Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 04, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Saudi Arabia: GNU/Linux Rose From 0.1% to 2.9% (Not Counting Chromebooks)

   Notice how steep an increase

2. "It's recommended to disable Secure Boot for a smoother experience."

   Published a few days ago

3. GNU/Linux Now Measured at Almost 10% in Iraq, Even Higher Than Apple

   So says/sees statCounter this month

4. Microsoft is Political Interference

   a subject that very seldom comes up in political debates

   New

5. Links 03/06/2024: Blogs' Comeback and YouTube's Crackdown on Adblockers

   Links for the day

6. Evri Killed Customer Support in Favour of a 100% Useless Chatbot That Wastes Your Time, Solves Nothing, and Gaslights You

   They used to be known as Hermes UK; changing the name won't help dodge bad reputation

7. [Meme] "Make It Seem Like a Social Justice Issue"

   Among Us Meeting meme

8. Janus Atienza (UNIX Men) Seems to Have Resorted to Garbage From LLMs, Disguised as 'Linux' 'Articles'...

   Two examples from the past 24 hours (that's all of them)

9. [Meme] Steve Ballmer Explains WSL

   "I have 3 words for you."

10. Help of Cover Issues of Interest

    To be eagle-eyed and on top of issues we depend on input, including pointers

11. Free Software Foundation Has a New Recruit, Anouk Rozestraten

    We only recently learned why the FSF no longer mentions public talks of its founder

12. [Meme] Microsoft Politicians

    Microsoft gets to decide who can and cannot speak to representatives (politicians)

13. Windows Has Fallen to Just 11.9% in India (on Desktops/Laptops GNU/Linux Rose to 15%, on All Device Types Android Rose to All-Time High of Over 78%)

    So only about 1 in 9 Web requests in India comes from Windows

14. Birds Don't Understand They're Free (Until Someone Cages Them)

    In order to advocate and advance Software Freedom we'll need to illuminate the underlying problem/s

15. GNU/Linux is Hungry in Hungary

    "GIVE DE MONEY BACK TO THE HUNGARY PEOPLE"

16. [Meme] Daniel Pocock Against GAFAM Interference in Irish Politics (for Tax Evasion and More)

    Ireland rugby: Out of my way, I'm richer than you are

17. They're Trying to Kill the Internet Archive (and Wayback Machine). The Internet Archive Needs Your Help.

    donate to the Internet Archive

18. A Record Week and Another Historic Day Next Monday

    7 days from now the sister site turns 20

19. What GAFAM-Funded Organisations Tell You About Mr. Pocock is Untrue

    Pocock, like Julian Assange, isn't the bad guy here. But some powerful people want you to think that he is.

20. 'Stochastic Parrots' is a Good Description of a Passing Fad

    We did several series explaining what they are and why they won't (or can't) work as advertised

21. Mr Pocock for Midlands-North-West (Ireland)

    Mr Pocock has been vilified by those whom he exposed

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 02, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, June 02, 2024

24. Egypt: GNU/Linux Exceeds 6%, Windows Down to All-Time Low of 5%

    Not counting ChromeOS

25. Gemini Links 03/06/2024: Maturity and Tenstorrent

    Links for the day

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