Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 17, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. The FSF Ought to Protest Against UEFI 'Secure Boot' (Like It Used To)

   libreplanet-discuss stuff

2. GNU/Linux Reaches 6.5% in Canada (Including ChromeOS), Based on statCounter

   Not many news sites are left to cover this, let alone advocate for GNU/Linux

3. The Only Thing the So-called 'Hey Hi Revolution' Gave Microsoft is More Debt

   Microsoft bailouts

   New

4. [Meme] Never Appease the Occupiers

   Freedom requires truth. Free speech emancipates.

5. Thorny Issues, Violent Response

   They say protests (or strikes) that do not disrupt anything are simply not effective. The same can be said about reporting.

6. GNU/Linux in Malaysia: From 0.2 Percent to 6+ Percent

   That's like 30-fold increase in relative share

7. Liberty in Liberia? Windows Falls Below 10% and Below iOS

   This is clearly a problem for Microsoft

8. Techrights Congratulates Raspberry Pi (With Caution and Reservations)

   Raspberry Pi will "make or break" based on the decisions made in its boardroom

9. OSI Makes a Killing for Bill Gates and Microsoft (Plagiarism and GPL Violations Whitewashed and Openwashed)

   meme and more

10. People Who Defend Richard Stallman's Right to Deliver Talks About His Work Are Subjected to Online Abuse and Censorship

    Stallman video removed

11. GNU/Linux Grows in Denmark, But Much of That is ChromeOS, Which Means No Freedom

    Google never designs operating systems with freedom in mind

12. Links 16/05/2024: Vehicles Lasting Fewer Years, Habitat Fragmentation Concerns

    Links for the day

13. Links 16/05/2024: Orangutans as Political Props, VMware Calls Proprietary 'Free'

    Links for the day

14. TechTarget (and Computer Weekly et al): We Target 'Audiences' to Sell Your Products (Using Fake Articles and Surveillance)

    It is a deeply rogue industry that's killing legitimate journalism by drowning out the signal (real journalism) with sponsored fodder

15. FUD Alert: 2024 is Not 2011 and Ebury is Not "Linux"

    We've seen Microsofers (actual Microsoft employees) putting in a lot of effort to shift the heat to Linux

16. Links 15/05/2024: XBox Trouble, Slovakia PM Shot 5 Times

    Links for the day

17. Windows in Times of Conflict

    In pictures

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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