Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 19, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Mauritius: Windows at All-Time Low, Down From 96% to 17%

   Put in simple terms, people choose to connect from the "phone" (running Linux), not some laptop running Windows

2. Many IBM Layoffs Reported Today in Europe and North America

   there's definitely a lot going on today

3. The GNU Manifesto is 40. Here's the Original Print (1985).

   Some unpleasant people want to replace GNU with Microsoft-controlled (GitHub) Rust copycats

4. Unixmen Seems to Have Died After Turning Into a Slopfarm and Spamfarm, Is LinuxSecurity.com Next?

   Better to not publish anything at all than to resort to fake garbage.

5. What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: More People Begin to Speak Out

   Kuhn set another bonfire ablaze

6. 2025 Rumours of IBM Layoffs in Marketing Likely True, Online Powwow Drops More Clues

   Expect over 10,000 layoffs this year (at IBM alone)

   New

7. Links 18/03/2025: ‘Meritless’ Defamation Suit Thrown Out, InterDigital Software Patents Headed for the Bin Too

   Links for the day

8. These Strange Web Statistics From The Bahamas Show Windows Falling From 93% to Less Than 5%

   There are about half a million there

9. Gemini Links 18/03/2025: Weather and Resisting "MAGA"

   Links for the day

10. Links 18/03/2025: New Apple Blunders and Windows Disliked by Users

    Links for the day

11. Once Again 'Losing Track' of Who the Clients Are, The Serial Harasser and Strangler from Microsoft

    Timing is everything

12. Android (With Linux) Rises to Record Highs in Hong Kong and in Macao

    Looking quite bad for Microsoft

13. Distractions. Distractions Everywhere.

    distracting from the real solution

14. EPO Concerns About the Education and Childcare Allowance Reform (ECAR) and School Liaison Officer (SLO)

    The public deserves to know as it impacts thousands of families

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 17, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, March 17, 2025

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