Share this postChinchilla SqueaksThe Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes as a Service with Spectro CloudCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreThe Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes as a Service with Spectro CloudChris ChinchillaMay 14, 2020Share this postChinchilla SqueaksThe Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes as a Service with Spectro CloudCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareThe U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over. Listen and subscribe to our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or elsewhere. Below is a transcript of the episode, edited for readability.joestar writes: Fairphone, the European manufacturer of mobile phones with a reduced environmental impact, has announced a partnership to offer /e/OS, the most "de-Googled" and pro-privacy Android OS, on their latest model Fairphone 3.Almost all smartphones lock you into expensive, pretty prisons. They look great, but you can't repair them, and they watch your every move. But now there's the Fairphone 3, which lets you fix the hardware yourself, paired up with the privacy-first Android /e/OS operating system.We've carried out a series of daily tasks on TOP 20 Linux distros as well as Windows and macOS to test whether Linux has a chance to compete in daily use space. And the answer is - Yes since neither Mac nor Windows came on the top. There is still a very long way to go for all of them, however.While Windows 10 has been steadily gaining users, especially after Microsoft killed off Windows 7, April 2020 actually saw the operating system lose market share, while rivals Ubuntu and macOS saw a surge in users.What's really the most popular operating system? That depends on how you look at them and who's doing the looking. For example, Net Applications shows Windows on top of the desktop operating system mountain with 88.14 percent of the market.I have been immortalised in Lego :) (in blue)As predicted, the proprietary locking system Apple rolled out with its 2018 MacBook Pros is hurting independent repair stores, refurbishers, and electronics recyclers.Stephen Wolfram blames himself for not changing the face of physics sooner. “I do fault myself for not having done this 20 years ago,” the physicist turned software entrepreneur says.Have as much fun admiring as you do playing these gorgeous games.The world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment.It should have been an easy win for Microsoft. When coronavirus sent entire offices home, Skype — which for nearly two decades has been the de facto app people use to keep in touch via video — ought to have been the natural choice for businesses to communicate.