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Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every download https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/ via [@theregister](https://geeknews.chat/@theregister ) & @npub1l3h…5455
Billion-dollar companies have been treating #opensource code repositories like they have infinite, free resources. Spoiler: They don't. The bill is coming due.

2025-12-02 22:36:18 UTC

I've also found that reversing the polarity of the neutron flow works well.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/652/360/551/021/735/original/23e4d263ee3e39c3.jpg

2025-10-02 13:34:56 UTC

So, this is what you meant, Arch Linux, right?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/304/829/352/780/628/original/2146158b6f6afaf9.jpg

2025-09-22 18:47:26 UTC

Approximately 70% of all people who get cancer have eaten pickles.
Most people who have recently died in car accidents ate a pickle in the past year.
All Americans who ate pickles in 1901 have died.
Therefore, pickles obviously kill people.
(This is a post about Tylenol and autism. )

2025-09-03 15:17:31 UTC

I’m not much of a U2 fan, but I love this version of “I Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” featuring a Harlem gospel choir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Wt3dhF4fU

2025-07-29 17:18:18 UTC

In 1981, Shel Silverstein saw AI coming.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/937/659/016/574/529/original/0980a2ce63a70856.jpg

2025-07-09 17:22:23 UTC

Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-free-access-to-rhel-for-business-developers/ by @npub1l3h…5455
If you're a programmer, there are lots of ways to get free Red Hat Enterprise #Linux instances for your work, and now there's another one.

2025-07-03 16:07:31 UTC

Windows 11 should have been an easy upgrade - Microsoft chose to unleash chaos on us instead https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-11-should-have-been-an-easy-upgrade-microsoft-chose-to-unleash-chaos-on-us-instead/
Even the #Windows expert's expert Ed Bott finds a lot to dislike about MSFT's Windows 11 upgrade path.

2025-06-25 16:04:44 UTC

Your jump from Windows 10 to Linux gets easier with KDE Plasma 6.4 https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-jump-from-windows-10-to-linux-gets-easier-with-kde-plasma-6-4/ by @npub1l3h…5455
The new #Linux #KDE desktop is looking mighty fine.

2025-06-17 17:08:43 UTC

Why does Zoom have an office building??
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/699/802/969/832/303/original/2ca5251c0dbe7962.jpg

2025-05-29 16:33:00 UTC

The Linux 6.15 kernel arrives - and it's big a victory for Rust fans https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-linux-6-15-kernel-arrives-and-its-big-a-victory-for-rust-fans/ by @npub1l3h…5455
The new #Linux kernel is here, and with it comes the first major #Rust-based driver.

2025-05-06 17:04:53 UTC

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These days? For the best search results? Yes. There are other free ones, as Patrick mentioned, but in my testing, the paid ones are better.

2025-05-06 16:51:34 UTC

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Between Google search becoming second-rate and the government, I could see Google going downhill in a hurry.

2025-04-24 16:52:20 UTC

Whenever I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/393/974/905/089/828/original/77c7ccada6dae7d4.jpg

2025-03-04 16:25:25 UTC

I’m not saying we’ve gotten stupider, but…
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/105/089/517/489/100/original/7f10568b863e6e77.jpg

2025-02-28 19:14:32 UTC

“Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."--Liz Cheney