Last month we began a recap of problems at the Open Source Initiative (OSI). It's important to remind people that the ...

It's the 8th of September, 2025, and here is that guy who complains about everything complains about something yet again.

As usual, simple tends to be better. Today's Web and "Webapps" aren't simple to use and usually aren't easy to navigate ...

The 'Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' group has taken credit for the cyberattack on JLR. The luxury brand, which the Tata Group ...

This is what Google News, not just search in Google.com (or google.co.uk etc), looks like. Google News is meant to be curated somewhat (or filtered) for credibility and quality. That says a lot about ...

More recent reports (Bill Gates-funded publisher): ...

Earlier this year: SUSE the Company Now Uses LLM Slop to 'Write' Its Blog, What Does That Tell Us About SUSE? | The Official SUSE Blog Uses LLM Slop to Compose Fake Articles Promoting Microsoft and ...

Bugs aren't the main concern, nor is security. Seeing how LLM slop bots hammer/bang on sites, exposing a search interface (clean and without JavaScript) means exposing oneself to bots generating lots ...

Restricted Boot (so-called 'SecureBoot') does not improve security. It is nothing but trouble. It's meant to trouble non-Windows users. In dual-boot setups, SecureBoot is a recipe for disaster because ...

The GNU Web site is extremely slow or simply times out. Several subsites of GNU are perpetually inaccessible (the FSF and GNU have about 80 sites/domains/services to maintain * ). This was mentioned ...

An associate said today: "If many GNU/Linux users have it turned off, the impact will be lessened. However, if many have it ...

The total number of Microsoft layoffs in Washington is now more than 3,200 since May. The latest round of layoffs will take effect on November 7, 2025. It’s the company's latest round of layoffs, ...