Posts by GrizzleeAdams

The 12 KB that Windows just can't seem to quit

OTVDM

You can in fact still run 16-bit apps on 64-bit windows with OTVDM.

Microsoft confirms there will be no U-turn on Windows 11 hardware requirements

Wouldn't even if I could.

I for one am not installing Windows 11 natively on my primary PC, even if I could. My CPU supports Intel PTT (what Intel calls the CPU based firmware TPM), but my motherboard vendor would rather charge $200 for a DTPM module to go with the $700 motherboard than allow you to simply turn on what's already in the $2900 processor. The rufus and other bypass methods don't work either on this system for some reason. If and when I ditch Win10 / WSL, it will be to 100% Debian, and no stinking Windows.

Three signs that Wayland is becoming the favored way to get a GUI on Linux

Us greybeards don't just scorn systemd, we rip systemd out and force initd back into it's proper seat at the throne.

Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge

GDPR vs GPL

I wonder if for example a kernel contributor demanded RedHat remove their name from the product via a GDPR request, would that hold up in court. Remove the name but still distribute the code -> GPL violation. Don't remove the name -> GDPR violation.

Attorney sues Microsoft for $1.75M, claiming his email has been useless since May

Re: real lesson

I'm sure he isn't meeting his legal retention requirements if he's managing it himself. Sounds like he's too cheap to pay someone else, and probably has Basic / E1 or maybe Standard, but should be on E3 for archiving and legal holds (making it so things never really get deleted, but get archived instead). For the rare customers that are smart enough to manage their own O365 tenant, I always separate their admin and email accounts to limit takeovers if they do really dumb things some day.

Should have paid for IT support

Sounds like a "know it all" lawyer self managing their IT. Had he ponied up the cash for even the most basic of IT management from a reputable MSP, he would be back in his account in minutes, or have his email forwarded to a secondary account if there was something seriously corrupt in his profile. I bet he also has admin permissions on the same login as his email, opening the door for easy phishing takeovers.

Running DOS on 64-bit Windows and Linux: Just because you can

And here we are at the bottom of the comments before we even find mention of the defacto modern replacement for dosemu. DOSBox has been the replacement for dosemu, long before x86-64 came around.

Beware the techie who takes things literally

Assembly Routine != Shared Library

From the sounds of it, the code provided was an assembly routine compiled in to the program binary, not a shared library. That makes the program in all it's forms a derivative work. Poison fruit as it were.

IT technician jailed for wiping school's and pupils' devices

The defaults for Office 365 give the account admin the ability to remote-wipe any device. Users have to opt-out of this feature (if their admin has not enforced the feature) during Office setup / activation. It also backs up the computer's bitlocker keys to their Office 365 tenant so an admin can recover data from an employee's computer after they are let go. Both of these are must-haves where employees can lose or abscond with company laptops, or quit without notice.

New systemd 248 feature 'extension images' updates immutable file systems without really updating them

QNX 4 anyone?

This sounds just like the abandoned package manager from QNX 4. Need to install an app? Just overlay mount a FS with that app!

Evidently it adds huge overhead the more packages you installed.

The only nice bit about it was uninstalling a package was quick and safe.

Microsoft's Teams goes to bat for the other team with preview on Linux

So they have decide to release the part of office that nobody wants - that has been forcefully installed even when users have uninstalled it, and no longer has an option to disable the license for - prior to any other Office product. Is this a deliberate move by them to try and show "nobody wants Office on Linux."? I get asked by users on a weekly basis if I can make Teams go away forever.