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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 25, 2024

Valve and Steam: The Latest
Security Leftovers
↺ Tourist boat at the sea in Turkey

Updated This Past Day

Microsoft GitHub is Losing Loads of Money, Has Loads of Layoffs, Shuts Down Whole Offices, and Is a Proprietary Bubble

↺ Microsoft GitHub is Losing Loads of Money, Has Loads of Layoffs, Shuts Down Whole Offices, and Is a Proprietary Bubble

GitHub represents the attack on FOSS, it is not FOSS

Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part II - Forced Arbitration in TOS

↺ Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part II - Forced Arbitration in TOS

We're going to deal both with issues and examples

New

[Meme] Still Waiting for a Statement From Red Hat (IBM) About 'Secure Boot' Looking Out (or Zapping) Dual Boots

↺ [Meme] Still Waiting for a Statement From Red Hat (IBM) About 'Secure Boot' Looking Out (or Zapping) Dual Boots

It was all along more like a Microsoft "kill switch"

GNU/Linux in Russian Federation Since Invasion of Ukraine

↺ GNU/Linux in Russian Federation Since Invasion of Ukraine

Up by over 1%

RealPage Should be Put Out of Business, Not Penalised

↺ RealPage Should be Put Out of Business, Not Penalised

"There were also some monopoly articles about RealPage's algorithms"

Only Fools Still Use "Twitter" (Which is Dead; It's Called "X", Officially Controlled by Dictators Who X-ecute Their Critics)

↺ Only Fools Still Use "Twitter" (Which is Dead; It's Called "X", Officially Controlled by Dictators Who X-ecute Their Critics)

It has been like this for nearly a decade

Almost 10 Press Releases or Press Articles About the Shiny New Release of LibreOffice 24.8, Which Now Does Better Encryption of ODF Files

↺ Almost 10 Press Releases or Press Articles About the Shiny New Release of LibreOffice 24.8, Which Now Does Better Encryption of ODF Files

ODF is an open standard

Links 24/08/2024: Ukraine Diplomacy and Transport Strikes

↺ Links 24/08/2024: Ukraine Diplomacy and Transport Strikes

Links for the day

Gemini Links 24/08/2024: US Democracy and Touchscreen Woes

↺ Gemini Links 24/08/2024: US Democracy and Touchscreen Woes

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A Forest of Slop: What the Web is Becoming, Even for 'Linux' News

↺ A Forest of Slop: What the Web is Becoming, Even for 'Linux' News

What will be left of the Web if more sites do this?

Links 24/08/2024: Deepfake and Declines in Media Freedom

↺ Links 24/08/2024: Deepfake and Declines in Media Freedom

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Links 24/08/2024: Ukraine Updates, Wildfires, Protests

↺ Links 24/08/2024: Ukraine Updates, Wildfires, Protests

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Gemini Links 24/08/2024: Photos and Summer Recap at WPN

↺ Gemini Links 24/08/2024: Photos and Summer Recap at WPN

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Over at Tux Machines...

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IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 23, 2024

↺ IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 23, 2024

IRC logs for Friday, August 23, 2024The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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