FOSS Weekly, Microsoft/OSI Update, and Suicide
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FOSS Weekly #23.13: New blendOS Linux Distro, New Rust Series, Ubuntu Cinnamon and More
This week sees the start of a new Rust tutorial series and takes a look at blendOS Linux distro.
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Open Source Approved License® registry project underway with help of intern, Giulia Dellanoce [Ed: But OSI continues to shill Microsoft proprietary software, GPL violations, and openwashing. OSI has become a self-harming sham, attacking its very own mission while bagging bribes from Microsoft.]
I shared last month the details of the new OSI website, hosted on WordPress.
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Daniel Pocock: Richard Rothwell suicide: Coroner report
The coroner's report is now available for the suicide of Richard Rothwell. The full report is further down. There appear to be two key points: Rothwell was stressed about an imminent tax audit and Rothwell was alone at the time he decided to commit suicide.
Other observations include the fact he left notes (only one in four suicide victims does so) and alcohol was involved. The Debian Day volunteer suicide victim Frans Pop also left a number of notes/emails.
Rothwell worked for approximately 20 years as a school teacher. During this time, he explored solutions for using GNU/Linux and free software in education.
Between 2004 and 2006, Rothwell gave a series of conference presentations about his work. This is one of the papers he has published at the time. Through the Schoolforge UK project, he shared his work publicly under open source licenses.