Tux Machines original posts since 2025-12-05

2025-12-05

Microsoft's Market Share in - or Its Grip on - the United Kingdom is Slipping Away

Roy Schestowitz : In the future I plan to write many articles about Microsoft's erosion of the British legal system

Better Than Just Buying Things This Christmas

Roy Schestowitz : Instead of wasting money on stupid Christmas gifts (likely manufactured in sweatshops, causing human misery) we'll invest in seeds and maybe enjoy the occasional bird visitor

Canada: GNU/Linux Rising

Roy Schestowitz : December data from statCounter

Windows' Blue Screen of Death is a Windows Issue, Not a Hardware Issue

Roy Schestowitz : Two years of uptime next week

2025-12-06

The Peanut Treat and Keeping on Top of GNU/Linux News

Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is fast becoming mainstream

600,000 Objects

Roy Schestowitz : Next summer (in June) we turn 22 and GNU/Linux has never been as big and important as it is right now

2025-12-07

Action Needed by Europeans, Contact Your Representatives Regarding Maladministration at the European Patent Office (EPO)

Roy Schestowitz : We have given contact details (E-mails) for all nations that are members of the European Patent Office (EPO)

2025-12-08

Fed Up With "AI"? You're Not Alone...

Roy Schestowitz : calling things "AI" and "AIs" can mislead the reader

2025-12-09

Gemini Protocol Grew a Lot in 2025

Roy Schestowitz : We're glad to see that Gemini Protocol continued growing this year

2025-12-10

Apple and Microsoft Cannot Stop GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz : Windows sales have fallen off a cliff

Less Microsoft and Windows in Caribbean Seas

Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft may have many layoffs soon

Datacentre Maintenance Done

Roy Schestowitz : Network maintenance

Site of GNU/Linux "Ultimate Edition" Still Seems Cracked (Weeks Already)

Roy Schestowitz : Is Glenn paying any attention?

GNU/Linux Rises in Thailand While Microsoft Windows Falls

Roy Schestowitz : When it comes to the war against GAFAM, Thailand seems to be winning

Appealing a Judgement

Roy Schestowitz : What's at stake here is the reputation and credibility of the legal profession in the UK

Maintaining the Routine of Curation, Activism, and Journalism

Roy Schestowitz : I really wish more people ran blogs instead of wasting time with "apps" and social control media

Growing Interest in Gemini Protocol

Roy Schestowitz : We've been seeing growing interest in our capsule

Techrights' 5 Years in Geminispace

Roy Schestowitz : One might say we escaped to Geminispace 2 years before the deluge of slop on the Web

Rude People Online

Roy Schestowitz : If you cannot behave, go offline

2025-12-11

European Readers, Please Contact Your National Representatives (Delegates) at the EPO, Tell Them About Software Patents and EPO Corruption

Roy Schestowitz : We've heard that our reporting is read by many and that it already has a positive impact

Europe is Talking About Software Freedom

Roy Schestowitz : We've recently seen many politicians in Europe speaking about digital independence from the US

Time to Support the Free Software Foundation, Maker of GNU, GPL, and GCC (Prerequisites for Linux)

Roy Schestowitz : The year finishes in 20 days and the FSF is trying to raise another 200,000 dollars to pay for hosting of GNU and various other things

2025-12-12

When a Bird Dies

Roy Schestowitz : No, it wasn't a cat's fault

Upcoming "black building test"

Roy Schestowitz : (or Blackout Test)

GNU/Linux Reaches About 5% in Austria

Roy Schestowitz : Germany is dumping Microsoft

Another Magnificent Milestone

Roy Schestowitz : There are already many SSGs out there

Gamers Are Flocking Away From Microsoft and From Windows

Roy Schestowitz : Give it another year (2026) and let's see is Steam Survey shows GNU/Linux at over 5%

Record Traffic in Gemini Protocol

Roy Schestowitz : Maybe owing to a large volume of pages, our capsule grew a lot and we serve about 30,000 requests per day (this week)

Social Control Media Props Up Narcissists and Liars (Who Fake Their Alleged Popularity or Supposed Importance)

Roy Schestowitz : It's the same in YouTube

Not Everything and Everyone is for Sale

Roy Schestowitz : The notion that I must chase money didn't appeal to me

Feeding 'John'

Roy Schestowitz : squirrels are adorable

GNU/Linux in Spain as 2025 Ends

Roy Schestowitz : Our guess is that Spain wishes and is capable of becoming self-sufficient for "tech"

Another Week Comes to an End, But It Has Been an Exceptionally Productive One

Roy Schestowitz : Today we worked on improving the site by adding a few new tools for it

Which Gemini?

Roy Schestowitz : In the context of technology or even FOSS alone, there are now many "Geminis"

Keep an Eye on GNU/Linux in Turkey

Roy Schestowitz : Turkey has a population larger than any nation in Europe. If GNU/Linux gains even "just 1%" there, that can be a lot of people.

If You Value Software Freedom, Consider Downloading a Gemini Client (Browser) and Using Geminispace

Roy Schestowitz : The Web has become really bad for many different reasons

What Freedom Means to Me

Roy Schestowitz : Freedom is a 7-letter word which in English can mean all sorts of things

2025-12-13

Governments Wasting Billions on Worthless and Even Harmful Microsoft Licences

Roy Schestowitz : what Microsoft costs to Finland it also costs to many other nations

Are They Bluffing?

Roy Schestowitz : I am not a lawyer (IANAL), but something doesn't seem right

365 Days Times Two Since Last Reboot

Roy Schestowitz : 3 years would be about 1,100 days

Prepare for Another Massive Wave of Microsoft Layoffs (Probably Next Month, Like Every January)

Roy Schestowitz : 2026 will be a strong year for GNU/Linux, even among gamers

Warm Winter

Roy Schestowitz : When do we finally get some heavy snow?

Most of Today's Web is Trash

Roy Schestowitz : on a Web so full of noise and rubbish, our curation activity becomes more widely appreciated, even necessary

2025-12-14

Being a Family-Friendly Site

Roy Schestowitz : Judge people by their actions, not their words

Improving the Site After 21.5+ Years

Roy Schestowitz : we're now just 17 days away from the new year

2025-12-15

Free Software Foundation Raises Almost $60,000 in 3+ Days

Roy Schestowitz : Can the FSF makes it to the goal of 400 K by year's end?

GNU/Linux as Desktop Operating System in Japan at New High

Roy Schestowitz : it seems like 3% is within sight

"The Laughably Named Linux Foundation is Big Tech" (GAFAM)

Roy Schestowitz : "The laughably named Linux Foundation is Big Tech the title is a total lie implying the are not one in the same. Anytime I hear or read Linux Foundation that is the first thing that comes to mind how the parasite corporations have co-opted the name to use for their various nefarious purposes they are up to with whatever type of *washing"

GNU/Linux Almost 8% in Philippines (Maharlika)

Roy Schestowitz : For "old" PCs, GNU/Linux is a perfect fit

Chile Shows Windows is in No-Man's Land

Roy Schestowitz : Since there's no more "Windows Mobile" or "Windows Phone" in the pipeline, perhaps we can assume many more Microsoft layoffs on their way

LLM Slop ("AI") Won't Last Much Longer

Roy Schestowitz : Providers of slop will shut down for financial reasons

2025-12-16

Over 4,700 Gemini Capsules Out There

Roy Schestowitz : A year ago it was around 4,200

In Israel, Desktop Operating System Market Share as Measured by statCounter Indicates New Low for Windows, New High for GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz : Google gained a lot, but so did GNU/Linux, and not ChromeOS

Birthdays

Roy Schestowitz : This coming summer this site becomes half my age

2025-12-17

Another Year Goes By...

Roy Schestowitz : We're in good hands and very robust as a platform

How Free Software Probably Improves Physical and Mental Health

Roy Schestowitz : That brings us to Free software

Tux Machines Becoming a Lot More Productive

Roy Schestowitz : We reckon we can produce a dozen a day if we can fully focus on what matters

GNU/Linux Near 5% in Bangladesh, Land With Nearly 200 Million People

Roy Schestowitz : Of course this is becoming a huge problem for Microsoft

Keeping Things Simple

Roy Schestowitz : The more bloated and complex something becomes, the more it should be considered worth avoiding

Bulgaria: Windows Sank to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Surged to 12%

Roy Schestowitz : the total number of GNU/Linux users observed there is about 2.5 times smaller than Vista 11 users

Firefox DRM: Proprietary Software Downloaded, How Long Before the "AI" Company (Mozilla) Puts It There by Default?

Roy Schestowitz : The same old name/brand/logo, albeit not the same product

New Low for Microsoft Windows in Slovakia

Roy Schestowitz : Windows falling to all-time lows

2025-12-18

Fulfilling My Birthday Wish

Roy Schestowitz : I did what I promised I'd do: write.

2025-12-19

Getting Earlier to Find and Curate GNU/Linux News

Roy Schestowitz : We recently added a number of new software tools that make it easier to manage this site and produce new, original stories

Fake Sites That Are Made by Bots Will Never Get Links From Tux Machines

Roy Schestowitz : LLMs need to go the way of the dodo

Birds Are Fantastic Pets and Not Much Maintenance (Just Don't Put Them in Cages)

Roy Schestowitz : Birds in the wild are not domesticated and not traditional 'pets'

Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in 'Capital of Europe', Belgium

Roy Schestowitz : It probably should not be so surprising given this year's policy shifts

Engineering Freeze 2025 Means the Site Will be More Accessible, But We'll Patch and Reboot This Weekend

Roy Schestowitz : A change freeze is in effect, starting today

analytics.usa.gov: Windows is Losing Market Share

Roy Schestowitz : What else does Microsoft have to offer?

2025-12-20

Copying the Competition

Roy Schestowitz : not a great idea

Reflecting on a Good Year

Roy Schestowitz : 2025 was a good year for us overall because we probably hit a record high for number of new pages and we were generally happy

2025-12-21

Tux Machines Works With Web Browsers From 30 Years Ago

Roy Schestowitz : Also, oldweb.today seems not to be working today

GNU/Linux Climbs to All-Time High in Saudi Arabia

Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft is measured at 13.8% there this month, based on Web usage

Georgia: GNU/Linux Rises to Record High

Roy Schestowitz : like in Russia

2025-12-22

XBox is Dead, What Next?

Roy Schestowitz : The future of gaming looks increasingly bright for "Linux", not "Windows"

Calm Week Ahead, Looking Forward to 2026

Roy Schestowitz : This year this site added over 10,000 new pages

In the Name of Love

Roy Schestowitz : The Web is filled with hate and vitriol

"No Kings" in Free Software

Roy Schestowitz : if your project or a project you rely on is stuck in GitHub, then Microsoft is your king.

In 2025 Linux Got $8.4 Million, GNU Received a Lot Less

Roy Schestowitz : giving capital to hosting of GNU projects and various other essential functions

Corporate Mobs vs the Free Software Community

Roy Schestowitz : politics are only a distraction from the core motivations of the mob

The Net's Sleeping Giant: Gemini Protocol

Roy Schestowitz : At the moment, Geminispace grows rather than shrinks over time

2025-12-23

Good Code Does Not Write Itself

Roy Schestowitz : There are no shortcuts

The Brave New World?

Roy Schestowitz : New can mean oppression

Google Alerts Polluted by Slopfarms

Roy Schestowitz : Slopfarm WebProNews again references "Tux Machines coverage". Why does Google let slopfarms creep in?

We Can Continue to Grow as Long as We Cover the Topics and Issues That Matter

Roy Schestowitz : The reason why people come to our sites is that we've long focused on suppressed matters and we offer something unique

Preservation of GNU/Linux History

Roy Schestowitz : Large corporations that try to hijack (to control) everything - including narratives - like to tell us lies about history

A Time for Rest

Roy Schestowitz : To all those who celebrate Christmas we say "have yourself a Tuxmass"

2025-12-24

GNU/Linux Measured at All-Time High in Angola

Roy Schestowitz : This is a problem for Microsoft

Tomorrow It's Grav-Mass

Roy Schestowitz : ahead of tomorrow's celebration of Grav-Mass

Microsoft Falling to Half a Percent in Thailand

Roy Schestowitz : For search

In Praise of Modularity

Roy Schestowitz : The kernel, Linux, eventually 'fell into place' because GNU's HURD wasn't quite ready

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Will Likely Meet Goal

Roy Schestowitz : managing to raise money and add many members

2025-12-25

Microsoft Windows May Have Fallen Below 3% "market Share" in Sudan

Roy Schestowitz : Perhaps many "Windows PCs" became GNU/Linux and most new purchases are Android devices, i.e. Linux

Repair Café Foundation Replaces Microsoft Windows With GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz : "They are actively promoting the use of Linux to replace mswin. Definitely a good thing."

GNU/Linux Reaches 4% in Colombia

Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is finally at 4% in Colombia

Calm Year

Roy Schestowitz : Running sites and adding GNU/Linux news (curating stuff) requires calm because better assessment or objective curation would not work if one feels highly emotional

Grav-Mass Today

Roy Schestowitz : Love, passion, and happiness cannot be bought

Don't Forget to Help Animals

Roy Schestowitz : Wild animals depend on visitors

Proprietary Software is Not a Luxury

Roy Schestowitz : Proprietary software is not a Luxury. It is a liability.

Investing One's Hard-Earned Money in Doing the Right Thing

Roy Schestowitz : In life, people must make sacrifices to do what's right and just

The Christmas Day Bird

Roy Schestowitz : This is very unusual

2025-12-26

Unboxing, Detoxing, Adopting Lighter Software

Roy Schestowitz : This site used to use up a lot of RAM when it ran Drupal

Accessing This Site With Browsers That Only Use Megabytes or RAM (Just 10MB or Thereabouts)

Roy Schestowitz : Browser bloat isn't a "third-world" issue

Living Within One's Means

Roy Schestowitz : In a few hours Rianne and I will unwrap boxes

Newer is Not Better, the Case of Bush/Argos/Sainsburys

Roy Schestowitz : The notion that "newer is better" is easily disgraced by such experiences

Free Software Foundation Inc Starts the Year 2026 With Expenses All Covered

Roy Schestowitz : Zoe Kooyman (Executive Director) did well for herself. Huge salary increase.

What Now for the CD Collections...

Roy Schestowitz : pile of crap repackaged as "retro" will never work as reliably as the original those are meant to replace

Norway: GNU/Linux and Android at 28%, Windows 26%

Roy Schestowitz : As of today

Unboxing Day

Roy Schestowitz : The news cycle's old pace won't resume any sooner than Monday or maybe the Monday after that

Americas Left the Office This Week, Vista 11 Usage Has Taken a Plunge

Roy Schestowitz : tracking as many as 2 billion sessions per month

Year of the Horse, Galloping Ahead

Roy Schestowitz : The pace is going up a bit; no more trotting

Milestone Reached on Boxing Day: 4,800 Known Gemini Capsules (Known to Lupa)

Roy Schestowitz : Notice where tuxmachines is at, on top of that milestone

2025-12-27

An Ecosystem's Equilibrium, Balance, Symbiosis

Roy Schestowitz : In hindsight, adding some shells to a fish tank is probably a great idea

Linux Turns 35 Next Year, Its Creator Turns 56 Tomorrow

Roy Schestowitz : The first GNU/Linux distro was built by an ex-colleague of mine

Wooden Horses in the Community

Roy Schestowitz : The community needs to support the originals

2025-12-28

Sharing in Winter

Roy Schestowitz : Now is a very important time to "do your share" and start sharing food, if not in food banks, then at least with wildlife

2025-12-29

Physical Safety

Roy Schestowitz : Physical safety precedes more "petty" aspects such as reputation

Night Bird and the Free Software Metaphor

Roy Schestowitz : people need to become parts of large groups

In Bosnia And Herzegovina, GNU/Linux Rose From 2% to Over 5% in a Few Years

Roy Schestowitz : We wrote about this before

When People Use What They Want (in the US) Only 1 in 10 People Uses Vista 11

Roy Schestowitz : Vista 11 usage falls by about 50%

2025-12-30

How Richard Stallman Describes Animals Eating Another Animal (That's What the Term “Ecosystem” Implies)

Roy Schestowitz : Yesterday while walking around Town we sadly saw not one but two dead birds (just like 'ours'); the latter was being eaten by a crow

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Might Make it to Goal Without Date Extensions

Roy Schestowitz : also got about $900,000 from mystery donors less than a week ago

An Update on Our Appeal

Roy Schestowitz : "Order already followed"

GNU/Linux Rose to 4% in Somalia, Even 7% If One Counts ChromeOS as Well

Roy Schestowitz : what's happening in Somalia when it comes to operating systems?

7 Days Ago US Workers Left the Office Ahead of Christmas Eve, Now Vista 11 is Measured at 7% "Market Share" in the US

Roy Schestowitz : The Incredible Failure of Microsoft Windows

2025-12-31

Just Like That, Another Year Comes to an End

Roy Schestowitz : Time flew by so fast

Birds Are Smart, Smarter Than "Smart Gadgets"

Roy Schestowitz : The most advanced computers and gadgets are still vastly inferior to a wasp

Dominica's Share of GNU/Linux Doubled This Year

Roy Schestowitz : It's not a large country, there are fewer than 100,00 inhabitants in it, but the trends matter

Things to be Thankful for in 2025 (Tux Machines Edition)

Roy Schestowitz : 10 things we are thankful for this year

Tribute to analognowhere

Roy Schestowitz : End-of-year credit to analognowhere

GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in Guatemala as 2025 Ends

Roy Schestowitz : Windows has fallen to new lows

2026-01-01

Gratitude to publicdomainpictures.net

Roy Schestowitz : For those who wonder where we get images for this site from

Burying and Halting Proliferation of Slop Images by Leveraging the Public Domain

Roy Schestowitz : We need to encourage people to reject and steer away from slop images

Good Start for a Good Year

Roy Schestowitz : In terms of activity online, we're doing well so far today

Improving the Site Some More

Roy Schestowitz : Today we're extending the tools we use to run this site

Giving Credit to Public Domain Works

Roy Schestowitz : We're trying to demonstrate what will be attainable with the new workflow

Another 365

Roy Schestowitz : This year will have 365 days in it. In 2028 we'll have 366 days.

Windows Looks Like a Dying Breed in Maharlika

Roy Schestowitz : Maybe there's not much money to be made in this market, but there are many computer users there and Microsoft continues to lose many globally

Firefox is in Trouble

Roy Schestowitz : Firefox has fallen to just 1.6%

Tux Machines Off to a Strong Start

Roy Schestowitz : In January we'll see how long we can keep this going for

Computing Does Not Improve Anymore

Roy Schestowitz : All this "AI" hype is a sign of it

Microsoft Slides in Central Europe, GNU/Linux Adds "Market Share" in 2025

Roy Schestowitz : The same will continue this year

Keeping the Fish Healthy and Happy

Roy Schestowitz : This year was a good year in the fish tank

Does GNU/Linux Attract Smart People or Does GNU/Linux Make People Smarter?

Roy Schestowitz : "Linux is a cult that captures the best-and-brightest kids."

Software Freedom Means Control. Control Means More Than Just Privacy.

Roy Schestowitz : There's a lot more to be lost than one's privacy if someone else controls your computer/computing

Sites About Software... That Build Their Own Software

Roy Schestowitz : They say "build your own tools"

2026-01-02

Red Hat is Vanishing

Roy Schestowitz : Time will tell how much damage IBM is doing

In 2025 Windows "Market Share" in India Fell Below 10%, Says statCounter

Roy Schestowitz : Maybe in 2026 we shall see it falling to 5% territories, more so if many migrate to GNU/Linux (or Android)

Firefox Virtually Dead in India

Roy Schestowitz : If accurate, then Mozilla certainly isn't coming up with a potent strategy

Microsoft LLMs Are Speaking, Spreading Misinformation by Slop About Ken Thompson and Unix

Roy Schestowitz : Ken Thompson can't be happy about this...

No Reboots Since 3 Years Ago

Roy Schestowitz : I was curious to check how many times I rebooted this laptop since purchasing it in February 2022

The People Who Say We Need a Friendlier Community and a Code of Conduct Keep Glamourising Violence

Roy Schestowitz : A "SJW" flair is often used by some of the worst, most antisocial people

Sweden's Move to GNU/Linux: Windows Down to 60%, GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Near 20%

Roy Schestowitz : Windows falling, whereas Chromebooks - probably adopted in schools - as well as "proper" GNU/Linux rising last year

Canada Pivots to GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz : last year the "market share" of GNU/Linux nearly doubled in Canada

New Lows for Windows in Japan

Roy Schestowitz : Last month was a strong month for GNU/Linux there

Happy New Year, statCounter Sees GNU/Linux at 6% in the UK

Roy Schestowitz : more sessions from the UK (over the Web) come from GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux Grew in Italy, Now Measured at 7% (Not Counting Chromebooks)

Roy Schestowitz : Let's hope the rest of the year will look like this

Big Gains for GNU/Linux in Spain This Year

Roy Schestowitz : Will it stay this way the rest of the year?

Mozilla Firefox's Japanese Volunteers Gave Up, Not Hard to See What Led Them to That (Slop Was the Last Straw)

Roy Schestowitz : In Japan, Korea, and China Firefox is reduced to almost nothing

Letting Go and Another Attack on Richard Stallman (RMS)

Roy Schestowitz : Richard Stallman (RMS) is apparently under attack again

2026-01-03

GNU/Linux up to 7% in Turkey

Roy Schestowitz : When adding up mobile platforms Windows is well below 20% of the whole

First Weekend of the Year

Roy Schestowitz : Richard Stallman's (RMS) talk coming soon

No "Google Killer": Bing Has Only Lost Share in Europe Since Microsoft's ChatGPT Hype

Roy Schestowitz : And Yandex has nearly caught up with Microsoft

GNU/Linux Hits 6% in The Netherlands in 2026

Roy Schestowitz : The neighbouring Belgium sees the same thing

Happy New Year, She's Back

Roy Schestowitz : When you start naming animals it becomes more painful to lose (or lose track) of them

GNU/Linux Leaps to All-Time High in Taiwan This Year

Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is measured similarly in Hong Kong

2026-01-04

Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in Cuba This Year

Roy Schestowitz : We can suppose that for political reasons more of the same will be seen ahead

GNU/Linux Rising in Egypt

Roy Schestowitz : What is the "tech trend" in Egypt? Well, not Microsoft it seems...

Iran's GNU/Linux Usage Measured at All-Time High in 2026

Roy Schestowitz : Protests in the country aside, will it seek technological independence?

Tux Machines Has Changed, This Year It'll Turn 22

Roy Schestowitz : Tux Machines is changing and it'll produce more original material, aside from curated news links

GNU/Linux Rises to 5% "Market Share" in Afghanistan

Roy Schestowitz : Android also rose, leaving Microsoft in a tough place

Australia in 2026: New High for GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz : Let's see if that's sustainable this year