IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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1 AM, May 23

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3 AM, May 23

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03:41 schestowitz; > Roy:

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; > > IBM played a role as well. Is there a finer point you need

03:41 schestowitz; > clarification

03:41 schestowitz; > > on? I can link to some pages given more specificity.

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; > OK I'm awake now. :-)

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; > As I mentioned earlier, some proprietary companies have lost billions as

03:41 schestowitz; > a result of the Free Software Movement. I understand why they would want

03:41 schestowitz; > to see the FSF fail. I have greater difficulty understanding why

03:41 schestowitz; > companies like IBM and Google - whose revenue streams are advertising

03:41 schestowitz; > and cloud services that rely on GNU/Linux - would want the Free Software

03:41 schestowitz; > Movement to fail.

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; > Please help me out here. Web searches don't seem to be giving me the

03:41 schestowitz; > right answers.

03:41 schestowitz; IBM makes money from selling support for RHEL. So CentOS was seen as interference.

03:41 schestowitz; http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IBM#2023_Onwards

=> http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/IBM#2023_Onwards

03:41 schestowitz; > Cheers

03:41 schestowitz; >

03:41 schestowitz; > PS: Thanks for the links. Didn't realise that Jamaica featured so

03:41 schestowitz; > prominently in IBM's plans!

03:41 schestowitz; IBM is also working with Microsoft and Apple.

03:42 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | IBM - Techrights

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6 AM, May 23

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8 AM, May 23

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08:24 *Now talking on #techbytes

08:24 *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast

08:24 *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021

08:25 *Now talking on #techbytes

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9 AM, May 23

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noon, May 23

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2 PM, May 23

14:49 schestowitz[TR];

14:49 schestowitz[TR]; Venom Linux no systemd or elogind from scratch

=> Venom">↺ https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2023/05/22/369/">Venom

14:49 schestowitz[TR];

14:49 schestowitz[TR]; On our strict list sysdfree strict list of distros without any part of systemd there are complete distros that can run without systemd or elogind (Obarun, joborun, antiX), and by complete we mean thousands of packages to choose from, and are some minimal base systems that you will have to build yourself software that will run on those bases. Kiss, chimera, sabotage, mere, can all boot and can

14:49 schestowitz[TR]; all build software. (links to Venom to be found in the end of the document)

14:49 schestowitz[TR];

14:49 schestowitz[TR];

14:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-sysdfree.wordpress.com | Venom Linux no systemd or elogind from scratch | systemd-free linux community

14:54 schestowitz[TR];

14:54 schestowitz[TR]; Gmail will be deleting inactive accounts, heres how you save your account

=> Gmail">↺ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/05/gmail-deleting-inactive-accounts-how-to-save-your-account/">Gmail

14:54 schestowitz[TR];

14:54 schestowitz[TR]; I know Im not the only one with multiple Gmail accounts. I have used these accounts for different things over the years and one in particular has been my go-to for free trial sign-ups on the net. Cant have my main Gmail flooded with promotional material, drowning out the important stuff.

14:54 schestowitz[TR];

14:54 schestowitz[TR];

14:54 schestowitz[TR];

14:54 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.techzim.co.zw | Gmail will be deleting inactive accounts, here's how you save your account - Techzim

14:58 schestowitz[TR];

14:58 schestowitz[TR]; Facebook parent Meta fined 1.2b for personal data transfers to US

=> Facebook">↺ https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/facebook-parent-meta-fined-%e2%82%ac1-2b-for-personal-data-transfers-to-us.html">Facebook

14:58 schestowitz[TR];

14:58 schestowitz[TR]; The statement said: "Given the seriousness of the infringement, the EDPB found that the starting point for calculation of the fine should be between 20% and 100% of the applicable legal maximum.

14:58 schestowitz[TR];

14:58 schestowitz[TR];

14:59 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-iTWire - Facebook parent Meta fined 1.2b for personal data transfers to US

3 PM, May 23

15:15 schestowitz[TR]; x https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bill-gates-says-top-ai-agent-poised-to-replace-search-shopping-businesses/articleshow/100428110.cms

=> ↺ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bill-gates-says-top-ai-agent-poised-to-replace-search-shopping-businesses/articleshow/100428110.cms

15:15 schestowitz[TR]; # there have been an awful lot of "bill sez" in the press of late, what's he

15:15 schestowitz[TR]; # distracting from?

15:15 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-economictimes.indiatimes.com | gates: Bill Gates says top AI agent poised to replace search, shopping businesses - The Economic Times

4 PM, May 23

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