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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 17, 2024

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Inclusion of Dissent and Diversity of Views (Opinions, Interpretations, Scenarios)

Stand for freedom of expression as much as you insist on software freedom

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GNU/Linux Continues to Get More Prevalent Worldwide (Also on the Desktop)

Desktops (or laptops) aren't everything, but...

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Links 16/04/2024: Levente "anthraxx" Polyák as Arch Linux 2024 Leader, openSUSE Leap Micro 6 Now Alpha, Facebook Blocking News

Links for the day

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Examining Code of Conduct violations

Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship

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Ruben Schade's Story Shows the Toxicity of Social Control Media, Not GNU/Linux

The issue here is Social Control Media [sic], which unlike the media rewards people for brigading otherwise OK or reasonable people

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Upgrading IRCd

We use the latest Debian BTW

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The Free Software Community is Under Attack (Waged Mostly by Lawyers, Not Developers)

Licensing and legalese may seem "boring" or "complicated" (depending on where one stands w.r.t. development), but it matters a great deal

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Grasping at Straws in IBM (Red Hat Layoff Rumours in 2024)

researching rumours around Red Hat layoffs

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Who is a real Debian Developer?

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

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Links 16/04/2024: Many More Layoffs, Broadcom/VMware Probed (Antitrust)

Links for the day

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Links 16/04/2024: Second Sunday After Easter and "Re-inventing the Wheel"

Links for the day

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Where is the copyright notice and license for Debian GNU/Linux itself?

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

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Halász Dávid & IBM Red Hat, OSCAL, Albania dating

Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship

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Next Week Marks a Year Since Red Hat Mass Layoffs, Another Round Would be "Consistent With Other Layoffs at IBM."

"From anon: Global D&;I team has been cut in half."

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Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

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IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 15, 2024

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