Interesting, #microsoft #windows are acting ultra #shady on #edge #links and not allowing other #browser #competitors to open them, despite them being #capable of doing so: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/microsoft-ed.. This is more anti= #competitive #behaviour ...
Apparently #valorant uses the #windows 11 #tpm ( #trusted #platform #module ) as an anti- #cheat https://www.techspot.com/news/91138-valo.. This doesn't bode well for #opensource #gaming - even using #software on old #hardware ... I imagine even some #programs will begin to use this " #feature ". Damn.
Ouch, #brandnew #microsoft #windows 10 and 11 #ships with #broken and #vulnerable versions of #curl - including 15 #known #bugs https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021..
Looks like #microsoft #windows is now pushing 11, the #version that will see many existing #devices suddenly unable to operate: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperie.. Looking forward to the new #linux surge!
Ouch, #windows 11 apparently does not play well with 55% of #enterprise #workstations - and that does account for all the other #existing #machines too as #workplace machines don't tend to be older than 5 years: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-11.. It appears to me that #microsoft intend to #boost #sales of #hardware by rolling out this #incompatible version of new Windows, perhaps to buy the #surface #device ...
This is seriously impressive, #microsoft #windows 95 in less than 5MB: http://web.archive.org/web/2009020905014.. I really miss the days where these things were possible. *This* is the Windows I liked back in the days, the new Windows is a shadow of its former self.
I have a similar story to this #tech guy who refused to support his family's non- #linux #devices http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/articles.. A while back I was pleasantly #surprised to see my #family 's #desktop #windows running #libreoffice ! I said "awesome, you are supporting #opensource #software !", to which they replied "I don't know, you installed it on there!" - I had forgotten! But they continued to keep using it, even calling it " #office "!
Interesting, so it seems as though #microsoft #windows 11 was built entirely around the requirements from #intel 's new #threadripper #ripoff https://www.anandtech.com/show/16881/a-d.. As per usual, they haven't been working so closely with #linux - so they will continue to lose out on a large #marketshare on #linux #servers ... Some people suggest this is a push towards keeping up with #apple 's M1 #cpu #performance ...
Ouch, a #razor #mouse essential provides a #backdoor into your #windows machine giving #system #privileges through a simple #rightclick #exploit https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se.. What a time to be alive!
Looks like #reactos has made some strides on becoming a viable #microsoft #windows #xp #alternative https://hackaday.com/2021/08/08/reactos-.. I've been following the ReactOS project for a *very long time* - I may even have some of the original source code on a CD sitting in #storage !
The #tpm #module that the new #windows 11 requires that you have seems like a super pain in the arse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2zHvVO.. It essentially moves the #encryption problem around and I believe will just result to making #laptops and other #portable #devices be more #closedsource ... For example, tricking the #tpm into thinking it is running on a specific #configuration just moves the #goalposts towards #stateactors to hack into machines. A better solution is still required.
Interesting, #microsoft #windows #defender is marking a #keygen #software as #malicious https://www.arch13.com/ms-windows-defend.. More specifically it overrides any exclusion list and even deletes the #source code to the program! Seems the Windows #antivirus is actually enforcing #copyright - rather than protecting users from #threats of #viruses and the like.
Very very interesting, #microsoft now roll their own #linux for their #cloud #infrastructure https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner I really do love how it's easier for them to use #linux rather than adapt the #windows #ntkernel haha!
Great point, the new #windows 11 #os is likely to create a large #ewaste #crisis in the middle of a #chipshortage https://hackaday.com/2021/06/29/the-grea.. #microsoft couldn't have picked a *worse* time to cause such a situation.
Apparently #windows 11 will *require* a #microsoft #account and #internet to even setup the machine: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/32.. I don't think they have even properly thought this out - most of the world still does not have a reliable internet connection...
Apparently the new #windows 11 will only support 8th generation #intel #cpu or higher: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows.. I suspect this might be in part a deal with #intel to force people to upgrade their #cpu despite no real need to do so.