Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 09, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Gemini Links 08/02/2024: FreeBSD Hacking and the State of Gopher

   Links for the day

2. No, This is a Microsoft Vulnerability, Not 'Linux' (and We Have Microsoft Garrett to Thank)

   ridiculous misinformation

3. Openwashing and Microsoft-Sponsored Buzzwords From the Open Source Initiative (OSI)

   Stefano Maffulli still at it

   New

4. Jokers, Aggressive Trolls or Thugs Who Break Laws?

   Online discourse has gotten uglier

5. [Meme] TPM and TSA

   Nothing is truly secure until Microsoft says it is

6. 2024 Web Stats: GNU/Linux (on Desktops/Laptops) Now Has Higher Market Share Than Mozilla Firefox, ChromeOS is Getting There Too

   Mozilla's suicide mission

7. Links 08/02/2024: Lufthansa Warns Almost All Flights Called Off

   Links for the day

8. Similarweb: Mostly False But Still Amusing

   We just need to set the record straight

9. Gemini Links 08/02/2024: Steam Next Fest and First Argument Among Unixes

   Links for the day

10. Headcount Shows This Year's Microsoft Layoffs Aren't About Blizzard or Activision, They're Mostly About XBox Failing

    follow the evidence

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 07, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, February 07, 2024

13. About Two Months Ago the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Released Its Latest Accounting Files to IRS, Revealing Only 3% of Its Budget Comes From People (OSI is a Corporate Front Group for Microsoft et al)

    as usual

14. YouTube is Dying and Google is Not Your Friend

    We have good reasons to believe YouTube is still not profitable (revenue is not profit) and Google has no solid/viable business plan for charging that

15. Who's Behind the Past Few Years' Campaigns of Character Assassination Anyway?

    exposing a cult

16. Cyber|Show Starts New Series About the Inscrutable (Proprietary) Systems of the British Post Office

    very good series!

17. Free Software Still Demands Patent Reform and Elimination of All Software Patents, Everywhere

    there cannot be software freedom with software patents

18. In Europe, 6% is the Next Milestone for GNU/Linux+ChromeOS (Twice as High as Firefox's Share)

    ODF with graph

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