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Containing the spread of a righteous and just ideology is hard, but when companies control the means of communication (not production) they can interfere in all sorts of ways.
BetaNews Plagiarising Work in the Linux Space
The LLM abuse by BetaNews lessens the incentive for real writers to write about Linux or cover Free software news. BetaNews is an unethical Webspam domain.
Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part IV - The Latest Examples and the Perils (in Summary)
In a year or two it's possible that YouTube will no longer be usable or accessible except from "approved" or "certified" devices (i.e. hardware designed not to obey its user)
Total Lock-down Ambitions - Part I - DRM and TPM Need Not be the Future of Computing, There's Another Way
There's already TPM in Ubuntu 24.10 (the latest Ubuntu release) and TPM pushers seem to really be eager to silence critics, just like UEFI 'secure' boot pushers - to the point of filing totally frivolous lawsuits against critics!
Microsoft in Trouble as Azure Breaks and Only Days After Promising Investment in "Datacentres" Construction of Actual Datacentres Paused (Expect More Azure Layoffs Very Soon)
8 years ago The Register reported Microsoft adding de facto back doors to "Linux" in Azure
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a Far Bigger Problem Than Some Unintentional Bugs (Not Back Doors) in Software
Torvalds has not been keeping on top of this game because he's in no way controlling the Linux Foundation, here's merely an employee who codes in C (which his employer demonises, just like it attacks the licence of Linux).
Microsoft Continues to Attack Users' Choice
Microsoft Dell (or Silver Lake, the entity that has been attacking WordPress) will "drop long-running XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brand"
Fedora Seems to be Dying of Neglect by IBM
When I used the first (and second) releases of Fedora (FC and FC2) there was a massive community of volunteers. They wanted GNU/Linux to succeed on the desktop (laptop too) - an objective hardly shared even by Red Hat back then. It was left for volunteers to pursue, for the most part....
What Would Dennis Ritchie Say About the "Memory-Safe" Hype (or Cargo Cult)?
The languages are sometimes being blamed for shoddy coding practices
For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving
That does not mean a pursuit of GNU/Linux on "the desktop" (mostly laptops these days) and Software Freedom is futile. It just means we need to open up our eyes and identify/classify other threats, such as social control media.
GNU/Linux Gained About 0.5% Last Year, According to StatCounter
2024 ended with "proper" GNU/Linux at +0.4%, ChromeOS at +0.1% (based on statCounter/StatCounter):
In 2024, Under Linux Foundation Management, Linux.com Produced and Published Only 5 Articles
Remember when Linux.com had 3-4 original articles per day?
Move to GNU/Linux and Save the Planet, CCC Talk Explains
One of the talks concerned moving from Windows (e.g. Vista 10) to GNU/Linux and it was delivered by people associated with KDE. It focused on aspects such as energy use, hence environmental impact and "footprint".
Brittany Day Can Rest and Let Microsoft/Chatbots Write Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" This Christmas
While so many of us take a break from writing this irresponsible person is running chatbots to saturate the Web with chaff, or with fake 'articles' that say "Linux" in the title
Microsoft, Give Me LLM Slop About "Linux" and "Santa", I Need Some Fake Article...
BetaNews is basically an LLM slop site
Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win
a short and incomplete list of factors which I believe contribute to the sentiment that we can - and will - win the battles over hearts and minds in the "Tech" realm
IBM's Latest Fedora Divestment Speaks for Itself
Microsoft must be very pleased with what IBM is doing
Did Microsoft 'Write' (by Chatbots) This 'Article' About WINE?
it outsources coverage of the competition to "bullshit generators" operated by Microsoft (to cover Microsoft-related topics and Microsoft's competition).
All the Red Flags in New Linux Foundation Report
Forget about projects that reject proprietary hosting?
Why Software Freedom Conservancy Does Not Deserve Money (Karen Sandler is Already a Millionaire and Her Organisation Attacks Free Software Leaders)
These people speak for "Big Money" interests, not for freedom