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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 26, 2024

Stable kernels: Linux 6.9.2, Linux 6.8.11, Linux 6.6.32, Linux 6.1.92, Linux 5.15.160, Linux 5.10.218, Linux 5.4.277 and Linux 4.19.315
Shows: Hackaday Podcast and The Linux Link Tech Show
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Forget About India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons and Armament Race, They Need to Abscond Windows and Microsoft (Security Swiss Cheese)

↺ Forget About India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons and Armament Race, They Need to Abscond Windows and Microsoft (Security Swiss Cheese)

Both countries would be wise to remove Windows as soon as possible, irrespective of the local party politics

statCounter: GNU/Linux Rose From 0.2% to Over 3% in Pakistan

↺ statCounter: GNU/Linux Rose From 0.2% to Over 3% in Pakistan

GNU/Linux "proper" (i.e. not ChromeOS) has the lion's share

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Links 25/05/2024: Microsoft Adds More DRM (Screenshot Blocking), Another Microsoft Outage Takes Down Everything

↺ Links 25/05/2024: Microsoft Adds More DRM (Screenshot Blocking), Another Microsoft Outage Takes Down Everything

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Gemini Links 25/05/2024: "Bill Smugs" and OpenBSD Mirror Over Tor / I2P

↺ Gemini Links 25/05/2024: "Bill Smugs" and OpenBSD Mirror Over Tor / I2P

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Microsoft #1 in Gaming Layoffs, Laid Off Workers Receive Another Insult From Microsoft

↺ Microsoft #1 in Gaming Layoffs, Laid Off Workers Receive Another Insult From Microsoft

Many of them never chose to work for Microsoft

In New Caledonia Windows is Now Below 30% (It Used to be Over 90%)

↺ In New Caledonia Windows is Now Below 30% (It Used to be Over 90%)

Microsoft's Windows absolutely collapsing and the measures are relatively stable

Red tape: farmer concerns eerily similar to Debian suicide cluster deaths

↺ Red tape: farmer concerns eerily similar to Debian suicide cluster deaths

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

Galway street artists support social media concerns

↺ Galway street artists support social media concerns

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

Links 25/05/2024: Section 230 and Right of Publicity Violations by Microsoft (Which Attacks Performance Artists)

↺ Links 25/05/2024: Section 230 and Right of Publicity Violations by Microsoft (Which Attacks Performance Artists)

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[Meme] No Microsoft

↺ [Meme] No Microsoft

For fun!

Microsoft Windows Falls to New Lows in Poland

↺ Microsoft Windows Falls to New Lows in Poland

It may mean people delete Windows from relatively new PC

A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: An Introduction

↺ A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: An Introduction

The campaign of coercion (or worse) started in 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Getting Stacked by Microsoft

↺ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Getting Stacked by Microsoft

it lets Microsoft write policies

The Parasitic Nature of Microsoft Contracts

↺ The Parasitic Nature of Microsoft Contracts

Stop feeding the beast

Gemini Links 25/05/2024: Emacs Windows 2000 Screenshots and Little Languages

↺ Gemini Links 25/05/2024: Emacs Windows 2000 Screenshots and Little Languages

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Over at Tux Machines...

↺ Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 24, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 24, 2024

IRC logs for Friday, May 24, 2024The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-05-19 to 2024-05-252693 /n/2024/05/20/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Has_Resorted_to_Plagiari.shtml 1976 /n/2024/05/17/Microsoft_Connected_Sites_Trying_to_Shift_Attention_Away_From_M.shtml 1520 /n/2024/05/23/The_Rumour_Said_Later_Today_Red_Hat_IBM_Might_Announce_Layoffs.shtml 1201 /n/2024/05/24/Getting_a_Thank_You_From_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Will_.shtml

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