Comment Re: WIndows is useless (Score 1) 93
I allways export to PDF before sending documents to anyone. Just makes sure they see what you see.
Comment Re:Win the battle, lose the war (Score 1) 66
Using a term like "viral licenses" sounds like a misguided attempt at a derogatory statement. What I would like to see is public schools teaching software licensing because I have met high paid well educated people not understand that licenses control service agreements not product use.
Comment Trump doesn`t care about the jobs (Score 2) 240
Trump protects the interest of big oil. His policies have already ended countless Amercan manufacturing and energy sector jobs. Not to mention the goverment jobs he cut. Ford and Honda cancelled plans for building several vehicles in America after his policy changes. There are other companies that are still manufacturing and exporting (as far as i know) Scout, Mercedes, and Volvo are built and exported from South Carolina.
Comment Re: Ribbon, No. (Score 1) 235
I remember using that when I was in either elementary school or middle school. My mom used that program to help with the church builtin and I got to learn it so I could type of papers for school. It really helped me to get better marks on my writing because my penmanship was atrocious (still is). I still try to use keystrokes for the basics.
Comment Flying Car? (Score 5, Insightful) 38
The video only shows the personal drone portion of this "Flying Car". Also, the headline states production and then the article immediately shifts to trial production. Technology headlines are so full of this type of bait and switch. It just reminds me of the $500 a month humanoid robot that turns out to be remotely controlled.
Comment Re:THEN STOP USING IT! (Score 2) 45
He hasn't figured out that the company is pricing him out because they don't want him as a customer.
If the schools are public shouldn't they use public software?
Comment Dear Nintendo Executives (Score 1) 38
This is what you should be paying attention to. Thank you
Comment Re:Don't use Firefox Snap (Score 1) 202
I guess I never realized how different Xubuntu is from Ubuntu. I switched over around 18.04, maybe earlier. There are some programs I have tried out as Snaps but nothing that I ever leave installed. I've heard people complain about them but just never used them long enough for their "suck" to effect me. A few years back I installed NextCloud from a snap just to play around with it. The admin for the MakerSpace here warned me about doing so but I don't remember it being a problem other then it being behind the release cycle. It didn't get used so that might be the only reason it wasn't a problem.
Comment Re:It's amazing how mileage varies. (Score 1) 202
I am with KGill on this one. As a general rule I try to do a clean install for any new OS version but especially with Ubuntu 20.04 over 18.04. The fact that Canonical sticks to their release and support schedule makes it the most convenient option for me. I am using Fedora as a video editing machine only because I wanted to try DaVinci Resolve and that install process looked easier on Fedora. I had trouble getting the free license Resolve to recognize my video files and ended up using Kdenlive instead.
Submission + - Millions of Windows 10 PCs face security disaster as Microsoft ends support (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: Millions of computers are heading towards a security crisis as Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Despite this impending deadline, 32 million devices — roughly 65 percent of household computers in Germany — are still running the aging operating system. In the DACH region, including Austria and Switzerland, over 35 million systems rely on Windows 10, leaving millions of users exposed to potential cyberattacks once updates stop. By contrast, only about 33 percent of German devices have transitioned to Windows 11, and over a million are still running even older systems like Windows 8, 7, or XP.
Thorsten Urbanski, an IT security expert at ESET, is sounding the alarm. âoeItâ(TM)s five minutes to midnight to prevent a security fiasco in 2025. We strongly urge users not to wait until October. Upgrade to Windows 11 now or choose an alternative operating system if your device cannot support the latest version. Otherwise, users are exposing themselves to significant security risks, including dangerous cyberattacks and data breaches.â
Thorsten Urbanski, an IT security expert at ESET, is sounding the alarm. âoeItâ(TM)s five minutes to midnight to prevent a security fiasco in 2025. We strongly urge users not to wait until October. Upgrade to Windows 11 now or choose an alternative operating system if your device cannot support the latest version. Otherwise, users are exposing themselves to significant security risks, including dangerous cyberattacks and data breaches.â
Submission + - Will COVID make better astronauts?
notdorsal writes: COVID gave us new norms: Working alone, indoors, in a small space. Socialization via a screen rather than in person. Eating prepared meals rather than cooking a meal. These were also considered the negatives of long-term space travel. But now, the young people of today consider such things normal. Did the kids of today inadvertently get better prepared for being the Mars astronauts of the future?
Submission + - Constellation Inks $1 Billion Deal To Supply US Government With Nuclear Power (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Constellation Energy has been awarded a record $1 billion in contracts to supply nuclear power to the U.S. government over the next decade, the company said on Thursday. Constellation, the country's largest operator of nuclear power plants, will deliver electricity to more than 13 federal agencies as part of the agreements with the U.S. General Services Administration. The deal is the biggest energy purchase in the history of the GSA, which constructs and manages federal buildings, and is among the first major climate-focused energy agreement by the U.S. government to include electricity generated from existing nuclear reactors.
The GSA estimated that the contracts, set to begin on April 25, will comprise over 10 million megawatt-hours over 10 years and provide electricity equivalent to powering more than 1 million homes annually. The procurement will deliver electricity to 80 federal facilities located throughout the PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission operator with service covering more than 65 million people. The U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Army Corps of Engineers are some of the facilities that will receive the power. [...] Constellation said the deal will enable it to extend the licenses of existing nuclear plants and invest in new equipment and technology that will increase output by about 135 megawatts.
The GSA estimated that the contracts, set to begin on April 25, will comprise over 10 million megawatt-hours over 10 years and provide electricity equivalent to powering more than 1 million homes annually. The procurement will deliver electricity to 80 federal facilities located throughout the PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission operator with service covering more than 65 million people. The U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Army Corps of Engineers are some of the facilities that will receive the power. [...] Constellation said the deal will enable it to extend the licenses of existing nuclear plants and invest in new equipment and technology that will increase output by about 135 megawatts.
Comment Re: Soon to be bricked (Score 1) 35
So they want to make tge software open source to help the custmer. That is great. However, I dont understand why they cant make that update a torrent before their servers go offline.
Comment Open source it (Score 1) 144
Why aren't medical device companies required to open source their devices in the event of bankruptcy?
Comment Just have a different kernel as a backup (Score 2) 60
If you have ever seen an aircraft cockpit you know how many electronic systems they have. That is because everything has a backup, often more than one. Why is it that CloudStrike didn't give their customers a backup kernel? This is not a weird concept to anyone using a Linux distribution. Why is it unheard of for Microsoft and Apple customers? A choice of kernels is presented as part of the boot process on all of my personal computers. Because of CloudStrike's role in this failure, I think that company should have been the one creating a backup option for their customers of a kernel option. A simple Linux boot disk would have made any of the effected Windows computers usable until the software fix for Windows was complete. If I were their customer I would be demanding that they create a custom boot disk that can be used as a backup and be capable of preforming at least 80% of the tasks done in Windows.
