Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 23, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. [Meme/Photography] Photos From the Tux Machines Parties

   took nearly a fortnight

2. SLAPP as an Own Goal

   We have better things to with our limited time

3. GNU/Linux at New Highs (Again) in Taiwan

   latest numbers

4. Dr. John Campbell on Gates Foundation

   Published two days ago

5. How Much IBM Really Cares About Software Freedom (Exactly One Year Ago IBM Turned RHEL Into Proprietary Software)

   RHEL became proprietary software

   New

6. Links 22/06/2024: Chat Control Vote Postponed, More Economic Perils

   Links for the day

7. Uzbekistan: GNU/Linux Ascent

   Uzbekistan is almost the same size as France

8. Independence From Monopolies

   "They were ethnically GAFAM anyway..."

9. Links 22/06/2024: More Layoffs and Health Scares

   Links for the day

10. Rwanda: Windows Falls Below 30%

    For the first time since 2020 Windows is measured below 30%

11. [Meme] IBM Lost the Case Over "Dinobabies" (and People Died)

    IBM agreed to pay to keep the details (and embarrassing evidence) secret; people never forgot what IBM called its staff that wasn't young, this keeps coming up in forums

12. Exactly One Year Ago RHEL Became Proprietary Operating System

    Oh, you want the source code of RHEL? You need to pay me money and promise not to share with anyone

13. Melinda Gates Did Not Trust Bill Gates, So Why Should You?

    She left him because of his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

14. Fedora Week of Diversity 2024 Was Powered by Proprietary Software

    If instead of opening up to women and minorities we might open up to proprietary software, i.e. become less open

15. 18 Countries in Europe Where Windows Fell Below 30% "Market Share"

    Many people still use laptops with Windows, but they're outnumbered by mobile users on Android

16. [Meme] EPO Pensions in the UK

    pensioners: looks like another EPO 'reform'

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 21, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, June 21, 2024

19. During Fedora Week of Diversity (FWD) 2024 IBM and Its Subsidiaries Dragged to Court Over Discrimination at the Corporate Level

    IBM is a deplorable, racist company

20. Workers of the European Patent Office Take the Office to Court Over Pension

    pensions still precarious

21. Gemini Links 22/06/2024: FreeBSD vs XFCE and Gemini Bookmarks Syncing Solution

    Links for the day

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