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   Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:06:29 JST Velocipede Rider

   I made a small thing. Just a little automated masto account @archivetoolstracker to track updates to 7-Zip and RAR (WinRAR).

   Why!? 🤔 These types of archiving tools are very handy but have been known to have security issues (both had exploits last year). Plus they don't always provide automatic update mechanisms on most platforms. 😉

   It should be a very low volume of posts (maybe 5 a year? 🤷). Follow and click 🔔 for an actual notification. Or just follow via RSS. 😉

   #7zip #WinRAR #RAR

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     gadgetoid (gadgetoid@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:06:25 JST gadgetoid

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     @ruari because 95% of them are two bits of string, a glove puppet and a stick of half-chewed gum masquerading as a competent software company.

     Oh for actual release notes 😭

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     Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:06:26 JST Velocipede Rider

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     Which reminds me, why don't all software companies have RSS/ATOM feeds for update notifications? Unobtrusive, opt-in and so low effort, especially so if you are not going to integrate automatic updates.

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     Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:06:27 JST Velocipede Rider

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     RSS would be here: https://velocipederider.com/@archivetoolstracker.rss

     You did know that every Mastodon has an RSS feed by default, right… right!? 😉

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     Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:06:28 JST Velocipede Rider

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     • Ruarí Ødegaard
     • Vivaldi Version Tracker
     • Browser Version Tracker ?

     And yes, for those of you that follow me on @ruario, I did just fork the scripts I use for @browserversiontracker and @vivaldiversiontracker

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