Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 13, 2023

1. Clocking Things

   The future is promising and there are many urgent issues to keep abreast of

2. Erosion of Free Speech in British Society

   Journalism fundamentally relies on being able to relay facts, no matter how inconvenient they may be to powerful interests (both businesses and people)

3. 3,600+ Gemini Capsules

   As of moments ago

4. Canonical Boasts Taking Steps Towards Taking Control Away From Computer Users (Latest Ubuntu is the Least Free Ever)

   Having a computer is not the same as controlling a computer

5. How Windows "Share Share" on the Desktop (and Laptop) Decreased in 14 Years

   The media is mostly ignoring this

6. Links 13/10/2023: Tackling Nomophobia, Disinformation in Social Control Media Proliferates

   Links for the day

7. When All They Have Left is Ad Hominem Attacks...

   we have plenty more left to say and to show

8. Links 13/10/2023: 20% of Flexport Laid Off (Again), Web Censorship on the Increase

   Links for the day

9. Look Who's Trying to Cancel Eben Moglen (Again, After Years of Whisper Campaigns)

   desperate effort to wrest control of FSF

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    About a day's worth

11. It Looks Like Microsoft Finally Gave Up on Bing (Lowest Market Share in Years, Many Layoffs, Now Mass Deletion and Higher Fees)

    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer: It looks like Bing has decided to delete all the **** and this has made it to DDG and Qwant. Truly a sad day for the 4% of the Web.

12. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 12, 2023

    IRC logs for Thursday, October 12, 2023

13. The Wiki Will Likely Return Shortly (Sans the PHP Back End That Caused Terrible Load Spikes)

    Goodbye to MediaWiki?

14. In North America GNU/Linux is Already at 10% Market Share on Laptops and Desktops, Shows Survey of Web-Connected Clients

    This month the "share" of Windows is down to 57%. It was almost 93% back in January 2009 when President Obama was inaugurated.

15. Windows Works for Moscow (When Russia's Enemies Use It)

    There were several reports this past week about Windows botnets (based on the context) hammering on sites and services across Finland

16. OpenBSD Founder Theo de Raadt Says Wayland is an Attack Software Choice and a Push Towards "Vertical Software Monocultures"

    So this is what a respected BSD developer thinks of the move

17. They Won't Leave Software Freedom Fighters Alone Until They Are Dead

    They attack old people and women

18. Techrights Upgrade Report: Gemini Capsule for Techrights Almost Fully Upgraded (Debian 12) and Further Improved

    As a side note, we are gratified to see that over 3,600 capsules of Gemini (responding on Gemini protocol) are now known to Lupa