Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 27, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux

   GNU/Linux has more than doubled

2. Silent Layoffs (PIPs) Have Allegedly Accelerated Since IBM's Stock Cratered

   "IBM is Managing Decline, Not Building Growth"

3. Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility

   It's not hard to see Ubuntu users resisting and antagonising this

4. The Slop Bubble is Killing the Planet, Not Just the Economy

   The chatbot/LLM speculation bubble not only causes a health crisis, a mental health epidemic, and climate change; it's also crashing the economy on several levels

   New

5. Daniel Pocock in Mainstream Media Again

   AFR wrote an article today. It is about Pocock and another contender.

6. Millions of Daily Requests

   4.5+ million requests in 4 days

7. 3,500 Active Gemini Capsules Soon

   How much longer before 3,500+ active? A month?

8. Gemini Links 26/07/2026: European Eclipse, Writing About Writing, and Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts

   Links for the day

9. Stigma of Being Laid Off by Microsoft

   One might call this the "curse" of having worked for Microsoft

10. Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster

    RIP, Fedora?

11. Gemini Links 26/07/2026: Beach Day, CAs, and Plaintext

    Links for the day

12. Sweden Needs GNU/Linux and Free Software, Not GAFAM

    home of IKEA and ABBA

13. Maintenance Today

    Preparing for more mass-publication activities

14. Links 26/07/2026: "Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring North Korean Troops Into Ukraine", Muslim Van Ramming Attack on Berlin Pride

    Links for the day

15. Centrica fraud exposed: worse than Palestine Action 'terrorists' with cardboard placards

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

16. Links 26/07/2026: "Nate Silver Discovers the Educated Poor" and "India’s “Cockroach” Protest Movement Faces State Repression"

    Links for the day

17. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

18. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 25, 2026

    IRC logs for Saturday, July 25, 2026

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