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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 16, 2024

Why I should be running Debian unstable right now
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Daniel Cantarín's Response to Alexandre Oliva's Talk on Achieving Software Freedom in the Age of Platform Decay

↺ Daniel Cantarín's Response to Alexandre Oliva's Talk on Achieving Software Freedom in the Age of Platform Decay

Soylent News caught up with the series

"Microsoft is a Sponsor of The New Stack."

↺ "Microsoft is a Sponsor of The New Stack."

Many articles turn out to be just ads

Over at Tux Machines...

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GNU/Linux news for the past day

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To Understand Cisco's Mass Layoffs Look at the Company's Soaring Debt (Same at Microsoft)

↺ To Understand Cisco's Mass Layoffs Look at the Company's Soaring Debt (Same at Microsoft)

Look what's happening to Intel - down almost 60% since the start of the year, 57% to be precise

Windows Flying Low at 25%

↺ Windows Flying Low at 25%

It's another all-time low

[Meme] Long Texts You Never Bother Reading (Because Life is Too Short, Unlike Those Texts)

↺ [Meme] Long Texts You Never Bother Reading (Because Life is Too Short, Unlike Those Texts)

The devil is in the terms of service

Links 15/08/2024: Monkeypox Hysteria and Modern Homesteaders Living Off the Grid

↺ Links 15/08/2024: Monkeypox Hysteria and Modern Homesteaders Living Off the Grid

Links for the day

Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Confession of a Convention Game Master and Some Release nostalgia

↺ Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Confession of a Convention Game Master and Some Release nostalgia

Links for the day

Congratulations to Romania, Where Windows is Now "Minority Market Share" Platform

↺ Congratulations to Romania, Where Windows is Now "Minority Market Share" Platform

Time will tell if GNU/Linux can pass 5% on the desktop/laptop "form factor" there

Why It Matters That 4,000 Gemini Capsules Are Known to Lupa and Why Gemini Protocol Matters to Us

↺ Why It Matters That 4,000 Gemini Capsules Are Known to Lupa and Why Gemini Protocol Matters to Us

I have no doubt Gemini Protocol will continue to expand because it solves a real problem

Links 15/08/2024: Avast Surveillance Scandal Unsolved and Facebook Still Censors Terror Sympathisers

↺ Links 15/08/2024: Avast Surveillance Scandal Unsolved and Facebook Still Censors Terror Sympathisers

Links for the day

4,000 Gemini Capsules

↺ 4,000 Gemini Capsules

it's basically one capsule short of 4,000

New Highs for Android in Russia, But It's Reportedly Working on Its Own Linux-Based Operating Systems (GAFAM-Free)

↺ New Highs for Android in Russia, But It's Reportedly Working on Its Own Linux-Based Operating Systems (GAFAM-Free)

statCounter isn't equipped to properly parse user agents or to keep up

Upcoming Series: Terms of Service (TOS) Under the Microscope, FSF Party, GitHub Scandals, Clowns, and More

↺ Upcoming Series: Terms of Service (TOS) Under the Microscope, FSF Party, GitHub Scandals, Clowns, and More

Right now we have way more material than we have time to cover. But that's a good thing.

Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Lies of Therapy and Web Applications

↺ Gemini Links 15/08/2024: Lies of Therapy and Web Applications

Links for the day

Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 5 - When Richard Stallman Came to Argentina

↺ Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 5 - When Richard Stallman Came to Argentina

It might seem a bit harsh, but a discussion at the end of this series will tie things together and explain why those things were said

IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

IRC logs for Wednesday, August 14, 2024The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-08-09 to 2024-08-151235 /n/2024/08/10/Reminder_A_Few_Days_Before_Julian_Assange_Was_Kidnapped_the_Sta.shtml 1019 /n/2024/08/10/It_Has_Now_Been_3_Years_Since_Wikileaks_Last_Added_a_New_Leak_t.shtml 909 /n/2024/08/11/Wikileaks_Editor_Kristinn_Hrafnsson_on_Donald_Trump_Attempting_.shtml 756 /n/2024/08/09/Microsoft_s_Aeva_Black_Resigns_From_Board_of_the_OSI_But_OSI_Re.shtml

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