Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 12, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. No, the World Wide Web Isn't Open (and Hasn't Been for Years)

   It's proprietary all the way now

2. Microsoft Told Us That LLMs Were a Boon for Azure and 'Clown Computing', But the Thousands of Layoffs This Month Prove That It Was a Lie All Along

   Azure is collapsing

3. Why We Post Statistics About the Usage of Operating Systems Worldwide

   We're hoping to see GNU/Linux at over 10% (on desktops/laptops) some time in the coming years

4. Tux Machines Was Always a Women-Run Site (the Real Voices of GNU/Linux, Not Political Props in Corporate Events)

   Corporate "diversity" is more of a marketing/PR gimmick than real, genuine diversity

5. [Meme] Quantity Says Nothing About Worth, Value, or Quality

   People will generally gravitate towards things of quality and reputation

6. Windows Falls Below 20% in United Arab Emirates This Month

   According to statCounter

7. "Windows 11's Recall AI, known to take snapshots and recordings of user computers regularly, including key presses, was discovered to store all its information in an unencrypted local folder."

   "You can copy the data from another user's "recall" folder as another user."

   New

8. [Meme] Microsoft Has Enough of Its Own Problems (Layoffs Abundant), It Won't Rescue IBM or Canonical

   "It's OK, we're partners"

9. Know Your Allies, Know Your Enemies

   The answer to censorship attempts is more speech, not less speech

10. Debian is Back to Taking Money From Microsoft, the Company That's Attacking Linux From the Inside

    If Debian fails to understand what's wrong with it, that's a problem

11. Ghana: Windows Down From 97% to Just 15%

    The doors are closing on Windows

12. Links 11/06/2024: Practice of Retaliatory Layoffs at Microsoft

    Links for the day

13. Gemini Links 11/06/2024: GMID 2.0.5 and More

    Links for the day

14. The United States Will Cut Off or Cull Firefox

    It is only a matter of time

15. [Meme] Firefox Is Not an Alternative to Google, Only to Chrome (and It Has Become Proprietary or OSPS Like Chromium)

    The illusion of remaining "choice" on the Web

16. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part VII - Groupthink, Censorship Demands, and Ultimatums

    There's a lot of groupthink in the Free software community

17. Winning Defamation Cases is Incredibly Difficult (for Plaintiffs), Even in the United States and the United Kingdom

    SLAPP should always backfire

18. In Kuwait, Microsoft's Windows Fell From 97% to Just 15%

    According to statCounter

19. GNU/Linux in Philippines Climbs to New Levels

    This is an all-time high

20. Links 11/06/2024: Windows Outcry and Climate News

    Links for the day

21. Macao: GNU/Linux Desktop/Laptop Operating System Market Share Rising Close to 7%

    GNU/Linux Rises to Record High in Macao

22. FSF is Now 50% Female, Unlike Red Hat (Which Moaned About Lack of "Diversity" at FSF)

    Isn't the hypocrisy just astounding?

23. Since COVID-19 Lockdowns Windows Fell From Almost 50% to Just 10% in Loas

    According to statCounter

24. Microsoft's Windows in Gabon: From 20% 'Market Share' Down to Around 10% in a Few Months

    Gabon is not a small country

25. Meanwhile at canonical.com

    Canonical knows exactly what Ubuntu users want

26. [Meme] Microsoft (and the NSA) Will Never Forget

    The user trying to permanently disable 'recall'

27. Fedora Week of Diversity (FWD) 2024 Outsourced to Proprietary Spyware of GAFAM

    Need to use proprietary software to participate

28. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 10, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, June 10, 2024

29. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

30. [Meme] Clown Computing is Better For...

    Clown: they said clown computing enhances security

31. One in a Thousand Voters Chose to Vote Daniel Pocock (as First Preference)

    He got about 4 times more votes than what had him win FSFE elections

32. Daniel Pocock on Good Performance in His EU Election Campaign: Thanking the voters of Midlands-North-West, Ireland

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

33. The 'IT Industry' is Already in Ruins

    The "powers that be" do not want the "hoi polloi" to possess skills and systems

34. Microsoft's Windows is Sliding Away Into Minority Platform Territories, Even in Rich Countries With Affluent Computer Users

    We seem to be striking a nerve at Microsoft every time we say this

35. Self-Hosting Should be Taught and Embraced, Outsourcing Creates More Problems (or Risks) Than It Solves

    One can control one's destiny...

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