Notices by Christine Hall (brideoflinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu), page 2

The man who, as president and CEO of SCO, attempted to sue Linux out of existence died a month and a half ago with little notice by the Linux and open: Once Linux’s Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices

The man who, as president and CEO of SCO, attempted to sue Linux out of existence died a month and a half ago with little notice by the Linux and open : Once Linux’s Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices

Details are scarce, but All Things Open is planning to hold a special All Things Open AI conference in March. The two-day event will be held in Durham : It Looks Like There’s Gonna Be an All Things Open AI in March! https://fossforce.com/2024/11/it-looks-like-theres-gonna-be-an-all-things-open-ai-in-march

It appears that Brave has had it up to here with Mozilla: Fight Over Privacy! Firefox and Brave Take Potshots at Each Other https://news.itsfoss.com/brave-slams-firefox/

Kudos to Gaming on Linux for helping KDE with its fundraising efforts: KDE's end of year fundraiser is live https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/kdes-end-of-year-fundraiser-is-live/

The way people are getting all crazy and all, I'm not sure this is a bad idea: Meta suspends accounts tracking private jets of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and other celebrities | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/21/meta-suspends-accounts-tracking-private-jets-of-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-and-other-celebrities/

"GNU Boot discovered an issue with non-free code affecting not only them but also some of the Linux distributions that pride themselves on being fully free software / 100% open-source": "100% Free" GNU Boot Discovers Again They Have Been Shipping Non-Free Code - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Boot-Second-Fail

"The tech giant should be broken up, but regulators in Europe and the U.S. must work together to ensure it’s done properly": Google’s Breakup Needs an International Tag Team https://www.itprotoday.com/regulatory-compliance/google-s-breakup-needs-an-international-tag-team

"The GOP candidate for President has a criminal docket. And in that criminal docket, today, the government included a post promising to free seditionists and cop-assailants with the same urgency with which Donald Trump promises to close the border. “My first acts,” the GOP standard-bearer stated, would include freeing the people who assaulted the Capitol on January 6": Trump's GOP Is Running on a Platform of Freeing Seditionists and Cop Assailants - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/18/trumps-gop-is-running-on-a-platform-of-freeing-seditionists-and-cop-assailants/

"Unlike Google's deal, which is a commitment to purchase power should the reactors ever be completed, Amazon will lay out some money upfront as part of the agreements": Amazon invests in nuclear power https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/amazon-the-latest-tech-giant-to-announce-investments-in-nuclear/

I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are thinking about replacing WordPress right now, so I'll be sharing all of these I see to help you shop: Adduce - static site generator - LinuxLinks https://www.linuxlinks.com/adduce-static-site-generator/

Man, I've been on Mastodon all day and haven't heard a thing about this: X rival Mastodon has started selling toys | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/x-rival-mastodon-has-started-selling-toys/

I registered to attend this on Saturday but I haven't heard back yet. Should I be worried: Doctorow and the 'Enshitternet' - Live, Online, and Free on Thursday - FOSS Force https://fossforce.com/2024/10/doctorow-and-the-enshitternet-live-online-and-free-on-thursday/

It looks as if the folks at Mozilla have had a bit of time on their hands: It’s Halloween — pick your spooky Firefox disguise | The Mozilla Blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-halloween-logos/

"Zap is taking a unique approach to fusion power known as sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch. Instead of using magnets or lasers to squeeze the plasma, it sends a bolt of electricity through a plasma stream. That current generates a magnetic field which compresses the plasma — the pinch — and ends up with fusion. The company had been studying the phenomenon through a series of devices at its facilities in Washington State': Zap Energy shows off its new fusion power prototype https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/09/zap-energy-shows-off-its-new-fusion-power-prototype-century/

"Protect Yourself" point six is critical, IMO: Is Airport Wi-Fi a Trap? How Hackers Can Steal Your Data and How to Protect Yourself https://medevel.com/is-airport-wi-fi-a-trap-how-hackers-can-steal-your-data-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

Ya know, I really disliked VMware until they started moving deep into open source territory and hired some great open source people. I still can't figure out what Broadcom was thinking: An old cloud learns new tricks - OpenStack Dalmation https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/an-old-cloud-learns-new-tricks-openstack-dalmation

There's always an "if I had only known" moment: I'm a tech pro - but when a hurricane hit my mountain home, the disconnection shocked me https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/im-a-tech-pro-but-when-a-hurricane-hit-my-mountain-home-the-disconnection-shocked-me/

"Congress hasn't updated consumer privacy law since 1988, when it took the bold step of…banning video-store clerks from telling newspapers which VHS cassettes you took home. Since then, a coalition of commercial surveillance companies, cops and spies who treat their data-lakes as massive lagoons of warrantless surveillance data has prevented the passage of any new privacy protections for Americans : Thinking the unthinkable Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/19/just-stop-putting-that-up-your-ass/#harm-reduction

"He also repeatedly praised predominantly White countries such as Denmark, Norway and Sweden while emphatically warning against immigrants from Congo in Africa."
Gift article, so no firewall.
https://wapo.st/4gQMYAw