A bit fuzzy on why the communications seem to not be secured in a manner that prevents this from becoming a problem.

I.e.: I would have expected encrypted channels to make the question of authentication moot. If they aren't, I would strongly suggest not using kde connect on public/unknown networks regardless of the bug mentioned in the article.

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Not sure I like having folders in the start menu.

Actually, I am sure I don't. But since this is mint, I am correct in assuming we can do without the fancy modern stuff in the start menu?

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How well does crossover handle the newer microsoft offices these days?

Fifteen years ago, it handled office2000 very well, only problem being the help function.

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(now known as Welcome to Basingstoke)

Wise decision. Understandably, the town proper gets priority on many a search engine when searching without the "welcome to".

it's criminally neglected, probably because of the original asking price

It is on sale now on gog until 05/11/2025. Methinks that they moved to the other extreme with that silly low sales price of €2.

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This is simply not true anymore and you need to update your sources. It was true maybe 5 years ago but today the difference between native packages,

Microsoft edit was released this year.

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For those wanting to squeeze every possible bit of performance out of their machines, this sounds like a nice upgrade for Canonical to be working on.

The best thing one can do for performance on ununtu is to get rid of snaps.

The snaps version of microsoft edit was reported (by omgubuntu) to take 5 seconds to start on modern system.

Let me repeat that: 5 seconds to start *edit* because of a flagship tech.

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My interest in this game has plummeted like a cow's tail since the steam release. Not sure if it is the excitement around it having died down or whether the recent microsoft-negativity caused it, but where I might have purchased it at first sale opportunity if it had released on gog back on launch day, I am simply meh-ing at the news now.

Think I will brush up my gog version of last crusade instead. I am astonished to find out it even exists and still wondering how I missed it back in the day and how it got in my library.

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Oof, forgot I already have timberborn in my library. Good opportunity to have a more extensive gander at it.

Though, and I know this is silly, them beavers walking on their hind legs when carrying loads is bugging me for some reason. I think I would have preferred some more leaning into quadruped aesthetics.

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Only thing to change would be to replace the "A"'s in the "AI"'s in that text with "F"'s.

The tech is not A-worthy, it is a big F. Pun intended.

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I wrote a piece on my blog about the (lack of) ethics in AI, but this piece about coding standards stands out in the context of Graf espousing AI code generation. Maybe it'll improve... but right now, all it does is slow you down.

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That was early 2025. By now, ai should have improved the slowdown to 25%.

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