As #Linux users, or even as #Windows users, we often hear a lot of preconceived notions, like "Linux is faster", or "Windows has better battery life".

Well, I decided to quantify all of it in a complete benchmark between Windows 11 and #ubuntu

CPU and GPU benchmarks, disk speeds, thermals, internet speeds, gaming benchmarks, battery life, I looked at everything on the same device, and the conclusions were... surprising:

youtu.be/a5YQ8xvQPSc

And this week's #Linux and #opensource news video is finally here!

In this one, we have confirmation that #Windows 11 sends data to third parties after a fresh install, without user consent, we have @fedora moving to Flathub in their next release, an AI tool that violates #FOSS licenses, @thunderbird sharing a roadmap and some interesting history, and @gnome Software getting some nice performance improvements:

youtube.com/watch?v=03t0GmaWun…

Wow, so the other day I shared what #Microsoft does when you search to download #Firefox from #Edge* but they go one step further for #Chrome.

(I have zero love for either surveillance capitalist but, my goodness, what absolute asshattery. Having spent more time than I’d like testing in #Windows these past two days, I constantly feel like some malevolent entity is trying to exploit me at every turn. Because one is. This OS is a case study in hostile #design.)

* mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109704475…

#web

#Linux on the #desktop is becoming more #popular in my home town, but for the wrong reasons.

It's #poverty: many people have no money for a new #laptop or desktop. Their old #computers still work fine, but can't run the latest versions of #Windows.

We backup their data, install #LinuxMint, restore their data, install some extra programs, show them around and they're good to go.

Interestingly no one had problems making the switch so far. All quiet on the support front.

@blender yeah, but I think making your tech more appealing and approachable to "#TechIlliterates" and "#Normies" should have a higher priority than following a trend and fad [aka. #VR]...

Regardless of that I do think that #JS and #Tracking / #Cookies are bad #ghettohacks of a technology and lazy #WebApps should've never seen mass adoption, but there's far worse staff like #MicrosoftOffice and espechally #Windows.

I just can't stand the latter...

Super post from @SaraSoueidan on how to set up a screen reader testing environment.

sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing-…

Sara, do you or anyone else know of a way test VoiceOver on Mac if we don't have access to a Mac? One of the perennial frustrations in the web industry is the assumption we're all on Macs. For many, Macs are well out of our budget ranges, but we still want to do the best we can with the tools at hand. Any advice?

#accessibility #a11y #inclusion #mac #macos #windows #testing

Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer

^{www.sarasoueidan.com}

Our @zbus Windows CI jobs fails 60-80% of the time (almost guaranteed on the first run) with an "Unable to open shared memory" error. Would anyone with some Windows dev xp happen to know or can take a look what happens?

I've noticed that typically it's the doc tests that fail.

gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/zb…

#Windows #rustlang #zbus

msvc (#32708009) · Jobs · dbus / zbus · GitLab

Rust D-Bus crate.

^GitLab

One of the things I do for a living is reviewing gadgets. Right now I've reviewed the Xiaomi Notebook Pro 120G, which is a powerful compact laptop with a pro-grade screen and a couple of suprises up its sleeve. Do have a look in case you're in the market for a laptop. And I'd be grateful if you could Boost for reach!

#MastIndia #Technology #Review #Windows #Intel

newslaundry.com/2022/11/29/xia…

Xiaomi Notebook Pro 120G Review: Powerful and compact, with a surprise (or two) up its sleeve

Xiaomi continues its push to offer quality premium laptops, but the battery life is a bit of a downer.

^{Vinay Aravind (Newslaundry)}

Mate radsej #Ubuntu, ale z rozlicnych dovodov ste nuteni pouzivat #Windows 10 alebo 11? Mozete oslavovat. #WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) bolo oficialne vydane a vdaka tomu mozete pracovat s Ubuntu aplikaciami a nastrojmi ako doma.

apps.microsoft.com/store/detai…

Get Windows Subsystem for Linux from the Microsoft Store

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot set…

^{apps.microsoft.com}

This is cool: #Legacy Update fixes #Windows update on #WindowsXP / #Windows2000 / #Windows7, and even #WindowsServer2003. legacyupdate.net

This YouTube video demonstrates it: youtu.be/Cqi-bj_0DW4

Legacy Update

Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, and 2000

^{Legacy Update}

I just realised that the logo I hacked together for my current project fails to render on Windows:
github.com/biocpp/biocpp-core/…

This seems to affect all browsers on #Windows and no browsers on #Linux/BSD.

Can anyone with www/graphic skills help me figure out what's going on and how to fix it?

#followerpower

biocpp-core/biocpp_logo.svg at main · biocpp/biocpp-core

BioC++ core library (alphabet, meta, ranges). Contribute to biocpp/biocpp-core development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

We just released #CollaboraOffice 22.05 🌻

The new major release for #Windows, #macOS & #Linux includes:

🐘 Jumbo spreadsheets with 16k columns
📈 Sparklines in Calc
⏱️ Performance improvements across all modules

Find out more in the announcement 📢 collaboraoffice.com/press-rele…

You were right, the #Windows fork works nicely. I hope patches will be merged back to #dino upstream.

For basic users the GTK file dialog can be a bit distracting as it is different from what they are used to. The rest GTK design should be ok for them by my opinion.