Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month
Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month
Windows 7 has been dead for years. Yet, ahead of Windows 10's end of support date, users are flocking back to it.Hans-Christian Dirscherl (PCWorld)
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Cheap Linux tablet?
Does anyone know of a cheap tablet that can run a Linux distro?
It doesn't need to be high spec - it's just for displaying photos.
Thanks!
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If it's just for displaying photos, why Linux? Digital picture frames are way cheap or scroungeable.
For a substitute tablet I've been interested in trying a Lenovo Yoga. It's really a laptop with a 360 degree screen hinge so you can get the keyboard out of the way. My use case of interest is reading arxiv.org pdf's in portrait mode.
I've seen digital picture frames without battery more expensive than a a basic tablet where I live 😛
(Doesn't make sense, but happens)
I recently picked up a Microsoft Surface Go 2 and installed Linux on it. Ebay is flooded with them in the USA, and I paid $90 for the tablet with the keyboard cover. The irony of Linux on a Microsoft branded tablet amuses me.
Everything but the cameras just worked. There's a kernel patch for the cameras, but I haven't been motivated to patch and recompile.
Anyone shopping for the same should keep in mind that the 8100Y CPU is twice as fast as the Pentium, and the 64gb storage option is slow eMMC while 128gb and 256gb are faster NVME.
Ontario's fossil fuel growth puts climate goals out of reach, auditor general finds
Ontario's fossil fuel growth puts climate goals out of reach, auditor general finds
The Ford government's embrace of fossil fuels and car-friendly policies is driving Ontario away from its 2030 climate target, the province's auditor general warns.Canada's National Observer
Security Flaw Turns Unitree Robots Into Botnets
A critical vulnerability in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Wi-Fi configuration interface used by several different Unitree robots can result in a root-level takeover by an attacker, security researchers disclosed on 20 September.The exploit impacts Unitree’s Go2 and B2 quadrupeds and G1 and H1 humanoids. Because the vulnerability is wireless, and the resulting access to the affected platform is complete, the vulnerability becomes wormable, say the researchers, meaning “an infected robot can simply scan for other Unitree robots in BLE range and automatically compromise them, creating a robot botnet that spreads without user intervention.”
Unitree Robot Hack: What You Need to Know
Can your robot be hacked? A new vulnerability in Unitree robots could turn them into a botnet army. Are we taking robot security seriously enough?Evan Ackerman (IEEE Spectrum)
Petro expels Israeli diplomats, ends free trade amid Israeli piracy
Petro expels Israeli diplomats, ends free trade amid Israeli piracy
Colombian President Gustavo Petro expels the Israeli diplomatic delegation after two Colombian nationals were detained aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.Al Mayadeen English (Petro expels Israeli diplomats, ends free trade amid Israeli piracy)
UN Secretariat 'reinstated' Iran sanctions resolution beyond its authority — Russian MFA
UN Secretariat 'reinstated' Iran sanctions resolution beyond its authority — Russian MFA
Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized that the UN Security Council has not passed any decisions granting the UN Secretariat the authority "to issue opinions on such sensitive matters, which are within the exclusive competence of the UN Security Coun…TASS
In Ukraine, money via USAID was used to finance terrorists, – Miroshnik
In Ukraine, money via USAID was used to finance terrorists, - Miroshnik
Rodion Miroshnik, Special Envoy of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the crimes of the Kiev regime, said that money flowing into Ukraine through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was being used to finance terrorist operations.newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)
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October 2025 ForumWG Meeting
October 2025 ForumWG Meeting
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 17h00 to 18h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (today) on 2 October 2025.
Meeting link: meet.jit.si/ap-forum-wg
Discussions will continue re:
- FEP 7888/f228 adoption
- ongoing FEP drafts
- Context (topic/thread) deletion and moving between audiences (communities/categories)
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Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla, Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas, Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy
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At least 45 Palestinians are dead after Israeli attacks in Gaza today. Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill speaks to Hamas political official Mohammad Nazzal on how the Palestinian resistance is approaching its response to Trump’s Gaza ultimatum. Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, spraying boats with “skunk water” and detaining parliamentarians, humanitarian activists, and journalists—including Drop Site journalist Alex Colston. The U.S. enters the second day of a government shutdown. The U.S. plans to provide Ukraine with intelligence to carry out long-range missile strikes on energy infrastructure inside Russia—the first time it has agreed to aid Ukraine in these types of attacks. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill six and wound ten in an attack in El-Fasher. Two killed, over 400 arrested in Morocco in anti-government protests.
Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla, Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas, Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy
At least 45 Palestinians are dead after Israeli attacks in Gaza today. Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill speaks to Hamas political official Mohammad Nazzal on how the Palestinian resistance is approaching its response to Trump’s Gaza ultimatum. Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, spraying boats with “skunk water” and detaining parliamentarians, humanitarian activists, and journalists—including Drop Site journalist Alex Colston. The U.S. enters the second day of a government shutdown. The U.S. plans to provide Ukraine with intelligence to carry out long-range missile strikes on energy infrastructure inside Russia—the first time it has agreed to aid Ukraine in these types of attacks. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill six and wound ten in an attack in El-Fasher. Two killed, over 400 arrested in Morocco in anti-government protests.
Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla, Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas, Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36983579
At least 45 Palestinians are dead after Israeli attacks in Gaza today. Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill speaks to Hamas political official Mohammad Nazzal on how the Palestinian resistance is approaching its response to Trump’s Gaza ultimatum. Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, spraying boats with “skunk water” and detaining parliamentarians, humanitarian activists, and journalists—including Drop Site journalist Alex Colston. The U.S. enters the second day of a government shutdown. The U.S. plans to provide Ukraine with intelligence to carry out long-range missile strikes on energy infrastructure inside Russia—the first time it has agreed to aid Ukraine in these types of attacks. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill six and wound ten in an attack in El-Fasher. Two killed, over 400 arrested in Morocco in anti-government protests.
Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla, Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas, Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy
At least 45 Palestinians are dead after Israeli attacks in Gaza today. Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill speaks to Hamas political official Mohammad Nazzal on how the Palestinian resistance is approaching its response to Trump’s Gaza ultimatum. Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, spraying boats with “skunk water” and detaining parliamentarians, humanitarian activists, and journalists—including Drop Site journalist Alex Colston. The U.S. enters the second day of a government shutdown. The U.S. plans to provide Ukraine with intelligence to carry out long-range missile strikes on energy infrastructure inside Russia—the first time it has agreed to aid Ukraine in these types of attacks. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill six and wound ten in an attack in El-Fasher. Two killed, over 400 arrested in Morocco in anti-government protests.
Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla, Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas, Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy
Security Flaw Turns Unitree Robots Into Botnets
A critical vulnerability in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Wi-Fi configuration interface used by several different Unitree robots can result in a root-level takeover by an attacker, security researchers disclosed on 20 September.
The exploit impacts Unitree’s Go2 and B2 quadrupeds and G1 and H1 humanoids. Because the vulnerability is wireless, and the resulting access to the affected platform is complete, the vulnerability becomes wormable, say the researchers, meaning “an infected robot can simply scan for other Unitree robots in BLE range and automatically compromise them, creating a robot botnet that spreads without user intervention.”
Unitree Robot Hack: What You Need to Know
Can your robot be hacked? A new vulnerability in Unitree robots could turn them into a botnet army. Are we taking robot security seriously enough?Evan Ackerman (IEEE Spectrum)
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How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
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How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
Oct 02, 2025How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
In an exclusive interview, veteran Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal discusses strategy, red lines, and Israel’s attempt to assassinate Palestinian negotiators.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
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Oct 02, 2025
How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
Oct 02, 2025How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
In an exclusive interview, veteran Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal discusses strategy, red lines, and Israel’s attempt to assassinate Palestinian negotiators.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
In an exclusive interview, veteran Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal discusses strategy, red lines, and Israel’s attempt to assassinate Palestinian negotiators.Jeremy Scahill (Drop Site News)
It’s bizarre how Zionists claim the media is so pro-Palestinian when most won’t even interview any.
This was a helpful look at the mindset of decision makers in Gaza.
The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief | Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.
The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief
Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.Emily Sanders (ExxonKnews)
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Serious: What is going to take to face the fascist threat in America?
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California is finally quitting coal. Here's what comes next
Archived copies of the article:
* archive.today
* web.archive.org — click 'continue'
* ghostarchive.org — click 'continue' then click 'x' — photos missing
I'll note that once this out-of-state power plant closes, significant coal exports will still go through California, even if almost none is burned to supply electricity to California.
Commentary: California is finally quitting coal. Here's what comes next
To replace a 40-year-old Utah coal plant, Los Angeles is investing in green hydrogen.Sammy Roth (Los Angeles Times)
I Replaced React & Reagent With 720 Lines of Slop-coded Squint-cljs
I Replaced React & Reagent With 720 Lines of Slop-coded Squint-cljs
Chris McCormick - Newsmccormick.cx
Taking abandoned projects and making them usable again or repurpose them is a nice application for LLMs. A lot of the time it's just tedious work of updating dependencies or tooling to what's currently being used.
Mr-clean was a really good idea because it implements reagent semantics without bothering with the VDOM which removes a lot of the complexity and overhead of React. The reason React needs the VDOM is because it's agnostic regarding what might trigger a change to the DOM. However, if your component repaints are driven solely by the state of the reactive atoms then you can just drive the actual DOM based on that. All you really need is to make subscriptions to the atom, and whenever its state is updated then all the subscribed elements are repainted. This is why Reagent is able to get away with only focusing on the render part of the React lifecycle.
AI-Driven Demand for Gas Turbines Risks a New Energy Crunch
Orders for turbines to power natural gas plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand.
The decision to do a massive build-out of AI using fossil fuels to power it is going to add significantly to emissions at a time when we need to be phasing out fossil fuels entirely.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The recent testimony, coming from a SpaceX insider during a court case, marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the privately held company has been disclosed. While there is no prohibition on Chinese ownership in U.S. military contractors, such investment is heavily regulated and the issue is treated by the U.S. government as a significant national security concern.
“They obviously have Chinese investors to be honest,” Iqbaljit Kahlon, a major SpaceX investor, said in a deposition last year, adding that some are “directly on the cap table.” “Cap table” refers to the company’s capitalization table, which lists its shareholders.
Kahlon’s testimony does not reveal the scope of Chinese investment in SpaceX or the identities of the investors. Kahlon has long been close with the company’s leadership and runs his own firm that acts as a middleman for wealthy investors looking to buy shares of SpaceX.
SpaceX keeps its full ownership structure secret. It was previously reported that some Chinese investors had bought indirect stakes in SpaceX, investing in middleman funds that in turn owned shares in the rocket company. The new testimony describes direct investments that suggest a closer relationship with SpaceX.
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National security law experts said federal officials would likely be deeply interested in understanding the direct Chinese investment in SpaceX. Whether there was cause for concern would depend on the details, they said, but the U.S. government has asserted that China has a systematic strategy of using investments in sensitive industries to conduct espionage.
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Buying shares in SpaceX is much more difficult than buying a piece of a publicly traded company like Tesla or Microsoft. SpaceX has control over who can buy stakes in it, and the company’s investors fall into different categories. The most rarefied group is the direct investors, who actually own SpaceX shares. This group includes funds led by Kahlon, Peter Thiel and a handful of other venture capitalists with personal ties to Musk. Then there are the indirect investors, who effectively buy stakes in SpaceX through a middleman like Kahlon. (The indirect investors are actually buying into a fund run by the middleman, typically paying a hefty fee.) All previously known Chinese investors in SpaceX fell into the latter category.
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Kahlon has turned his access to SpaceX stock into a lucrative business. His investor list reads like an atlas of the world. The investors’ names are redacted in the recently unsealed document, but their addresses span from Chile to Malaysia. One is in Russia. At least two are in mainland China. One is in Qatar. (In one email to SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Kahlon said a Los Angeles-based fund had money from the Qatari royal family and was already invested in SpaceX.)
“You made a big fortune,” a China-based financier wrote to Kahlon four years ago. “Lol something like that. SpaceX has been the gift that keeps on giving,” Kahlon responded. “All thanks to you.”
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SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors: Company Insider
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.ProPublica
Someone Is Sending Fake Letters To T-Mobile Customers Shaming Their Browsing History
Someone Is Sending Fake Letters To T-Mobile Customers Shaming Their Browsing History
Did you receive a scary letter claiming to be from T-Mobile about your recent browsing activity? Don't worry, it's not real.Jman100 (The Mobile Report)
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Sounds like someone purchased, or otherwise gained access to, T-Mobile's targeted customer advertising and marketing profile data.
Or, the kind of information that data harvesting applications gather, and then sell to data brokers.
I wonder if they have a grudge against T-Mobile, this is an early stage of a larger plan, or if it's just for the lulz?
🙄it’s not from T-Mobile, it’s a forgery. And, unless the letters are actually cake, we can infer that “fake” in this case means just that.
Please spare us the reddit pedantry. There are much more intelligent discussions to be had around this topic without avoiding it entirely to inject some grammar nitpicking.
Maybe pedantry is not your cup of tea, but I listen to technology connections.
And the best type of correct is technically correct.
The whole reason to be precise about language is because it is confusing when you read something and go "that does not make sense" and then think about it for a minute and then realize what it means.
We don't call them "fake emails" for a reason. It's confusing. Spam email, spurious email, fake sender address, phishing, etc., are less confusing. Same with physical mail. Don't be mad just because I want to read stuff nice.
It's not imprecise at all and it's only confusing if you deliberately misinterpret it to be pedantic.
What do you call a fake ID then?
Are you telling me that my confusion was on purpose?
I'm telling you I was confused.
Don't believe me if you're so smart. Not going to argue.
Either it was on purpose or you're not nearly smart enough to be arguing about grammar and definitions on the internet.
Also you didn't answer my question.
Fake ID claims to be valid proof of id but is not.
From the headline I couldn't tell if the letter was purporting to be from tmobile or just somebody razzing people. I did not read the article. My brain fried on what a "fake letter" was.
People are not just smart on one dimension only. You can be smart and still get confused processing language. Asshole.
My brain fried on what a “fake letter” was.
Fake : adjective Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
Greenpeace blocks Zeebrugge LNG terminal to protest gas imports from Russia and the US
Greenpeace blocks Zeebrugge LNG terminal to protest gas imports from Russia and the US
Dozens of Greenpeace activists staged a coordinated protest at the port of Zeebrugge on Wednesday, blocking access to Belgium’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and calling on the European Union…EUToday Correspondents (https://eutoday.net)
At Stake in the Shutdown Fight: Obamacare Prices That Could Rise by Thousands of Dollars
At Stake in the Shutdown Fight: Obamacare Prices That Could Rise by Thousands of Dollars
Here’s where Affordable Care Act premiums could increase the most.Margot Sanger-Katz (The New York Times)
N.Y. bill would aim to counter threat of federal funding withholdings to state
New York bill would aim to counter threat of federal funding withholdings to the state
It would give the state the ability to withhold payments to the federal government if the Trump administration withholds funds from the state in defiance of court orders.Susan Arbetter (Spectrum News 1 Central NY)
No more signs of life in Indonesia school collapse, with 59 still missing: Rescuers
No more signs of life in Indonesia school collapse, with 59 still missing: Rescuers
The Al Khoziny boarding school, located in the East Java town of Sidoarjo, collapsed when its foundations could not support ongoing construction work on the upper floors.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
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Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change | National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.Kate Yoder (Grist)
Cassini Proves Complex Chemistry in Enceladus Ocean
In 2005, Cassini found the first evidence that Enceladus has a hidden ocean beneath its icy surface. Jets of water burst from cracks close to the moon’s south pole, shooting ice grains into space. Smaller than grains of sand, some of the tiny pieces of ice fall back onto the moon’s surface, whilst others escape and form a ring around Saturn that traces Enceladus’s orbit.
Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. This is a clear sign that complex chemical reactions are taking place within its underground ocean.www.esa.int
Inside the viral lies that spread climate confusion
Misleading WhatsApp groups and political sound bites aren’t just nonsense – they’re putting Latino communities in danger during floods, fires, and storms.
Inside the viral lies that spread climate confusion
False WhatsApp chains and political sound bites aren’t just nonsense – they’re putting Latino communities in danger during floods, fires, and storms.Johani Carolina Ponce (Yale Climate Connections)
UK Tory leader Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climateHelena Horton (The Guardian)
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They want to be isolationists fine let them be by themselves seize all the American companies assets in other countries and start other companies that are local.
Lorde shouts "Free f—ing Palestine" at NYC concert
Grammy winner Lorde made a pro-Palestinian statement, shouting “Free f—ing Palestine” during her New York City Ultrasound tour show.
The New Zealand singer, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, was performing her hit song “Team” when the stage lighting shifted to a prominent display of red, white, and green, the colors of the Palestinian flag.
Lorde's on-stage declaration marks one of the many political statements by a major music artist regarding the ongoing ‘Israeli’ aggression in Palestine.
Lorde shouts "Free f—ing Palestine" at NYC concert
Grammy winner Lorde whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor (credit: Shutterstock)Roya News
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Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
exposing a fan to linux without a fan header
I'm making a small cluster where I want one SBC in charge of the fan. the fan will pull across 2 chambers to cool everything. I want to be able to use standard linux tools to read and control fan speed but the orange pi I'm planning to put in charge of this function doesn't have a typical PC fan header. I have USB ports and GPIO pins I can break out into a microcontroller or some other adaptor or board but I wanted this to be visible to linux with standard tools.
I saw there are various pi PWM boards out there, but they all seem to cover the top of the boards and blow directly down with their own fan. I'm building a case with a single large fan and ducting that pulls air past passive heatsinks so that wont work.
I could just hardwire the fan and let it run full speed all the time, but thats louder and pulling in more dust than it needs to and wont warn me if the fan dies. Surely someone has already solved this problem but I haven't been able to figure out how.
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I've recently done almost exactly this, although I used an ESP8266 running esphome. That powers two 120mm fans that have various speed settings (including 0 rpm via PWM) depending on both the power state of various devices in the cupboard where it's housed, as well as temperature. All speeds and controls are exposed to linux via the Home Assitant API, and of course that has its own alerts and dashboards. I wanted to run this fully independently of the machines its cooling.
Not worth pursuing if you don't already have an HA install, but if you do then perhaps worth a thought of a different approach.
Mahmoud Khalil Hails Ruling Against Trump Deportation Effort Targeting Pro-Palestinian Students
'That's a lie and you know it!': Scott Jennings confronted on CNN over government shutdown
'That's a lie and you know it!': Scott Jennings confronted on CNN over government shutdown
Political consultant Karen Finney confronted GOP strategist Scott Jennings with President Donald Trump's own rhetoric about the government shutdown during an appearance on CNN on Wednesday.Robert Davis (Raw Story)
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in reply to earthworm • • •Hard to say either way since my reasoning is just speculative. I would want to get some more insight from someone in Asia. If this is the case, and this is indeed a trend, big tech often caters to Asia first.
I mean that's not even considering that having over 40% of machines not switched over by EoL is pretty massive. Very reminiscent of XP.
It's certainly possible they will re-evaluate a lot of their stances that lead to this point.
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in reply to mormund • • •Not from Mastodon, but from looking at the map for September:
Here's a link to the rest of the map
You'll have to mouse over the different countries here, but regardless of whatever the heck is happening in Singapore, windows 7 is still sitting between 15-5% in other countries across Asia. and 10 is still nowhere near the "safe" levels for EoL coming up.
Desktop Windows Version Market Share Asia | Statcounter Global Stats
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •But that doesn't make a good headline.
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in reply to radix • • •Thanks Microsoft spokesman.
Why is it that these scores are taken at face value until a corporation doesn't like them? What you think 4% of a random set of servers suddenly started using Windows 7 to bot pages to drum up Windows 7 support?
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in reply to stupidcasey • • •Look at the data: gs.statcounter.com/windows-ver…
Or more specifically gs.statcounter.com/windows-ver…
All the data is nice and smooth, slow rises or declines, as usual.
And then all of a sudden in July and only ins Singapore, Windows 7 goes from <2% to 92%. All other asian countries stay about the same.
Does this sound likely to you that 90% of users uninstall Win10 and Win11 in Singapore to install Win7 and all that in a span of just two months?
Or is it more likely that there's some bug (or some botnet) causing false stats?
Desktop Windows Version Market Share Asia | Statcounter Global Stats
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in reply to kylian0087 • • •It's not that I'm disagreeing with you. I'm just not agreeing with you.
I personally think that (as unpopular an opinion as it may be) Flatpak's largely make the choice of first distro irrelevant. The weakness in Manjaro is that you either risk using the AUR or stay on old versions of the software. Or with Mint/Ubuntu/etc... you either risk adding random repos to your sources list or you use older versions of the software.
Either way, you run the risk of a new person mucking up their system with a bad repo or a bad aur package.
The alternative, using flatpaks, largely solves both issues for when you need newer versions of a certain software, and are dead simple to install/remove/update, etc...
And I say this as someone who was super skeptical of flatpak's for a very very long time.
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in reply to LibertyLizard • • •If you want my two cents, Mint's default Desktop Environment (Cinnamon) is far more windows-like compared to Ubuntu, and Mint includes more quality of life applications for less tech savvy people compared to Ubuntu out of the box. (Mainly graphical apps for updates, backups, disk management, etc...)
I first tried Ubuntu when I was starting my Linux journey, but it didn't really click until I used Mint. Save yourself some pain and go for Mint first 😀
Edit: Also, Ubuntu contains ads for things like their "Ubuntu Pro" update service, and they're known to commit some tomfuckery when it comes to installing apps and compatibility (see Snap Controversy)
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in reply to Truscape • • •Just today at work other team wrote a bunch of ready-made images on their SBCs. In about 10% of them snap shat the bed by corrupting one json file which rendered their environment unusable. They did it in a pretty stupid way by writing an sd card, inserting it into SBC, booting up and disconnecting power after very short visual confirmation that system gave some signs of life. And snap was doing whatever it's doing in the background. So I had the pleasure of removing said json-file and reinstalling all their crap manually on those failed units.
So, maybe not strictly speaking fault of snapd, but yet another problem it caused for me without any practical reason other than the environment they chose just uses snap instead of something more robust.
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in reply to IsoKiero • • •Raspberry pi's didn't even have power buttons until this latest version. I fully expect to be able to unplug an SBC at any point with very low chances of corruption. It's not like they're designed for that, but they don't really give you much choice. Having 10% fail like that is ridiculous.
In fact, I've done it hundreds of times and never had an issue.
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •Download LMDE 6 - Linux Mint
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in reply to LibertyLizard • • •Ubuntu was created as supposedly the first Linux "made for people" of course there were other version of Linux trying to do that but Ubuntu also had funding, including for advertising (it was created by a billionaire Mark Shuttleworth) which helped.
Mint took Ubuntu and shaped it further to be even simpler.
I think Ubuntu tried to replicate UI of MacOS while Mint tried to look more like Windows.
I personally did not use Mint, but from the comments you can see that it has a significant following.
I used Ubuntu for some time, but stopped over decade ago as I got very frustrated that they frequently introduced instability (note that since Mint is based on Ubuntu it is not completely immune to that), though I hope that things improved and now Ubuntu is more stable.
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in reply to takeda • • •I've found Mint to be more stable compared to my Ubuntu installations because the Mint team doesn't include the fluff and bad design decisions when making releases.
(Like never requiring snap)
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Win7 grows in Singapore from <2% to 92% within two months. All other asian countries stay the same. Yeah, that's a sampling error.
Desktop Windows Version Market Share Singapore | Statcounter Global Stats
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •holy shit this is the dumbest way to destroy civilization
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •hornywarthogfart
in reply to tio_bira • • •Switched to Linux a couple years ago and at this point it is rare that a game doesn't "just work" and even rarer when it still won't work after trying other versions of proton in the Steam compatibility settings for the game.
Depending on if there is a specific game you know doesn't work that is a deal breaker for you, it might be fine at this point to switch. Just throwing that out there. You may not need more compatibility than what is available.
prole
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in reply to hornywarthogfart • • •How moddings tool like MO2 and the mods from nexus are behaving on Linux ?
Also, PCVR, playing HALF LIFE ALYX, Arizona Sunshine, OpenMW VR are huge deal breakers for me
hornywarthogfart
in reply to tio_bira • • •I don't think I've actually played any of those so I can't speak to them but hopefully someone else can. There is a website you can check compatibility on although I don't know if it includes non-games and/or tools. Arizona Sunshine looks like it's fine: protondb.com/search?q=arizona+…
If it's gold or higher it'll almost certainly play without issue. Silver will very likely play if you tweak the compatibility settings to change proton versions (go to game options in steam > compatibility > change the version. Bronze is hit or miss, you'll likely be able to get it to work but it might require more work. Borked is of course...borked.
Anyways, someone else can probably answer those games specifically but if not you can use the website to check.
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •rozodru
in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •within the past month? what all these people in Asia suddenly found a stockpile of machines with Win7 on them and all, collectively, decided "yeah lets just use these"?
I don't buy it.
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •jaxxed
in reply to NateNate60 • • •It would be of lower value to them without the data-gathering and the AI injection.
The data makes them money. The AI helps th justify their investment, but also gives them data to ad to their models.
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in reply to NateNate60 • • •FreedomAdvocate
in reply to MehBlah • • •MehBlah
in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •They have been trying to force a microsoft accounts on everyone. I know what a walled garden is and when Microsoft looks at apples they are jealous. Remember S mode? The shitbox machines microsoft pushed out that could only use their app store. That is the end goal for them. They just can't sell it.
My current problem is keeping copilot and recall off of our public computers. People are using them and want them clear of spyware and intrusive monitoring. You can not really get rid of any of the microsoft software since they now cache it on the computer. Anytime someone new logs in it puts 365 and copilot on their profile. If you delete it from the cache its back the next update cycle. They have begun putting notepad and basic programs in the cache. So you can't just kill it by making the cache path inaccessible. They are gearing up to close off all holes and force their app store onto everyone. They are working toward a walled garden where everyone has a microsoft account.
So maybe you don't know what a walled garden is? You don't understand that they have everything in place to lock out any third party software. They have recall, a huge security risk to train up their AI's. You can't believe anything they say about it. I know this because I've been around since the dos floppies had the IBM logo on them.
They have a unmanageable cache of software downloading without consent that uses their app store and if you kill it with a gpo you start having problems with basic functions. They killed wsus because it could be used to lock out their garbage. Despite operating in a domain environment I still see messages on accounts urging people to link a microsoft account.
So please tell me about what I know or don't know.
FreedomAdvocate
in reply to MehBlah • • •You don’t know that a walled garden requires them to lock you in to only install from their store, while windows lets you install anything you want however you want. While S mode exists, it’s never going to be the only mode because people need legacy win32 programs and all sorts of custom programs. Microsoft know that removing that ability will destroy Windows, which is why they haven’t.
Copilot has options to not collect data etc. copilot and recall are completely optional - you don’t have to use them. They’re not “spyware”.
I’ve been around since floppy disks too. You should know better than what you just wrote if you have been around this long.
Crozekiel
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in reply to Crozekiel • • •You don’t understand freedom then. You’re free to not use windows, and Microsoft are free to make their product how they see fit.
I use windows every single day. I use copilot for work almost every day in multiple different flavours (windows client, vs code, GitHub, and even made a mcp server using copilot agent to use in teams for departments at work to use to get info from various databases), and I know the privacy aspects of it. In windows in copilots settings you can do what I said - turn off learning from your usage, and turn off personalised content using your other data. You can even disable the copilot app from starting on boot the same way you do every other program, through task manager.
Sane with recall - it’s entirely “on device”, encrypted, secure, optional, and isn’t even available on 99.9% of devices as they don’t have an NPU.
There is no need to try and disable/remove them - just don’t use them if you don’t want to. Why do you think you need to disable/remove them?
MehBlah
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in reply to morphballganon • • •dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
in reply to NateNate60 • • •This already exists, and it doesn't cost $60. What you want is the Windows 10 IoT LTSC Edition.
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in reply to dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️ • • •I use this on my DJ laptop. It's nice because it doesn't constantly bother you with bullshit, and is extremely stable.
Anyone still stuck on 10 who isn't ready for Linux just yet should give LTSC a try. You'll probably like it. It's not going away anytime soon, either, because it is used in mission critical things like ATMs and cash registers that need to just work without being bothered with constant updates and reboots nor being bombarded with ads.
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •So more ppl are re-purposing old, legacy win7 machines despite security risk...
Completely clueless about anything linux or floss in that matter wether even if there where lighter distros with better hardware support & enough apps for everyday office needs & more.
Like win7 can't even run any UWP apps, photoshop or steam anymore.
It's great livin' in 2025
polle
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in reply to polle • • •I hated when software didn't work on Windows. After switching to Linux my mouse, keyboard, monitor, hard drive, OS, and software don't work 😂
(this comment is a joke I love 🐧)
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in reply to Spice Hoarder • • •I still have my old Win7 pro disk with unlimited installs 😛
I didn't think i would ever use it, but I'm also not ever gonna use win11, so maybe upgrading from 10 to 7 will be my plan for my windows needs if they are both gonna be insecure anyway.
7 is just the best OS Microsoft has made, it's been downhill since.
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