Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 29, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme] 'Secure' Boot in a Nutshell

   Ask Microsoft if it is "safe" to boot Linux

2. A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: Targeting Guest Writers (Intimidation)

   Some high-profile people have told me that the serial defamer is a "monster" (their word), so why would Neil Brown wish to help him?

   New

3. [Meme] 3 Years Later

   If you're going to start a fight, make sure you can handle it

4. When You Leave a Bad Employer and Move on to Better Things

   Perhaps my main mistake was not resigning from my job sooner

5. No, Your Site Likely Does Not Need WordPress

   I was one of the first users of WordPress

6. GNU/Linux in Cameroon: Rising Steadily While Windows Falls From 99% to Just 6%

   If one also counts mobile (mostly Android)

7. Monkey See, Monkey Share

   on deprivation of users

8. From 0.17% to 10% or More (GNU/Linux in Dominica)

   Dominica isn't well known, but it does seem to have embraced Chromebooks in recent years

9. Links 28/05/2024: Tensions in East Asia, UK Mandatory National Service

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 28/05/2024: NetCrawl and Living in Lagrange

    Links for the day

11. Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Handed Over Its Web Site to Chatbots That Generate SEO Garbage

    They need to be called out on it

12. statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows at Below 1% in American Samoa

    Not even 1%!

13. Windows Down to 60% of Guam's Desktops/Laptops and Down to a Quarter Overall

    No wonder Microsoft is panicking

14. Today in UEFI 'Secure' Boot Debates (the Frog is Already Boiling and Melting)

    Over at LQ today

15. [Meme] A "Modern" Web's Message in a Bottle

    So-called 'security'

16. Brittany Day: Still Chatbot Slinging, Producing Fake 'Articles' About "Linux"

    random garbage produced (and censored) by Microsoft

17. Almost 4k Gemini Capsules, 5th Anniversary Only Weeks Away

    The Web will continue to deteriorate

18. Microsoft: $1 Million a Day for Contempt of Court Orders (Justice Department)

    Microsoft behaves as if it's 100% exempt from laws

19. Catbodia? In Cambodia, Microsoft's Windows Fell to All-Time Low of Less Than a Quarter.

    Cambodia is leaving Microsoft behind

20. [Meme] Deadnaming

    Guess who uses a name that was deprecated well over a decade ago?

21. New Press Report Explains Microsoft Severance and Quiet (Undisclosed) Layoffs

    Some people will call this "loophole", whereas others will opine that it is outright illegal (but kept secret to circumvent scrutiny)

22. Global South is Android/Linux (Windows Era Has Come to an End Already)

    I've decided to take a quick glance at South American trends for all operating systems

23. [Meme] Unified Patent Troll

    Unified Patent Court remains illegal and unconstitutional

24. The European Patent Office is Sinking

    Officials (or national delegates) at the European Patent Organisation have long been warned about this (by staff representatives from the European Patent Office), but they ignored the warnings

25. Summer in the Air

    We have a good pace going on owing to health, positivity, inertia and good software tools

26. GNU/Linux Activity in Belize

    From an economic point of view, Microsoft needn't worry about Belize, but when it comes to preserving the Windows monopoly/monoculture Belize matters

27. Links 28/05/2024: Back to MP3, NVIDIA Sued by Authors

    Links for the day

28. Gemini Links 28/05/2024: Bad Beach and TLS

    Links for the day

29. Microsoft Windows Fell From 100% to Just 7.5% in Sierra Leone

    Based on statCounter

30. In Benin, Microsoft's Windows Fell Below 10%, GNU/Linux Surged to 6% or Higher on Desktops/Laptops

    That's nearly 7% - a lot higher than the average in Africa

31. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

32. IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 27, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, May 27, 2024

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