Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 07, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Tons of Anti-Linux 'Articles' Published by Bots (LLMs), Maybe Microsoft's

   Upon closer inspection, all this FUD turned out to be LLM garbage

2. Ubuntu Desktop Director of Engineering Has Only One Blog Post. It Promotes Microsoft Windows.

   Remember that even 15 years ago (more or less, maybe 16 years ago) Canonical appointed a a 'former' Microsoft manager (Spencer) to lead Ubuntu on the desktop

3. Corruption and Rule-Breaking Prevail at the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest Institution

   The law does not really exist at the EPO; it can be perceived as merely a "recommendation"

4. 404 Media Says "Workers at NASA Told to Drop Everything to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites" But There's Also Accessibility in the Firing Line

   In the case of abandoning accessibility, everyone stands to be hurt and proprietary software can be brought in to replace standards

   New

5. Gemini Links 06/02/2025: Voicemail Sucks and Night of Lights

   Links for the day

6. Links 06/02/2025: YouTube Takedowns Out of Control, 'DOGE' Breaking Laws

   Links for the day

7. statCounter: More Countries Where Windows is Around 1% "Market Share" (People Have Moved to Android/Linux)

   in some nations Windows is already 1% or less

8. When BetaNews Writes Real Articles About "Linux" They Promote Windows

   The Web is in a bad state. We need to at least try to correct this.

9. Gemini Links 06/02/2025: Cynicism and "Real Magic on the C64"

   Links for the day

10. Links 06/02/2025: New Sanctions, Layoffs, and Executive Orders

    Links for the day

11. Distros and Desktop Environments, Devices

    GNU/Linux focused

12. New Rumours of IBM Layoffs in 2025, IBM Consulting Still Struggles, Based on Management

    "Hey hi" (AI) has been a common excuse for business failure

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 05, 2025

    IRC logs for Wednesday, February 05, 2025

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