IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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02:33 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-210322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-210322.txt
02:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 21, 2022
02:34 TR News; Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-210322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-210322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-210322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-210322.txt
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02:35 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-210322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-210322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-210322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-210322.txt
02:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 21, 2022
02:36 TR News; Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-210322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-210322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-210322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-210322.txt
02:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 21, 2022
02:48 TR News; Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2022-03-21.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2022-03-21.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
02:51 TR News; "Today I saw a back link to my Gemini capsule from Gophersphere. It somehow natural, but we don't have a proper instrumentation to detect that. ;-)" gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi
02:52 TR News; Types are useful gemini://idiomdrottning.org/types-are-useful
02:52 TR News; GNOME 41.5 Released as a Bugfix Update for the GNOME 41 Desktop Series Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162813
02:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNOME 41.5 Released as a Bugfix Update for the GNOME 41 Desktop Series | Tux Machines
3 AM, March 22
03:10 TR News; Keeping Debian Healthy as It Enters Its 30th Anniversary | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/
03:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Keeping Debian Healthy as It Enters Its 30th Anniversary | Techrights
03:12 TR News; Like this is what should matter in an OS these days. "Dark mode", icons, emojis... https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-custom-icons-android-apps/
03:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Set Custom Icons for Your Android Apps - Make Tech Easier
03:13 TR News; 270: System76 Interview with Emma Marshall - Destination Linux https://destinationlinux.org/episode-270/
03:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-destinationlinux.org | 270: System76 Interview with Emma Marshall - Destination Linux
03:13 TR News; "We discuss whether computing become less interesting as performance and abstraction have increased over the years. Plus our discoveries including two way radios, synths, HTML from colourful terminal output, and a personal wiki for Vim." https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-169/
03:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-latenightlinux.com | Late Night Linux Episode 169 Late Night Linux
03:15 TR News; Gunnar Wolf: Long, long, long live Emacs after 39 years http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162800#comment-33145
03:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 20+ years of Emacs | Tux Machines
03:17 TR News; 60 Parsecs! gets a small update to improve Steam Deck support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/60-parsecs-gets-a-small-update-to-improve-steam-deck-support
03:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-60 Parsecs! gets a small update to improve Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux
03:18 TR News; "I use flameshot for my screenshots which has built in annotation tools but if you want a stand alone solution that's much simpler than GIMP, look no further than annotator" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iX-NKceEuqM
03:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Flameshot Not For You? Try Out Annotator Instead! - Invidious
03:18 TR News; GDC 2022: Cloud gaming powered by Anbox Cloud | Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/gdc-2022-cloud-gaming-powered-by-anbox-cloud
03:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GDC 2022: Cloud gaming powered by Anbox Cloud | Ubuntu
03:20 TR News; "Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 727 for the week of March 13 19, 2022." https://ubuntu-news.org/2022/03/21/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-727/
03:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntu-news.org | Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 727
03:21 TR News; Clown. Outsourcing. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/general_dynamics_cloud/
03:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | General Dynamics awarded $4.5bn NGA hybrid cloud contract The Register
03:22 TR News; "Russia labels Meta an extremist organization, outlawing Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp is exempt from the ruling, because it doesnt have a public information sharing function." https://www.accessnow.org/digital-rights-ukraine-russia-conflict/
03:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Updates: Digital rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict - Access Now
03:22 TR News; Games: GoG, Office Management 101, Steam, and GDC Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162814
03:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: GoG, Office Management 101, Steam, and GDC | Tux Machines
03:23 TR News; Josh Simmons is out. From OSI. That's good. https://opensource.org/blog/2022-osi-board-election-results see http://techrights.org/2021/06/01/wikipedia-osi/
03:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | 2022 OSI Board Election Results | Open Source Initiative | Guaranteeing the 'our' in source...
03:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Libel Initiative: OSI President Falsely Insinuates OSI Critics Are Homophobic and Requests Censorship of Wikipedia (for OSI) | Techrights
03:29 TR News; MassOS GNU/Linux 2022.02.2 Quick overview #Shorts - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XKBLxzFan4o
03:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | MassOS GNU/Linux 2022.02.2 Quick overview #Shorts - Invidious
03:33 TR News; Those messages should say, "MOVE TO GNU/LINUX" https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/win_11_hardware_requirements_nagware/
03:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Win 11 adds hardware 'requirements not met' nag for Insiders The Register
03:33 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162815
03:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
03:34 TR News; Debian is turning 30 (in September next year) and it needs to change direction in order to attract volunteers like it did back in the 1990s http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/debian-errors/
03:38 TR News; "It was a while since I last spoke Swedish on a podcast. I joined the friendly hosts of the Trevlig Mjukvara (translates to something like Nice Software) podcast and we talked software development, open source, curl, Mozilla and a few other topics for an hour. I had a great time." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/22/trevlig-mjukvara/
03:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trevlig Mjukvara | daniel.haxx.se
03:42 TR News; The First Alpha of Asahi Linux is Available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33147
03:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines
03:46 TR News; "From designers to writers, multi-media producers and moreif you perform creative work on a computer theres a good chance you can find a browser extension to improve your process. Heres a mix of practical Firefox extensions for a wide spectrum of creative uses" https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/firefox-extensions-for-creatives/
03:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-addons.mozilla.org | Firefox extensions for creatives - Firefox Add-ons Blog
03:47 TR News; Migrating From irssi to weechat Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162816
03:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Migrating From irssi to weechat | Tux Machines
03:47 TR News; Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: MassOS, Flameshot, Late Night Linux, and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162817
03:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: MassOS, Flameshot, Late Night Linux, and More | Tux Machines
03:48 TR News; Partly a waste of CPU cycles https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/how-fuzzing-can-make-your-open-source-project-more-secure-and-reliable/
03:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developer.ibm.com | How fuzzing can make your open-source project more secure and reliable IBM Developer
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03:50 TR News; Microsoft ships malware, media blames "open source" https://quickfix.es/2022/03/breaking-open-source-not-to-blame-in-node-ipc-debacle/
03:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-quickfix.es | Breaking: Open Source not to Blame in node-ipc Debacle Quick Fixes
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03:52 TR News; Linux Kernel 5.17 Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162775#comment-33148
03:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux Kernel 5.17 Officially Released, This Is Whats New | Tux Machines
4 AM, March 22
04:04 TR News; Join the EPO Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/
04:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Join the EPO Strike | Techrights
04:05 TR News; #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 21, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext
04:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Bulletin Archives
04:05 TR News; #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing
04:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Full IPFS Index
04:10 TR News; Pretty much all Apple Clown disservices went down today. Apple had no comment. - BaronHKs Rants https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/pretty-much-all-apple-clown-disservices-went-down-today-apple-had-no-comment/
04:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-baronhk.wordpress.com | Pretty much all Apple Clown disservices went down today. Apple had no comment. BaronHK's Rants
04:12 TR News; The high hidden cost of version inflation https://miketaylr.com/posts/2022/03/chrome-100-breakage-playbook.html
04:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-miketaylr.com | Chrome 100 Breakage Playbook
04:13 TR News; You do not need blockchains for this https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-startups-digital-identity-solution-made-available-to-50000-zimbabwean-patients/
04:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.bitcoin.com | Blockchain Startup's Digital Identity Solution Made Available to 50,000 Zimbabwean Patients Technology Bitcoin News
04:13 TR News; Proprietary Software Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162818
04:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Software Leftovers | Tux Machines
04:17 TR News; Mozilla: Version Inflation, Extensions, and DRM Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162819
04:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Mozilla: Version Inflation, Extensions, and DRM | Tux Machines
04:20 TR News; There's finally a Linux distro with native support for Apple's M1 series http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33149
04:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines
04:21 TR News; Why its easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162820
04:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Why its easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit | Tux Machines
04:21 TR News; Facts vs Feelings - Open Source Security Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162821
04:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Facts vs Feelings - Open Source Security | Tux Machines
04:21 TR News; We look back at a busy day (yesterday) of conflict and messy affairs; corruption at the EPO has reached the point of meltdown http://techrights.org/2022/03/21/joining-epo-strike-2022/
04:40 TR News; "Testing EasyOS 3.4.3, forum member BologneChe reported that the Xorg synaptics driver has not loaded." https://bkhome.org/news/202203/kernel-51516-touchpad-does-not-work.html
04:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Kernel 5.15.16 touchpad does not work
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5 AM, March 22
05:02 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162822
05:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
05:02 TR News; Glorious Day for Rights of European Workers | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/
05:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Glorious Day for Rights of European Workers | Techrights
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05:04 TR News; Inject DB connections in Golang gRPC API https://fale.io/blog/2022/03/21/inject-db-connections-in-golang-grpc-api
05:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fale.io | NO TITLE
05:04 TR News; "What is gem-compare, you ask? gem-compare is a RubyGems plugin that can compare gem versions. I originally created it to vet new gem versions I packaged for Fedora, but its useful for all kinds of tasks." https://nts.strzibny.name/gem-compare-1.0/
05:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nts.strzibny.name | gem-compare goes 1.0
05:07 TR News; 6 Universal Readable Code Tricks To Improve Your Coding Skills https://python.land/readable-code
05:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-python.land | 6 Universal Readable Code Tricks To Improve Your Coding Skills Python Land Blog
05:09 TR News; Vortex86 CPUs gain new life with Linux kernel detection and a 3.5-inch SBC Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162823
05:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Vortex86 CPUs gain new life with Linux kernel detection and a 3.5-inch SBC | Tux Machines
05:11 TR News; When corporations wish to 'cancel' you it does NOT matter how "PROFESSIONAL" you try to seem to appease them. It won't work. They'll distort and make things up over and over again until they get their way.
05:11 TR News; Samba 4.16.0 Available for Download Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162824
05:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Samba 4.16.0 Available for Download | Tux Machines
05:13 TR News; Ignore all this money I get from companies I write about, says the 'analyst'. "AWS, Hasura, Heroku (Salesforce) and MongoDB are RedMonk customers. Netlify, Prisma and Vercel are not currently customers." https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2022/03/21/vertical-integration/
05:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-redmonk.com | Vertical Integration: The Collision of App Platforms and Database tecosystems
05:14 TR News; SUSE's latest marketing fluff, citing Microsoft proxy Accenture, which viciously attacks GNU/Linux https://www.suse.com/c/banks-must-embrace-customer-centric-reinvention-today/
05:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Banks Must Embrace Customer-Centric Reinvention Today | SUSE Communities
05:14 TR News; "Combining faces at various view angles and a consistent light setup and different facial expression (all from imagination) is really difficult. I often struggle about the close-up panel on the comic, especially during dialog scene that require this consistency of characters and shaders/light." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article901/painting-studies
05:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Painting studies - David Revoy
05:15 TR News; Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: wiring, code and calibrating with MicroPython https://peppe8o.com/capacitive-soil-moisture-sensor-with-raspberry-pi-pico-wiring-code-and-calibrating-with-micropython/
05:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: wiring, code and calibrating with MicroPython
05:16 TR News; More than A Phone: How Purism Advocates Digital Security – Purism <p><img src="" border="0" align="left" width="160" hspace="20" vspace="20" style="padding: 17px 17px 17px 17px; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #222;" /> <p class="dropcap-first"> <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/purism-digital-security/"><img src="/files/read-on-white.png" alt="Read more" title="Read the rest of this article" /></a>
05:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-puri.sm | More than A Phone: How Purism Advocates Digital Security Purism
05:17 TR News; "PureOS: A Debian-based 100% free software truly convergent operating system developed and maintained by Purism. It is an Operating System that is not based on Android or iOS. Purisms PureOS was also where all the development occurred for what we later pushed into GNOME" https://puri.sm/posts/purism-digital-security/
05:17 TR News; Workers of the EPO will stay out; they have more important things to do as priorities have shifted. Dont be a scab. Join the colleagues actions. http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-day-of-strike/
05:26 TR News; Programming Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162825
05:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines
05:27 TR News; Josh Simmons, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Italo Vignoli Out of OSI Board, ASF Board Update Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162826
05:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Josh Simmons, Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Italo Vignoli Out of OSI Board, ASF Board Update | Tux Machines
05:27 TR News; Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162827
05:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers | Tux Machines
05:29 TR News; Links 22/3/2022: Samba 4.16.0 and EPO Strike Day | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/samba-4-16-0/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/samba-4-16-0/
05:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: Samba 4.16.0 and EPO Strike Day | Techrights
05:29 TR News; IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162828
05:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines
05:31 TR News; Techrights is weaning itself off a dying SSD (my main laptop). Might slow down publication as we evacuate data to safer storage devices. Thanks for the understanding....
05:33 TR News; "I'm still mulling over how I can balance my desire to contribute positively to this digital community with my entrenched reticence to share anything whatsoever about what I do, say, or think with anyone anywhere, at any time." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/854
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6 AM, March 22
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06:41 TR News; "Unlike applications or e-books, the experience of using the Web is not confined to content provided by one vendor." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-origin/
06:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-educatedguesswork.org | Understanding The Web Security Model, Part III: Basic Principles and the Origin Concept
06:41 TR News; "I know I keep making this point, but it really can't be overemphasizedas long as the data sent to the client is valid HTML, the browser doesn't care how it was generated." https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/web-security-model-intro2/
06:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-educatedguesswork.org | Understanding The Web Security Model, Part II: Web Applications
06:42 TR News; "The advice to use strong types or to put units in names is not limited to variables and function arguments" https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2022/03/20/please-put-units-in-names
06:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ruudvanasseldonk.com | Please put units in names
06:43 TR News; Colonialism returns. "Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said foreign equity restrictions would be "eased out" in several sectors, including telecommunications, shipping, airlines, railway and subways." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1884872.html
06:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Boost to virus-hit economy: Philippines allows foreign ownership of telcos, airlines
06:43 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599072-white-house-warns-russia-prepping-possible-cyberattacks-on-us
06:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-White House warns Russia prepping possible cyberattacks against US | TheHill
06:44 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599118-biden-asks-top-ceos-to-invest-in-combating-potential-cyberattacks
06:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Biden tells CEOs they have 'patriotic obligation' to guard against Russian cyberattacks | TheHill
06:44 TR News; "The outage impacted some apps and people differently. In some cases, an app like the App Store would load but would hang or wouldnt let you download an app." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-services-are-users-rcna20911
06:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Apple services are down for some users
06:44 TR News; "Microsoft has not made any categorical denial of the claim that its Azure DevOps servers were breached and data stolen." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/first-samsung-breach,-now-microsoft-lapsus$-makes-bold-claim.html"
06:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - First Samsung breach, now Microsoft: Lapsus$ makes bold claim
06:45 TR News; "The South American-based data extortion hacking group Lapsus$ has allegedly gained access to Microsoft's Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data from the company." https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-may-be-the-latest-victim-of-lapsusdollar
06:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft may be the latest victim of Lapsus$ | TechRadar
9 AM, March 22
09:31 TR News; "And while sales figures are hard to come by, one report said that global purchases of dumbphones were due to hit one billion units last year, up from 400 million in 2019." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60763168
09:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones' - BBC News
09:31 TR News; ">Scott Johnston who worked on the team that helped plan the Ellipse rally says thats just not so." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jan6-trump-mark-meadows-capitol-attack-republicans-1324218/
09:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Helped Plan Jan. 6 March -- Source - Rolling Stone
09:32 TR News; "Due to this unprecedented and unstoppable rise in urbanization, the worlds use of sand has tripled within the last two decades at around 40 to 50 billion tonnes of sand consumed yearly" https://interestingengineering.com/video/world-sand-shortage
09:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | The world is actually running out of sand. Here's how.
09:34 TR News; "Rubber producers are facing climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, a destructive fungus and the fight for shipping containers." https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/why-the-u-s-is-running-out-of-everything/
09:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbcafrica.com | Why The U.S. Is Running Out Of Everything - CNBC Africa
09:34 TR News; KeePassXC 2.7 Password Manager Released with Major Changes, Heres Whats New Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162829
09:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | KeePassXC 2.7 Password Manager Released with Major Changes, Heres Whats New | Tux Machines
09:34 TR News; Ubuntu Users Receive a New Major Linux Kernel Update, 22 Security Flaws Patched Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162830
09:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu Users Receive a New Major Linux Kernel Update, 22 Security Flaws Patched | Tux Machines
09:36 TR News; The real risks of investing in cryptocurrencies [sic] https://www.parisbeacon.com/64005/
09:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.parisbeacon.com | The real risks of investing in cryptocurrencies - Paris Beacon News
09:36 TR News; "Bitcoin mining is currently estimated to account for about 0.5% of global electricity consumption" https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news-list/2783-bitcoin-is-a-pollution-creating-mess
09:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arcticportal.org | Bitcoin is a pollution-creating mess - Arctic Portal
09:37 TR News; "The power consumption of cryptocurrencies is a contentious subject." https://singularityhub.com/2022/03/07/bitcoins-carbon-emissions-are-rising-after-chinas-crypto-ban/
09:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-singularityhub.com | Bitcoin's Carbon Emissions Are Rising After China's Crypto Ban
09:38 TR News; "A team of researchers from the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany has found that as Bitcoin miners have moved from China to the U.S. and other countries" https://phys.org/news/2022-02-bitcoin-carbon-emissions-countries.html
09:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-phys.org | Bitcoin carbon emissions rise as mining moves to US and other countries
09:49 TR News; IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 21, 2022 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/irc-log-210322/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/irc-log-210322/
09:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 21, 2022 | Techrights
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10:00 TR News; Can't argue with Vlad on this one... https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1885004.html
10:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Social media crackdown: Russia bans Instagram and Facebook as 'extremist'
10:01 TR News; Social control media = cesspool, very seldom information https://thehill.com/policy/international/599079-facebook-failed-to-detect-hate-speech-against-rohingya-report-finds
10:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Facebook failed to detect hate speech against Rohingya, report finds | TheHill
10:01 TR News; Social control media is an accelerator of conflict.
10:02 TR News; "Multiple social media posts purport to show a photo of a Ukrainian farmer stealing a Russian rocket." https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1885225.html Social control media = Misinformation/Disinformation
10:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Fact Check: This is an old NASA photo doctored to add a tractor
10:03 TR News; "The video was released on YouTube just hours after Downing Street accused Vladimir Putins Russia of hoaxing the Defence Secretary and Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, through impostors" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/21/russia-releases-video-ben-wallace-supporting-ukraines-nuclear/
10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telegraph.co.uk | Watch: Russia releases hoax video of Ben Wallace discussing Ukraines nuclear ambitions
10:03 TR News; Now the Islamic Republic of United Kingdom must release Julian Assange (to show it's better than Iran) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/19/exclusive-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-spends-first-days-reunited/
10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telegraph.co.uk | Exclusive: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spends first days reunited with family at Chancellors Georgian mansion
10:04 TR News; "According to prosecutors, he was working out in the prison gym when Franck Elong Ab, 35, a former jihadist serving time for terror offences, allegedly launched his attack." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60830052
10:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yvan Colonna: Corsican nationalist dies after jihadist jail attack - BBC News
10:04 TR News; GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831
10:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs | Tux Machines
10:08 TR News; "Ferrell hoped her experience organizing a campaign against book challenges might be instructive to others who similarly oppose what she views as a politically-driven campaign" https://text.npr.org/1087000890
10:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs
10:10 TR News; TWITTER: NO HUMOUR HERE!! Go urge people to KILL A RUSSIAN instead!! That's better for ENGAGEMENT. https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/babylon-bee-editor-we-refuse-to-bow-to-twitters-censorship-of-a-joke/
10:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Babylon Bee editor: We refuse to bow to Twitter's censorship of a joke
10:11 TR News; Apple products: shits in white plastics. DRM: "Unlike all of Apples other M1-powered computers, the Mac Studios storage isnt soldered onto the mainboard" https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989226/apple-mac-studios-removable-ssd-blocked-software-replacement
10:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The Mac Studios removable SSD is reportedly blocked by Apple on a software level - The Verge
10:12 TR News; "Ians Take: After Apples announcement that they were going to allow users to repair their iPhones with genuine Apple parts, I had hoped that Apple would allow upgradeability." https://appletrack.com/the-mac-studios-upgradability-has-been-locked-in-software/
10:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New video shows Mac Studio is upgradable (but Apple blocked it in software) - AppleTrack
10:12 TR News; There's no such thing as "unsupported PC" so just move to GNU/Linux and help save the planet, too https://www.pcworld.com/article/624957/running-windows-11-on-an-unsupported-pc-get-ready-for-a-desktop-watermark.html
10:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Running Windows 11 on an unsupported PC? Get ready for a desktop watermark | PCWorld
10:24 TR News; Court Says Non-Open 'Open Source' Code is False Advertising - SoylentNews https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/03/19/1546209 while OSI advertises proprietary Microsoft/GitHub as open!! What an OWN goal.
10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Court Says Non-Open 'Open Source' Code is False Advertising - SoylentNews
10:24 TR News; Humour not allowed in Twitter https://www.mediaite.com/online/were-not-deleting-anything-babylon-bee-defiant-after-twitter-locks-their-account-for-tweet-calling-rachel-levine-man-of-the-year/
10:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mediaite.com | Babylon Bee Defiant After Twitter Suspends Their Account
10:26 TR News; When Microsoft SHIPS MALWARE they blame "Open Source"; When PROPRIETARY Windows has issue guess what takes the blame... https://itwire.com/security/proofpoint-claims-attack-using-open-source-installer-to-target-windows.html
10:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - Proofpoint claims attack using open-source installer to target Windows
10:28 TR News; And what it he did this about Trump? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/video-shows-teacher-leading-preschoolers-anti-biden-chant-83588448
10:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.go.com | Video shows teacher leading preschoolers in anti-Biden chant - ABC News
10:29 TR News; When the whole country is based on oilfields https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599065-us-transfers-patriot-missiles-to-saudi-arabia
10:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US transfers Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia | TheHill
10:29 TR News; The republic of aramco https://www.economist.com/business/why-saudi-aramco-could-be-eclipsed-by-its-qatari-nemesis/21808310
10:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Saudi Aramco could be eclipsed by its Qatari nemesis | The Economist
10:30 TR News; This was shipped by Microsoft; stop blaming "open source" when Microsoft sends malware around https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989339/protestware-attacks-russia-sberbank-open-source
10:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | After protestware attacks, a Russian bank has advised clients to stop updating software - The Verge
10:31 TR News; More censorship https://www.kadn.com/news/community-members-fighting-back-against-censorship/article_a6b72b56-a983-11ec-b55a-87e4bf6b42ce.html
10:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Community Members Fighting Back Against Censorship | News | kadn.com
10:32 TR News; Gulag has already hung up on mariupol https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-rejects-russian-ultimatum-to-surrender-mariupol-/6494010.html see http://techrights.org/2022/03/10/donetsk-and-gulag-or-google-now-bans-parts-of-ukraine-for-being-invaded-by-russia/
10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Pentagon: 'Clear Evidence' of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
10:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | When Sanctions Go Toxic: Google, Co-Founded by Moscovite, Agrees With Moscow and Recognises Mariupol (Ukraine) as a Part of Russia | Techrights
10:34 TR News; "Well also discuss how computer education can help create the next generation of makers and builders that we need to solve some of societys biggest problems." EFF still pretending to support hacker culture? It is ATTACKING it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/podcast-episode-hack-future
10:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Podcast Episode: Hack to the Future | Electronic Frontier Foundation
10:36 TR News; Hacking Justice: Julian Assange https://dontextraditeassange.com/events/hacking-justice-julian-assange-film-screening-and-qa/
10:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dontextraditeassange.com | Hacking Justice: Julian Assange - Film Screening and Q&A - Don't Extradite Assange
10:44 TR News; Maybe EFF should also tell people to ban/boycott DuckDuckGo (Microsoft proxy, spying) instead of shilling it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising
10:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Ban Online Behavioral Advertising | Electronic Frontier Foundation
10:45 TR News; Dying country, dead culture https://truthout.org/articles/pro-trump-group-sent-armed-members-to-colorado-voters-doors-lawsuit-alleges/
10:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Pro-Trump Group Sent Armed Members to Colorado Voters' Doors, Lawsuit Alleges
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10:53 TR News; Raytheon: close friend of ICBM Red Hat https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/peace-activists-occupy-roof-raytheon-building-protest-war-profiteering see http://techrights.org/2020/04/24/raytheon-blessed-by-red-hat/
10:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Peace Activists Occupy Roof of Raytheon Building to Protest War Profiteering
10:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Giving Awards to Raytheon Wont Help Red Hats Image | Techrights
10:54 TR News; What has EFF done about it? Except spreading hate of its own? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/anti-war-hacktivism-leading-digital-xenophobia-and-more-hostile-internet
10:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Anti-War Hacktivism is Leading to Digital Xenophobia and a More Hostile Internet | Electronic Frontier Foundation
11 AM, March 22
11:05 TR News; #HowTo Install AnyDesk on a Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Other major Flavours) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162832
11:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | How to Install AnyDesk on a Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Other major Flavours) | Tux Machines
11:08 TR News; Stop calling patents "IP" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/top-economists-and-oxfam-leader-demand-truly-just-covid-ip-waiver
11:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Top Economists and Oxfam Leader Demand Truly Just Covid IP Waiver
11:08 TR News; GulagTube censorship https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/copyright-as-censorship-youtuber-pulls-down-gofundme-video-to-help-victim-of-viral-youtube-jumping-tesla-stunt
11:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Copyright As Censorship: YouTuber Pulls Down GoFundMe Video To Help Victim Of Viral YouTube Jumping Tesla Stunt | Techdirt
11:09 TR News; "Every so often over the years, Ive discussed germ theory denial and how it is such an integral part of alternative medicine and the belief systems that undergird alternative medicine modalities." https://respectfulinsolence.com/2022/03/21/how-can-germ-theory-denial-explain-contagion/
11:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-respectfulinsolence.com | How can germ theory denial explain contagion? - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE
11:10 TR News; "On the first day of the judge's confirmation hearings, Hawley listed a number of cases that Jackson heard involving child pornography possession, accusing her of flouting federal sentencing guidelines" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/hawley-condemned-employing-qanon-tropes-vile-smear-against-jackson
11:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Hawley Condemned for Employing QAnon Tropes in 'Vile' Smear Against Jackson
11:12 TR News; "In 2018, a court in the Netherlands ruled that companies selling access to a pirate IPTV playlist acted illegally, even though they weren't the suppliers of the infringing streams." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-sellers-who-refused-to-pay-a-cash-settlement-get-sued-lose-220321/
11:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pirate IPTV Sellers Who Refused to Pay a Cash Settlement Get Sued & Lose * TorrentFreak
11:12 TR News; "The bill requires online hosting services to implement standard technical protection measures" https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-smart-copyright-act-to-combat-piracy-220321/
11:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy * TorrentFreak
11:13 TR News; Internet is under attack https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/21/digital-darkness
11:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | NO TITLE
11:14 TR News; Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162833
11:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Best Lightweight Linux Distributions For Older Computers | Tux Machines
11:15 TR News; 10 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162834
11:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 10 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools | Tux Machines
11:18 TR News; "From a performance standpoint we know building a homebrew Raspberry Pi cluster doesnt make a lot of sense, as even a fairly run of the mill desktop x86 machine is sure to run circles around it." https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/cluster-your-pi-zeros-in-style-with-3d-printed-cray-1/
11:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cluster Your Pi Zeros In Style With 3D Printed Cray-1 | Hackaday
11:19 TR News; That's a war on scientific progress, too https://hackaday.com/2022/03/21/one-giant-leap-backwards-for-humankind-what-the-russia-ukraine-war-means-for-the-iss/
11:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One Giant Leap (Backwards) For Humankind: What The Russia-Ukraine War Means For The ISS | Hackaday
11:21 TR News; Stop saying "Big Tech", EFF. You use the vocabulary of Microsoft lobbyists. Have Microsoft moles taken over parts of EFF, too? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/brazils-remuneration-right-strengthens-big-tech-and-big-media-cost-free-expression
11:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Brazils Remuneration Right Strengthens Big Tech and Big Media, At the Cost of Free Expression and a Free Press | Electronic Frontier Foundation
11:22 TR News; EFF = online censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/make-social-media-work-better-make-it-fail-better-0
11:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | To Make Social Media Work Better, Make It Fail Better | Electronic Frontier Foundation
11:26 TR News; Boycott Starbucks. It's a company that hates human beings. https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-workers-have-now-filed-to-unionize-at-over-150-locations/
11:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Starbucks Workers Have Now Filed to Unionize at Over 150 Locations
11:26 TR News; Becoming rich by theft https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/21/the-horrific-scam-that-water-billionaires-are-running-on-poor-countries/
11:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Horrific Scam that Water Billionaires are Running on Poor Countries - CounterPunch.org
11:28 TR News; Netflix trying to 'cash in', using serfs who chose DRM over rational distribution of "content" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/and-here-comes-the-backlash-to-netflix-trying-to-play-password-police/
11:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-And Here Comes The Backlash To Netflix Trying To Play Password Police | Techdirt
11:28 TR News; Propaganda boxes perish https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/cable-tv-companies-lost-nearly-5-million-subscribers-in-2021/
11:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cable TV Companies Lost Nearly 5 Million Subscribers in 2021 | Techdirt
11:29 TR News; Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162835
11:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines
11:31 TR News; EFF pretends to value free speech. I LOL. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/new-filter-mandate-bill-unmitigated-disaster
11:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | The New Filter Mandate Bill Is An Unmitigated Disaster | Electronic Frontier Foundation
11:34 TR News; Systemic collapse starts like this https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-chevron-workers-begin-strike-as-company-refuses-further-bargaining/
11:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Hundreds of Chevron Workers Begin Strike as Company Refuses Further Bargaining
11:40 TR News; "Way back in 2020 I had jokingly suggested on Twitter that we should set up a bracket for the most frequently misunderstood legal concepts" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/announcing-techdirts-march-madness-get-your-bracket-for-the-most-misunderstood-legal-concept/
11:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Announcing Techdirts March Madness: Get Your Bracket For The Most Misunderstood Legal Concept | Techdirt
11:40 TR News; Free Speech https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/the-culture-of-free-speech-includes-criticism-of-others-speech-get-over-it/
11:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Culture Of Free Speech Includes Criticism Of Others Speech; Get Over It | Techdirt
11:43 TR News; STOP PAYING ZUCKERBERG! https://www.desmog.com/2022/03/21/instagram-ads-can-help-fight-climate-disinformation/
11:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Instagram Ads Can Help Climate Facts Reach the 'Super Online,' Report Suggests - DeSmog
11:47 TR News; Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution https://www.mintpressnews.com/lula-da-silva-counters-fbi-prosecution-lead-brazi-presidential-race/279981/ US loves accusing "RUSHA" of meddling... never itself
11:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mintpressnews.com | Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution to Lead Brazil's 2022 Presidential Race
11:48 TR News; More patents -> more variants -> more deaths https://truthout.org/articles/unease-about-possible-new-covid-surge-grows-with-rise-of-ba-2-variant/
11:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Unease About Possible New COVID Surge Grows With Rise of BA.2 Variant
11:50 TR News; "This years recipients are computer scientist Paul Eggert, a faculty member at UCLAs Samueli School of Engineering, Emacs contributor Protesilaos Stavrou, and SecuRepairs" https://fossforce.com/2022/03/whos-who-in-open-source-three-honorees-receive-free-software-awards-at-libreplanet/
11:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Three Honorees Receive 'Free Software Awards' at FSF's LibrePlanet - FOSS Force
11:52 TR News; "I guess ten years is long enough that Senator Pat Leahy thought everyone had forgotten about the SOPA/PIPA disaster that he was a leading reason for. Senator Leahy is on his way out of the Senate" ttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/senators-leahy-tillis-to-team-up-to-suggest-destroying-the-internet-for-hollywoods-sake/
11:53 TR News; "Who are we to judge?, say federal court judges. Thats the questionable conclusion reached by an otherwise solid reading [PDF] of the constitutional implications of one of law enforcements favorite new tools: reverse warrants." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/21/federal-court-says-good-faith-prevails-in-deployment-of-extremely-questionable-reverse-warrant/
11:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Federal Court Says Good Faith Prevails In Deployment Of Extremely Questionable Reverse Warrant | Techdirt
noon, March 22
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12:40 TR News; [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/
12:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights
12:40 TR News; You know the Web/WWW is officially dead/dying when the W3C has OUTSOURCED its own Web site to CLOWNFLARE. Incredible.
12:55 TR News; [Meme] EPO to Patent Blogs | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/
12:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] EPO to Patent Blogs | Techrights
1 PM, March 22
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13:42 TR News; xkcd: Galaxies https://xkcd.com/2596/
13:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Galaxies
2 PM, March 22
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14:56 TR News; Its the end for the OSI Treasurer and Board ringleader who took money from Microsoft (in turn giving most of the OSIs money back to Microsoft, promoting its proprietary software as if OSI became the Openwashing Initiative, not the Open Source Initiative) http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/
14:57 TR News; The EPO is on a massive strike today, but dont expect the media to mention that; not even blogs touch the subject after a campaign of intimidation, legal bullying, and bribery http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/how-to-shut-up-media/
14:58 TR News; KeePassXC 2.7.0 is released with major changes Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162836
14:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | KeePassXC 2.7.0 is released with major changes | Tux Machines
3 PM, March 22
15:08 TR News; EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/
15:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights
15:15 TR News; 5 Best Horror Games for Linux to Enjoy the Virtual World of Terror https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-horror-games-for-linux/
15:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntupit.com | 5 Best Horror Games for Linux to Enjoy the Virtual World of Terror
15:17 TR News; "What does the future of gaming look like? Launchers galore, Linux" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MRRszUapcEo
15:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | PC Gaming is a Mess - Invidious
15:17 TR News; "Valve has again upgraded the Steam Deck Client software with new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. Plus, check out some of our recent videos." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-client-update-brings-more-improvements-see-more-of-our-videos
15:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Deck Client update brings more improvements, see more of our videos | GamingOnLinux
15:18 TR News; "The team behind the very popular and fantastic open source video capture software OBS Studio have done a Steam release. For Linux users though, you should just stick to Flatpak from Flathub." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/obs-studio-arrives-on-steam-but-no-linux-build-for-now-so-stick-to-flatpak
15:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OBS Studio arrives on Steam but no Linux build for now so stick to Flatpak | GamingOnLinux
15:20 TR News; "While there is the popular OpenRCT2 for an open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, it does rely on the original data files, and so the FreeRCT project aims to be a completely free and open source inspired game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/freerct-sees-a-first-release-trying-to-capture-the-feel-of-rollercoaster-tycoon
15:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FreeRCT sees a first release trying to capture the feel of RollerCoaster Tycoon | GamingOnLinux
15:21 TR News; Today in #Techrights Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162837
15:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Today in Techrights | Tux Machines
15:23 TR News; "Between 2022-03-15 and 2022-03-22 there were 15 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 238 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 6.3 % of total released titles." https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-03-22-edition/
15:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2022-03-22 Edition - Boiling Steam
15:23 TR News; Ways To Use Linux To Become Better In College Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162838
15:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ways To Use Linux To Become Better In College | Tux Machines
15:25 TR News; Engrave Condition: Apples Political Censorship Leaves Taiwan, Remains in Hong Kong - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/engrave-condition-apples-political-censorship-leaves-taiwan-remains-in-hong-kong/
15:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Engrave Condition: Apples Political Censorship Leaves Taiwan, Remains in Hong Kong - The Citizen Lab
15:27 TR News; Apple: shithole pretending to be Disneyland. People pay away all of their shit, usually to be treated like shit.
15:29 TR News; Apple != Ethics. If you want a moral alternative to Microsoft, then you're also looking for the opposite of Apple.
15:32 TR News; Why should I use Qt to develop? Qt: nothing to do with freedom. I've read the whole thing, very UN-compelling. https://www.qt.io/blog/the-cost-of-reinventing-the-wheel-in-app-development
15:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Develop Apps Faster with Ready Software Libraries
15:37 TR News; Games: Horror, Valve, and Free Software (OpenRCT2) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162839
15:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Horror, Valve, and Free Software (OpenRCT2) | Tux Machines
15:39 TR News; Snake oil. You cannot do this. https://www.maketecheasier.com/deleting-google-search-data-android/
15:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Quickly Deleting Google Search Data Coming to Android - Make Tech Easier
15:44 TR News; Apple synonymous with crimes against humanity (ignore their marketing BS), so this is expected https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/-/
15:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | : - The Citizen Lab
15:46 TR News; From steroids to politics. In the US, anything goes. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/03/19/exp-tsr-todd-schwarzenegger-video-refutes-putin.cnn
15:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | Schwarzenegger rebukes Putin in video - CNN Video
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15:46 TR News; Inside the mind of a gangster Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162840
15:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Inside the mind of a gangster | Tux Machines
15:46 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162841
15:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
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4 PM, March 22
16:03 TR News; Proprietary Software Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162842
16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Software Leftovers | Tux Machines
16:03 TR News; Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162843
16:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines
16:05 TR News; EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/
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16:06 TR News; Links 22/3/2022: GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 and KeePassXC 2.7 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/keepassxc-2-7/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/keepassxc-2-7/
16:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 and KeePassXC 2.7 | Techrights
16:07 TR News; But Putin gets to keep his palace and impoverish his political opposition. He's every stronger when Russians cannot interact with the outside world, too. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/russia-internet-censorship-cost-economy-putin-ukraine-sanctions-twitter-2022-3
16:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businessinsider.co.za | Russia's economy already lost R12.8 billion this year because the government keeps shutting down the internet
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16:08 TR News; Putin turns 70 this year. People his age do not genuinely care about the future of the country in a competitive world. https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20220318-isoler-la-russie-en-ligne-des-sanctions-contre-productives
16:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.france24.com | Isoler la Russie en ligne, des sanctions contre-productives ?
16:09 TR News; Comcast also supports mass surveillance https://opensource.org/comcast-why-we-support-the-osi see http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/mozilla-comcast/ and
16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Comcast: Why we support the OSI | Open Source Initiative | Guaranteeing the 'our' in source...
16:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Mozilla Shames Itself and Harms Its Reputation by Stating That Comcast Has Taken Major Steps to Protect Customer Privacy | Techrights
16:11 TR News; "Java Operator SDK, or JOSDK, is an open source project that aims to simplify the task of creating Kubernetes Operators using Java. The project was started by Container Solutions, and Red Hat is now a major contributor." https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/write-kubernetes-java-java-operator-sdk-part-2 "Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website."
16:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Write Kubernetes in Java with the Java Operator SDK, Part 2 | Red Hat Developer
16:21 TR News; ICBM to suits: "it is a paradigm shift in how you do business." https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/digital-transformation-5-layers-build
16:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enterprisersproject.com | Digital transformation: 5 layers to build on | The Enterprisers Project
16:22 TR News; "How do we as in, the developers and package maintainers who are working on Fedora Linux make sure people actually know about all the cool stuff were doing?" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/collecting-ideas-for-feature-spotlight-articles/
16:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Collecting ideas for "Feature Spotlight" articles Fedora Community Blog
16:25 TR News; GNU Linux-libre 5.17-gnu http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162831#comment-33152
16:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Linux-Libre 5.17 Kernel Released for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs | Tux Machines
16:28 TR News; Bluestar 5.16.15 is released https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/
16:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BluestarLinux download | SourceForge.net
16:29 TR News; ICBM now promotes buzzwords like "digital transformation (DX)" https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/3/automation-digital-transformation-3-ways-they-go-together when Intel attacked software freedom it used another "DX" http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks
16:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enterprisersproject.com | Automation and digital transformation: 3 ways they go together | The Enterprisers Project
16:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Intel leaks - Techrights
16:30 TR News; This can be leveraged by Russia to spy on dissidents https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-russia-meta-ban
16:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wired.co.uk | Why WhatsApp Survived Russias Social Media Purge | WIRED UK
16:31 TR News; "Access Now, outraged by todays announcement that the Myanmar Investment Commission has approved the sale of Telenor Myanmar, is calling for international actors to implement sanctions and stop the companys irresponsible disposal of its Myanmar operations to a company" https://www.accessnow.org/update-internet-access-censorship-myanmar/
16:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup - Access Now
16:32 TR News; Wensheng XIE: "We thank Wind for her/his commitment for contributing to GNU Chinese Translation." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10142
16:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-savannah.gnu.org | GNU Chinese Translators Team - News: Welcome our new member - wind [Savannah]
16:35 TR News; Steven Vaughan-Nichols now helps Microsoft by spinning Microsoft shipping malware as an "open source" issue https://www.zdnet.com/article/corrupted-open-source-software-enters-the-russian-battlefield/
16:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Corrupted open-source software enters the Russian battlefield | ZDNet
16:38 TR News; "most of my activity around Debian has come to a complete halt (Send your thanks to da-manager@debian.org!). Since I still have a few computers running Debian, I keep maintaining a few things which I heavily rely on, in particular KDE/Plasma and RSSguard." https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/03/packages-for-debian-kde-plasma-rssguard-et-al/
16:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.preining.info | Packages for Debian: KDE/Plasma, RSSguard, et al | There and back again
16:40 TR News; "This is the 99th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news." https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2022-03-syslog-ng-4-mqtt-source-zinc-elastic-cloud-3-36 https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-system-source-of-syslog-ng-now-also-works-on-macos
16:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The syslog-ng insider 2022-03: syslog-ng 4; MQTT source; Zinc; Elastic Cloud; 3.36; - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community
16:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The system() source of syslog-ng now also works on MacOS - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community
16:40 TR News; The 5 Best Open-Source Internet Radio Apps for Linux Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162844
16:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The 5 Best Open-Source Internet Radio Apps for Linux | Tux Machines
16:42 TR News; Heres why Putin wont use nukes in Ukraine Pass it on. | I, Cringely https://www.cringely.com/2022/03/21/heres-why-putin-wont-use-nukes-in-ukraine-pass-it-on/
16:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heres why Putin wont use nukes in Ukraine Pass it on. | I, Cringely
16:43 TR News; "For many years weve had this outstanding idea to add a new API to libcurl that would offer applications easy access to HTTP response headers." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/22/a-headers-api-for-libcurl/
16:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A headers API for libcurl | daniel.haxx.se
16:45 TR News; Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Available to Download http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162666#comment-33153
16:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 Elsie Is Now Available for Download | Tux Machines
16:46 TR News; "The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-25-february-2022
16:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Design and Web team summary 25 February 2022 | Ubuntu
16:51 TR News; IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162845
16:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines
16:53 TR News; Xonsh Shell Combines the Best of Bash Shell and Python in Linux Terminal Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162846
16:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Xonsh Shell Combines the Best of Bash Shell and Python in Linux Terminal | Tux Machines
16:55 TR News; Microsoft outsourcing https://blog.tomecek.net/post/prometheus-counters-dont-behave/
16:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tomecek.net | Prometheus counters don't behave Blog | Tom Tomeek
16:55 TR News; New Linux kernel has improved random-number generation Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162847
16:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | New Linux kernel has improved random-number generation | Tux Machines
16:57 TR News; "These packages are basically the .EXE of Debian-based Linux distributions" Git lib ted - This is nonsense and false https://linuxstoney.com/in-linux-they-are-basic-but-do-you-know-what-deb-files-are/
16:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-In Linux, they are basic, but do you know what DEB files are? - LinuxStoney
16:59 TR News; EasyOS: "Forum member 'proebler' reported that when the geany text editor extra-plugins package is installed (via the package manager), the spell-checking plugin does not work."
5 PM, March 22
17:01 TR News; "Notea is an open-source web-based note-taking app for creative people." https://medevel.com/notea-os-note-taking-app/ needs to delete Microsoft Github
17:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Notea is an open-source clutter-free note-taking app for productive people
17:01 TR News; This one too needs to delete Microsoft Github https://medevel.com/planka-os-project-management/
17:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Planka is a Libre Kanban-based project manager for teams
17:07 TR News; "The company only lists Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems for iBOX 1200 embedded BOX PCs, so its unclear" why CNX even covers this! https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/22/asrock-fanless-ibox-1200-series-alder-lake-p-mini-pcs/ http://techrights.org/2022/02/17/cnxsoftware-partly-compromised/
17:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ASRock introduces fanless iBOX 1200 Series Alder Lake-U mini PCs - CNX Software
17:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The C in CNX Software is Not Community | Techrights
17:07 TR News; Quadric devkit features q16 hybrid AI, DSP, computer vision accelerator Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162848
17:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Quadric devkit features q16 hybrid AI, DSP, computer vision accelerator | Tux Machines
17:08 TR News; First world problems https://cubiclenate.com/2022/03/21/wireless-network-bridge-solution/
17:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wireless Network Bridge Solution CubicleNate's Techpad
17:09 TR News; Pollutes the planet all the same https://dwaves.de/2022/03/22/human-space-travel-to-moon-and-mars-one-more-step-for-mankind-reusable-renewable-rockets-are-the-way-to-the-space-future/
17:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- Human Space Travel to Moon and Mars one more step for mankind Reusable Renewable Rockets are the way to the Space future | dwaves.de
17:14 TR News; This morning a bunch of documents were circulated to explain in a more concise fashion abuses that EPO staff had been subjected to http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/epo-dissent-explained/
17:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO Staff Explains Why Its Going on Strike | Techrights
17:26 TR News; "The Open Source Initiative has announced the results of its 2022 board election." https://lwn.net/Articles/888863/ http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/open-source-initiative-goodbyes/
17:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Open Source Initiative elects a new board [LWN.net]
17:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] Goodbye to the OSIs Microsoft Treasure(r) | Techrights
17:26 TR News; Criminals from Microsoft breached by other criminals https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/22/lapsus-okta-microsoft/
17:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.helpnetsecurity.com | Lapsus$ gang says it has breached Okta and Microsoft - Help Net Security
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17:28 TR News; Stop calling Windows "PC" https://twinfinite.net/2022/03/out-of-the-park-baseball-23-set-to-launch-on-pc-mac-linux-april-22/ Windows is CP http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-and-rick-allen-jones/
17:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-twinfinite.net | Out of the Park Baseball 23 Set to Launch On PC, Mac, & Linux April 22
17:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | What is Known for a Fact (Not Speculation) About Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, and Rick Allen Jones | Techrights
17:29 TR News; Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-announce-alpha-quality-steam-on-chrome-os-is-now-actually-here
17:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here | GamingOnLinux
17:30 TR News; "There are now more than 1600 games working on the Steam Deck (1618 at the time of writing) in two categories as usual..." https://boilingsteam.com/1600-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-dirt-5-as-verified/
17:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | 1600 Games On The Steam Deck, including Dirt 5 as Verified - Boiling Steam
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17:31 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/03/white-house-warns-of-possible-russian-cyberattacks.html
17:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-White House Warns of Possible Russian Cyberattacks - Schneier on Security
17:32 TR News; "Alice: Madness Returns is an absolute classic from Spicy Horse Games and EA. It vanished from Steam for years and it recently arrived back. With Proton on Linux and Steam Deck, it does work quite well too!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/alice-madness-returns-appears-on-steam-again-works-well-on-steam-deck-with-60fps-fix
17:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alice: Madness Returns appears on Steam again, works well on Steam Deck with 60FPS fix | GamingOnLinux
17:32 TR News; Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/discover-overlay-is-a-discord-chat-ui-that-now-works-on-steam-deck
17:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux
17:35 TR News; The guardian of Bill Gates and his child sex monsters, MIT, is blaming "open source" for MICROSOFT shipping MALWARE https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/21/1047489/activists-are-targeting-russians-with-open-source-protestware
17:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Activists are targeting Russians with open-source "protestware" | MIT Technology Review
17:35 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162849
17:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
17:38 TR News; MIT Technology Review basically blames the victims of Microsoft for what Microsoft is doing
17:38 TR News; Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XVIII The Story of NPM http://techrights.org/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/
17:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XVIII The Story of NPM | Techrights
17:39 TR News; Microsoft: it's the fault of the user when our systems get breached http://techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/
17:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | GitHub is Microsofts Proprietary Software and Centralised (Monopoly) Platform, But When Canonicals Account There Gets Compromised Suddenly Its Ubuntus Fault? | Techrights
17:40 TR News; Games: Out of the Park Baseball 23, Steam, and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162850
17:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Out of the Park Baseball 23, Steam, and More | Tux Machines
17:42 TR News; AvosLocker is a ransomware group that was identified in 2021, specifically targeting Windows machines https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/03/22/fbi-and-fincen-release-advisory-avoslocker-ransomware FBI and CISA do not even name Microsoft or Windows, as usual
17:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | FBI and FinCEN Release Advisory on AvosLocker Ransomware | CISA
17:44 TR News; " Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity" proprietary software https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-081-01
17:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | Delta Electronics DIAEnergie | CISA
17:45 TR News; "MSSQLSERVER" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-238-03 Microsoft
17:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cisa.gov | Delta Electronics DIAEnergie (Update B) | CISA
17:46 TR News; Microsoft SQL 'Server' is not a DB. It's malware that can also do some things like a real DB.
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17:48 TR News; Microsoft cannot defend Windows (too many back doors and defects), so the best it can do it pay the media to stay quiet, change the topic, or blame the wrong parties.
17:51 TR News; "Monitoring the resources of your Linux server and watching for negative trends is one way to stay ahead of potential performance issues, and the sar command will help you do exactly that. In this video, Jay goes over the basics of the sar command." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=D5fMGFZoFT8
17:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Linux Essentials - The sar Command - Invidious
17:52 TR News; "In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie" and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=roKebjvzP6E
17:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie" overview | Linux Mint Debian Edition an alternative to Ubuntu - Invidious
17:53 TR News; WSL is an attack on Linux, it's Windows in disguise, and firms should quit using Microsoft's attack on Linux as a pretext for bashing the security of GNU/Linux https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/QUALYS-INC-11612572/news/Qualys-Implications-of-Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux-for-Adversaries-Defenders-Part-1-39829650/
17:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Qualys : Implications of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Adversaries & Defenders (Part 1) | MarketScreener
17:55 TR News; This isn't the solution, this is the LF acting as a marketing proxy for sponsors https://www.linux.com/audience/enterprise/sboms-supporting-safety-critical-software/
17:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SBOMs Supporting Safety Critical Software - Linux.com
17:56 TR News; FOSSlife webspam https://www.fosslife.org/sysadmin-jobhub-launched
17:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslife.org | SysAdmin JobHub Launched
17:57 TR News; Mostly a decade-old buzzword (I think Gulag made it up ~15 years ago) for sysadmin https://www.fosslife.org/2022-report-highlights-growth-sre-practices
17:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslife.org | 2022 Report Highlights Growth of SRE Practices
6 PM, March 22
18:00 TR News; Software Freedom Institute: Red Hat, Inc vs Software Freedom Institute SA: Fedora open source trademark precedent http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162552#comment-33155
18:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | WeMakeFedora.org: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations | Tux Machines
18:06 TR News; Murena & /e/OS a product roadmap for 2022: towards our V1? - Gal Duval Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162851
18:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Murena & /e/OS a product roadmap for 2022: towards our V1? - Gal Duval | Tux Machines
18:08 TR News; Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Pass Phone Bill To Keep Incarcerated People Connected - Public Knowledge https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-senate-to-pass-phone-bill-to-keep-incarcerated-people-connected/
18:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicknowledge.org | Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Pass Phone Bill To Keep Incarcerated People Connected - Public Knowledge
18:09 TR News; Latest Jetson Development Kit Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162852
18:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Latest Jetson Development Kit | Tux Machines
18:09 TR News; Announcing CrossOver 21.2.0 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162853
18:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Announcing CrossOver 21.2.0 | Tux Machines
18:33 TR News; Links 22/3/2022: CrossOver 21.2 and NVIDIA Developer Kit | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/crossover-21-2/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/crossover-21-2/
18:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: CrossOver 21.2 and NVIDIA Developer Kit | Techrights
18:34 TR News; Audiocasts and Videos: Elektra Wagenrad, Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie", and Sar Command Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162854
18:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Audiocasts and Videos: Elektra Wagenrad, Linux Mint LMDE 5 "Elsie", and Sar Command | Tux Machines
18:34 TR News; Proprietary Spin and Security Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162855
18:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Proprietary Spin and Security Leftovers | Tux Machines
18:34 TR News; Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162856
18:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers | Tux Machines
18:35 TR News; Development Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857
18:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Development Leftovers | Tux Machines
18:35 TR News; Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162858
18:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Free Software/Open Source Leftovers | Tux Machines
18:40 TR News; LabPlot 2.9 Beta Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162859
18:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Tux Machines
7 PM, March 22
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19:32 AdmFubar; https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/dog-dumped-for-being-gay-owners-offer-bizarre-reason-for-abandoning-pet-at-animal-shelter-_partner/
19:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dog dumped for being "gay": Owners offer bizarre reason for abandoning pet at animal shelter | Salon.com
19:34 AdmFubar; I once caught a wildfire that was this big........ https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/australian-wildfires-were-so-big-that-they-punched-a-hole-in-the-ozone-layer/
19:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Australian wildfires were so big that they punched a hole in the ozone layer | Salon.com
19:42 TR News; United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/
19:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week
19:42 TR News; Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162860
19:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines
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8 PM, March 22
20:09 TR News; "My employer is going through cutdowns and layoffs at the moment. Swedish labour law is pretty unforgiving when it comes to layoffs; there are strict rules around who you get to let go and the measures you have to take in order to justify it." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-22-being-laid-off-starting-new-chapter.gmi
20:10 TR News; "Found out yesterday that I have COVID. I'm all quarantined in the master bedroom, and feeling much better now actually. My poor 5 year-old was so scared for me and sad before bed. She is used to snuggling me every night. She was also concerned I would get COVID germs all over her books in here haha." gemini://rawtext.club/~mieum/allokdallok.gmi
20:11 TR News; "While Gemini doesn't have many weather services, most platforms do. I think there are so many because weather can be so personal. Do you care about barometric pressure? Personally I don't, unless it's dropping, indicating a storm or weather front coming in." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2022-03-21-chilly-weather.gmi
20:14 TR News; Guidelines for research on the kernel community https://lwn.net/Articles/888891/ see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/university-of-minnesota-linux/
20:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Guidelines for research on the kernel community [LWN.net]
20:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | University of Minnesota Has Destroyed Itself (or Its Reputation) by Trying to Destroy Linux and the Credibility of Linux | Techrights
20:15 TR News; Whats new for developers in the OpenShift 4.10 console | Red Hat Developer https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/03/22/whats-new-developers-openshift-410-console
20:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-developers.redhat.com | Whats new for developers in the OpenShift 4.10 console | Red Hat Developer
20:16 TR News; ICBM <3 "fuck you NVIDIA" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-nvidia-accelerate-enterprise-ai-projects-gpus-dpus-and-mlops
20:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | How Red Hat and NVIDIA are helping to accelerate enterprise AI projects with GPUs, DPUs and MLOps
20:20 TR News; Mrs. SAP is openwashing SUSE, which is pushing proprietary software and has worked to cancel the very founder of GNU/Linux by backing a writ of libel https://www.suse.com/c/welcome-to-the-age-of-open-innovation/
20:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Welcome to the Age of Open Innovation | SUSE Communities
20:21 TR News; Ubuntu 22.04 Adds Additional Color Options Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162861
20:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu 22.04 Adds Additional Color Options | Tux Machines
20:28 TR News; Big Brother Gulag is already your parent, and it spies on everything you do, more so if you use the malware known as "Chrome" (propruietary) https://www.maketecheasier.com/setting-up-chrome-user-settings/
20:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Set Up Parental Controls in Google Chrome - Make Tech Easier
20:31 TR News; Oracle Announces Java 18 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162862
20:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Oracle Announces Java 18 | Tux Machines
20:37 TR News; NVIDIA 510.60.02 Graphics Driver Released with Support for RTX A4000H and A5500 GPUs Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162863
20:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | NVIDIA 510.60.02 Graphics Driver Released with Support for RTX A4000H and A5500 GPUs | Tux Machines
20:37 TR News; Red Hat and NVIDIA, OpenShift News Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162864
20:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Red Hat and NVIDIA, OpenShift News | Tux Machines
20:38 TR News; "First up this week: Most of Apples services were down yesterday (at least in some regions). For at least two hours, very little was working, including the dev site and some internal apps." https://devops.com/apple-outage-outrage-linux-random-redo-okta-hacked-or-not/
20:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple Outage Outrage | Linux Random Redo | Okta Hacked (or Not) - DevOps.com
20:42 TR News; GNOME 42 review: IS THEMING DEAD? - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XQrIf3Rkjjs ICBM treats desktops like hypePhone now?
20:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | GNOME 42 review: IS THEMING DEAD? - Invidious
20:43 TR News; "When YouTube Vanced shutdown we didn't really know why but following all the theory they have posted a write up explaining the real reason Vanced was shutdown, at least the reason they want to say." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jNwkXMJqlR0
20:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | The "REAL" Reason YouTube Killed Vanced! - Invidious
20:45 TR News; 10 Features Why GNOME 42 is the Greatest Release Ever Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162865
20:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 10 Features Why GNOME 42 is the Greatest Release Ever | Tux Machines
20:45 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162866
20:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
9 PM, March 22
21:06 TR News; Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/
21:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights
21:06 TR News; Media Blames Free Software When Microsoft Distributes Malware and Gets Cracked | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-propaganda/
21:08 TR News; Manic couch co-op game D-Corp gets a large content update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/manic-couch-co-op-game-d-corp-gets-a-large-content-update
21:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Manic couch co-op game D-Corp gets a large content update | GamingOnLinux
21:11 TR News; "gron is a self-contained Go executable you can download from here on GitHub. In the UNIX tradition, gron does one thing well: it flattens JSON into a structure that's easily processed by shell tools, line by line." https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2022-03-23.html
21:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.datafix.com.au | gron the JSON flattener
21:13 TR News; The 7 Best Networking Tools That Replace the Deprecated net-tools on Linux Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162867
21:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The 7 Best Networking Tools That Replace the Deprecated net-tools on Linux | Tux Machines
21:15 TR News; Coast, a little map viewer Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162868
21:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Coast, a little map viewer | Tux Machines
21:17 TR News; It seems increasingly apparent that the corporate tech media isnt just misleading readers/viewers (audiences) by accident; theres a deliberate attempt to shift attention and shift blame, so it is in effect and in perpetuity a campaign of disinformation (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), not just misinformation, and we must collectively confront this campaign http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/microsoft-infosec-pr
21:18 TR News; SUSE/OpenSUSE: YaST Team Report and Openwashing by the CEO Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162869
21:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | SUSE/OpenSUSE: YaST Team Report and Openwashing by the CEO | Tux Machines
21:19 TR News; Voice Remote = bug, listening device, malware https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/roku-ultra-streaming-device/
21:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Save $31 on a Roku Ultra Streaming Device with Voice Remote - Make Tech Easier
21:22 TR News; "Maximising the number of towelling-off occurrences of a single towel for the entire body." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/855
21:22 TR News; Zotero Research Tool Gets Biggest Upgrade in its History Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162870
21:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Zotero Research Tool Gets Biggest Upgrade in its History | Tux Machines
21:23 TR News; "My young musician friend didn't realize that PayPal notifications acknowledging purchases from him would wind up revealing his real name to others. His workaround will be to tell others that's his manager's name.... :-)" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/856
21:25 TR News; #HowTo install Moshi Monsters Rewritten Desktop on Zorin OS 16 - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=twGI_0ErB-s
21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | How to install Moshi Monsters Rewritten Desktop on Zorin OS 16 - Invidious
21:26 TR News; Xubuntus Default Xfce Desktop Theme Greybird Gets Initial Support for GTK4 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162871
21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Xubuntus Default Xfce Desktop Theme Greybird Gets Initial Support for GTK4 | Tux Machines
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21:31 TR News; Weve Made It! | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/
21:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Weve Made It! | Techrights
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21:41 TR News; LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software for Freedom, Surveillance and You | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/
21:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software for Freedom, Surveillance and You | Techrights
21:50 TR News; Links 22/3/2022: Java 18 and LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/java-18/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/java-18/
21:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 22/3/2022: Java 18 and LabPlot 2.9 Beta | Techrights
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21:51 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162872
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21:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines
21:53 TR News; Videos: GNOME and More Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162873
21:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Videos: GNOME and More | Tux Machines
21:54 TR News; Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162874
21:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines
21:55 TR News; UK cases of COVID-19: still high, still killing almost 1,000 Brits per week http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/03/22/united-kingdom-covid/
21:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive United Kingdom: COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Highest Number in a Month, Deaths Highest in 1.5 Months, and More Than Half a Million Infected Per Week
21:57 TR News; Facebook is a scam. With fake friends and fake "likes". https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-crypto-scam/
21:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Don't Donate to Ukraine Through This Facebook Crypto Scam | Snopes.com
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21:59 TR News; Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/forest-fire-chernobyl-radiation
21:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears - Protocol
10 PM, March 22
22:00 TR News; Clever activism, not sabotaging people's files or killing anybody https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-protest-lisbon-lights/
22:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yes, Portuguese Protesters Illuminated Russian Embassy With Ukraine's Flag | Snopes.com
22:01 TR News; USA going down some ashtray https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/
22:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pro-Trump group sent armed members door-to-door in Colorado to intimidate voters: Lawsuit | Salon.com
22:05 TR News; 33,000 blog posts in Techrights is a huge accomplishment as not many sites manage to post that much and go on relentlessly (on a daily basis) for 17 years; in Gemini were about to exceed 40,000 pages http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/33k-posts-in-techrights/
22:06 TR News; Jacob Appelbaums keynote at LibrePlanet 2014. The talk was delivered remotely via Tor-anonymized, 100% free software videochat http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/surveillance-and-you/
22:12 TR News; 6 Fun Linux Distros to Try if Youre a Distro Hopper Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162875
22:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 6 Fun Linux Distros to Try if You're a Distro Hopper | Tux Machines
22:26 TR News; spent on dishonest marketing</em> | Gemini address: spent on dishonest marketing</em>
22:27 TR News; Windows is Dying Despite Vista 11 Hype | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/
22:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Windows is Dying Despite Vista 11 Hype | Techrights
22:31 TR News; Development Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162857
22:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Development Leftovers | Tux Machines
22:35 TR News; Wait, they don't know Salesforce is racist? https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/17/racial_investigation_salesforce/ see http://techrights.org/2020/09/27/salesforce-works-for-ice/
22:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Activist investors want Salesforce investigated for equality The Register
22:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The OSIs President Apparently Does Not Know That His Own Employer (Salesforce) Works for ICE | Techrights
22:36 TR News; We tried the Asahi Linux alpha on an M1 Mac Mini http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162724#comment-33157
22:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here! | Tux Machines
22:38 TR News; Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?
22:38 TR News; yes, I'm all for using human hearts to save pigs. I can think of some human pigs whose hearts might be of use to real pigs in need https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60708120
22:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants? - BBC News
22:40 TR News; The whole "pig hearts" thing isn't what it seems; they genetically modify them. Sooner or later the sick, rich, greedy oligarchs will just grow extra spare humans (or close to that) for "spare parts"... in some places they do that already. A baby born any moment, to become "spare parts" of some oligarch.
22:42 TR News; Western oligarchs: "job creators".... creating more humans whose job is to give away bodyparts to ageing oligarchs. And "philanthropists"... giving loose to some hospitals that facilitate such a sick thing.
22:42 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.technewsworld.com/story/ransomware-related-data-leaks-jump-82-in-2021-87419.html
22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ransomware-Related Data Leaks Jump 82% in 2021 | TechNewsWorld
22:45 TR News; OSI barely doing anything https://fossforce.com/2022/03/after-last-years-hack-osi-elects-new-board-members-without-incident/ see http://techrights.org/2021/07/29/osi-privacy-issues/
22:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | After Last Year's Hack, OSI Elects New Board Members Without Incident - FOSS Force
22:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The OSIs Defunct Elections (Privacy Breach), Conflict of Interest (Nicholson), and Other Lingering Problems | Techrights
22:49 TR News; This article makes it seem like everything started in 1991 and GNU is merely GCC, a compiler. This is gross revisionism, which helps nobody but bad faith actors. https://bytexd.com/linux-history-and-why-are-there-so-many-distros/
22:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bytexd.com | Linux History and Why Are There So Many Distros
22:51 TR News; "New discoveries await..." in the upcoming Inkscape 1.2 About Screen Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162877
22:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | "New discoveries await..." in the upcoming Inkscape 1.2 About Screen | Tux Machines
22:56 TR News; Notable: The best open-source note-taking and Markdown editor for 2022 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162878
22:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Notable: The best open-source note-taking and Markdown editor for 2022 | Tux Machines
22:58 TR News; The bleeding continues; Microsoft is on fire (up in flames) and Windows continues to languish in spite of billions spent on dishonest marketing http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/vista-11-bleeding/
22:59 TR News; Now, with no social control media, I've not touched Konqueror in almost 3 weeks. I used it every day for years prior to it.
22:59 TR News; Prepping Your Computers For an Internet Outage Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162879
22:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Prepping Your Computers For an Internet Outage | Tux Machines
11 PM, March 22
23:01 TR News; "It's far-future space opera based around an aggressive colonial empire, but follows just one character: an artificial intelligence of one of the empire's military starships." gemini://calcuode.com/gemlog/2020-12-17_ancillary-justice.gmi
23:01 TR News; "One interesting behavior of the brute-force program is that it didn't use 100% of the CPU. I found that doing various types of string concatenation caused a big slowdown." gemini://jfh.me/posts/2019-03-04-js-quine.gmi
23:06 AdmFubar; https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/03/22/0021207/us-college-education-is-nearer-to-collapsing-than-it-appears?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
23:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.slashdot.org | 'US College Education Is Nearer To Collapsing Than It Appears' - Slashdot
23:27 TR News; Linux Foundation: From Linux to Openwashing Services | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/
23:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation: From Linux to Openwashing Services | Techrights
23:32 TR News; "Richard Stallman will be speaking about the free software movement and your freedom. His speech will be nontechnical, admission is gratis, and the public is encouraged to attend online." https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20220413-online
23:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Richard Stallman: The state of the free software movement Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
23:35 TR News; Java 18 Introduces Features to Enable New Developers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162862#comment-33158
23:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Oracle Announces Java 18 | Tux Machines
23:36 TR News; Torvalds: "So it smells like there's something bad going on in f2fs." https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgsmvoJFKFWxQ2orEVUOWH1agk9iUNZ=-DFh5OXZL=Ldw@mail.gmail.com/
23:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lore.kernel.org | Re: [GIT PULL] f2fs for 5.18 - Linus Torvalds
23:36 TR News; NVIDIA 510.60.02 Linux Driver Released https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/187162/en-us
23:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver | 510.60.02 | Linux 64-bit | NVIDIA
23:36 TR News; GNU Parallel 20220322 () Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162880
23:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Parallel 20220322 ('') | Tux Machines
23:37 TR News; The Linux Foundations about page 13 years ago (compared to this) tells a very different story about what its for http://techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation
23:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation - Techrights
23:38 TR News; EFF: "How to Make Every Media With Free & Open-Source Software...Online via Zoom". LOL. https://www.eff.org/event/how-make-every-media-free-open-source-software
23:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | How to Make Every Media With Free & Open-Source Software | Electronic Frontier Foundation
23:39 TR News; Does only Russia have "Oligarchs"? Do they magically become "job creators" and "philanthropists" the moment they're naturalised American citizens? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-march-14-2022-2084620
23:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.artnet.com | Art Industry News: How Russian Oligarchs Helped Larry Gagosian Build His Gallery Empire + Other Stories
23:40 TR News; "So this is just my functionally paranoid (the motto of OpenBSD, by the way) estimate of where things are. Ill describe two problems, one of which I call the trumpet problem, and the other is plain theft." https://ricochet.com/1207673/how-to-exfil-everything/
23:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Exfil Everything Ricochet
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23:54 TR News; mozilla: Mozilla set to add AV1 video codec support to the Firefox browser - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/mozilla-decides-to-add-av1-video-codec-support-to-the-firefox-browser/articleshow/90350833.cms patent trap
23:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | mozilla: Mozilla set to add AV1 video codec support to the Firefox browser - Times of India
23:56 TR News; "The LAMP tech stack is known to be the classic of stacks. It has been popular because it offers technologies that allow you to build web apps in a fast and stable manner." https://www.benzinga.com/opinion/22/03/26189633/tech-stack-what-is-it-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one-for-your-web-app-project
23:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tech Stack: What Is It And How To Choose The Right One For Your Web App Project? | Benzinga
23:58 TR News; "To validate words, it uses the GNU aspell Hindi dictionary. As such, the source code for Shabdle is licensed under GPLv2. The puzzle and keyboard are typeset in Laila by Indian Type Foundry." https://www.news18.com/news/tech/wordle-game-in-hindi-try-shabdle-hindi-word-guessing-game-and-how-to-play-4896923.html GPLv2 in 2022? GPLv3 out 15 years ago.
23:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.news18.com | Wordle Game In Hindi: Try Shabdle Hindi Word Guessing Game And How to Play
23:59 TR News; Today in #Techrights Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162881
23:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Today in Techrights | Tux Machines
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03:04 AdmFubar; https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/
03:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Pro-Trump group sent armed members door-to-door in Colorado to intimidate voters: Lawsuit | Salon.com
03:27 AdmFubar; https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-protest-lisbon-lights/
03:27 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Yes, Portuguese Protesters Illuminated Russian Embassy With Ukraine's Flag | Snopes.com
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18:09 AdmFubar; https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/forest-fire-chernobyl-radiation
18:09 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Fires around Chernobyl magnify radiation fears - Protocol
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21:03 AdmFubar; https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-crypto-scam/
21:04 -TechPolBot/#techpol-Don't Donate to Ukraine Through This Facebook Crypto Scam | Snopes.com
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23:08 AdmFubar; https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/03/21/2239228/russians-are-racing-to-download-wikipedia-before-it-gets-banned?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
23:08 -TechPolBot/#techpol-news.slashdot.org | Russians Are Racing To Download Wikipedia Before It Gets Banned - Slashdot
23:10 AdmFubar; and I say after the are tried and convicted... we send them there! :) https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/january-6th-suspect-asylum-belarus/
23:10 -TechPolBot/#techpol-'Most wanted' January 6th suspect granted asylum in Belarus for his propaganda value - Alternet.org