«Microsoft Is Embracing Android As the Mobile Version of Windows» reports Slashdot and most of the times it is as proprietary as Windows plus it tries to known everything about you and tell it to the great G that doesn’t want anymore “not to be evil”.
Proprietary software
With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot
Knowing how lazy and ignorant are people this is not a good news:
With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot
people are too much accostumed to rent things to understand how crippled they will be.
Microsoft, GitHub and the flying donkeys
And Microsoft is all-in on open source
Sorgente: Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers – The Official Microsoft Blog
Ok Nadella, prove it. Release all source code of Windows 10 AND Office as AGPL3+ and I’ll beleive you. And of course the entire documentation how to sign kernels for SecureBoot
Ask a Swiss: Top 5 free GitHub alternatives in 2018
The only meaningful answer
The only meaningful answer to this:
Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub
is this:
Alternatives to GitHub for all platforms with Open Source License
That is,GitLab
“Just” don’t use proprietary apps
Facebook Accused of Conducting Mass Surveillance Through Its Apps – Slashdot
Oh, surprise surprise! The first thing I do when I get a new phone is de-install or deactivate Facebook applications. I’m active on FB. I “just” keep them confined in the browser where it should stay.
Funny
I read «Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage» fromSlashdot:
Microsoft is calling it Windows 10 Lean and it’s 2GB smaller in size than standard editions of Windows 10 once installed.
Not “smaller than 2Gb”, but “2Gb smaller”….
I just can’t stop laughing
Razer doesn’t care about Linux
tl;dr: Don’t buy hardware from Razer and expect firmware updates to fix security problems on Linux.
How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch – LinuxBabe.Com
Disk2vhd
Sometimes you are just forced to use proprietary software.
Disk2vhd includes command-line options that enable you to script the creation of VHDs. Specify the volumes you want included in a snapshot by drive letter (e.g. c:) or use “*” to include all volumes.Usage: disk2vhd Example: disk2vhd * c:\vhd\snapshot.vhd Physical-to-virtual hard drive migration of a Windows installation is a valid function for customers with Software Assurance and full retail copies of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Software Assurance provides users valuable benefits—please contact Microsoft Corporation for further information. Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 installed by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) using OEM versions of these products may not be transferred to a virtual hard drive in accordance with Microsoft licensing terms