Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. "Use Wayland" Isn't a Bugfix for X (X11 is Still Necessary)

   They tell us X is "dead" and we must all be herded into Wayland ASAP

2. The New Head of OSI is an "Hey Hi" (AI) Obsessed Person

   when Bryant says "AI" that doesn't mean AI

3. "Governments, local authorities, schools and hospitals can lead by example by procuring only Free Software"

   Crossposted from Tux Machines

4. Cindy Cohn Leaving the Electronic Frontier Foundation While Its Co-founder John Gilmore, Whom She Apparently Helped Oust, Will Celebrate 40 Years of the Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   EFF has been busy hoarding GAFAM money, whereas the latter is where all the real activism is done

5. "Google is Googlebombing KDE's Project Banana"

   So is Google googlebombing KDE's Project Banana? You decide.

6. Some Very Large IRC Networks Are Growing

   IRC will turn 38 next year

   New

7. Slopwatch: Google News is Slop, Google News is Plagiarism, Google News is Dying

   Google is off the rails

8. Links 16/09/2025: "The Censorship Alarm Is Ringing in the Wrong Direction" and ASRock Does Microsoft E.E.E. on GNU/Linux

   Links for the day

9. Serious "Breach of Confidentiality of Personal Data" in Europe's Second-Largest Institution, the EPO

   Yes, the same EPO that routinely uses "data protection" and "GDPR" as a pretext for hiding or covering up its corruption and white-collar crimes (it even uses that as an excuse for refusing to obey courts' orders)

10. Adrienne Rockenhaus Says Her Husband Was Arrested for Running Tor and Denied Basic Rights in the United States

    the US seems to be getting "russified" in its approach towards Tor

11. This is What Happens When Microsoft Canonical Lets Decisions on Ubuntu be Made by a Youngster From the British Army (Where He Did Mass Surveillance)

    "Is Ubuntu Compromised?"

12. Back Doored Windows Giving GNU/Linux a Hard Time (Under the Guise of 'Security')

    Is this complication intentional? Most likely, yes

13. Links 16/09/2025: Science, Security, and Conflicts

    Links for the day

14. Gemini Links 16/09/2025: Command-line Options in POSIX Shell and Introducing Acre 0.9

    Links for the day

15. Microsoft 'Secure' Boot Versus Dual Boot With GNU/Linux

    they're meant to assume everything is OK

16. Links 16/09/2025: While Oracle Pretends to be Rich It's Firing About 70 MySQL Workers, "Oracle's Revenge" (Faking Demand With "AI")

    Links for the day

17. Microsoft Has Just Published a New Web Page About "Secure Boot Update Process" (Microsoft Also Admits Issues; PCs Can Stop Booting)

    Why was this page issued and published only hours ago?

18. Microsoft Lunduke: I Spread Hate and Then I Receive Hate

    Cry us a river, Microsoft Lunduke

19. "Disable Secure Boot and Fast Boot. Wipe and Start Over."

    At least they didn't say, buy a new computer...

20. The Oracle Ponzi Scheme

    Oracle isn't doing well, but it's nowadays fashionable to say "clown" and "hey hi" to prop up one's stock, even based on nothing at all

21. Taking Out the Battery, Opening Up Your Computer, Just Like a "Normie" Would

    At this stage, any person who still says "enable Secure Boot" is misguided or persuaded by companies that sell rootkits

22. Slopwatch: Serial Sloppers and Slopfarms Still Infesting Google News (Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" Spreading FUD)

    searching for "Linux" today yields a lot of FUD

23. The Reach of Techrights Has Broadened

    We nowadays cover a broader range of issues

24. Complicating Things for No Actual Benefit, Just Added Risk and More Difficulties Adding GNU/Linux and BSDs

    Watch what it's like for people who wish to use BSDs

25. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

26. IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Monday, September 15, 2025

27. Links 16/09/2025: Autumn Party, RPG Planet, and Optical ROOPHLOCH

    Links for the day

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