Public entries tagged #windows

STOP Everything! If You Use WINDOWS 10, You Need to Watch This NOW!

I just got negative commentary for publishing this video recommending switching from Windows 10 to Linux.

But if you ARE still using Windows 10, you really need to consider switching to Linux and other Open Source software.

dalek.zone/w/f7reNA4DdqFfiioEs

@dazo

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Firefox: Support für Windows 7, 8 und 8.1 nochmals verlängert

Eigentlich wollte Mozilla den Firefox-Stecker für Windows 7, 8 und 8.1 im Februar ziehen. Jetzt gibt es eine Verlängerung bis August 2026.

heise.de/news/Firefox-Support-

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Windows 11 adds Emoji 16, a built‑in Internet speed test shortcut, WebP wallpaper support, improved search, and more. It also includes major security fixes, including 2 publicly disclosed zero-day and over 79 other vulnerabilities windows101tricks.com/windows-1

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I know it probably seems like it was just yesterday we were talking about Patch Tuesday and a lot of scary Windows flaws, but here we are again. Mercifully, unlike last month's five zero-day bonanza, this month is bereft of known 0days, but there are some reliably critical bugs like a pair of Office bugs that can be exploited through the Preview Pane.

krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/mi

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That's it, people. With lots of emotion I announce the first release of my first ever open-source desktop app. Who happen to know I'm blind will laugh (and I share that laugh, so feel free and don't hold yourselves): it's an image converter. I was in need of an accessible solution for well… converting images from one format to another and didn't find anything, especially that supported ICO needed, for example, for making favicons for websites.
Anyway, it's a dead simple and of course accessible app that can work with most popular image formats, can convert in batches, can do favicons, application icons, resize with keeping proportions or cropping as you wish (very useful if, for example, you need a photo of yourself but 128x128 pixels and not a pixel wider). You can paste images straight to the main window, and you can even paste direct links. It also supports detecting and downloading files that are stored in clouds (I tested with OneDrive).
Anyway, it's called SIC! (for the Latin word "Sic" and for "Simple Image Converter"). Oh, and it's multilingual, supports English, French, German, Ukrainian and Russian for now. And yes, you can use it as installed software or in portable mode, and it doesn't go to the Internet (only to check for updates), unless you add an image by link or prefer to update automatically. I reiterate: your images are converted on your device and don't go anywhere.
Official page: oire.org/software/sic
GitHub: github.com/Oire/sic
Issues are welcome. Discussion of the 1.0.0.23 release: github.com/Oire/sic/discussion

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Just obtained a Windows laptop for our 14 year old. As someone who hasn't used Windows in decades, can anyone share a security/privacy setup guide for Windows? Like, settings to enable/disable and things to do/avoid?

oldversion.com/

Von dieser Seite habe ich auch WinAmp 2.92

Läuft bei mir unter wine, aus rein nostalgischen Gründen.

Erinnert sich noch jemand an "Audiograbber" ? Eines der ersten Programme mit dem man Audio CD's in mp3's rippen konnte. Das Umwandeln einer CD dauerte damals bei mir ca. 1 1/2 Std.

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