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⚓ Post #0: Links 29/03/2023: New Finnix and EasyOS Kirkstone 5.2

Links for the day

⚓ Post #1: IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

IRC logs for Tuesday, March 28, 2023

⚓ Post #2: [Meme] Fraud Seems Standard to Standard Life

Sirius ‘Open Source’ has embezzled and defrauded staff; now it is being protected (delaying and stonewalling tactics) by those who helped facilitate the robbery

⚓ Post #3: 3 Months to Progress Pension Fraud Investigations in the United Kingdom

Based on our experiences and findings, one simply cannot rely on pension providers to take fraud seriously (we’ve been working as a group on this); all they want is the money and risk does not seem to bother them, even when there’s an actual crime associated with pension-related activities

⚓ Post #4: 36,000 Soon

Techrights is still growing; in WordPress alone (not the entire site) we’re fast approaching 36,000 posts; in Gemini it’s almost 45,500 pages and our IRC community turns 15 soon

⚓ Post #5: Contrary to What Bribed (by Microsoft) Media Keeps Saying, Bing is in a Freefall and Bing Staff is Being Laid Off (No, Chatbots Are Not Search and Do Not Substitute Web Pages!)

Chatbots/chaffbot media noise (chaff) needs to be disregarded; Microsoft has no solid search strategy, just lots and lots of layoffs that never end this year (Microsoft distracts shareholders with chaffbot hype/vapourware each time a wave of layoffs starts, giving financial incentives for publishers to not even mention these; right now it’s GitHub again, with NDAs signed to hide that it is happening)

⚓ Post #6: Full RMS Talk (‘A Tour of Malicious Software’) Uploaded 10 Hours Ago

The talk is entitled "A tour of malicious software, with a typical cell phone as example." Richard Stallman is speaking about the free software movement and your freedom. His speech is nontechnical. The talk was given on March 17, 2023 in Somerville, MA.

⚓ Post #7: Links 28/03/2023: KPhotoAlbum 5.10.0 and QSoas 3.2

Links for the day

⚓ Post #8: The Rumours Were Right: Many More Microsoft Layoffs This Week, Another Round of GitHub Layoffs

Another round of GitHub layoffs (not the first [1, 2]; won’t be the last) and many more Microsoft layoffs; this isn’t related to the numbers disclosed by Microsoft back in January, but Microsoft uses or misuses NDAs to hide what’s truly going on

⚓ Post #9: All of Microsoft’s Strategic Areas Have Layoffs This Year

Microsoft’s supposedly strategic/future areas — gaming (trying to debt-load or offload debt to other companies), so-called ‘security’, “clown computing” (Azure), and “Hey Hi” (chaffbots etc.) — have all had layoffs this year; it’s clear that the company is having a serious existential crisis in spite of Trump’s and Biden’s bailouts (a wave of layoffs every month this year) and is just bluffing/stuffing the media with chaffbots cruft (puff pieces/misinformation) to keep shareholders distracted, asking them for patience and faking demand for the chaffbots (whilst laying off Bing staff, too)

⚓ Post #10: Links 28/03/2023: Pitivi 2023.03 is Out, Yet More Microsoft Layoffs (Now in Israel)

Links for the day

⚓ Post #11: IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 27, 2023

IRC logs for Monday, March 27, 2023

⚓ Post #12: Links 27/03/2023: GnuCash 5.0 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Phones

Links for the day

⚓ Post #13: Links 27/03/2023: Twitter Source Code Published (But Not Intentionally)

Links for the day

⚓ Post #14: IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 26, 2023

IRC logs for Sunday, March 26, 2023

⚓ Post #15: Links 26/03/2023: OpenMandriva ROME 23.03, Texinfo 7.0.3, and KBibTeX 0.10.0

Links for the day

⚓ Post #16: The World Wide Web is a Cesspit of Misinformation. Let’s Do Something About It.

It would be nice to make the Web a safer space for information and accuracy (actual facts) rather than a “Safe Space” for oversensitive companies and powerful people who cannot tolerate criticism; The Web needs to become more like today's Gemini, free of corporate influence and all other forms of covert nuisance

⚓ Post #17: Ryan Farmer: I’m Back After WordPress.com Deleted My Blog Over the Weekend

Reprinted with permission from Ryan

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⚓ Post #0: Have You Tried Virtualbox Unattended Guest OS Install?

Recently, I updated my VirtualBox installation to version 7.0.0...

⚓ Post #1: Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix Becomes Official Ubuntu Flavor

The Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix distribution has officially become an official Ubuntu flavor and will join the rest of the flavors starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) release.

⚓ Post #3: Problems in SUSE (According to Former Employee, Mr. Lunduke) and openSUSE Conference 2023

Some SUSE news

⚓ Post #4: Programming Leftovers

Coding links

⚓ Post #5: First Ubuntu Touch OTA Release Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Is Out Now

The UBports Foundation announced today the general availability of the first Ubuntu Touch OTA release based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series.

⚓ Post #6: Finnix 125 Linux Distro Arrives for Sysadmins with Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS

Ryan Finnie announced today the release and general availability of Finnix 125 as the latest stable version of this Debian-based live GNU/Linux distribution for sysadmins.

⚓ Post #7: Today in Techrights

Some articles for today

⚓ Post #8: today's leftovers

Ubuntu, SUSE, and more

⚓ Post #10: Makulu Max Development Update

New video and more

⚓ Post #11: FreeBSD or GNU/Linux, OpenSMTPD on FreeBSD, Self-Hosted Calendars and Address Books on OpenBSD

Some BSD-oriented news

⚓ Post #12: Announcing KTechLab 0.51.0

KTechLab is an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics

⚓ Post #13: 6 Best Mastodon Clients for Ubuntu and Other Linux

Are you planning to leave Twitter and join Mastodon? Use these free and open-source Mastodon clients for your Linux desktop

⚓ Post #14: Blender 3.5 Released with New Sculpting Feature, Light Sampling, and More

Blender 3.5 open-source and free 3D graphics software has been released today as a major update that introduces several exciting new features and enhancements for digital graphic artists and designers.

⚓ Post #15: Free Software Licensing: Machine Learning and Galileo

3 news picks

⚓ Post #16: Security Leftovers

New attacks

⚓ Post #17: today's howtos

many howtos

⚓ Post #18: Curl's Bloomberg donation and code coverage

Update from Daniel

⚓ Post #19: Arch Linux Installer Gets Initial Swapfile Prototype, Updated Sway Profile, and More

Archinstall 2.5.4 has been released today as a new maintenance update to the official Arch Linux text-mode installer that brings a couple of new features and various improvements.

⚓ Post #20: Android Leftovers

Realme C55 review: A solid budget Android with iPhone-like dynamic island

⚓ Post #21: System76 Meerkat mini Linux PC now available with up to Intel Core i7-1260P

It’s basically a rebranded Intel NUC. But since System76 is a Linux PC vendor, the Meerkat comes with a choice of Pop!_OS or Ubuntu Linux pre-installed

⚓ Post #22: Rockchip RK3588 embedded PCs support PoE, 4G LTE, 10GbE, 2.5-inch SATA HDD, and more

Mekotronics provides Android 12, Debian 11, and Ubuntu images, as well as support for Buildroot

⚓ Post #23: Games: Steam Deck, GOG, Dolphin Emulator, and More

4 posts from Liam Dawe

⚓ Post #24: parted-3.5.28 released

I have released an alpha version of parted-3.5.28

⚓ Post #25: today's leftovers

Ubuntu, IBM, and more

⚓ Post #26: today's howtos

morning howtos

⚓ Post #27: Security Leftovers

Security news, Linux focus

⚓ Post #28: New Firefox Update Improves Performance for Linux Wayland Users

Here's why the latest Mozilla Firefox update will improve performance on Linux

⚓ Post #29: 5 Best Free and Open Source Backend Electronic Circuit Simulators

Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart

⚓ Post #30: 5 of the Best Steganography Tools in Linux

This guide shows five of the best steganography tools currently available in Linux

⚓ Post #31: EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.2 released

there has been a complete recompile of the packages

⚓ Post #32: Microsoft-Owned GitHub Lays Off Entire Engineering Team In India, Impacting 142 Roles

Get out of there now...

⚓ Post #33: Security Leftovers

Linux and beyond

⚓ Post #34: Software: QSoas's 3.2 Release, Ventoy Latest, and Alacritty 0.12.0 Released

3 releases

⚓ Post #35: OBS Studio 29.1 Promises AV1/HEVC Streaming over RTMP, Lossless Audio Recording

OBS Studio 29.1, the first major release since OBS Studio 29.0, is now available for public beta testing with multiple new features and improvements.

⚓ Post #36: today's howtos

many more for the day's end

⚓ Post #37: Flatpak and Red Hat

3 news items/howtos

⚓ Post #38: Hardware: Raspberry Pi Pico, FreeCAD, 3D Printing, and More

Device 'hacking'

⚓ Post #39: Programming Leftovers

Coding, with focus on Python today

⚓ Post #40: Security Leftovers

Many for today, Linux focus

⚓ Post #41: Android Leftovers

Android Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Increase Your Productivity

⚓ Post #42: Slow Ubuntu Shutdowns Because of Snap Daemon? Here’s a Fix

Sometimes I shutdown Ubuntu and …it takes ages to actually power off

⚓ Post #43: KPhotoAlbum 5.10.0 released

We're happy to announce the new release 5.10.0 of KPhotoAlbum

⚓ Post #44: Oh, Snap. openSUSE downloads increasing, and Leap 15.5 is coming soon

Could have something to do with Ubuntu kicking Flatpak. Meanwhile, SUSE may be pulling up closer to rival Red Hat

⚓ Post #45: FreeBSD 13.2-RC5 Now Available

Almost there now

⚓ Post #46: Hands-on, Ad-free browsing at your home with Leap Micro 5.4 Beta

The Beta version of our Immutable HostOS Leap Micro 5.4 is now available

⚓ Post #47: Today in Techrights

Some articles for today

⚓ Post #48: Programming Leftovers

Coding links

⚓ Post #49: 12 Best Linux Server Distributions of 2023

Linux is free and open-source, this has emanated from the low total cost of ownership of a Linux system, compared to other operating systems

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⚓ Post #2: Graphics: Mike Blumenkrantz Dota2 and on Russell Coker Strange X11 Grabbing (UPDATED)

Linux display stuff

⚓ Post #9: Twitter Source Code Released (UPDATED)

Not by intention