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Notices by matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech), page 2

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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 00:19:32 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    • matthew - retroedge.tech
    Using these notes again, at least some parts of them, to upgrade an older ASUS K53E laptop. It had a very slow hard disk drive, 4GB memory and on legacy boot. Upgraded to an SSD, 8GB memory and did the conversion to uefi boot (had to manually enter the UEFI boot path in the BIOS - \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Bootmgfw.efi - to get it to boot).

    The owner wanted to keep using it to "keep it out of the landfill". After the upgrades, it is still not a great laptop, but will be much better performance than it had before and will meet her needs.

    #upgrades #Windows #technotes

    RT: https://social.retroedge.tech/objects/4060b69d-74d7-4501-b3b3-cb839a7c2400
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 28-Aug-2025 07:50:54 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Mitch Conner
    • jesu
    • Johnny Peligro
    • ins0mniak
    Around 2003 - 2004 is when I really got into Linux.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 28-Aug-2025 06:27:07 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    I am getting a refurbished ThinkCentre Tiny M710q ready for a customer today.

    She's switching from Windows 10 to Linux.

    Will be installing Linux Mint Debian Edition, upgrading to an Intel i5-7500T (from an i3), upgrading to 16GB memory and 1TB Samsung nvme SSD.

    #Linux #Business
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 28-Aug-2025 01:22:00 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    • AlternativeTo
    Anybody using Zen Browser? If so, what do you like about it?

    I am mostly using Brave these days (some Firefox with UblockOrigin).

    #zenBrowser #web

    RT: https://mas.to/users/alternativeto/statuses/115101531122881515
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: media.mas.to
      AlternativeTo (@alternativeto@mas.to)
      from AlternativeTo
      Attached: 1 image Web browser @zenbrowser@floss.social 1.15b has been released, introducing folder support for easier tab grouping in the sidebar. This release also features UI improvements with monochromatic icons, system fixes, and other enhancements and bug fixes. https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/zen-web-browser-finally-gets-folders-simplifying-tab-grouping-in-the-sidebar/
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 23:47:04 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    #netbsd

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/netbsd_11_is_near/
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: regmedia.co.uk
      NetBSD 11 prepares for launch with 57 supported platforms
      : New version season is near, and some of the big names are dropping x86-32 – but not this one
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 23:47:02 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • h4890
    I hope to have a lot more experience with that soon.

    Wifi cards often will work, but not as many as under Linux. So desktop with ethernet should work great. Wifi... depends on the card but more and more are supported.

    My goal is to get more experience with NetBSD and i3wm as a desktop system.

    I haven't used OpenBSD much either, so can't give a good answer on how they compare.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 09:13:59 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Laptop Retrospective
    I've been moving more towards AMD processors. Intel has had quite a few problems over the last few years. Part ownership by the government of USA likely won't make it better.

    #intel #amd
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 09:13:58 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Laptop Retrospective
    I have built quite a few custom desktop PCs for clients. For the last five years or so, I've mostly been going with AMD. I have been very happy with that.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gnusocial.jp permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 00:52:28 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    A Windows Update could potentially damage storage drives.

    https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-latest-windows-11-24h2-update-breaks-ssdshdds-may-corrupt-your-data/

    #windows
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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.neowin.com
      Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your data
      from @ssc_combater007
      The latest Windows 11 24H2 Patch Tuesday update is causing SSDs and HDDs to reportedly break with chances of data corruption as well.
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 12:37:16 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    • Disclose.tv
    The British Isles are completely surrounded by water.

    RT: https://hell.twtr.plus/objects/f403da63-a959-49e8-b1e2-33cf0f2f95d2
    In conversation about 3 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Aug-2025 05:28:38 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Are any of you using a Web Application Firewall, such as mod_security ?

    https://modsecurity.org/

    I haven't before and curious about who is using it and why.

    #security #web #modsecurity
    In conversation about 3 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: modsecurity.org
      OWASP Modsecurity Project
      Open Source Web Application Firewall
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jul-2025 06:40:08 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Just sold a ThinkPad T14 (Gen 1) to someone who had been using a ThinKPad T510 I sold to her many years ago.

    Successfully transferred Firefox and Thunderbird profile and data files from the T510 to the T14.

    An unexpected surprise was that she really liked "Dark Mode"

    #thinkpad
    In conversation about 3 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 06:47:44 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Currently watching:

    https://youtu.be/PGERwMJsLmc

    Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 - this processor was released just a year before I started my current business. That doesn't seem that long ago, but here it is in a "retro computing" video.

    #retro #intel
    In conversation about 3 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    1. E8600 Windows 98
      from PhilsComputerLab
      This video is sponsored by PCBWay https://www.pcbway.com/We are building a high end Windows 98 Retro Gaming PC with the Core 2 Duo E8600 and PCIe GeForce 660...
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 00:07:38 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Richard
    • Henry Louis Cadmin
    I don't think so, but a paraphrase of Trump's responses when the Epstein topic is brought up.

    Do let me know if I'm wrong.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 05:29:18 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    I just delivered a ThinkPad L15 laptop.

    Upgraded to 32GB memory, 1TB nvme SSD. This laptop has two memory slots. Looks to be a good reliable design.

    #thinkpad #L15
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 05:29:17 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Nice Mitch Conner
    I do!

    It is difficult to do full time and make enough, which is what I am doing. I've been in business for 15 years so I have a lot of repeat customers now.

    I also started an email newsletter around 8 years ago. If I hadn't have done that, I probably would not have survived.

    However, if you are wanting to do stuff for fun and profit on the side, it is different. I have some ideas that I could certainly talk over.

    Depends on if you want to sell stuff or offer services.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 04:32:14 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • BowserNoodle ☦️
    • Nice Mitch Conner
    Agreed.

    Our friends, who owned their house near where this guy lived sold and bought a different property about ten miles away, mainly to get farther away from him (other reasons, too, but that likely was the thing that motivated them to take action).
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 04:22:33 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • BowserNoodle ☦️
    • Nice Mitch Conner
    That may be a slight difference. The rural area I live in is fairly safe, but not completely.

    Had a seemingly random violent act done by a white guy less than a mile from our home. Pretty serious, as he rushed into a home, grabbed a knife from the dinner table and attempted to attack the home owner.

    He was out of jail within a month.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 04:21:00 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Nice Mitch Conner
    Agreed. The area I live in is about 97 percent white.

    Still massively dysfunctional, unintelligent and unhealthy.

    The main reason I am not a white supremacist is that the stupidest people I know who make the worst decisions are white.

    I am sure people of other races also make equally dumb decisions (or worse, if you think whites are inherently better)... but "my race makes slightly less terrible decisions that your race" isn't a great foundation.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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    matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jun-2025 04:03:50 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    If you do not like what a company is doing... don't continue buying products and services from them.

    Use your money (life force) to support what you want more of and stop the flow of resources to what you see as being harmful.

    #cashfriday
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