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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Plot Twist: Microsoft MSN Relays Articles Hinting at or Pointing to Mass Layoffs Soon, Other Gossip
    the narrative from Microsoft's "PR bunny" (Shaw) is showing mold already
  2. 'Vibe Coding' is Not "AI", It's a Sewer, It is Junk
    Linus Torvalds was wrong. 'Vibe coding' isn't good for anything.
  3. GNU/Linux May be Approaching 10% "Market Share" in Montenegro
    The surge started around 2021
  4. More IBM Layoffs in India
    If IBM cannot afford to retain workers in India, then something is truly "out of control" at IBM
  5. Dr. Richard Stallman Has Done No Harm to the GNU Project or the FSF (He Had Benefited Both, Always, Even After the Attacks on Him Began)
    Some people try to prevent Dr. Stallman from speaking or having a platform where many people can hear him
  6. Microsoft Isn't Denying the Mass Layoffs
    Still silence from Microsoft
  7. In Western Africa GNU/Linux Flirts With 5% Market Share
    there's a gradual increase in GNU/Linux usage there
  8. Gemini Links 09/01/2026: Pro1 X Repair and the Mercury Protocol
    Links for the day
  9. No, Microsoft Did Not Deny the Q1 Mass Layoffs (Microsoft Can Delay These)
    Maybe they disperse or delay the layoffs (changing plans), but the layoffs are going to happen

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  10. IBM is a Cancer That Attaches Itself to Everything
    Red Hat should have remained an independent company
  11. Links 09/01/2026: Google and Character.AI Implicitly Accept Chatbots Kill Kids and GLP-1 ‘Slimming Pens’ Turn Out to be a Lot Worse Than Advertised
    Links for the day
  12. At IBM, "Employee Reviews" (or Appraisals in the UK) Are a "Trojan Horse" for RAs (Mass Layoffs), a Waste of Time
    comments from IBMer serve to suggest that appraisals can be precursors
  13. Links 09/01/2026: Technical Blogging Lessons Learned and Google's Gmail Getting a Lot Worse
    Links for the day
  14. Escaping GAFAM Colonialism Requires Homegrown Free Software
    GNU/Linux now measured at 3% in Zambia
  15. GNU/Linux at 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter
    Some years ago Windows fell to a "market share" of just 11% there
  16. Links 09/01/2026: Cambodia and China Extradition, "NATO’s High-risk Patrols Near Ukraine"
    Links for the day
  17. Only One Person in Charge of Fedora is Not IBM Staff
    This is not a community project, it's just a way for IBM to onboard unpaid volunteers
  18. This Is Not a Drill, GNU/Linux is Really Going 'Mainstream' on Laptops (and Desktops)
    It is important to explain to people software freedom
  19. IBM Albany Layoffs
    not only did many in the site lose their job; there's more to come "and likely another one in February" (weeks from now)
  20. EPO Workers' Industrial Action to Include Many Strikes, to Last Several Months
    In some ways, The Hague and Bavaria are becoming almost indistinguishable from Moscow
  21. EPO People Power - Part XXIX - Getting DER SPIEGEL, FAZ, Deutschlandfunk and Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) to Cover EPO Scandals
    We kindly ask our readers to contact their local media and urge it to cover the scandals
  22. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  23. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 08, 2026
    IRC logs for Thursday, January 08, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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