March 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily … Continue reading
October 9, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on With Windows Virtual Desktop, the bad old days are coming back
I’ve been saying for a while now that Microsoft wants you to move from Windows on your desktop to Windows as a service. I’ve rarely gotten so little pleasure from saying I was right. In the last few weeks, Microsoft rolled out Windows … Continue reading
February 19, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Next Windows update brings better Linux integration
One of Windows Subsystem for Linux’s more annoying tricks is it’s hard to get at your Linux files from Windows. Oh, you can do it, but you take a real chance of ruining the files. To quote Microsoft, “DO NOT, … Continue reading
December 29, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Windows is coming to your Chromebook
If you follow Chromebook development news the way hot-stove baseball fans follow the latest trade rumors, you know Google is working on bringing Windows to Chromebook. If you have that one Windows applications you must run, Google has been working … Continue reading
December 13, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on MS-Linux? Lindows? Could Microsoft release a desktop Linux?
I used to say that Microsoft would release a Microsoft desktop Linux — MS-Linux or Lindows — when pigs fly. Lately, though, I’ve been hearing oinking from the sky. Here’s why. MS-Linux? Lindows? Could Microsoft release a desktop Linux? More>
December 12, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on What’s really the fastest Windows 10 web browser today?
Opera claims its eponymous web browser is “far faster than Firefox Quantum 58.” Mozilla claims its better use of CPU time makes Firefox really fast. And when I turned on Edge the other day, it claimed it’s the fastest browser of all. … Continue reading