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- Laos Leaving GAFAM Behind, Gradually
Yesterday evening it was measured at 10% for GNU/Linux at one point - China Says Goodbye to Microsoft
It is hardly surprising that Windows is shedding off userbase all around the world
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- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 18, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 - Gemini Links 19/08/2026: Shirts, Handwriting, and Fights in Geminispace
Links for the day - They Were Wrong All Along
Two women combined won't deliver a healthy baby in just 4.5 months - A "Tech Journalist" Would Not Cover Vote on LLMs as a Sex Issue
For a moment there you have to pause and wonder, is this a "Tech Journalist" or the Daily Stormer? - 20,000 by Year's End
The "New Techrights" will have 20,000 pages by year's end - Last Night GNU/Linux Measured at 9% in Africa
Nighttimes in Africa are times when GNU/Linux usage on desktop/laptop devices typically surges, based on Clownflare [...] It changes in favour of GNU/Linux - Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Google Bait and Switch (Getting College People 'Hooked' on 'Cheap' Storage, Then Backups Gone), a "Question of E-mail"
Links for the day - Bluesky is in Trouble
Bluesky is a private company (unlike Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. in Toronto, that one runs a pyramid scheme!), so it's hard to know for sure just how much money it is losing - Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene
Links for the day - Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead
"Linux" is (or was, as GNU/Linux) meant to empower - not artificially restrict - the users - GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average
locals turn away from Windows and try GNU/Linux instead - IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily.
To save face, to pretend no layoffs are happening (as it might alarm shareholders) [...] We keep hearing more and more stories like that - Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein"
Links for the day - SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock
The locals say this PR stunt (by the bigot, Farage) was a waste of money - Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has taken a (foot)hold there - Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech'
It's long, so make a cuppa first - SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt
they've always had a financial report by now - Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day - IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 17, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, August 17, 2026 - Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Solar Power, Kipple and Impermanence, Catastrophe Ethics
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