Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 03, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. An Important Goal Has Been Accomplished Already

   Stubborn activists need to insist on a future where computer users actually control the computers they own

2. GNU/Linux up to 5% in Ireland, Not Counting Chromebooks

   statCounter is an Irish

   New

3. In the Month of May 2024 the OSI's Blog Was Almost 100% Microsoft Lobbying, Microsoft Staff, Microsoft Proprietary Software, and Microsoft Events

   Entryism complete. RIP, OSI.

4. Gemini Links 02/06/2024: Delayed Disappointment

   Links for the day

5. statCounter: GNU/Linux on More Than 1 in 5 Desktops/Laptops

   Desktop Operating System Market Share Norway

6. Reminder: The First CEO of IBM (Owner of Red Hat) Was "Convicted on Extortion" (According to Edwin Black, Author of "IBM and the Holocaust")

   Red Hat is not a liberal company

7. GNU/Linux Market Share in Turkey Now Exceeds 10%, According to StatCounter

   StatCounter (or statCounter) shows considerable increases

8. GNU/Linux in Germany: The Seven Percent

   The historical data shows that it wasn't always like this

9. Slovenia: Windows Becomes Minority Market Share This Month

   It finally happened. Android is now measured as bigger than Windows.

10. statCounter: Bing Has Lost Market Share Since the Chatbot Hype, in Europe Yandex Nearly Exceeds Bing Now

    Bing also had many layoffs (not that the media bothered covering that); we must debunk Microsoft's baseless claims and deliberate lies/hype

11. Microsoft Windows Falls Below 10% in Africa, Down to About 20% in Asia

    The future isn't Windows

12. Taiwan Can Defend Its Autonomy Better by Avoiding Microsoft (Back Doors)

    Maybe it's just a coincidence that GNU/Linux "took off" when Hong Kong lost its perceived independence from China

13. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part IV - Impersonation and Menacing Behaviour, Defamation Under One's Own Name

    Such serial defamation (that went on for a very long time) is coordinated and relentless

14. Links 02/06/2024: Workers' Strikes and a Warming World

    Links for the day

15. Microsoft Falls to All-Time Low of 25% in Operating Systems

    If Android is counted, Windows is in trouble as it's down to all-time low of 25%

16. Steam Survey: GNU/Linux Up, But Canonical's Ubuntu Declining

    big increases for GNU/Linux, Arch Linux gaining at Ubuntu's expense

17. Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Leveraging Microsoft Chatbots to SPAM for Microsoft (Googlebombing "Linux")?

    Welcome to the Web in 2024. Search for "Linux" news, get Windows garbage.

18. Smallest Number of New Debian Developers in More Than 2 Years

    Maybe Debian should recognise there's a problem instead of trying to censor - at humongous expense - those who speak about the problem

19. Slashdot's "Linux" Section is Reposting Press Releases for Red Hat

    Is this being paid for?

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 01, 2024

    IRC logs for Saturday, June 01, 2024

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