Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 18, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Molly Russell suicide & Debian Frans Pop, Lucy Wayland, social media deaths

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

2. Our Plans for Spring

   Later this year we turn 18 and a few months from now our IRC community turns 16

   New

3. Links 17/03/2024: Microsoft Windows Shoves Ads Into Third-Party Software, More Countries Explore TikTok Ban

   Links for the day

4. RedHat.com, Brought to You by Microsoft Staff

   This is totally normal, right?

5. USPTO Corruption: People Who Don't Use Microsoft Will Be Penalised ~$400 for Each Patent Filing

   Not joking!

6. The Hobbyists of Mozilla, Where the CEO is a Bigger Liability Than All Liabilities Combined

   the hobbyist in chief earns much more than colleagues, to say the least; the number quadrupled in a matter of years

7. Jim Zemlin Says Linux Foundation Should Combat Fraud Together With the Gates Foundation. Maybe They Should Start With Jim's Wife.

   There's a class action lawsuit for securities fraud

8. Not About Linux at All!

   nobody bothers with the site anymore; it's marketing, and now even Linux

9. Links 17/03/2024: Abuses Against Human Rights, Tesla Settlement (and Crash)

   Links for the day

10. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

11. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 16, 2024

    IRC logs for Saturday, March 16, 2024

12. Under Taliban, GNU/Linux Share Nearly Doubled in Afghanistan, Windows Sank From About 90% to 68.5%

    Suffice to say, we're not meaning to imply Taliban is "good"

13. Debian aggression: woman asked about her profession

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

14. Gemini Links 17/03/2024: Winter Can't Hurt Us Anymore and Playstation Plus

    Links for the day

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