Making security not a joke blessed us with crap like safedisc, securom, secure boot, denuvo, TPM, Pluton, Widevine, HDCP and more heinous crap. I think I can live without.
The only good thing is the UAC prompt. That one makes sense. Doesn’t protect any of your important files, but keeps windows from killing itself. Sometimes.
Worked with my 76 year old dad. He happily does all of his stuff on Manjaro. Vivaldi looks like on Windows. And Kodi is even better than the satellite TV crap he had on Windows.
www.kasmweb.com
It’s a container streaming platform. So it can replace RDP, remoteapps, Citrix and potentially Hyperspace (if it runs in Wine). Plus it’s open source or can be paid for if you need support and hosting.
You get a free Ubuntu container to mess around for a few minutes, it’s rather snappy for a VNC backend.
Ah, the HP Omen that uses mostly standard components and might be decent but has a coked up marketing team that makes me trust the brand by driving me insane.
The software giant first introduced malware-like pop-up ads last year with a prompt that appeared over the top of other apps and windows. After pausing that notification to address “unintended behavior,” the pop-ups have returned again on Windows 10 and 11....
Oh you can totally erase and reuse the tapes. Depending on the tape software you can also rewrite parts or replace older files with incremental updates. It just really takes a while of rewinding. And the noise it makes is kinda retro…
Only if you’re incompetent. Otherwise just not optimal.
Starsector, Rise to Ruins and Project Zomboid run well and are made in Java for example. It’s harder to pull off but it can be done. (still needs native libraries though)
Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar (windowscopilot.news)
"Twy Edge Pwetty Pwease" (lemmy.world)
Meta now steals your quest 1 from your home. (lemmy.nowsci.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.nowsci.com/post/5896434...
Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop (www.gamingonlinux.com)
It looks like we'll soon be welcoming a lot of new Linux users here (www.theverge.com)
The longer I look, the more confused I get. What is this marketing? (lemmy.zip)
Microsoft is once again injecting pop-up ads into Google Chrome on Windows in a bid to get people to switch to Bing (www.theverge.com)
The software giant first introduced malware-like pop-up ads last year with a prompt that appeared over the top of other apps and windows. After pausing that notification to address “unintended behavior,” the pop-ups have returned again on Windows 10 and 11....
Teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was discovered says new employer fired her for violating social media policy (slatereport.com)
This was the first result on Google (lemmy.ml)
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com)
Gute Alternativen zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung (sopuli.xyz) German
Quelle...
Now my arch is bloated more than the default ubuntu (lemmy.world)
Take this! (lemmy.world)
Classic Microsoft (lemmy.world)