Roy Schestowitz

• Bribery is the main modus operandi of Microsoft; don’t fall for the lie/delusion of GitHub being a separate company http://techrights.org/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:13:48

• "While basic advice for compression is simple—enable it!—recordsize is a more challenging topic." https://klarasystems.com/articles/tuning-recordsize-in-openzfs/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:15:05

• "I mentioned the Wordle craze, including the extant ports to the Commodore 64, in our KIMdle sorta-Wordle for the KIM-1. But the Commodore 64, and I suspect this was actually a PET game originally" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/03/prior-art-dept-5-letter-words-jim.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:15:44

• "While the author suggests there’s more to math than “rigour and proofs”, I tangentially suggest there’s more to design than data and rationality." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/more-to-design-than-data-and-rationality/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:17:41

• Ericsson is patent trolling... AND terrorism https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60406119    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:19:14

• "Shareholders in Swedish telecom giant Ericsson on Tuesday sanctioned the company's board and chief executive over its handling of a corruption scandal" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220329-shareholders-sanction-ericsson-board-over-iraq-corruption    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:19:42

• Islamic State of Ericsson https://www.reuters.com/business/ericsson-ceo-faces-investor-ire-over-handling-iraq-probe-2022-03-29/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:20:12

• "Scientists said that these cryovolcanoes -- numbering perhaps 10 or more -- stand anywhere from 1 kilometer (six-tenths of a mile) to 7 kilometers (4-1/2 miles) tall" https://www.voanews.com/a/towering-ice-volcanoes-identified-on-surprisingly-vibrant-pluto-/6508968.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:21:10

• "Worse than McCarthyism, which only targeted individual dissenters, today’s repressive measures invade the curriculum and the classroom" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/academic-freedom-faculty-racism/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:21:59

• Media focus on the group which cracked Microsoft, not Microsoft having holes and lapses https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/lapsus$-breaches-software-consultancy-firm-globant,-steals-source-code.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:26:41

• Proprietary software https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cyberattack-ukraine-war-affected-thousands-europe-83765998    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:27:22

• Proprietary software https://redmondmag.com/articles/2022/03/30/globant-hacked-by-lapsus-gang.aspx    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:27:30

• Windows TCO https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/MSOfficeFileScanningNeed    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:27:55

• Windows TCO https://gru.gq/2022/03/29/kgb-fail-belarus-rail-the-tale/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:28:05

• "The clip of Trump asking Putin for help was published by a news website founded by John Solomon, a pro-Trump journalist whose previous coverage about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine has been discredited." https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/trump-putin-hunter-biden/index.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:30:54

• "Two senior British judges resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday as part of a broader British rebuke of the territory's claim" https://www.voanews.com/a/british-judges-quit-hong-kong-court-over-beijing-imposed-national-security-law/6508530.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:31:52

• Germany and Austria back to rationing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60925016    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:33:33

• Facebook’s status as nationalistic operation reaffirmed? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/tiktok-facebook-meta-targeted-victory-1235122641/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:34:21

• "The executive order was an excellent first step in the right direction. It required the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)" https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/600352-regulatory-enforcement-is-our-best-weapon-against-cyberwar    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:34:58

• Facebook is a company that ought not even exist https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23003168/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory-news-column-campaign-gop    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:35:37

• "'Getting forked' is as bad as it sounds. Developers, users, and all other sorts of resources are split." https://matt-rickard.com/threat-of-the-fork/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:36:14

• "In a statement to the Washington Post, Mr Trump said that he had never heard of the term "burner phone" and had no idea what it was" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60934574    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:36:34

• Social control media = Dis/Misinformation: "Some of China’s state-affiliated reporters have posited themselves as trendy Instagram influencers or bloggers" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2022/0330/How-China-uses-influencers-to-build-a-propaganda-network    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:37:45

• "In Marvel news, even with the TV-MA Netflix Marvel shows on Disney Plus, it appears there's censorship happening on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" https://www.ign.com/videos/disney-is-censoring-some-violence-in-falcon-winter-soldier-series-ign-the-fix-entertainment    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:41:12

• "Burundi's media authority announced Wednesday that it would lift a nationwide ban on the BillG [sic] Bullshit Corporation (BBC)" https://www.voanews.com/a/burundi-lifts-ban-on-bbc-after-almost-3-years/6508449.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:42:00

• "Public school districts in multiple U.S. states are grappling with — and, in some cases, acquiescing to — demands by small but vocal groups of parents to rid school libraries of certain books" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-public-school-libraries-pressured-to-remove-certain-books/6508506.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:43:29

• "At this time we are looking into the matter." What about Jesus mug? That does offend anyone? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-60915405    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:44:28

• Censorship https://www.davidrevoy.com/article904/how-proprietary-social-medias-are-shaping-the-future-of-peppercarrot    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:48:42

• "Apple and Facebook parent company Meta turned over user data last year to [frauds] pretending to be law enforcement officials" https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/600410-apple-meta-turned-over-user-data-to-hackers-using-forged-requests-report    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:50:09

• "Police won't release body cam footage of disputed incident for 45 days." https://reason.com/2022/03/30/he-disarmed-a-gun-wielding-menace-in-a-san-jose-taqueria-then-the-cops-shot-him/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:51:05

• "Previously, Apple prohibited app developers from including any links to account sign-up pages." https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/apple-app-store-netflix-spotify-web-accounts-1235219399/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:52:17

• "This emphasis on competition refers back to the simple fact that as content (rather than service) providers, legacy publishers currently enjoy monopolies" http://bjoern.brembs.net/2022/03/why-publication-services-must-not-be-negotiated/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:53:12

• "From 2026, electronic legal transactions should be possible completely without paper, but this could cause problems for defendants in custody." https://digit.site36.net/2022/03/30/digital-justice-german-state-of-baden-wuerttemberg-launches-electronic-criminal-file/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:55:40

• EFF outsourced to GulagTube while bagging money from Gulag https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/digital-rights-updates-effector-342    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:58:05

• Finnish McCarthyism? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/nokia-busted-helping-russias-fsb-spy-on-citizens-activists-journalists/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 05:58:45

• "The worldwide campaign of support for hip hop artist and political campaigner Lowkey is growing." https://www.mintpressnews.com/noam-chomsky-cornel-west-naomi-klein-join-100-academics-denouncing-israel-lobbys-attempt-cancel-lowkey/280111/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:00:19

• Is this just Intel marketing/commercial/spam? GulagTube is getting plagued with it... https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ouGH3RfjvS8    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:02:44

• "Considering the pace Valve has been pushing out Steam Deck Verified games anyone looking at this situation can see that something is going to go wrong and Valve is looking for your feedback to identify incorrectly verified games" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MoDFYsLu43I    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:03:19

• "About a month ago, I suddenly had the urge to learn how to create my own GTK application. In a community poll, I asked my viewers if I should do this using Haskell, and a large portion of the community wanted me to do it in Python instead." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gkyd7Uv6uJ8    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:04:02

• xkcd: Rejected Question Categories ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2600/ ䷉ Source: xkcd    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:04:34

• Videos: GTK, Gaming, KDE neon, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163169    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:15:33

• Link spam or SEO disguised as information. So much of the WWW is now just webspam. https://www.noobslab.com/2022/03/3-simple-ways-to-strengthen-your.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:17:25

• Proprietary Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163170    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:29:16

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163171    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:29:25

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163172    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:29:45

• "The real inflation is coming from government agencies seeking to justify their waste of taxpayers’ money" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/texas-govt-threw-millions-at-border-enforcement-stats-show-it-was-a-waste-of-money/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:32:01

• Cops https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/cops-are-being-trained-to-use-literal-witchcraft-to-find-dead-bodies/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:32:29

• "Back in the day, just about everything that used a battery had a hatch or a hutch that you could open to pull it out and replace it if need be." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/replaceable-batteries-are-coming-back-to-phones-if-the-eu-gets-its-way/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:33:08

• Linux powered https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/whats-that-accessusb-menu-in-my-lg-smarttv/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:33:44

• Charles Koch, who gave money to TechDirt... https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/30/the-money-trail-to-the-ginni-thomas-emails-to-overturn-bidens-election-leads-to-charles-koch/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:38:20

• SCOTUS links to insurrection https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/30/ginni-thomass-texts-coup-search-legal-theory-and-judicial-malfeasance https://truthout.org/articles/ocasio-cortez-calls-for-clarence-thomas-to-resign-over-wifes-ties-to-january-6/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:40:36

• Boycott GulagTube https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/bungie-sues-does-over-destiny-dmca-takedowns-slams-youtubes-dmca-process/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:41:30

• It's just a cartel https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/publishers-seem-to-believe-their-outsized-sense-of-entitlement-should-trump-democracy/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:42:04

• "When his new legal streaming service launched in 2021, producer and cinema investor Moshe Edery asked consumers to "leave the pirates and come to the Zionists." When millions didn't, Edery hatched plans to take down a number of pirate sites" https://torrentfreak.com/tv-boss-threatens-mastercard-visa-over-support-for-pirate-sites-220330/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:43:18

• "The default judgment finds the company guilty of copyright infringement and DMCA violations, in part by promoting the Popcorn Time app." Well, promoting of mentioning Free software is NOT a crime. https://torrentfreak.com/liquidvpn-ordered-to-pay-filmmakers-14m-in-copyright-damages-220330/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:44:21

• State-mandated malware which targets young people without their consent https://www.projectcensored.org/school-issued-technology-poses-surveillance-risks-for-students/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:45:45

• "There’s one group of people who aren’t worried about high gas prices this month: Big Oil executives." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/30/big-oil-should-pay-windfall-tax-offset-pain-pump    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:49:11

• Last phase of capitalism before its collapse? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/30/mega-billionaires-and-gushing-upward-redistribution-wealth    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:49:44

• Big Banks Dumping Trillions Into Fossil Fuels https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/despite-splashy-net-zero-vows-big-banks-dumping-trillions-fossil-fuels    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:50:30

• Biden for famine https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/afghanistan-facing-total-collapse-biden-refuses-release-central-bank-assets    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:50:57

• FB should not even exist https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/facebook-hiring-gop-firm-seen-proof-growing-ties-republican-political-machine    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:51:42

• "£1.9m/$2.5m has been given to the Tory party by Kremlin oligarchs since BoJo came to power" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/30/the-uks-photo-op-response-to-the-ukraine-crisis/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:53:04

• How to cope with COVID? Pretend it stopped to exist? https://truthout.org/articles/funds-for-covid-testing-treatment-vaccines-are-evaporating-congress-must-act/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:54:15

• the Tyranny of Big Telecom https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/30/att-fumbles-the-tyranny-of-big-telecom/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 06:57:06

• Social control media is a net negative for the world https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/facebooks-boosting-climate-lies-pushes-skeptics-toward-denial-report    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:00:16

• Censorship https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/why-moderating-content-actually-does-more-to-support-the-principles-of-free-speech/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:02:22

• howtoforge has been inaccessible for weeks. It committed suicide by ClownFlare after about 17 years.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:06:00

• GParted 1.4 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163152#comment-33239   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:07:30

• “In his day job as an independent music teacher, he pushes his students to use free/libre tools and release their music under free licenses." http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/aaron-wolf-on-funding/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:09:46

• "Today we are looking at Fedora 36 Beta. It comes with Gnome 42, Linux kernel 5.17, and uses about 1.4 GB of ram when idling." https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2022/03/fedora-36-beta.html https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ij5E3IXvEJI    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:11:18

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163173    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:12:20

• No April Fools, snow in Manchester    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:15:55

• Microsoft Windows unable to delete its own files. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-delete-file-special-char.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:17:46

• #HowTo Use Password Store to Manage Your Passwords in Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163174    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:20:27

• The term "Linux" is been bent or diluted for greenwashing PR https://time.com/6162201/open-source-green-grid/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:22:23

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163175    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:22:53

• [GIT PULL] ext4 updates for 5.18-rc1 - Theodore Ts’o ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YjuYwa2jhanwyryf@mit.edu/ ䷉ Source: mit | linux | kernel    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:27:45

• parted-3.4.64 released [alpha] http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163152#comment-33241   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:30:19

• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe launches April 27 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-launches-april-27/ ䷉ Source: Gaming On Linux | GNU | Linux | Games    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:41:46

• Want to Work in IT? 6 Reasons to Check out Linux ⚓ https://news.clearancejobs.com/2022/03/30/want-to-work-in-it-6-reasons-to-check-out-linux/ ䷉ Source: ClearanceJobs    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 07:43:28

• A Visit to Uni gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202203/20220330-a-visit-to-uni.gmi familiar feeling.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:17:54

• Ubuntu Users Get Small Linux Kernel Security Update with Only Two Flaws Patched • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163176    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:18:03

• "written on Pinephone keyboard on loft bed in garage" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/phlog/2022-03-02-lent.txt    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:21:14

• "I don't use reddit much but I subscribe to the san francisco subreddit, and it is insane to me how awful the political opinions there. Really terrible, racist stuff, from people who probably consider themselves to be "liberal"" gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:23:24

• "I don't use reddit much but I subscribe to the san francisco subreddit, and it is insane to me how awful the political opinions there. Really terrible, racist stuff, from people who probably consider themselves to be "liberal"" gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:24:02

• "written on Pinephone keyboard on loft bed in garage" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/phlog/2022-03-02-lent.txt    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:25:46

• "I tried tin, trn, slrn for Usenet without success (i can't browse older posts). But maybe I don't have enough time for configuration. If mutt is better solution, you could write some tutorial. There are no many about it on the web." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:27:17

• The correlation between the battle against corruption and the importance of Free software (privacy, source protection) merits special attention. Maybe next year I'll submit a talk proposal for LibrePlanet.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:34:03

• The 7 Best Browsers for Old and Low-End Computers ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/best-browsers-old-low-end-computers/ ䷉ Source: makeuseof    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:44:38

• Another GNU Poke Release (2.3) and Video • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163177    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:44:55

• BSDNow: "Controlling Resource Limits with rctl in FreeBSD, It’s always DNS, Google Summer of Code in BSD Projects, Rsync Technical Notes - Q4 2021, Userland CPU frequency scheduling for OpenBSD, and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/448    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:46:07

• Steam Deck gets a big Client update, plus Deck OS and BIOS BETA update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-gets-a-big-client-update-plus-deck-os-and-bios-beta-update/ ䷉ Source: Gaming On Linux | GNU | Linux | Games    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:53:02

• Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, FLOSS Weekly, and The Linux Link Tech Show (TLLTS) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163178    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:54:56

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163179    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:55:05

• Games: Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Microsoft Issues, and Steam Deck Client Update • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163180    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:07:57

• It says "secure software supply chain breaches like Solar Winds [3], Kaseya[4]," but that's Windows and proprietary software https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/secure-software-supply-chains-good-practices-at-scale/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:11:21

• FSF Award ceremony & Saturday Closing notes https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/fsf-award-ceremony-saturday-closing-notes/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:13:18

• FSF Staff at LibrePlanet • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163181    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:18:24

• Microsoft Mono causing problems http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163180#comment-33242   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:19:52

• "In Firefox 98, we’re shipping a new version of the existing Performance panel. This panel is now based on the Firefox profiler tool that can be used to capture a performance profile for a web page, inspect visualized performance data and analyze it to identify slow areas." https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/03/performance-tool-in-firefox-devtools-reloaded/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:21:14

• Canonical/Ubuntu: "we are announcing a start of The Telco Podcast, which you can find ... favorite platforms like Spotify or Apple Podcasts." WHAT? https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-telco-podcast    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:23:16

• "LXD and Docker are not competing container technologies, and they tend to serve completely different purposes. In this blog, we’ll briefly discuss the differences and the suitable use cases for both." https://ubuntu.com//blog/lxd-vs-docker    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:24:00

• "A key principle of open source computing is the ability for users to directly engage with development efforts.." Well, then speak about FREE software, where benefits are vastly more profound https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-keys-to-successful-bug-reporting    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:25:59

• Canonical/Ubuntu: Telcos, Containers, Charmed Operator SDK, and Bug Reporting • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163182    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:29:17

• “Adrian is programmer who has worked on visualizing shared vocabularies with SKOS, privacy-conscious blogging Web sites, and various contract work. This talk is about the excellent alternative entertainment you can enjoy without resorting to DRM or piracy.” http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/drm-talk/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:29:56

• ICBM Fedora doesn't value software freedom. It continues to outsource development to proprietary software controlled 100% by criminals at Microsoft. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-IoT-Better-Onboarding    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:31:42

• Thankfully, over time more people will realise that 'free' video hosting isn't free and was never free. Vimeo, GulagTube etc. They get something from you, and you get nothing from them, except temporarily    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 11:51:16

• GNU/Linux Skills and Linux Foundation • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163184    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:03:32

• “Blair is a community organizer and software freedom advocate from Perth, Western Australia." http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/gnu-as-a-movement/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:27:45

• Installation and Review of Bodhi Linux [Lightweight Distro] • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163185    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:58:04

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Continuous Integration Systems • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163186    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:58:27

• LibreOffice 7.3.2 Community available for download • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163187    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:58:34

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163188    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 13:08:24

• When I left Twitter a month ago (account still online, but it’ll never be active again) it felt like the platform had become a provocation machine, prioritising emotional reaction (e.g. clickbait) instead of substance one actually subscribed for (“followed”); it has gotten even worse since http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/twitter-is-clickbait/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 13:09:16

• LibreOffice 7.3.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 74 Bug Fixes • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163189    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 14:56:16

• A guide to Linux for embedded applications • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163190    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:14:23

• Debian vs. Ubuntu Linux: Which Distro Should You Choose? • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163191    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:14:33

• Top 10 opensource bug and issue tracking tools for Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163192    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:14:45

• High performance open infrastructure comes to Ubuntu • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163193    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:14:55

• Debian 11.3 Released wIth Numerous Bug and Security Fixes http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163029#comment-33244   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:21:48

• Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163194    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:21:54

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163195    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:22:00

• Ubuntu 22.04’s Snap-Only Software Store is a Bug, Not a Feature http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163182#comment-33243   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:22:44

• "The Documentation team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the Writer Guide 7.3." https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/03/30/writer-guide-7-3/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:48:04

• "As a simple reference I used my year-old post about Clang 11 building faster with PCH, where Calc'c Library_sc built in 4 minutes and 39 seconds." http://llunak.blogspot.com/2022/03/clang-14-faster-at-building-libreoffice.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:49:47

• Recent Contributions from Collabora to LibreOffice - Collabora Office and Collabora https://www.collaboraoffice.com/community/recent-contributions-from-collabora-to-libreoffice/ "Here are a few highlights of the last week’s work on behalf of our customers."    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:51:53

• LibreOffice: Documentation, Compiling With Clang, and Collabora’s Work • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163196    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 16:55:39

• The United Kingdom Might Already Have the Highest Number of COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Since February 2021 (Before Mass Vaccination) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/31/end-of-march/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:21:51

• The patronising EPO management, such as António Campinos who oppresses the Africans that his father fought to liberate, isn’t talking about the strike and is instead imposing Microsoft Windows on everyone, even stakeholders; the EPO is just about as corrupt as Microsoft http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/epo-and-colonialism/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:25:13

• Frenchman Campinos perpetuates a legacy of colonialism; if his father Jorge was still alive, António would likely be yelled at http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/not-jorge/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:25:34

• EPO staff keeps warning about the collapse of patent quality at the EPO (it’s not even in compliance with the law; we gave many new examples this past weekend), but media is paid to say the exact opposite http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/epo-cheating-and-bribing-media/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:25:58

• Software freedom is the real social justice; don’t be distracted by spin from the war machine http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/rage-against-the-system/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:26:20

• "This talk is about a simple strategy to teachers others about free software, without the need for lengthy explanations of freedom vs. proprietary comparisons.” http://techrights.org/2022/03/31/william-liggett-libreplanet-talk/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:26:47

• This is not progress, it's just more chaos https://www.maketecheasier.com/fedex-autonomous-delivery-air/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:28:00

• Delivery drones are based on technology already available like 30 years ago. So you know it's not true progress, it's just greed.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:28:47

• Of course Australia would not rank UK and US. They probably outnumber the rest by far. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/russia_iran_and_saudi_arabia/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:29:50

• OUR misinformation is "well-meaning". THEIRS is "evil". But of course we also like to project this idea that theirs is false and ours is not.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:31:26

• Because the West is consistently honest. "I did not have sex with that woman..."    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:32:05

• This study on misinformation is itself misinformation. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/russia_iran_and_saudi_arabia/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:32:40

• He should have done what Microbell from Phoronix does https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/yale_electronics_fraud/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:34:18

• Gulag, which makes back doors with an OS around them, on exploits that target Rotten Apple https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/03/forcedentry-sandbox-escape.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:35:44

• Gulag talking about privacy. I nearly spat out the milk. https://blog.chromium.org/2022/03/what-to-expect-from-ps-testing.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 17:38:32

• "In the effort of adopting digital policies aligned with people's fundamental rights, the European Parliament is in the process of finding a position on the legal framework for the development and use of AI technologies." https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220330-01.en.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 18:02:56

• "In this tutorial we’ll cover how to install GNOME on a machine running a RHEL-based distro, such as Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS, Fedora, and others." https://peppe8o.com/private-learning-portal-with-moodle-in-your-raspberry-pi/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 18:03:58

• "In this article, I’ll show you how to create your personal learning portal with Moodle on a Raspberry PI single board computer." https://peppe8o.com/private-learning-portal-with-moodle-in-your-raspberry-pi/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 18:04:43

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Beta Released with GNOME 42 Desktop, Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163197    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:01:23

• Intel pretends the vaccines have solved everything (they did not; see UK numbers) https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/30/intel_covid_return_to_work/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:08:05

• Dishonest excuses and Microsoft spin https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/windows_11_stalls/ see http://techrights.org/2022/01/26/microsoft-delighted-by-failure/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:25:18

• Deepin 20.5 Released with Face Recognition • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163198    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:25:38

• Better for the environment https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/tsmc_predicts_pc_smartphone_slowdown/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:34:01

• Fake security = set of cargo cults based on misconception, where platforms with back doors get taken for granted https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/the-reality-of-ot-segregation/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:35:50

• Copyleft in court, in the hands of an org that pockets money from copyleft FOES https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/30/neo4j-v-purethink-open-source-affero-gpl/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:40:51

• This issue was "Made in USA", but Schneier points the finger at those alleged to have taken advantage of it (probably very unreliable and politically-motivated evidence) https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/chrome-zero-day-from-north-korea.html    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:42:36

• Microsoft: our software is UTTER SHIT. So we blame CHINA! http://techrights.org/2021/03/03/microsoft-blame-shifting-tactics/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:43:11

• "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a denial-of-service condition in the Ethernet port on the CPU module." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-303-01    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:46:04

• "ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity [...] Windows: All versions" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-067-01 http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:47:13

• "latest sum of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 is 2,220 (that was on Sunday/Monday). Maybe it’s 2,500 per day already; hard to tell due to lag in reporting… our government recently decided that COVID-19 is so “old news” that there’s no need to report anything during weekends." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/31/end-of-march/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:50:56

• Proprietary: "The Qt Company has decided to extend the Qt 5.15 Long Term Support (LTS) with patch releases to five years, prolonging the life of Qt 5.15 until 26 May 2025. This extension of the LTS is available for those with subscription licenses." https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-5.15-extended-support-for-subscription-license-holders    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:54:40

• "A new rolling remix of Ubuntu is grabbing attention, AMD has big Linux plans, and why Linux 5.18 looks like another barn burner release." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/148077/linux-action-news-234/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 19:55:44

• "Another game now is performing better with dxvk caching... I'd be scared if I were working for Microsoft" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3SDNH3ZpT48    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:05:36

• Easily Set up Remote Backups With Free/Libre Software Duplicati https://vitux.com/ubuntu-bootable-usb-stick/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:07:16

• "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Parrot 5.0 Home Edition and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=h6HHBTxvwS8    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:10:39

• This Extension Shows Weather Forecast as Desktop Widget in Ubuntu 22.04 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163199    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:11:52

• Proprietary software. "CVE-2022-21228 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-090-03    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:12:26

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163200    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:23:46

• Today, ICBM speaks of "sustainability CSR (corporate social responsibility), and DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion)" after enabling the Holocaust, for profit. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/it-leaders-drive-esg    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:27:45

• “In my experience, resistance to change is most often based in fear"... so buy new crap from ICBM, to replace what already works. It's better... for ICBM Red Hat https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/encouraging-change-ready-mindset-7-tips    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:28:52

• "When to choose Golang versus Python and YAML for writing Kubernetes webbooks." https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/kubernetes-webhooks-golang    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:29:38

• ICBM is still promoting the "Watson" brand. Does it assume that ICBM's client won't find out what Mr. Watson did? It is the ReiserFS syndrome https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-previews-developer-technology-sandbox-to-help-developers-explore-new-technologies/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:31:01

• ICBM: don't say master. It offends some people. http://techrights.org/2020/07/25/watson-offensive/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:31:38

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163201    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:31:46

• Under ICBM Red Hat has quit the server market! Now it's all clowns. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-shares-cloud-services-basics    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:36:10

• Saying you need not have servers because "the clown" is like saying you no longer need any water because you have concentrated syrup    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:37:25

• Business: the media told us the clown is the future, so we threw away all our servers. Now we are futuristic! And Serverless(TM).    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:38:56

• "Cloud services" and other mouth-watering buzzwords. Me eyes are wet, busting with thrills. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-summit-2022-session-catalog-and-agenda-builder-now-available    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:40:49

• "This could be exploited to pass data from local files to a remote system controlled by an attacker." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-090-01    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:42:33

• Steam Play Proton could get direct support for NVIDIA Image Scaling | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-play-proton-could-get-direct-support-for-nvidia-image-scaling/ ䷉ Source: Gaming On Linux | GNU | Linux | Games    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:45:55

• "OneXPlayer are a series of handheld gaming devices, they're somewhat popular and it appears they've been keeping a close eye on SteamOS and how it's been working on the Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/onexplayer-looking-at-shipping-handhelds-with-steamos-like-the-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:46:41

• How do kids conceive the internet? ⚓ https://curlybracket.net/2022/03/31/internet-kids.html "I decided to interview children between 10 and 18." ䷉ Source: curlybracket    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:49:32

• IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163202    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:49:44

• Games: Steam, Proton Experimental, and Steam Deck • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163203    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:52:50

• "Every year, LibrePlanet organizers ask the free software community for short talks called "lightning talks." Below are the submissions we received in 2022. All speakers agreed to licensing their work under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license." https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/lightning-talks-b463/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 20:57:20

• FSFE, FSF’s LibrePlanet, and SFC Updates • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163204    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:03:01

• "Greg Farough gives a final wrap-up of the LibrePlanet 2022 conference events." http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163181#comment-33247   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:06:51

• Gulag turns away from search, becomes imperialistic censorship machine https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/google_misinfo_features/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:08:52

• Next versions of both Fedora and Ubuntu head into beta http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163197#comment-33248   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:12:17

• Sungard dies, but in the UK we use misleading terms for that https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/30/uk_arm_of_sungard_availability/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:17:54

• Facebook should not even exist. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/31/meta_tiktok_lobbying/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:18:45

• This will make all your work deeply dependent Gulag. Better choose another framework and P/L. https://medevel.com/17-youtube-channles-learn-flutter/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:20:11

• Gulag and Microsoft are both notorious for shutting down their own things when you least expect and when you become most dependent on them. They simply don't care about anyone but themselves. And they hardly hide it...    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:21:47

• "consider showing your support via going Phoronix Premium or PayPal tip to allow for more time/resources for such investigative benchmarking." $500,000 gifts from AMD/Intel not enough? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-518-Stress-NUMA-Goes-Boom see http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:23:19

• "Gemini support was recently added to rover making it a gemini client of sorts." gemini://kayvr.com/gemlog/2022-03-31-Rover-Tours-With-Gemini.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:25:10

• Not-Always Online Computing gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-31-not-always-online-computing.gmi "To maximize my freedom of movement I decided that whatever I could easily do offline I should."    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:26:37

• "Rob's Gemini Capsule launched one year ago today. In some ways, it's hard to believe that I've been active on Gemini for that long." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202203/20220331-one-year-on-gemini.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:27:21

• KDE gestures, and Fedora 36 beta https://yewtu.be/watch?v=05NVEYrS3Rs    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:34:50

• "I've been making Arch videos on this channel for a while but I need to tell you a secret, I'm not really an Arch Linux user and I've never even used a tiling window manager." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=EshY9vDTGrM    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:35:54

• Judging by a lack of googlebombing WSL/WSL2 is already dead in the water. Microsoft wastes money on something nobody would ever want.    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:38:49

• Videos/Audiocasts/Shows About GNU/Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163205    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:41:54

• Deepin 20.5 Released with Face Unlock Feature, Screenshot Pinning, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163206    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 21:57:41

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163207    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:00:26

• Webspam | garbage | spam | flood | social control media https://www.maketecheasier.com/thesocialproxy-review/    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:52:06

• Maybe by next year 90% or more of the Web will be Webspam    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:52:27

• Tumbleweed updates sudo, systemd, ibus • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163208    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:52:41

• Kate ate KWrite • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163209    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:52:47

• IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 166 released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163210    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:53:03

• SerenityOS: A remarkable achievement for a small project • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163211    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:53:14

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163212    

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:53:27

• OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu LTS delivers highly performant infrastructure for telcos and researchers with SmartNICs and DPUs http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/163193#comment-33250   

posted Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 22:59:35