Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 31, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 30/12/2024: Bad Year, Sxmo/PostmarketOs, and Gemlog/Tinylog

   Links for the day

2. A Free Software Foundation (FSF) Led by Dr. Richard Stallman Can Still Raise a Lot of Money

   Give people more time (e.g. until end of January) and maybe hit the target

3. Good Gains for Android for GNU/Linux in New Zealand This Year

   Notice that GNU/Linux rose to its highest point (this month)

4. 2024 a Record Year for Android (Almost 50% "Market Share"), Which is Now Bigger in Europe Than Microsoft Windows

   a look at Europe

5. Wishing for a Wikileaks Renaissance in 2025

   as a site that facilitates whistleblowers, hosting large leaks

6. [Meme] Getting Banned From Social Control Media 2 Days or Two Weeks Before Leaving Office

   Seems like interference using dinners with an insurrectionist

7. Jimmy Carter on Globalisation of "Tech"

   Carter's legacy in the area of science (and technology)

   New

8. Links 30/12/2024: Arrest Warrant for South Korean President Yoon, Experts Contest 'Bird Strike' Narrative for Crash Blame

   Links for the day

9. [Meme] Systemd-Max

   Why is everything - even aviation - getting so much worse?

10. Just a hobby, it won't be big and professional like GNU. It'll be controlled by Microsoft due to administrative neglect.

    Get well soon, Linux

11. Free Software Foundation (FSF) Raised About 20,000 Dollars Today

    FSF funds now near 275k dollars. Growing VERY fast today.

12. Massive Gains for GNU/Linux in Australia This Year

    Windows lost clout and Android was the biggest gainer

13. New IRS Filing Shows That the Most Dominant Company in the Linux Foundation is Microsoft

    The 'Linux' Foundation devotes only about 2% of its budget to Linux (skeleton crew). It invests a lot more money in the Ponzi scheme of Microsoft and Scam Altman.

14. [Meme] Who's the Linux Boss?

    Bill Gates is a lot more interesting anyway

15. In 2024, Under Linux Foundation Management, Linux.com Produced and Published Only 5 Articles

    Remember when Linux.com had 3-4 original articles per day?

16. Trying to Informally Police or at Least Report LLM Slop About "Linux" (and Several Related Topics)

    Do they deserve public humiliation/condemnation? Yes, as that might be the only way to nip this in the bud

17. Links 30/12/2024: Fentanylware (TikTok) Concerns and Aftermath of Cut Cables

    Links for the day

18. Is Microsoft's Plundering of Africa Coming to an End?

    Microsoft had many layoffs in Africa this year

19. Microsoft Windows Down From 23% to 20% This Year in Asia (Android Up From 54% to Almost 60%)

    Less and less of Windows, more of the Linux-powered Android

20. 15 Years Ago Mozilla Firefox Had Over 50% of the Slovakian Market, Now Google's Chrome Has Over 70%

    Peaked at 72.4% earlier this year

21. Remembering When Photography Meant Realistic Captures of Reality, Not "Hey Hi" (AI) and 'Instagrammed' (Filtered, Manipulated)

    Fake pictures predate the "hey hi" hype; Instagram in particular was full of these

22. Apple's Main Stronghold (North America) at Risk From GNU/Linux

    Apple had several rounds of layoffs in the US this year

23. statCounter: Microsoft Windows Down a Percent This Year in South America, GNU/Linux Up to 3.2%

    Microsoft down, freedom up

24. The Threat of Googlebombing and LLMs

    There are many Carters, but search engines and LLMs lack the "logic" (or common sense) to tell the difference

25. Social Control Media (Not Just TikTok) is a "Modern Challenge" to Democracy

    Society is worse off with Social Control Networks

26. IBM's Bad Leadership is a Threat to GNU/Linux

    We worry that since Red Hat controls so much of the GNU/Linux stack difficulties at IBM will result in divestment

27. The True Importance of Diversification

    Monopoly or monoculture breed fragility

28. Putting Some Eggs in the Geminispace Basket

    Do not bet on the future of the Web

29. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

30. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, December 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, December 29, 2024

31. Gemini Links 30/12/2024: Countdown to New Year, Tinylogging, and LLM Hype

    Links for the day

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