Stéphane HUC :: Echoes Weekly IT
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⇒ GCC AI Policy Announcement
The announcement leads to source code, but not a normal view of the Policy.
Here's the Policy:
@grahamperrin link added!
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
Enjoy-ID!
Enjoy-IT!> Per terminus, ad terminal
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
"… VIDAR, a FreeBSD-based automatic firewall program. … The announcement doesn’t mention streaming so you may need to be in-person."
The event was streamed, there was a Streaming link at the head of the announcement. Follow-up:
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
⇒ According to Statcounter, Linux on the desktop crossed over 7% globally
Also, FreeBSD has returned (at 0%). It comes and goes. It was absent a year ago, for example:
- 9.62% unknown (mid-August 2025)
- 21.45% unknown, 56.61% Windows (27th July 2026)
- FreeBSD present, nothing unknown, 72% Windows (31st July)
- https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide
OpenBSD is more popular in the US (FreeBSD is absent).
FreeBSD is more popular in the UK (OpenBSD is absent).
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
⇒ This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office
From Sourav Rudra's article on 5th August:
… I wouldn't hold my breath for a Linux build anytime soon. …
Linux support shipped five days later.
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
⇒ When online commenters ‘detect’ my art as AI
Reactions in Hacker News and the Fediverse:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49188916
- https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/117043735577793210 @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
The reply from @uriel@bbs.keinpfusch.net made me giggle
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W33: IT news, round-up, week 33; from 08/10 to 08/16.
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W34: IT news, round-up, week 34; from 08/17 to 08/23.
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W35: IT news, round-up, week 35; from 08/24 to 08/30.
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⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W36: Open IT (Data, Hardware, Software, Standards) news, round-up, for the week 36; from 08/31 to 09/06.
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