Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 18, 2024,
updated Apr 18, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] The Heart of Staff Rep

   Rowan heartily grateful

2. Microsoft's Windows Falls to All-Time Low and Layoffs Reported by Managers in the Windows Division

   One manager probably broke an NDA or two when he spoke about it in social control media

   New

3. North America, Home of Microsoft and of Windows, is Moving to GNU/Linux

   Can it top 5% by year's end?

4. Management-Friendly Staff Representatives at the EPO Voted Out (or Simply Did Not Run Anymore)

   The good news is that they're no longer in a position of authority

5. Microsofters in 'Linux Foundation' Clothing Continue to Shift Security Scrutiny to 'Linux'

   Pay closer attention to the latest Microsoft breach and security catastrophes

6. Links 17/04/2024: Free-Market Policies Wane, China Marks Economic Recovery

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 17/04/2024: "Failure Is An Option", Profectus Alpha 0.5 From a Microsofter Trying to Dethrone Gemini

   Links for the day

8. How does unpaid Debian work impact our families?

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. When you give money to Debian, where does it go?

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

10. How do teams work in Debian?

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

11. Joint Authors & Debian Family Legitimate Interests

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

12. Bad faith: Debian logo and theme use authorized

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

13. Links 17/04/2024: TikTok Killing Youth, More Layoff Rounds

    Links for the day

14. Jack Wallen Has Been Assigned by ZDNet to Write Fake (Sponsored) 'Reviews'

    Wallen is selling out. Shilling for the corporations, not the community.

15. Links 17/04/2024: SAP, Kwalee, and Take-Two Layoffs

    Links for the day

16. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, April 16, 2024

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

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