Posts by The Central Scrutinizer

Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena'

Re: great option for experienced users too

As you stated, it certainly is not just an OS for beginners.

Nearly 11 years of happily using it here.

Windows? I've heard of it.

Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever

Re: Gaming is the Key

"DaVinci Resolve is one I hear mentioned a lot, they had a Linux version but there are issues with the licensed formats, encoders etc. and the Windows version will not emulate yet."

They still have the Linux version.

I'm running the free version of Resolve on Linux Mint and it works very well indeed. Compared to the paid for version, it is missing quite a few effects, most of which are just fluffy stuff like fancy wipes and the like. It has all the tools you actually need, including all the editing tools and the amazing colour grading stuff (might be missing a certain advanced function in there, can't remember). It also has Fusion for compositing and motion graphics, which is a beast of a module.

You have less output options than the paid version, but for me it's not a problem.

Not sure what you mean regarding those issues. I haven't encountered any.

Firefox 147 brings GPU boost, tidier tabs, and video that follows you around

autoplay videos should be hit with a very large hammer.

Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder

Boom

So you pay at least 100 bucks a month to play with high explosives without any sort of safety gear or protocols and if you happen to blow yourself up, it's all your fault.

What a great deal.

Developer writes script to throw AI out of Windows

Re: I keep wondering...

Pretty much, when all we had to complain about were static banner ads at the top of web pages and stupid animated gifs.

The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age

Re: Chicken

Can I have a kilo of what you're smoking?

India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real

"since the entire point of crypto is to be able to commit financial crimes without consequence".

OK show us where that is explicitly stated in any manifesto or similar. You might as well say that the entire point of cars is to aid thieves in making a quick getaway.

Don’t bother with the retailer’s website, says Google: Gemini can shop for you

Can't wait to hand over my credit card details to a shitty piece of software that will go out and buy random stuff for me!

ChatGPT Health wants your sensitive medical records so it can play doctor

My personal recommendation would be for chat gpt to fuck right off.

What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32

What a load of absolute bullshit.

How Microsoft gave customers what they wanted: An audience with Bill Gates

Re: I think he was too busy preventing other people stealing Microsoft innovation /s

Yeah, who the hell compiles their applications?

I've done it a couple of times just for the pure fun of it, to see how it all went. Otherwise, I get auto updates for apps I've installed via my distro's repository.

Sam Altman is willing to pay somebody $555,000 a year to keep ChatGPT in line

It's really easy, actually

Just kill chat gpt.

rm -r

I'll send my bank account details for the half million tomorrow.

You don't need Linux to run free and open source software

Re: Video editing software?

I run DaVinci Resolve on my Linux Mint box.

There is a guy - because of course there is - who has a script to convert the downloaded Linux version to a . deb file and then install it. At the end of the process you have a fully functional free version of Resolve on your Linux box.

Do a search for "make resolve deb".

AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans

I give up.

Machines are not intelligent!

End of fucking story.

Microsoft security update breaks MSMQ on older Win systems

"the inconsistent quality remains free".

That's my laugh for the day.

Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

It's just so....mind numbingly stupid, to think that people will agree to and comply with BS like that.

Not to be outdone, the UK government comes up with this bit of genius.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/uk-to-encourage-apple-and-google-to-put-nudity-blocking-systems-on-phones/

Paragraph 4 is the real stinker in the article, where they mention desktop computers as well.

And then mission creep set in ....

Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts

Shithole countries

That orange idiot likes to talk about "shithole countries" in Africa, while simultaneously turning America into one.

Visit America? No effing way.

Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work

Re: It's not about the kids

You really do post utter garbage.

Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car

What sort of messed up world do we live in where people have to worry about the cyber security of their cars?

Seriously.

Trump says Nvidia can sell H200s to China – if Washington gets a 25 percent cut

Re: @The Central Scrutinizer - Only now?

Yeah, I know. I was being somewhat lenient, I guess. Silly me.

The good ol' US of A, now a criminal enterprise.

Pay the protection money or we'll take you down.

Whatever legitimate places AI has, inside an OS ain't one

We'll take all the reliability, usability, and stability you've got, though.

If only there was a free, open source operating system that provided that.

It wouldn't have any crapware in it, it wouldn't spy on you and it wouldn't slurp all your sensitive data up and do who knows what with it.

It wouldn't bork your computer on every minor update either.

If only....

70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture

Murthy, however, said India does not lack for talented and intelligent people, then added that he is no smarter than many others....

Clearly, if he needs to work 70 hours a week.

Microsoft reveals new cloudy AI PC that’s not a Copilot+ PC

I'll run my Linux box using my rules, thank you very fucking much.

Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia

No, it's not wasteland. I'm guessing you've never been here.

Windows boss defends 'agentic OS' push as users plead for reliability

ordinary Windows users aren't asking for AI features, they just want an OS that's actually performant, reliable, and stable.

Ha ha ha ha . It's Windoze....

Retro Games opens pre-orders for THEA1200, a full-size working Amiga replica

Instant 80s flashback while reading the article.

I had an A 500 and then a 4000. I have very fond memories of those machines. Sure, you'd get the occasional "Guru Meditation", but that was all part of the fun.

Firefox adds AI Window, users want AI wall to keep it out

I'm evaluating the suggestions made and will look further into them. The sad thing is that I've been using FF forever and have been very happy with it.

Nothing lasts forever, etc....

Thanks for the suggestions folks

Mullvad doesn't seem to have an Android version?

Taking Vivaldi for a spin. Seems OK so far.

I've been using Firefox for a long time and now this comes along.

Just - NO.

So now which browser should I be looking at using?

Suggestions welcome.

Australia’s spy boss says authoritarian nations ready to commit ‘high-impact sabotage’

And your evidence is?

Not that anyone is taking you seriously as an AC.

Microsoft teases agents that become ‘independent users within the workforce’

Grab the popcorn

Sit back and enjoy the show.

This is going to be hilarious.

UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support

Sir Humphrey would be proud...

Tesla board wants to grant Musk $1T in stock, Norway wealth fund says nope

Bollocks. NOBODY deserves a trillion dollar payday.

From Intel to the infinite, Pat Gelsinger wants Christian AI to change the world

Expect a visit from Cardinal Biggles soon.

Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap

I tried snaps once. What a god awful ness, with various partitions splattered all over my hard drive

Never, ever again.

Microsoft 365 business customers are running out of places to hide from Copilot

What ever happened to being in charge of the hardware that you actually own? You know, "my computer, my rules".

It makes my Linux smugometer go off the scale whenever I read about this Microsoft AI shit being forced on people.

Automattic accuses rival WordPress outfit WP Engine of ‘false advertising, and deceptive business practices’

I'm going back a few years now. I do remember reading comments to that effect.

Is it still true that you have to bolt on about a million plug ins to WordPress to get any serious functionality out of it?

OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built in

I see there's no mention of a Linux version. GOOD!

This is just more creepy AI shit that I definitely do not want.

Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround

lol .. Microsoft. What a garbage organization.

Feeling lonely? Microsoft Copilot can now listen to your every word, watch your screen

Good grief... Microsoft just keeps getting better and better.

I haven't used Windows since XP went EOL.

Being in charge of your own computer is a great thing.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it

Just yesterday I was trying to get that stupid AI to convert text to speech, as a test. It swallowed the text and then sat there with a spinning icon. When I told it that it was hopeless it apologized and promised me it would try to do better.

As someone above said, it's shit.

Bose kills SoundTouch: Smart speakers go dumb in Feb

I like speakers with "limited" functionality.

They're speakers. They let the sound out of the amplifier.

You can listen to your CDs and LPs through them.

If you rely on the so called "cloud" and "smart" devices to listen to music - there's a misnomer if ever there was one- you're doing it wrong.

Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easily

Do people really need any more reasons never to touch Microsoft software again?

YouTube coughs up $24.5 million to make Trump 'censorship' case go away

Oh dear

Give your lunch money to the bully and he'll be back tomorrow for more.

LockBit's new variant is 'most dangerous yet,' hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi

Re: "source binaries" ??

as they say, lol

Exactly.