Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 17, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Recent Site Changes and Looking Towards 2026

   In November 2026 we turn 20

2. Mozilla Firefox is Probably Already Below 2% in the UK (United Kingdom)

   LibreWolf identifies as "Firefox" by default

3. When You Don't Want to Tinker Much You Just Use GNU/Linux, Not Windows

   With GNU/Linux upgrades are possible and, failing that, one can just back up the home directory and copy it "back into" the new OS

4. Coming Soon, the Next Chapter About the Crisis of the Open Source Initiative (OSI)

   We're far from done

5. Expect GNU/Linux to Rise Sharply in China

   But Red China won't trust Red Hat (IBM), which works for the Pentagon and keeps the "secret sauce" for its OS secret (just what Americans accused China of doing with its distros)

6. Gemini Links 16/03/2025: Threats to Canada and How to Process News Online

   Links for the day

   New

7. Slow News Cycles Are Part of a Trend, Technology Gravitating Towards Rich People's Interests

   This issue isn't limited to the Web

8. Facebook REALLY, REALLY, R E A L L Y Does Not Want You to Read This Book

   It would be a CRIME to read it

9. Illuminating Microsoft's Code of Conduct (CoC) Hypocrisy

   Oppressor victimhood? Leadership claimed by the worst offenders?

10. Planet Ubuntu - or Ubuntu Planet - Has an LLM Slop Problem (Called Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU)

    Does investigative reporting have any future at all?

11. Links 16/03/2025: Handwriting Comeback and "MElon’s Attack on U.S.A.I.D."

    Links for the day

12. Gemini Links 16/03/2025: "Differences Distance" and "Dopamine-addicted Pigeon"

    Links for the day

13. Links 16/03/2025: American Press Under Attack, "France Offers to Take in US Scientists"

    Links for the day

14. Links 16/03/2025: Growing Tariff Hostilities and Social Media Surveillance

    Links for the day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 15, 2025

    IRC logs for Saturday, March 15, 2025

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