Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 31, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Canonical Works for Microsoft

   Where are the antitrust regulators or CMA?

2. [Meme] 10 Years Down the New Career System (NCS) and What it Did to Our Collegiality

   New from SUEPO, the staff union of the EPO

3. Angola: Microsoft Windows Down From 98% to 12%

   Africa is "lost territory" for Microsoft colonialism

4. No News Drought in Techrights

   Leaving my job after almost 12 years also contributes to available time for research and publication

   New

5. 10 More Days

   Tux Machines turns 20.

6. [Meme] Meeting People on 'Dating Apps'

   On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog until you bark

7. The Campaign to 'End' Richard Stallman - Part IV - The Legitimate Concerns

   So at least we now know why the FSF does not mention public talks

8. Links 30/05/2024: Public Domain and Kangaroo Courts

   Links for the day

9. Links 30/05/2024: Microsoft Layoffs Back in Headlines, RISC-V and Standards

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 30/05/2024: A Lonely Friend and Deletion of Old Posts

    Links for the day

11. A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: In Summary

    Some high-profile examples of defamation include Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman...

12. Death Valley

    The truth can be twisted

13. [Meme] UEFI 'Secure' Boot's Model of Security

    Lion cage with people

14. Climbing a Tall Mountain for 2 Decades

    In Web terms, 20 years is a very long time. Very few sites (or a small proportion of the whole) make it to 20.

15. If You're Going to Concern-Troll "Linux" Make Sure You Actually Use It (Or Tried It)

    Concern-trolling has long been a key ingredient of GNU/Linux Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

16. The Serial Strangler From Microsoft is About to Be Served Court Papers

    You can run, but you cannot hide

17. The Campaign to 'End' Richard Stallman - Part III - The Reddit Mob (Social Control Media Controlled, Steered or Commandeered by Wall Street)

    This is totally reminiscent of what authoritarian regimes do

18. Caged by Microsoft

    Are you telling me that preventing people from booting their Linux is security?

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, May 29, 2024

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