Get out on the streets this #saturday. We need your presence at a #NoKings rally.

#resist

Microsoft wants 2025 to be the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh." They want up to 400 million perfectly good computers running Windows 10 to become e-waste. Why? So Microsoft can have their cake ($140-$200 for a Windows 11 license) and eat it (your data) too

It's time to switch sides, and break away from this cycle of endless upgrades. Our new guide walks you through installing a Linux-based operating system—keeping your computer secure long after Microsoft walks away

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Install+Linux+on+a+Windows+PC/196722

#Microsoft are working as hard as they can to stop people using a piece of machinery without giving away your #privacy

I love my laptop and desktop but imagine sourcing your own components and assembling it all yourself. And after all that effort you are told 'You cant use it without our express consent'.

I have hated Microsoft for over 30 years. This just confirms i was always in the right.

"You must have an account to use a machine?" In what world is this ok? #linux

A #Mastowall all about #NeXT. 😃

https://mastowall.layered.work/?hashtags=NeXTComputer%2CNeXTcube%2CNeXTstation&server=https%3A%2F%2Foldbytes.space

> A lot of people have treated free software as a kind of naturally occurring resource, something that spontaneously happens in nature rather than as a product of directed human effort. Maintaining software takes work, and that work is done by people

> There is, unfortunately, a great deal of entitlement from those who are happy to take the gift of free software but are unwilling to take on the burden of looking after the ecosystem that sustains it. A surprising number of people expect that software built by volunteers in their spare time, given away for free, should somehow achieve levels of perfection that even highly profitable private companies struggle to attain.

> It is time to renegotiate the terms of this one-sided deal. The individuals giving away the fruits of their labour owe us nothing more. It is enough that we have received this tremendous boon, this vast array of high-quality software that is available free of charge. But if we want them to continue doing it, they will need to be supported in concrete, material ways.

https://pivotnine.com/blog/open-source-has-too-many-parasocial-relationships/

by @daedalus

#PaleMoon 33.9.0 has been released! This is a major development, bugfix and security update, focusing mostly on improving CSS support (thanks to UP Los Baños students from the Philippines for working in that front!). Another notable change is support for FFmpeg 7.0/libavcodec 61, relevant for GNU/Linux users.

Please take the time to read the release notes, especially if you are a webmaster for a website using CSS clip for overflow.

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml#v33.9.0

Free isn’t free: the infrastructure behind open source has real costs, and it’s time we aligned usage with responsibility.

This morning we jointly launch a new blog and open letter on sustainable stewardship.

https://www.sonatype.com/blog/from-abuse-to-alignment-why-we-need-sustainable-open-source-infrastructure