks ☞ Key witness in #Assange case admits to lies in indictment https://stundin.is/grein/13627/key-witness-in-assange-case-admits-to-lies-in-indictment/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:26:45


  • ● NEWS ● #taiwannews #taiwan #tw #hk ☞ Hong Kong's Apple Daily staff should get a medal, says US senator https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4233109          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:27:04


  • The Media is Trolling Linus Torvalds Again… But #Torvalds Responds http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/torvalds-disinfo-el-reg/ #rms #gnu #kernel #linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:39:53


  • ● NEWS ● #CNN #CivilRights ☞ A 'heroic' man who fatally shot a gunman was himself killed by a responding officer, #Colorado #police say https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/26/us/arvada-colorado-police-shot-good-samaritan/index.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:41:07


  • ● NEWS ● #MorningStarNews #CivilRights ☞ Another 13-Year-Old Girl Forced to Marry/Convert to #Islam https://morningstarnews.org/2021/06/another-13-year-old-girl-forced-to-marry-convert-to-islam/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:41:49


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNorthLinesIN #CivilRights ☞ ISI to ISIS: How marriages in #India are being exploited for religious conversion https://www.thenorthlines.com/isi-to-isis-how-marriages-in-india-are-being-exploited-for-religious-conversion/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:44:58


  • ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle #CivilRights #de ☞ #Germany Islamic teacher's license revoked for being too liberal https://www.dw.com/en/german-islamic-teachers-license-revoked-for-being-too-liberal/a-58055128          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:45:25


  • ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Monopolies ☞ #California Democrats clash over tech #antitrust fight https://thehill.com/policy/technology/560140-california-democrats-clash-over-tech-antitrust-fight http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:48:41


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Movie Pirates Beware: Does 'The Marksman' Have You In His Crosshairs? https://torrentfreak.com/movie-pirates-beware-does-the-marksman-have-you-in-his-crosshairs-210627/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:49:37


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #GOP Isn’t Holding Back on #VoterSuppression . #Democrats Must Go on Offensive. https://truthout.org/articles/gop-isnt-holding-back-on-voter-suppression-democrats-must-go-on-offensive/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:50:39


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Demanding 'Transformative' #Climate Policy, Sunrise Movement Gears Up for White House Rally https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/27/demanding-transformative-climate-policy-sunrise-movement-gears-white-house-rally          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:52:47


  • #Linux #kernel 5.13 is now officially released, but hostile media is trying to brew unnecessary panic or scandals, spicing up with drama an otherwise banal and mundane situation • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/torvalds-disinfo-el-reg/ ䷉ #Techrights #TheRegister #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/torvalds-disinfo-el-reg/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:08:16


  • [Meme] The Collapse of IBM http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/collapse-of-ibm/ #ibm #redhat #layoffs #bigtech #monopolies          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:14:31


  • iophk: "convenient how social media makes the ongoing genocide in Tibet disappear..." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-260621.html#tJun%2026%2023:52:39          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:15:42


  • #TUXEDO Stellaris 15 Linux Gaming Laptop Launches with AMD Ryzen 9, NVIDIA RTX 3080, and 3K Display • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152762 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:16:44


  • #Ubuntu 20.04/21.04 64-bit RISC-V released for QEMU, HiFive boards • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152763 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:17:36


  • Linux #Kernel 5.13 Released. New Features and Download Details inside. • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152764 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:18:08


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152765 #Mobile #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:18:50


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #corporateMedia #gopkkk ☞ Bill Barr’s Rehabilitation Tour Begins. Let’s Not Fall for It. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bill-barr-aftermath-atlantic/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:24:28


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #finance ☞ Umberto D.: Refugees From #Capitalism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/27/umberto-d-refugees-from-capitalism/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:25:00


  • "I've noticed that many sites don't work correctly anymore, if at all, if I am using a VPN server in an EU country." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-260621.html#tJun%2026%2015:17:37 #gdpr #surveillance #vpn          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:26:04


  • #assange #wikileaks #uk #australia #au https://www.rt.com/news/527699-assange-key-witness-lies/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:26:30


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #militarism ☞ #AntiWar Crusader #MikeGravel Dead at 91 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/27/anti-war-crusader-mike-gravel-dead-91          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:27:11


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Conversion Therapy Increases Suicide Risk, But Many States Have No Bans in Place https://truthout.org/articles/conversion-therapy-increases-suicide-risk-but-many-states-have-no-bans-in-place/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:27:53


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ American Democracy Will Remain a Mirage Without a Dramatic Overhaul of the Political and Economic System https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/27/american-democracy-will-remain-mirage-without-dramatic-overhaul-political-and          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:28:07


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ Child Care Should Be Universal and Well-Paid - Not Just Affordable https://truthout.org/articles/child-care-should-be-universal-and-well-paid-not-just-affordable/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:28:24


  • ● NEWS ● #RobertReich ☞ Why So Much Wealth at the Top Threatens the US Economy https://robertreich.org/post/655180897783562240          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:28:50


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The #Privatization of #Medicare https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/27/medicare-advantage-and-the-privatization-of-medicare/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:29:10


  • Compare #IBM promises (May) to IBM layoffs (June), with many more ‘voluntary’ redundancies (to reduce panic and negative press associated with layoffs) — the latest example of which posted 6 days ago (it’s not limited to #France ) • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/collapse-of-ibm/ ䷉ #Techrights #RedHat | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/collapse-of-ibm/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:30:32


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Music is Our Special Friend—1971 With a Bullet https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/27/music-is-our-special-friend-1971-with-a-bullet/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:31:17


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Health ☞ As COVID Recedes in US, Housing Activists Demand More Than a Return to Shelters https://truthout.org/articles/as-covid-recedes-in-us-housing-activists-demand-more-than-a-return-to-shelters/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:31:59


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Yellowstone Is Losing Its Snow as the #Climate Warms, and That Means Widespread Problems for Water and #Wildlife https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/27/yellowstone-losing-its-snow-climate-warms-and-means-widespread-problems-water-and          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:32:31


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Leaves Must be Canceled. All Hands on the Congressional Deck. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/27/leaves-must-be-canceled-all-hands-congressional-deck          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:33:15


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Black and #Latinx Americans Have Seen "Catastrophic" Declines in Life Expectancy https://truthout.org/articles/black-and-latinx-americans-have-seen-catastrophic-declines-in-life-expectancy/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:33:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Our One Big Shot': After #Biden Walk-Back, AOC Warns Against Being 'Limited' by GOP https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/27/our-one-big-shot-after-biden-walk-back-aoc-warns-against-being-limited-gop          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:14:15


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Houses Passes Resolution to Restore Federal Regulations on #Methane #Pollution https://truthout.org/articles/houses-passes-resolution-to-restore-federal-regulations-on-methane-pollution/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:14:47


  • "A maj­or wit­n­ess in the United States’ Depart­ment of Justice ca­se against Ju­li­an Assange has admitted to fabricat­ing key accusati­ons in the indict­ment against the Wiki­leaks found­er." https://mamot.fr/@jz/106477450731196263          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:16:19


  • #blackmail and #fbi again: "FBI informant cited in second superseding indictment against Julian #Assange admits to fabricating evidence against the @wikileaks publisher in order to secure an immunity deal" https://social.jesuislibre.net/@wikileaks/106479157481916877          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:17:18


  • #OSI and #opensource are NOT #freesw but #openwashing https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/do-you-support-the-open-source:d          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:18:06


  • #pentagonpapers https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/06/28/the-legacy-of-the-pentagon-papers/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:19:22


  • "Do we need to go to offices? Work 9 to 5? At this unique moment in history, employers can rethink everything" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/21/remote-working-office-based-practices-offices-employers          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:20:15


  • "During our chat, we got to nibble on the open-source (OSS) startup world, which Volpi said changed dramatically in recent years" https://wmleader.com/general-other/85434/everyone-wants-to-invest-in-open-source-startups-now/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:21:00


  • the #electionfraud was the GOP's (and its enablers) https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-election-fraud-bullshit-bill-barr-1189874/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:22:00


  • "Way too many things out there have the word "war" in it without actually being wars. Take, for example, the War on Drugs" https://www.cracked.com/article_30596_the-epic-motorcycle-gang-war-everyones-forgotten-about.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:22:50


  • Normalising the phrase (‘white privilege’) does not eliminate #racism , it exacerbates feelings of difference in society https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/26/term-white-privilege-careless-divisive/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:23:35


  • "The provisions for compulsory licenses are contained in Articles 24 to 30 of the Saudi Arabia Patent Law Decree." Usually #patents that ought not even exist in the first place, so these concessions are made, instead. http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/06/28/saudi-arabia-compulsory-licensing/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:29:03


  • Misleading and very backward narrative wherein #fakepatents need to be "saved" and are under attack, even though the #patents themselves are the attack https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sfdh77br99d6/ptab-survival-guide-in-house-set-out-how-to-save-patents see http://techrights.org/2018/03/20/attempts-to-thwart-ptab/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:30:51


  • This is yet another truly ridiculous puff piece/ads/spam from Amy Sandys, who wants us to think that one firm hiring one person (not even high level) is some sort of major news https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/kilburn-strode-hires-chemistry-partner-in-london/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:32:39


  • Profoundly corrupt 'law' firm #MarksAndClerk (they break the law) won't tell you that those courts are stacked and controlled by those whom they rule on https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1084666/uv-nonprotection-commentary-on-epo-decision-t-227518          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:34:00


  • All about #patent #litigation , not #innovation , from a 'news' (lobbying/spin) site funded by the litigation industry [sic] https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sfhmzyyp4vzr/college-counsel-share-notes-on-how-they-choose-to-litigate see http://techrights.org/2021/05/27/managing-perceptions-ip/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:36:46


  • "In the early hours of June 27, Near (whose real name is Dave and identifies as non-binary) posted a very concerning thread on Twitter, explaining how they've suffered their whole life from bullying, harassment and more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/06/near-the-creator-of-bsnes-higan-and-more-has-died          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:40:12


  • "This is the reason why gaming on Linux, an operating system that currently holds a market share of just 2.38%, has been a difficult task for most players." https://mp1st.com/news/is-linux-now-a-viable-platform-for-gaming          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:41:33


  • #freesw for #gnu #linuxb #gaming https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/06/unvanquished-gets-a-small-bug-fix-release-for-graphical-issues-and-a-flatpak          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:44:18


  • There’s now a #Debian User Repository in the style of the Arch User Repository • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152766 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:46:55


  • #Games Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152767 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:47:18


  • THIS IS ILLEGAL: "full-blown trial in which the Judge's attendance was "Remotely, via Teams". Presumably, the technology of the Judge's audio and video feeds were world-class." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guestpost-lord-justice-birss-deals-with.html?showComment=1624871927965#c2036338696434925091 see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:54:57


  • It's rather appalling that just copy-pasting verbatim the hogwash from epo.org is now considered "news"; the EBA is illegal and operates under the control of corrupt Office management https://www.bananaip.com/ip-news-center/after-natco-bajaj-healthcare-files-compulsory-license-against-eli-lilly-epo-enlarged-board-of-appeal-issues-decision-on-double-patenting-and-more/ http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:58:05


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152768 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:58:21


  • "In April, white supremacist slogans were painted on the MLK display by parties still unknown. Reclaiming the space, the community gathered peacefully placing flowers and artifacts in remembrance of those who had been killed by police and white supremacists." https://www.centredaily.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article252401513.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:59:56


  • “The woman was rescued by neighbours who heard her cries in the burning shack." https://www.news24.com/witness/News/KZN/search-for-kzn-man-who-allegedly-burned-girlfriend-after-domestic-dispute-20210628          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:02:52


  • Moving to #debian #gnu #linux instead https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/removing-gui-rhel-8          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:04:12


  • #KVM With Linux 5.14 Brings ARM MTE, Hyper-V Optimizations - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-KVM ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/06/28/#latest          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:04:58


  • Core-Scheduling For Linux 5.14 To Reduce SMT/HT Information Leak Risks, Side Channels - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-Core-Scheduling ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/06/28/#latest          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:06:19


  • Bootlin contributions to #Linux 5.12 - Bootlin's blog ⚓ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-contributions-to-linux-5-12/ ䷉ #bootlin | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/06/28/#latest          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:06:52


  • #FESCo Says "Yes" To #Fedora 35 Using Yescrypt For Hashing Shadow Passwords - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-35-Yescrypt-Yes ䷉ #Phoronix #redhat #ibm          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:09:03


  • Shun #microsoft ... it works for #nsa (crackers) and also helps non-state crackers. Microsoft needs to be out of business, just like #gatesfoundation (which collapses this year) https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/a-driver-containing-rootkit-malware-was-certified-by-microsoft/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:10:22


  • #IBM is all about buzzwords these days because substance is lacking https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/6/digital-transformation-10-more-devops-benefits          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:11:28


  • #Kernel : Bootlin, Core-Scheduling, and KVM • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152769 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:11:51


  • About future of EasyOS Buster-series http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152770#comment-30074         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:20:49


  • "The system runs on a Dell (Round Rock, TX, USA; www.dell.com) Inspiron PC with Intel i7-6700 CPU and NVIDIA GT-1070 GPU, again running the Kinetic version of ROS and Linux Ubuntu 16.04. A RealSense communication package connects the camera, robot, and PC." https://www.vision-systems.com/non-factory/article/14205363/visionbased-robotic-apple-picker-features-novel-deep-learning-algorithms          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:23:58


  • "The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of #Canonical websites, product web interfaces and much more. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-28-june-2021          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:25:09


  • " #RedHat technology evangelist Gordon Haff notes that this spectrum bears out in Red Hat’s enterprise open source research: The 2020 report found a healthy mix of strategies for managing legacy applications" https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/6/how-migrate-java-workloads-containers-3-considerations          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:26:29


  • #EasyOS 2.8.3 released • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152770 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:26:54


  • "But it wasn't making headlines on #patent blogs 10 years ago. I think it has the potential to break out of IP-centric circles into the wider legal and business consciousness, which is bound to lead to reputational damage for Carpmaels." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/carpmaels-ransford-sued-for-missed.html?showComment=1624880408076#c5248744002617332320          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:30:54


  • Insane #watchtroll pushing #swpats again ("Disclosure Requirements in Software Patents: Avoiding Indefiniteness"), referring to algorithms as "software-based invention"          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:31:58


  • Dutch Digital Autonomy is undermined; demands for Free Software are rising https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202106.en.html #nl #freesw          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:35:55


  • Samuel Iglesias: My experience in #esLibre 2021 https://blogs.igalia.com/siglesias/2021/06/28/my-experience-in-eslibre-2021/ #freesw          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:36:42


  • Query your Linux operating system like a database | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/6/osquery-linux ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:39:00


  • Best Free Alternatives to #Google Public #DNS - LinuxLinks ⚓ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-alternatives-google-public-dns/ ䷉ #LinuxLinks #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:40:09


  • Does the web still need #HTTP Deflate? ⚓ https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/http-deflate-compression.html          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:40:43


  • #RedHat / #Fedora Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152771 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:42:39


  • #Ubuntu : Design and Robotics Project • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152772 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 13:43:03


  • Links 28/6/2021: Torvalds FUD and EasyOS 2.8.3 • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/easyos-2-8-3/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/easyos-2-8-3/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:00:58


  • #ProprietarySoftware Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152773 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:01:42


  • #Programming and Standards Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152774 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:02:26


  • #Fotoxx : An Open Source App for Managing and Editing Large Photo Collection • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152775 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:02:48


  • Events: #openSUSEAsia Summit 2021 and #esLibre 2021 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152776          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:03:16


  • #FreeSoftware Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152777 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:03:36


  • Clickbait: how to make a LINUX release all about APPLE http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30076 see also http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/torvalds-disinfo-el-reg/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:05:16


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152778 #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:18:00


  • The TUXEDO Stellaris 15 laptop launches with Intel and AMD options http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152762#comment-30078         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:23:02


  • Making #Java programs cloud-ready, Part 2: Upgrade the legacy Java application to Jakarta EE https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/06/28/making-java-programs-cloud-ready-part-2-upgrade-legacy-java-application-jakarta          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:28:23


  • #gnu #linux powering cell networks https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/5g-future-how-red-hat-supports-verizon-drive-greater-connectivity          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:30:36


  • Sometimes Gulag Summer of Work produces nothing except passage of money from #google to another bank account https://debian.community/jaminy-prabaharan-debian-gsoc-admin-who-failed-gsoc/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:32:35


  • "I've seen this type of action from disappointed private inventors going crazy^W er, sorry, ballistic. Much less so from conglomerates, who are supposedly more savvy about the possibilities and limitations of the patent system." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/carpmaels-ransford-sued-for-missed.html?showComment=1624883673481#c5022842803508310095          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:37:23


  • #GnuCash 4.6 https://www.neowin.net/news/gnucash-46/ #gnu #freesw          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:40:36


  • Open source and collaboration propel #RHEL to the top of the #TOP500 ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-and-collaboration-propel-rhel-top-top500 ䷉ #RedHat #IBM          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:44:39


  • ##HowTo use old regions with SimCity 4 on Steam + GNU/Linux • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152779 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:45:28


  • Custom #RaspberryPi 3 SBC with eMMC flash powers gateway for washing machines • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152780 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:46:17


  • From Napster to now: All about peer-to-peer (P2P) technology ⚓ https://techgenix.com/peer-to-peer-p2p-technology/ ䷉ #techgenix | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/06/28/#latest          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:48:39


  • #billgates and the corrupt #gatesfoundation STILL spam the media with self-congratulatory puff pieces. This one DOES NOT disclose the the publisher is BRIBED by Bill Gates (!) https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jun/28/have-gates-foundation-efforts-to-vaccinate-the-world-against-covid-19-helped-or-hindered/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_Critique          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:50:16


  • "myriad favorable pieces written from the perspective of Gates or its grantees." https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:51:00


  • ‘Smart City’ just means intensive #surveillance all around the city. This should be banned. Companies that push this agenda and participate in it should be prosecuted. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/28/all-the-tech-that-went-into-turning-columbus-ohio-into-a-smart-city/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:51:44


  • Concerns Rise in #Iran over Internet Access https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3051116/concerns-rise-iran-over-internet-access          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:52:55


  • This does not mention the median salary, which is worse than insulting https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/06/28/thousands-of-jobs-going-unfilled-in-the-triangle-heres-where-to-find-opportunities/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:53:50


  • The Many App Stores Before the App Store https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgj7j/the-many-app-stores-before-the-app-store mentioned #debian and #linspire because #gnu #linux was ahead of the curve for decades          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:56:26


  • #murdoch press on shifts to the right in the #uk https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-s-labour-party-fights-to-keep-blue-collar-voters-from-moving-to-the-right-11624884403          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:57:47


  • The term "Data Scientists" often a cover for #surveillance professionals who profit from the #privacy abuses... and painting that as a "science" https://www.informationweek.com/big-data/4-skills-will-set-apart-tomorrows-data-scientists-/a/d-id/1341369?          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 14:59:40


  • More Apple slant on the #linux release http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30079         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:04:26


  • Having fun with #CSSinjection in a browser extension https://palant.info/2021/06/28/having-fun-with-css-injection-in-a-browser-extension/ #www #security          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:08:30


  • #SUSE and #RedHat Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152781 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:08:49


  • #googlenews got really awful and #theregister is totally gaming it this past week, showing up in searches that have nothing whatsoever to do with the articles. #google monopolised something, then just let it rot.          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:12:34


  • #Debian : ’App Stores’ Before It Was Called That and Debian Developers at FOSSASIA • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152782 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:21:55


  • Too little, too late: Linux app support is finally coming to Skylake #Chromebooks • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152783          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:22:15


  • 5 most secure smartphones • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152784 #librem5 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:22:39


  • According to latest stats for June, based on #statcounter at least, #microsoft #windows cannot even maintain a third of the market anymore http://techrights.org/2021/05/03/statcounter-may-2021/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:26:05


  • The coming #antitrust revolution https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-translations/2021/06/28/the-coming-antitrust-revolution-493398 http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:32:53


  • ">Having the right mindset is important in growing as a Linux user, and it also important for growing as a person. Generally, you can break down people into being in one of two camps depending on their mindset." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSuldSPgXSk          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:37:20


  • #Hantro VPU Driver With #Linux 5.14 Adds G2 Decoder Support With HEVC - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Hantro-Linux-5.14-G2-HEVC ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/06/28/#latest          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:37:55


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152785 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:39:27


  • This fails to mention that the Enlarged Board of Appeal is crooked and cannot be relied on for anything anymore https://www.maiwald.eu/en/news/maiwald-blog/article/epo-double-patenting-g-419/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:41:37


  • FOSS Patents: BREAKING: #Munich I Regional Court creates third #patent #litigation division under Presiding Judge Dr. Georg Werner ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/06/breaking-munich-i-regional-court.html ䷉ by @fosspatents          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:42:10


  • #germany trying to become #texas when it comes to #patent #litigation https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/munich-regional-court-creates-third-patent-chamber/ see http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/bundestagate-part-20/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:43:23


  • "The EPO, including the Boards of Appeal, regularly make formality mistakes that would fail the ridiculously high bar they have set for "due care" by patent attorneys in far smaller and significantly less funded set-ups." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/carpmaels-ransford-sued-for-missed.html?showComment=1624888852305#c15798013585433256 http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:44:44


  • Corrupt #EPO just granting lots and lots of lousy patents, taking advantage of total lack of oversight of any kind https://www.prweb.com/releases/next_generation_labs_granted_european_patent_for_tfn_synthetic_nicotine_manufacturing_process_further_strengthening_ip_enforcement_efforts_against_tfn_violators/prweb18033390.htm http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 15:45:53


  • 23k more #covid19 positives in the #uk ...70% growth in just 7 days. Let's not kid ourselves. Another lock-down will come. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/22/lock-down-again/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:13:42


  • Use #tinyML on the Nano 33 BLE Sense to classify different bird calls | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/06/28/use-tinyml-on-the-nano-33-ble-sense-to-classify-different-bird-calls/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:15:58


  • The #KenShape and Asset Forge tools from Kenney both got enhancements in new releases | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/06/the-kenshape-and-asset-forge-tools-from-kenney-both-got-enhancements-in-new-releases ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:17:03


  • Apple's M1 now supported by Linux kernel in version 5.13 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152752#comment-30080         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:22:39


  • #GNU #Linuxlibre 5.13-gnu Released For The Latest Kernel Deblobbing • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152786 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:23:07


  • #Tuxedo Stellaris 15 is a Linux gaming laptop with Intel or AMD processors, #NVIDIA #graphics http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152762#comment-30082          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:28:29


  • #Hantro VPU Driver With Linux 5.14 Adds G2 Decoder Support With HEVC • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152787 #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:29:04


  • Billionaire Bitcoiner #MirceaPopescu Reportedly Dead by Drowning https://www.coinspeaker.com/mircea-popescu-drowning/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:32:57


  • "He sold SatoshiDice, a Bitcoin gaming site in July 2013 for a fee of over 125,000 BTC. In January 2014, the Bitcoin pioneer offered to sponsor the operating system ‘OpenBSD’, which was about to close down due to a lack of funds." "https://www.coinspeaker.com/mircea-popescu-drowning/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:33:39


  • #MirceaPopescu was in the #techrights channel several times over the years. Sad to learn he's dead now. https://www.coinspeaker.com/mircea-popescu-drowning/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:34:50


  • Now #microsoft tries to monopolise #containers https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/sd-times-news-digest-red-hat-openshift-4-8-now-available-github-container-registry-generally-available-mongodb-achieves-fedramp-status/ #antitrust lulled by #bribery http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:36:32


  • Why was the #github takeover allowed? Why was #npm takeover allowed? Does #bribery for #zemlin also count for something? #microsoft #cult corrupts. http://techrights.org/2019/07/31/jim-zemlin-open-source-loves-microsoft/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:37:43


  • Cheaper for #microsoft to lobby, bribe and to infiltrate than to actually make decent products http://techrights.org/2020/07/14/doug-levin-and-microsoft/ #blackduck          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:38:31


  • The most abusive ‘tech’ company (akin to a cult disguised as “software company” since the 1970s) is distracting lawmakers and attacking Linux from the inside; thankfully, those insipid plans of theirs face major backlash from longtime kernel developers and GNU/Linux users http://techrights.org/2021/06/24/microsoft-attacking-linux-from-the-inside/          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:39:25


  • The media never get tired of trying to overthrow Torvalds and RMS. In the past 15 hours: 1) http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/torvalds-disinfo-el-reg/ 2) http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/ they HATE communities; EVERYTHING has to be corporate and controlled by magnates          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:40:51


  • Links 28/6/2021: Mircea Popescu Dies, Tuxedo Stellaris 15 is Available • ᴛᴇᴄʜʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/06/28/mircea-popescu-dies/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/06/28/mircea-popescu-dies/         ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:51:31


  • Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/152788          ☞

posted Monday, June 28, 2021 at 16:53:39



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