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Redmond in the news lately.

They (via github) bought NPM. I wouldn’t care, except that websites I use depend on it.

New release of Windows Terminal:

If you haven’t seen the trailer (not joking) yet, it’s very exciting (not joking):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE

I have been using the new terminal for a while now. It’s as good as the trailer would have you believe.

Funny that after how many years of DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, now they figure out:

  • Just add SSH
  • Terminal that’s not a joke
  • WSL

We’re definitely in Embrace. Are we at Extend yet?

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And now a package manager. winget install <whatever>

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RIP Microsoft store

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Fuck Microsoft cause we’re enough.

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Windows 11 is looking to be a relatively minor, but welcome, update. Free upgrade, so I’ll take it.

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I thought 10 was The Last Window.

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It basically is. They’re calling it 11, but it doesn’t appear to actually be representative of a significant architectural change underneath the hood the way you had with things like Vista.

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How many layers of old Windows UI can you find in the latest release of Windows 10?

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You’ve probably seen that Windows 11 will be able to run Android apps natively. That’s probably not something I will use ever, but it did make me think. First of all, great for Android developers. Second, this is actually a huge benefit for people who have an iPhone and a Windows PC. With that combo, there’s no app you can’t run.

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I believe it’s only on Intel processors, which sucks for some, but I’ve pretty much always run Intel anyway, so…

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I found this tool recently and going to recommend it to others who like to harden their OS.

https://securitywithoutborders.org/tools/hardentools.html

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I look forward to reading all the “Netflix is the Netflix of gaming” articles

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Finally, new surfaces today.

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Welp, fuck Windows 11.

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Meh.

It’s Windows, just even more MacOS-y. The rounded windows take a bit to get used to, I guess.

Notification badges on the taskbar buttons are nice tho.

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