In this episode we recap the notable parts of the Windows Vista Challenge and I share my final thoughts on one of the most maligned operating systems to date.

Command Tool of the Week: Dooit

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In this episode I explain what happened to cause me to move away from Linux as my daily use operating system. We also discuss the headlines regarding:

* New deals between XBox, Nvidia, and Nintendo

* Mercedes Benz’s absurd plans for the 2024 E Class

* Windows 11’s Desktop as a Spyware Service

* GPL violations by Voice.ai, and

* One Plus’ anti-right to repair “battery encryption”

News

* Microsoft and Nvidia announce expansive new deal

* Microsoft and Nintendo reach agreement to bring Xbox games to Switch

* The Mercedes Benz E-Class is getting a giant touchscreen, TikTok, and a selfie camera (also Zoom)

* The PC Security Channel - Has Windows Become Spyware?

* Windows 11 sends tremendous amount of user data to third parties

* Voice.ai - GPL violations with a side of DRM

* Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements

* OnePlus takes on iPad with the OnePlus Pad

Command Line Tool of the Week: Hugo!

Hugo is a fantastic static website generator where you can use markdown files to build your website. Check out their documentation to learn more.

* Hugo Home Page

* Hugo Documentation

* Hugo Themes

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Command Line Tools of the Week

* CMatrix - Creates a Matrix-style feed in your terminal

* Wikit - A command line program that can search for Wikipedia entries

News

* Google Confirms Stadia Shut Down

* Raiden Voice Actor Sparks Wild Rumors for the Future of Metal Gear Solid

* Microsoft makes Xbox Series X/S “Carbon Aware”

* Apple caught scanning their users local files?

* Twitch Streamers Violated by Deepfakes

* Elementary OS 7.0 “Horus” released

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* EctoLife - The World’s First Artificial Womb

* DistroTube - Five Very Popular Linux Distributions that are now DEAD!

* Crunchbangplusplus - The Classic Minimal Crunchbang Feel, Now with Debian 11 Bullseye

* Hannah Montana Linux - I’m sorry…

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Housekeeping & Recent Articles

* Retro Finds of the Week Vol. 4 & Vol. 5 released

* Introduced The Retro Millennial Chats; join and come discuss:

* Your own retro finds

* Retro gaming

* Vintage computing

* Nostalgia in the wild

* A brief retrospective on Jamiroquai’s classic song “Virtual Insanity”

* Announced the Windows Vista challenge. Join me if you dare!

News

* Critical Switch/3DS vulnerability known as ENLBufferPwn (CVE -2022-47949)

* Final Fantasy XVI receives M rating from the ESRB

Command Line Tool of the Week: Micro

Micro is a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor with plugin and mouse support, syntax highlighting, and an interactive console.

Install Micro

* On a Mac via Homebrew

* brew install micro

* On Linux via Snap

* snap install micro --classic

* On Debian/Ubuntu-based systems

* apt install micro

* On Fedora

* def install micro

* On Arch

* pacman -S micro

* On Gentoo

* emerge app-editors/micro

* More options available on the project’s GitHub

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Just a quick wrap up of a busy year and a huge thank you to all of you for all of your support!

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Recent Articles

News

* Kickstarter for the Checkmate 19” IPS Modular Display

* Trump’s NFT Silliness

* Major breakthrough in fusion energy

* Nuclear fusion: What does it mean for space exploration?

Command Line Tool of the Week - exa

“exa is an improved file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s small, fast, and just one single binary.”

* Exa Website

* Exa Github

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News

* The Epiphany web browser (Gnome Web) has been ported to Haiku

* Infinite Mac: An Instant-Booting Quadra in Your Browser

* Michael MJD - Running Mac OS in a Web Browser

Command Line Tool of the Week: Deep-Daze

Deep-Daze is a Python application that uses OpenAI’s CLIP and Siren to interpret text as an image. The results are a little… odd.

imagine “a time traveler in a crowd.”

imagine “life during the plague.”

To install Deep-Daze, make sure Python is installed, then run the following:

pip install deep-daze

Main Topic: A Few Ways to Enjoy Classic Mac OS

Browser-Based Options

* Infinite Mac: System 7

* Infinite Mac: Mac OS 8

* Infinite Mac: Mac OS 9

Macintosh.js

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js/

Emulation

* Mini vMac

* PCE & PCE.js

* Basilisk II

* SheepShaver

* PearPC

* QEMU

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Recent Articles

* How to Bypass “Pipe connection has been broken” Error in VMWare Fusion 12

* RETRO REVIEW: Command & Conquer (1995)

* Subscriber Poll

News

* All Over Windows - Installing Office XP Small Business

* Scott Shafer - Established Titles Scam

* Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.2 Released

* Mozilla Acquires Active Replica and Pulse

Main Topic - My 5 Favorite Laptops from the Past

HONORABLE MENTION: Compaq Presario 1200

5. Dell Inspiron 6000

4. Apple iBook G3

3. Acer Aspire One D150

2. 2009 Polycarbonate Unibody MacBook

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News

* AEW Fight Forever

* Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Graphical Issues

* Splinter Cell turns 20!

* Jason David Frank Passes at 49

* Batman Voice Actor, Kevin Conroy, Passes at 66

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