Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 21, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Jamie Zawinski Complained About Wayland, Then Decided to Give It a Go, Now Complains Again About Wayland

   Ask IBM (Red Hat) why it's worth throwing so much away just for Wayland fanaticism

2. Taking Stock of a Good and Productive Week

   We shall now be taking a break, unpacking the new hard drive (8 TB), and making backups of everything

3. Ageism in Tech

   Your protocol is "old"...

   New

4. Are You Served?

   For many people, advocacy of Free software and GPL enforcement are assumed to be happening

5. Conspiracy or grooming? Alex Jurado, Voice of Reason compared to Outreachy

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

6. Links 20/07/2025: Security Breaches and Former 'Open' 'AI' Engineer on Hype and Culture Issues

   Links for the day

7. Links 20/07/2025: Fending Off BRICS and US Government Attacks Its Own Media (Like China and Russia)

   Links for the day

8. Framed by social control media: Alex Belfield, Voice of Reason

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. Gemini Links 20/07/2025: Summertime and OCC25 Wrap-up

   Links for the day

10. Slopwatch: Planet Ubuntu, LinuxSecurity, and More

    former "Linux" blogs which basically became slopfarms

11. Links 20/07/2025: More GAFAM Lawsuits, Layoffs, and SLAPPs

    Links for the day

12. Nice Recovery (From Actual Fire) by PCLinuxOS, New Version of PCLinuxOS Released, Now Top of DistoWatch

    PCLinuxOS is a community-driven distro

13. More Microsoft Shutdowns That Mostly Slipped Under the Radar

    Remember what happened to books 'sold' by Microsoft?

14. Microsoft Lunduke Still Fighting Cancel Culture With... Cancel Culture

    There will be no "winners" in such 'debates'

15. The History of Daily Links and Politics

    "I support Wayland, but I also support abortion..."

16. Microsoft is at 0% "Market Share" in Most Areas

    Depending on the taxonomy chosen, there may be dozens of categories other than desktops and laptops

17. "The moment MSFT stock fails to start tumbling, that’s the beginning of another corporate giant going under."

    There are far more layoffs at Microsoft than at Intel, but you would not get this impression based on Wall Street media

18. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

19. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 19, 2025

    IRC logs for Saturday, July 19, 2025

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