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drak: #GNU #Linux users per 1000 #windows users: http://www.draketo.de/politik/gnu-linux-desktop-share
drak's status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 19:54:25 EST
#GNU #Linux users per 1000 #windows users: http://www.draketo.de/politik/gnu-linux-desktop-share
lnxw48a1: #Google discloses #Microsoft #Windows 10 #zero-day vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #Chrome zero-day. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ [www zdnet com] #Win10 #security Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #Patch_Tuesday.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:32:38 EDT
#Google discloses #Microsoft #Windows 10 #zero-day vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #Chrome zero-day. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ [www zdnet com] #Win10 #security Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #Patch_Tuesday.
lnxw48a1: It's finally happened. For over a decade, seeing a #Windows update (either OS or application) has triggered an "oh, no, what's it going to break?" response. Now, #Android and #iOS do the same thing.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Oct-2020 13:13:52 EDT
It's finally happened. For over a decade, seeing a #Windows update (either OS or application) has triggered an "oh, no, what's it going to break?" response. Now, #Android and #iOS do the same thing.
lnxw48a1: Fun fact: I once ran JavaEmailServer on #Windows for my then employer's e-mail server. We were out of licenses, so Exchange wasn't happening (and when you get the "I want to cut over on Friday", you don't have time to figure out sendmail). https://sourceforge.net/projects/javaemailserver/
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 02-Oct-2020 17:59:12 EDT
Fun fact: I once ran JavaEmailServer on #Windows for my then employer's e-mail server. We were out of licenses, so Exchange wasn't happening (and when you get the "I want to cut over on Friday", you don't have time to figure out sendmail). https://sourceforge.net/projects/javaemailserver/
lnxw48a1: Working on mom's laptop ... Updating #Windows and each of her programs separately.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 27-Jul-2020 00:16:06 EDT
Working on mom's laptop ... Updating #Windows and each of her programs separately.
lnxw48a1: @musicman if they’re using #Java, they’re probably going for cross-platform. It is less true than before, but even now, #Windows administrators prefer GUI tools, even when CLI / TUI tools are more functional and faster.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 05-May-2020 21:58:32 EDT
@musicman if they’re using #Java, they’re probably going for cross-platform. It is less true than before, but even now, #Windows administrators prefer GUI tools, even when CLI / TUI tools are more functional and faster.
lnxw48a1: #sonTwo sent me a link to a #Windows #SysAdmin opening not too far from his area. If I get this job, I can hang out with #GS3 on my days off.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 00:09:16 EDT
#sonTwo sent me a link to a #Windows #SysAdmin opening not too far from his area. If I get this job, I can hang out with #GS3 on my days off.
lnxw48a1: Oh, wonderful. A #Zero-day with #RCE on #Windows ... currently unpatched. See: https://freeradical.zone/@tek/103874683857159931 #security #infosec
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 23-Mar-2020 18:34:00 EDT
Oh, wonderful. A #Zero-day with #RCE on #Windows ... currently unpatched. See: https://freeradical.zone/@tek/103874683857159931 #security #infosec
lnxw48a1: https://thehackernews.com/2020/01/warning-quickly-patch-new-critical.html Emergency #security patch for #Win10. Update #Windows today!
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2020 14:38:54 EST
https://thehackernews.com/2020/01/warning-quickly-patch-new-critical.html Emergency #security patch for #Win10. Update #Windows today!
kuro: Zero Day Initiative: The November 2017 !Windows !Security Update Review https://is.gd/9qT36m comprehensive table of MS patchday
kuro's status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2017 08:31:51 EST
Zero Day Initiative: The November 2017 !Windows !Security Update Review https://is.gd/9qT36m comprehensive table of MS patchday
bobjonkmanformer: @BryanLunduke writes: "one of the best ways to 'sneak' free software into an organization" http://status.hackerposse.com/url/15091 !fs !windows
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 17-May-2017 12:49:07 EDT
@BryanLunduke writes: "one of the best ways to 'sneak' free software into an organization" http://www.networkworld.com/article/3197264/open-source-tools/the-ultimate-linux-trojan-horse-windows-subsystem-for-linux.html !fs !windows
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
kzimmermann: Oh, so #Windows 10 has a curfew? What is this, your virtual nanny? https://ctrl.blog/entry/windows-active-hours glad I threw it away. !TIL
kzimmermann's status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2017 09:08:48 EST
Oh, so #Windows 10 has a curfew? What is this, your virtual nanny? https://ctrl.blog/entry/windows-active-hours glad I threw it away. !TIL
reznik: !til Wine works perfectly on WSL. https://twitter.com/never_released/status/829476390181421056 #wine #windows
reznik's status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2017 05:07:20 EST
!til Wine works perfectly on WSL. https://twitter.com/never_released/status/829476390181421056 #wine #windows
bobjonkmanformer: If #Microsoft !Windows continues to improve itself until it is entirely GNU+Linux compatible, then the !ReactOS folks could head them off at the pass and just merge in the Linux kernel now. #NotGonnaHappen #IHopeThatsNotGonnaHappen
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 04-Feb-2017 18:05:56 EST
If #Microsoft !Windows continues to improve itself until it is entirely GNU+Linux compatible, then the !ReactOS folks could head them off at the pass and just merge in the Linux kernel now. #NotGonnaHappen #IHopeThatsNotGonnaHappen
lnxw48: RT @question No? I don't care for it. Yes? I'm the 1 AND only infamous store glass bandit, that keeps stealing #Windows. @why not? (btw: it's been ca. 751 years AND 88 happy days since the battle of Benevento http://url.federati.net/Ihbt0 )
lnxw48's status on Thursday, 24-Nov-2016 00:13:48 EST
RT @question No? I don't care for it. Yes? I'm the 1 AND only infamous store glass bandit, that keeps stealing #Windows. @why not? (btw: it's been ca. 751 years AND 88 happy days since the battle of Benevento http://url.federati.net/Ihbt0 )
question: No? I don't care for it. Yes? I'm the 1 AND only infamous store glass bandit, that keeps stealing #Windows. @why not? (btw: it's been ca. 751 years AND 88 happy days since the battle of Benevento https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Benevento )
question's status on Thursday, 24-Nov-2016 00:11:45 EST
No? I don't care for it. Yes? I'm the 1 AND only infamous store glass bandit, that keeps stealing #Windows. @why not? (btw: it's been ca. 751 years AND 88 happy days since the battle of Benevento https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Benevento )
lnxw48: @question You liked a shop window. Are you the infamous store glass bandit that keeps stealing #Windows? Billionaire Bill Gates won't like you if you steal (or copyright violate) Windows.
lnxw48's status on Thursday, 24-Nov-2016 00:10:26 EST
@question You liked a shop window. Are you the infamous store glass bandit that keeps stealing #Windows? Billionaire Bill Gates won't like you if you steal (or copyright violate) Windows.
bobjonkmanformer: m♻ @dragnucs@quitter.no: [When] dealing with #GNU, 2012 is too old and out dated. When dealing with #Windows, 2012 is bleeding edge
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 02-Nov-2016 17:05:38 EDT
m♻ @dragnucs@quitter.no: [When] dealing with #GNU, 2012 is too old and out dated. When dealing with #Windows, 2012 is bleeding edge
lnxw48: @jim First find out if your can do your work tasks without #Windows. Your $EMPLOYER may have built processes around specific CAD software and file formats, for example. @nds
lnxw48's status on Sunday, 30-Oct-2016 11:25:59 EDT
@jim First find out if your can do your work tasks without #Windows. Your $EMPLOYER may have built processes around specific CAD software and file formats, for example. @nds
lnxw48: @daw It has been years since I ran #MySQL on #Windows ( #WinXP ). Not sure anything is still relevant to current versions of MySQL or Windows.
lnxw48's status on Thursday, 20-Oct-2016 14:46:43 EDT
@daw It has been years since I ran #MySQL on #Windows ( #WinXP ). Not sure anything is still relevant to current versions of MySQL or Windows.
sl: Where's precompiled pyodbc binaries? Google closed their archive(?). https://code.google.com/archive/p/pyodbc/ and this links to there only? https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyodbc !python #python #odbc #pyodbc #programming #developrs #db #database #windows #libraries
sl's status on Wednesday, 03-Feb-2016 23:05:25 EST
Where's precompiled pyodbc binaries? Google closed their archive(?). https://code.google.com/archive/p/pyodbc/ and this links to there only? https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyodbc !python #python #odbc #pyodbc #programming #developrs #db #database #windows #libraries
mmn: A friend is using #Windows 10. It suddenly starts crashing within 15 minutes of booting. Frustration grows. I slide in, install #Ubuntu (dual boot) - clicket-i-click - the machine works fine. All desired software works perfectly. Thank you #Microsoft for giving me this opportunity to introduce another person to (more or less) libre operating systems!
mmn's status on Thursday, 17-Dec-2015 19:08:22 EST
A friend is using #Windows 10. It suddenly starts crashing within 15 minutes of booting. Frustration grows. I slide in, install #Ubuntu (dual boot) - clicket-i-click - the machine works fine. All desired software works perfectly. Thank you #Microsoft for giving me this opportunity to introduce another person to (more or less) libre operating systems!
sl: Having trouble installing PyNaCl on Windows? Here's a guide how to get it done. As far as I know, everyone has been suffering with this installation. https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar-Server/wiki/Installing-pynacl-on-Windows !python …
sl's status on Saturday, 19-Sep-2015 01:45:38 EDT
Having trouble installing PyNaCl on Windows? Here's a guide how to get it done. As far as I know, everyone has been suffering with this installation. https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar-Server/wiki/Installing-pynacl-on-Windows !python …
erkanyilmaz: !twister 0.9.31 also available for #windows: https://github.com/dryabov/twister-webkit/releases/tag/0.9.31.0-dev
erkanyilmaz's status on Sunday, 06-Sep-2015 14:59:43 EDT
!twister 0.9.31 also available for #windows: https://github.com/dryabov/twister-webkit/releases/tag/0.9.31.0-dev
mmn: RT @zorak What is the possible overlap between people caring to use !Tor and people using #Windows 10 as the host OS? !surveillance !privacy
mmn's status on Thursday, 13-Aug-2015 15:21:42 EDT
RT @zorak What is the possible overlap between people caring to use !Tor and people using #Windows 10 as the host OS? !surveillance !privacy
zorak: What is the possible overlap between people caring to use !Tor and people using #Windows 10 as the host OS? !surveillance !privacy
zorak's status on Thursday, 13-Aug-2015 13:36:46 EDT
What is the possible overlap between people caring to use !Tor and people using #Windows 10 as the host OS? !surveillance !privacy
majestyx: #gimp #inkscape and #fun !! #socialmedia !fediverse !gnusocial some buddys call it a !hackfest :-) #ilovefs <3 Was ist das CreativeCamp? | #Linux statt #Windows https://linux-statt-windows.org/topic/1377/was-ist-das-creativecamp/3
majestyx's status on Tuesday, 21-Jul-2015 16:36:07 EDT
#gimp #inkscape and #fun !! #socialmedia !fediverse !gnusocial some buddys call it a !hackfest :-) #ilovefs <3 Was ist das CreativeCamp? | #Linux statt #Windows https://linux-statt-windows.org/topic/1377/was-ist-das-creativecamp/3
majestyx: for yours #windows #buddys :-) !fediverse !gnusocial Free Tool Looks for #HackingTeam #Malware | Threatpost | The first stop for security news https://threatpost.com/free-tool-looks-for-hackingteam-malware/113850
majestyx's status on Tuesday, 21-Jul-2015 07:00:50 EDT
for yours #windows #buddys :-) !fediverse !gnusocial Free Tool Looks for #HackingTeam #Malware | Threatpost | The first stop for security news https://threatpost.com/free-tool-looks-for-hackingteam-malware/113850
lnxw48: Malware that bypasses authentication on Active Directory systems that implement password only authentication. http://head4.me/2n /via Aviadax on #PumpIO. #Windows !security
lnxw48's status on Wednesday, 14-Jan-2015 11:43:31 EST
Malware that bypasses authentication on Active Directory systems that implement password only authentication. http://head4.me/2n /via Aviadax on #PumpIO. #Windows !security
bobjonkmanformer: @morph The DB entry for !politics on micro.morphtown.de had the same group/id as the !windows entry on s.morphtown.de does now, but because you only subscribe to !windows and don't host it locally it forwards to !windows@quitter.se -- best solution is to stop redirecting micro.morphtown.de to s.morphtown.de and just let requests to micro.morphtown.de fail
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 26-Oct-2014 04:30:07 EDT
@morph The DB entry for !politics on micro.morphtown.de had the same group/id as the !windows entry on s.morphtown.de does now, but because you only subscribe to !windows and don't host it locally it forwards to !windows@quitter.se -- best solution is to stop redirecting micro.morphtown.de to s.morphtown.de and just let requests to micro.morphtown.de fail
bobjonkmanformer: I know - that used to be !politics on micro.morphtown.de which is now s.morphtown.de... I'll bet that change b0rked something in my database, and now I'll spend the rest of the night bit-twiddling in PhpMyAdmin #OhNoNotAnotherLearningExperience
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 26-Oct-2014 03:51:06 EDT
I know - that used to be !politics on micro.morphtown.de which is now s.morphtown.de... I'll bet that change b0rked something in my database, and now I'll spend the rest of the night bit-twiddling in PhpMyAdmin #OhNoNotAnotherLearningExperience
bobjonkmanformer: @benfell writes: "…humans exist for more than exploitive labor" https://disunitedstates.org/?p=6838 !politics
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 26-Oct-2014 03:36:53 EDT
@benfell writes: "…humans exist for more than exploitive labor" https://disunitedstates.org/?p=6838 !politics
erkanyilmaz: when I began at my university we were thrown at #unix machines for emailing, browsing (I had back then only #msdos experience), after like 6 semesters or so I saw an increased supply of #windows on university pcs :-(
erkanyilmaz's status on Friday, 10-Oct-2014 04:53:51 EDT
when I began at my university we were thrown at #unix machines for emailing, browsing (I had back then only #msdos experience), after like 6 semesters or so I saw an increased supply of #windows on university pcs :-(
bobjonkmanformer: On the !KWLUG mailing list @Flying_Squirrel explains why there is no !Windows 9 http://ur1.ca/ialrd
bobjonkmanformer's status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2014 09:41:18 EDT
On the !KWLUG mailing list @Flying_Squirrel explains why there is no !Windows 9 http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2014-October/013438.html
bobjonkmanformer: @mk !Windows doesn't have nearly the number of alternate desktop environments or window managers. Sure, there are some 3rd party applications (Norton Desktop springs to mind) but the ease if trying something new is unsurpassed in GNU+Linux. Not to mention the safety of not using untrustworthy download sites
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2014 14:50:38 EDT
@mk !Windows doesn't have nearly the number of alternate desktop environments or window managers. Sure, there are some 3rd party applications (Norton Desktop springs to mind) but the ease if trying something new is unsurpassed in GNU+Linux. Not to mention the safety of not using untrustworthy download sites
bobjonkmanformer: This is why I like !GNU + !Linux - if we were using !Windows we couldn't even have this conversation
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2014 13:40:23 EDT
This is why I like !GNU + !Linux - if we were using !Windows we couldn't even have this conversation
robmyers: RT @mcscx @robmyers @aru Not that I needed it myself, but I think !GNUsocial lacks an attractive client for non-tech !Windows users.
robmyers's status on Monday, 04-Aug-2014 21:51:35 EDT
RT @mcscx @robmyers @aru Not that I needed it myself, but I think !GNUsocial lacks an attractive client for non-tech !Windows users.
mcscx: @robmyers @aru Not that I needed it myself, but I think !GNUsocial lacks an attractive client for non-tech !Windows users.
mcscx's status on Monday, 04-Aug-2014 20:24:17 EDT
@robmyers @aru Not that I needed it myself, but I think !GNUsocial lacks an attractive client for non-tech !Windows users.
erkanyilmaz: see (1), but if you're as paranoid as I am: compiling under #cygwin is the best. and even better: not using #windows. (1) https://github.com/iShift/twister-webkit/releases
erkanyilmaz's status on Sunday, 06-Jul-2014 03:35:31 EDT
see (1), but if you're as paranoid as I am: compiling under #cygwin is the best. and even better: not using #windows. (1) https://github.com/iShift/twister-webkit/releases
erkanyilmaz: assess this with this info again: there are also installers/binaries for #windows ;-)
erkanyilmaz's status on Wednesday, 02-Jul-2014 00:25:05 EDT
assess this with this info again: there are also installers/binaries for #windows ;-)
bobjonkmanformer: Not using Internet Explorer is probably the single most effective thing !Windows users can do to improve their !security.
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 08-May-2014 21:37:26 EDT
Not using Internet Explorer is probably the single most effective thing !Windows users can do to improve their !security.
bobjonkmanformer: The next session of "!Linux for !Windows Users" on 14 May 2014 will be either "The Linux !Mint Desktop" or "Installfest". Better the Desktop, I think, rather than another gruelling installation on recalcitrent laptops.
bobjonkmanformer's status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2014 17:25:51 EDT
The next session of "!Linux for !Windows Users" on 14 May 2014 will be either "The Linux !Mint Desktop" or "Installfest". Better the Desktop, I think, rather than another gruelling installation on recalcitrent laptops.
bobjonkmanformer: I've been recommending !Linux !Mint !Debian Edition (LMDE) with the !Mate desktop to friends, family and clients because it gives the closest look'n'feel to !Windows XP
bobjonkmanformer's status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2014 00:13:40 EDT
I've been recommending !Linux !Mint !Debian Edition (LMDE) with the !Mate desktop to friends, family and clients because it gives the closest look'n'feel to !Windows XP
bobjonkmanformer: Connect the drive to an existing !Windows system, then 'chkdisk /f d:'
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2014 16:45:55 EDT
Connect the drive to an existing !Windows system, then 'chkdisk /f d:'
bobjonkmanformer: Steven Vaughan-Nichols @sjvn has three articles in a row on converting !Windows XP to !Linux !Mint: http://ur1.ca/gygct and http://ur1.ca/gygcu and http://ur1.ca/gygcv Also, #DontReadTheComments
bobjonkmanformer's status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2014 03:54:44 EDT
Steven Vaughan-Nichols @sjvn has three articles in a row on converting !Windows XP to !Linux !Mint: http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-install-linux-mint-on-your-xp-pc-7000027900/ and http://www.zdnet.com/windows-xp-and-linux-mint-brothers-at-the-interface-gallery-7000027860/ and http://www.zdnet.com/why-linux-mint-is-a-worthwhile-windows-xp-replacement-7000027858/ Also, #DontReadTheComments
bobjonkmanformer: Virus scanning on !Windows machines is tedious work.
bobjonkmanformer's status on Friday, 21-Mar-2014 17:24:05 EDT
Virus scanning on !Windows machines is tedious work.
bobjonkmanformer: Most WinXP users won't migrate. They'll continue to use WinXP until their computer breaks, then they'll buy a new computer with the latest !Windows OS and carry on. Some will pay for an upgrade to the latest Windows OS, because "they don't want to change" (not realizing that they DO need to learn a new OS, and it's just as difficult to switch from WinXP to Win8 as it is to !Linux). http://sn.jonkman.ca/notice/253126
bobjonkmanformer's status on Sunday, 16-Mar-2014 14:23:57 EDT
Most WinXP users won't migrate. They'll continue to use WinXP until their computer breaks, then they'll buy a new computer with the latest !Windows OS and carry on. Some will pay for an upgrade to the latest Windows OS, because "they don't want to change" (not realizing that they DO need to learn a new OS, and it's just as difficult to switch from WinXP to Win8 as it is to !Linux).…
bobjonkmanformer: @chaslinux I started with !Debian in 1996, didn't use it much, played with SUSE in 2005, settled on !Ubuntu in 2007, and dropped !Windows entirely in 2009 (except on computers needed for work).
bobjonkmanformer's status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2014 03:08:25 EST
@chaslinux I started with !Debian in 1996, didn't use it much, played with SUSE in 2005, settled on !Ubuntu in 2007, and dropped !Windows entirely in 2009 (except on computers needed for work).