Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 25, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Diaspora is Dying. It Also 'Killed' One of its Cofounders.

   It took almost half a year to confirm the cause of death

2. MakeUseOf (MUO) is a Mess. It Used to Cover GNU/Linux Every Day, Now It's Windows in 'Linux' Clothing.

   They've not answered questions about the sudden stoppage of their daily GNU/Linux coverage

3. European Patent Office (EPO) vs Debian Project (Community) vs FSF-EEE (Opportunistic, Identity-Thieving NGO)

   The FSF-EEE (FSFE), based on Germany, has some commonalities with the GNU/Linux distro started by an American born in Germany and the Germany-based EPO

4. Getting More Done (With a Lot Less)

   We've finally attained the capacity to produce about 100 pages/articles per week (or over 400 per month)

   New

5. Links 24/03/2024: Another Royal Cancer Case and Antarctica at Risk

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 24/03/2024: Arm Warmers, Vanitydoc Offloaded

   Links for the day

7. Volunteers were punished for Debian Day suicide disclosures

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

8. The "EPO Sticks to North Korean Standards"

   Granting monopolies to Asian and American corporations

9. 'Proper' GNU/Linux Market Share in Hungary: Growing Five-fold in 1.5 Decades?

   Based on statCounter's data

10. A Week Has Passed, Still No Details About What Sainsbury's Called an 'Accident' (Likely Microsoft)

    It has now been a week since the "accident"

11. [Meme] Groking the Greek

    Cyprus is Now in the '5% Club' (of GNU/Linux)

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 23, 2024

    IRC logs for Saturday, March 23, 2024

14. Remembering Frans Pop on Debian.Day (yes, Debian dot Day)

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

15. Microsoft Staff Helping Convicted Pedophile Hide His Pedophilia (While He Relayed Microsoft Puff Pieces and Attacked Microsoft Critics)

    The crazier they are, the better for Microsoft

16. Microsoft is Aiming for the Destruction of All Free Software

    What we've seen in recent years is Microsoft buying GitHub to exercise control over many projects and developers... It's a mindset of pillage and plunder

17. US Department of Justice and States (Attorney Generals) Must Not Lose Sight of Microsoft Crimes Just Because Apple is Grotesque

    Here in our realm of Free software, Microsoft did this to Red Hat and Canonical

18. With Reddit Working for Wall Street, Even More Than Before, Time to Contribute to Readers-Supported Sites Instead (E.g. SoylentNews)

    Reddit recently flagged an rms (Richard Stallman) story in the stallmanwasright/rmswasright (RMS Was Right) sub

19. The Straw Man

    They just try to shame and scare people into accepting "modern" handcuffs

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