Picked up a Thinkpad T14s Gen 5 (Intel) today. Intel Core Ultra 5 135U, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD. It even has an NPU.
I went through the Windows 11 setup to see if there were firmware upgrades that could only be installed from Windows. Then I installed Fedora Silverblue on it to skip having to deal with Windows on a daily basis.
Everything seems to work, even the fingerprint reader. Now to figure out if the NPU is accessible from Linux and what to do with it.
Smarter Harvesters, Bug Fixes, and Smoother Battles. Check out the full news post at www.openra.net and be sure to grab the version update. Good luck on the battlefield, Commanders!
Maybe I’m just paranoid, but what could possibly go wrong with this idea? Grimace.
“Based on the analysis of this data, Microsoft can remotely apply fixes such as removing problematic drivers or updates and changing configuration settings.”
"We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11."
Oh, okay, but how does it improve security or user experience?
"This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account."
Ah, so it does not improve security or user experience. It in fact is making the user experience worse, as you no longer can set up Windows offline easily.
The only reason is to force more users to sign up to Microsoft account.
Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. That’s the highest download number since 2023. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems. computerworld.com/article/3840…
#Evolution for #windows .... is that an actual thing? Would like to have an alternative to #outlook that can handle #owa with #exchange right out of the box. #Thunderbird cannot handle Exchange, you need a (paid) plugin 4 this. Any tips?
Vivaldi is now the first major browser to ship with Proton VPN built right in, giving uncompromising privacy from two of Europe’s most trusted tech companies.
“I don’t need to smoke anymore…” lights a cigarette and takes a deep draw of nicotine.
When you title your article “I don’t need Windows anymore” and the second paragraph starts with “To be clear, I still use Windows.” Your credibility just went to zero.
One of the strangest CGI project I've worked on was footage that played during the installation of Windows 95 on you computer. Animating and moving Windows logo elements. I assume it played millions of times, but probably watched by no one as they walked away and waited for the OS to install.
Two "producers" approached Rhythm and Hues with the project, as if it was a very prestigious thing and asked us all kinds of questions like "what format would you make it in?"
The Wine development release 10.4 is now available. What’s new in this release: Improvements to PDB support in DbgHelp. More Vulkan video decoder support in #WineD3D. Accessibility support in the SysLink control. More progress on the Bluetooth driver.… https://www.winehq.org/news/2025032101
NeuralRack Amplifier Simulator Plugin by brummer LV2 Windows Linux Free
NeuralRack is a Neural Model loader (based on Ratatouille), it allow to load two model files and run them serial. The input/output could be controlled separate for each model.
Microsoft accidentally cares about its users, releases update that unintentionally deletes Copilot from Windows
It's rare in this day and age that proprietary operating system vendors like Microsoft and Apple release updates you're more than happy to install, but considering even a broken clock is right twice a day, we've got
Wordify (AI Speech To Text) v2025.03 VST3 ARA Windows MacOS Linux
[FREE]Navigate Your Project Never have to listen to all the speaker stems again. Simply let Wordify analyse it and use Wordify Search to navigate through your project!
EAS Audio TapeStop v1.0.2 VST3 Windows MacOS Linux
[FREE]TapeStop emulates the warping effect that occurs when stopping a reel-to-reel tape machine while playing. Stopping the "virtual tape" will progressively slow the affected track down to a complete halt, while starting the
It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
Microsoft is now in the process of turning off Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge, such as uBlock Origin. However, not everything is lost at this point.
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