Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 12, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Growing in Spain (Almost 10% Now)

   Whether this persists next month and next year will certainly matter

2. [Meme] It Takes Only Words to Destroy Malicious People and Pathological Liars

   Trying to silence us is foolish. Boasting about this in public is worse than foolish; it's a legal liability.

3. WordPress is Unfit for Purpose in 2024

   The Web itself changed a lot and the majority of Web traffic is pure junk

4. Nobody Knows What's in Our Fridge! Wow, Spooky!

   Freedom means you can also purchase things anonymously

   New

5. Gemini Links 11/11/2024: Closed Systems and Verify You Are Human To Continue

   Links for the day

6. Running Twitter at a Loss and Then Profiting From Trumpism

   How very liberal of Jack Dorsey, the greedy "Liberal" who only prioritised money

7. Microsoft, Which Benefits From Donald Trump, is Normalising Donald Trump

   Some people still wrongly believe that Microsoft is left-leaning

8. When You Upload Talks of Richard Stallman to Proprietary YouTube

   Also: notice they work to abolish the word "whitelisted"

9. Free Software is Probably a Lot Healthier for You

   Does Free software help people live longer and/or live better for longer?

10. Sweden: ChromeOS + GNU/Linux at 17%, an All-Time High

    According to statCounter

11. Windows Collapsed to Only 12% of the Operating Systems Market in India, Says statCounter

    Windows falls to 64% on desktops/laptops in India, dips to 12% overall

12. Links 11/11/2024: Mastodon Year 2 in Review, Freshworks Laying Off 13% of Staff

    Links for the day

13. [Video] Daniel Pocock Warning About Someone Like Elon Musk Buying and Misusing Twitter Almost 7 Years Ago

    Daniel Pocock spoke about Facebook and Twitter while attending the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland

14. Dead Blog ('Hoisted By His Own Petard')

    The saying "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is also applicable here

15. Debian Voters Clearly Supportive of Richard Stallman (Founder of GNU/Linux), But Debian Leaders Keep Giving Voting Rights to Microsoft Staff

    It can be seen that the pro-Stallman positions are dominant

16. [Meme] Remember That Microsoft and Trump Already Have a "Targets List"

    Microsoft loves Trump bailouts

17. Service Notice: IRC Downtimes RESOLVED

    We believe we've solved this entirely (or hope so), but it may take another week to know for sure

18. Linux 'Not Inclusive' 6.12 (Trumpism Inside Linux Foundation Affirmed)

    They can make a codename for this release: Linux 'Not Inclusive' 6.12

19. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is Dead. Cause of Death: Microsoft Bribes.

    At the core, Linux Foundation and OSI adopted lies as a business model

20. Joan Meyer correctly linked Gideon Cody raid on Marion County Record to Kristallnacht

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

21. Trans People Misused to Attack a Project or Developer Who Has Nothing to Do With Them

    And why that truly hurts all trans people

22. Our 18+ Years of Freedom-Fighting

    We always fight back

23. Gemini Links 11/11/2024: Men Losing Grip and "You're Relaxing Wrong"

    Links for the day

24. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

25. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 10, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, November 10, 2024

26. Freedom Must Always Be Fought For (All the Time)

    Ridicule of "freedom fighters" in the digital realm is typically orchestrated by dictators or wannabes.

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