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@osnews@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Microsoft clicks their heels once more, allows hate-speech on LinkedIn

Are you still using LinkedIn, the website where failed tech startup entrepreneurs go to die and "AI" influencers try to sell you on the latest version of the chatbot Florpium like a Utah mom trying to sell leggings that are totally not an MLM? If you are, and the other ten thousand reasons not t

https://www.osnews.com/story/142924/microsoft-clicks-their-heels-once-more-allows-hate-speech-on-linkedin/

#Microsoft
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@osnews@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Microsoft clicks their heels once more, allows hate-speech on LinkedIn

Are you still using LinkedIn, the website where failed tech startup entrepreneurs go to die and "AI" influencers try to sell you on the latest version of the chatbot Florpium like a Utah mom trying to sell leggings that are totally not an MLM? If you are, and the other ten thousand reasons not t

https://www.osnews.com/story/142924/microsoft-clicks-their-heels-once-more-allows-hate-speech-on-linkedin/

#Microsoft
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

🤬 Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal • Neowin

｢ Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice.

Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement" ｣

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-bans-libreoffice-developers-account-without-warning-rejects-appeal/

#libreoffice#ms
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@Gustodon@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@jbz I'm looking forward to the day when #Microsoft is just the punchline of a joke about how to ruin computers.

The future is #FOSS.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A story in two acts.

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End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Reason 10 To Choose Linux 😍

Linux 🐧 is more private, by default

Own and control your data!

Your operating system won't record your key strokes or dictation, collect lists of devices and their Wi-Fi details, or webcams, printers and anything else plugged in and then send that back to Big Tech HQ.

It's possible to avoid data collection altogether, from the start.

With #Linux YOU decide how to share YOUR data.

/10

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

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@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Tuesday 15 July 🐧 Linux install parties in #Canada 🇨🇦 and #France 🇫🇷 (all times local)!

* #VanLUG Linux Link @ #Surrey (#Vancouver#BritishColumbia), 17h30-19h30

https://www.meetup.com/vanlug-bc/events/308064078/

* Rencontre et atelier d'installation de Linux, #Grenoble, 19h-21h

https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/32051

For details and more events worldwide: https://endof10.org/events/

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux#GNULinux #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Tuesday 15 July 🐧 Linux install parties in #Canada 🇨🇦 and #France 🇫🇷 (all times local)!

* #VanLUG Linux Link @ #Surrey (#Vancouver#BritishColumbia), 17h30-19h30

https://www.meetup.com/vanlug-bc/events/308064078/

* Rencontre et atelier d'installation de Linux, #Grenoble, 19h-21h

https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/32051

For details and more events worldwide: https://endof10.org/events/

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux#GNULinux #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """
End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
#Windows11 collects a lot of data, by default!

This includes browsing and location history, lists of connected devices, typed, handwritten and spoken content, and much more, all sent back to #Microsoftmicrosoft

If you didn't know, now you know.

Learn more at: https://web.archive.org/web/20250326050753/https://www.pcworld.com/article/2379675/ways-windows-11-collects-your-data-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html

#EndOf10 #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Windows10 #Windows
End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
#Windows11 collects a lot of data, by default!

This includes browsing and location history, lists of connected devices, typed, handwritten and spoken content, and much more, all sent back to #Microsoftmicrosoft

If you didn't know, now you know.

Learn more at: https://web.archive.org/web/20250326050753/https://www.pcworld.com/article/2379675/ways-windows-11-collects-your-data-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html

#EndOf10 #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Windows10 #Windows
End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Reason 10 To Choose Linux 😍

Linux 🐧 is more private, by default

Own and control your data!

Your operating system won't record your key strokes or dictation, collect lists of devices and their Wi-Fi details, or webcams, printers and anything else plugged in and then send that back to Big Tech HQ.

It's possible to avoid data collection altogether, from the start.

With #Linux YOU decide how to share YOUR data.

/10

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

The French city of Lyon is dropping #Microsoft software in favor of #OpenSource alternatives. It doesn't want to depend on proprietary, closed-source software, and it doesn't want to depend on American software. It doesn't want "potential [US] governmental surveillance."
https://news.itsfoss.com/french-city-replaces-microsoft/

PS: It's hard to avoid concluding that #Trump is playing a role here. While he uses tariffs to boost American companies, he scares foreign buyers away from American companies, at least software companies that collect user data. He's creating a TikTok problem for American software. Microsoft didn't help itself on this front by giving $1 million to the Trump inauguration.
petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

The French city of Lyon is dropping #Microsoft software in favor of #OpenSource alternatives. It doesn't want to depend on proprietary, closed-source software, and it doesn't want to depend on American software. It doesn't want "potential [US] governmental surveillance."
https://news.itsfoss.com/french-city-replaces-microsoft/

PS: It's hard to avoid concluding that #Trump is playing a role here. While he uses tariffs to boost American companies, he scares foreign buyers away from American companies, at least software companies that collect user data. He's creating a TikTok problem for American software. Microsoft didn't help itself on this front by giving $1 million to the Trump inauguration.
End Of 10 Campaign
@Endof10@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Linux users are finally realizing what it takes to help others make the switch

#EndOf10 (endof10.org) is "a brilliant resource for sharing with those who may be using Windows 10 and are unsure as to what to do when the time comes that Windows 10 no longer becomes a secure OS to use."

https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-users-can-help-others-make-the-switch/

#Linux #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Microsoft#Win10
mort
@mort@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A decade ago, when I started university, GitHub's #opensource Atom was the standard text editor that new programmers got introduced to "by default". It was what the university suggested, and so everyone who didn't already have an opinion on text editors started using it.

Years later, #Microsoft bought #GitHub, discontinued Atom, and introduced the replacement: Visual Studio Code. It has completely taken over as the "default editor" for new programmers.

#VSCode is proprietary. This sucks.