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'Soft Layoffs' at Microsoft
"Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Quality Assurance (QA) workers within Activision are protesting a new return-to-office mandate, labeling it a "soft layoff" and fearing it will force many employees out of the company."
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December's 'Top' Posts (by Views)
We cover issues we deem important, not what we think will make us popular
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Germany's Corruption Problem Curtails Adoption of GNU/Linux and Free Software
Microsoft bribes in Germany revisited
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Canonical and Microsoft Working Together to Bring You Proprietary Software That Does Not Really Run on GNU/Linux (Drawbridge)
The latest example of Microsoft marketing at Ubuntu.com
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GNU/Linux Can Cross 5% Market Share on Desktops/Laptops Next Year (Not Counting ChromeOS)
GNU/Linux grew from 2.93% to 3.7% this past year
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When 'MIT Technology Review Insights' Publishes Sponsored Propaganda (and Not Only for Microsoft)
spam as news
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Debian preps ground to drop 32-bit x86 as a separate edition
There is a bit of internal project jargon here which we suspect bears clarifying
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10 Years Ago: Eben Moglen in the European Parliament, Explaining Software Patents, GPL/Copyleft, and Importance of Free Software
To him, India is a good role model when it comes to GNU/Linux adoption and technical teaching to that effect
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Naming Bill Gates Among Jeffrey Esptein's Special Clients (Not Just 'Frequent Flyers')
new reports
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Links 20/12/2023: More Intel Layoffs (Days Before Xmas)
Links for the day
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
IRC logs for Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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Objectives for 2024
list of goals
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Tux Machines and Techrights Proudly Lynx- and NetSurf-Compatible (Small is Beautiful)
Small browsers are hardly viable in this "modern" Web (a JavaScript jungle)
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Brodie Robertson is Wrong Because Flatpaks & Snaps Do In Fact Promote Proprietary Software (Stallman is Right) and It's Mostly Foolish
a rebuttal
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