Today in Techrights

• Truth Tellers Aren't an Enemy of Free Software
• The Linux Foundation, With Over 124 Million Dollars in Annual Revenue, is in Trouble Because of the Pandemic, So It's Trying to Reinvent Itself as Training and Certifications Outfit
• IRC Proceedings: Sunday, January 24, 2021
• Our Move Further Away From the World Wide Web, the Browser Monopolies, HTTP, and HTML
• Important Issues Not Entertained in the Community, Especially Critics of the Status Quo
• Internet Origins of the Mob
• When Proprietary Software Users Dictate the Freedom-Leaning Communities
• In 2020 Onwards 'Open Source' is Just a Marketing Ploy of Monopolies, Unlike Free Software
• Microsoft: The Year After We Bought GitHub There Was a Significant Decline in Number of New Projects on GitHub
• Social Control Media is a Passing Fad, We Should All Go Back to Blogging and Subscribing to RSS Feeds
• As Andrei Iancu Removes Himself From the Patent and Trademark Office All Eyes Are on Biden's Next Nomination
• Data Point: GNU/Linux Share in Desktops/Laptops Nearly Tripled in the Past Decade, Peaking This Past Month (All-Time High)
• IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 23, 2021
• Links 24/1/2021: Nouveau X.Org Driver Release and GhostBSD 21.01.20

Android Leftovers

• Android 12 release date, rumors and what we want to see

• Android 11 on the Xiaomi Mi A1 via crDroid: Probably the best ROM for this handset so far

• Motorola Ibiza Running Android 11 Appears on Wi-Fi Alliance Certification Ahead of Launch

• OnePlus Nord Android 11 Open Beta 2 update now available

• Realme X50 Pro Realme UI 2.0 (Android 11) update for Europe to allegedly roll out in May

• Samsung’s Galaxy S21 series apparently still lacks Android’s seamless updates feature

• FAU-G registrations now open for all phones running Android 8 or above

• Report: Uncertified Android Devices Lose Google Duo Support This Spring

• Best Android phones at Xfinity Mobile (January 2021)

• Top 7 Classic Games Remastered For Android

• Android TV vs Amazon Fire TV Stick: The Prime Differences

• Netflix Update to Deliver Better Audio on Android With xHE-AAC Codec

• Delete these 164 malicious Android apps from your phone right now!

• Clubhouse says it’s making an Android app

Explore binaries using this full-featured Linux tool

In 10 ways to analyze binary files on Linux, I explained how to use Linux's rich set of native tools to analyze binaries. But if you want to explore your binary further, you need a tool that is custom-made for binary analysis. If you are new to binary analysis and have mostly worked with scripting languages, 9 essential GNU binutils tools will help you get started learning the compilation process and what constitutes a binary. It's natural to ask why you need yet another tool if existing Linux-native tools do similar things. Well, it's for the same reasons you use your cellphone as your alarm clock, to take notes, as a camera, to listen to music, to surf the internet, and occasionally to make and receive calls. Previously, separate devices and tools handled these functions — like a physical camera for taking pictures, a small notepad for taking notes, a bedside alarm clock to wake up, and so on. Having one device to do multiple (but related) things is convenient for the user. Also, the killer feature is interoperability between the separate functions.