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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 12, 2024

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  1. No, the World Wide Web Isn't Open (and Hasn't Been for Years)
    It's proprietary all the way now
  2. Microsoft Told Us That LLMs Were a Boon for Azure and 'Clown Computing', But the Thousands of Layoffs This Month Prove That It Was a Lie All Along
    Azure is collapsing
  3. Why We Post Statistics About the Usage of Operating Systems Worldwide
    We're hoping to see GNU/Linux at over 10% (on desktops/laptops) some time in the coming years
  4. Tux Machines Was Always a Women-Run Site (the Real Voices of GNU/Linux, Not Political Props in Corporate Events)
    Corporate "diversity" is more of a marketing/PR gimmick than real, genuine diversity
  5. [Meme] Quantity Says Nothing About Worth, Value, or Quality
    People will generally gravitate towards things of quality and reputation
  6. Windows Falls Below 20% in United Arab Emirates This Month
    According to statCounter
  7. "Windows 11's Recall AI, known to take snapshots and recordings of user computers regularly, including key presses, was discovered to store all its information in an unencrypted local folder."
    "You can copy the data from another user's "recall" folder as another user."

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  8. [Meme] Microsoft Has Enough of Its Own Problems (Layoffs Abundant), It Won't Rescue IBM or Canonical
    "It's OK, we're partners"
  9. Know Your Allies, Know Your Enemies
    The answer to censorship attempts is more speech, not less speech
  10. Debian is Back to Taking Money From Microsoft, the Company That's Attacking Linux From the Inside
    If Debian fails to understand what's wrong with it, that's a problem
  11. Ghana: Windows Down From 97% to Just 15%
    The doors are closing on Windows
  12. Links 11/06/2024: Practice of Retaliatory Layoffs at Microsoft
    Links for the day
  13. Gemini Links 11/06/2024: GMID 2.0.5 and More
    Links for the day
  14. The United States Will Cut Off or Cull Firefox
    It is only a matter of time
  15. [Meme] Firefox Is Not an Alternative to Google, Only to Chrome (and It Has Become Proprietary or OSPS Like Chromium)
    The illusion of remaining "choice" on the Web
  16. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part VII - Groupthink, Censorship Demands, and Ultimatums
    There's a lot of groupthink in the Free software community
  17. Winning Defamation Cases is Incredibly Difficult (for Plaintiffs), Even in the United States and the United Kingdom
    SLAPP should always backfire
  18. In Kuwait, Microsoft's Windows Fell From 97% to Just 15%
    According to statCounter
  19. GNU/Linux in Philippines Climbs to New Levels
    This is an all-time high
  20. Links 11/06/2024: Windows Outcry and Climate News
    Links for the day
  21. Macao: GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop Operating System Market Share Rising Close to 7%
    GNU/Linux Rises to Record High in Macao
  22. FSF is Now 50% Female, Unlike Red Hat (Which Moaned About Lack of "Diversity" at FSF)
    Isn't the hypocrisy just astounding?
  23. Since COVID-19 Lockdowns Windows Fell From Almost 50% to Just 10% in Loas
    According to statCounter
  24. Microsoft's Windows in Gabon: From 20% 'Market Share' Down to Around 10% in a Few Months
    Gabon is not a small country
  25. Meanwhile at canonical.com
    Canonical knows exactly what Ubuntu users want
  26. [Meme] Microsoft (and the NSA) Will Never Forget
    The user trying to permanently disable 'recall'
  27. Fedora Week of Diversity (FWD) 2024 Outsourced to Proprietary Spyware of GAFAM
    Need to use proprietary software to participate
  28. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 10, 2024
    IRC logs for Monday, June 10, 2024
  29. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  30. [Meme] Clown Computing is Better For...
    Clown: they said clown computing enhances security
  31. One in a Thousand Voters Chose to Vote Daniel Pocock (as First Preference)
    He got about 4 times more votes than what had him win FSFE elections
  32. Daniel Pocock on Good Performance in His EU Election Campaign: Thanking the voters of Midlands-North-West, Ireland
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  33. The 'IT Industry' is Already in Ruins
    The "powers that be" do not want the "hoi polloi" to possess skills and systems
  34. Microsoft's Windows is Sliding Away Into Minority Platform Territories, Even in Rich Countries With Affluent Computer Users
    We seem to be striking a nerve at Microsoft every time we say this
  35. Self-Hosting Should be Taught and Embraced, Outsourcing Creates More Problems (or Risks) Than It Solves
    One can control one's destiny...

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    1534 /n/2024/06/08/GNU_Linux_Now_20_in_Norway_s_Desktops_Laptops_Over_10_Across_Al.shtml
    1469 /n/2024/06/10/Gemini_Protocol_Turns_5_Exactly_10_Days_From_Now_Let_s_Encrypt_.shtml
    1385 /n/2024/06/07/Firefox_is_Dying_and_China_s_Opera_Already_Outgrew_Mozilla_in_M.shtml
    1245 /n/2024/06/05/The_EPO_is_Boiling_the_Staff_According_to_the_Central_Staff_Com.shtml
    1188 /n/2024/06/09/Bullying_by_the_Debian_Project_is_a_Disservice_to_Its_Reputatio.shtml
    1168 /n/2024/06/07/In_Asia_Mozilla_Firefox_Already_Fell_to_1_Below_Samsung_Interne.shtml
    1112 /n/2024/06/08/Edward_Brockelsby_how_expelled_hacker_took_over_Debian_s_SSH2_p.shtml
    967 /n/2024/06/10/NotABug_org_as_Another_Cautionary_Tale_About_Outsourcing_One_e_.shtml

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