Category: Windows
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Quick Check: UEFI vs Legacy BIOS + Secure Boot (Windows & Linux)
Doing some remote maintenance of several systems that are still running Windows 10, I realized, I had a bit of a problem doing updates to Windows 11. Many of these machines were not set up using UEFI and Secure Boot. The issue is, you can do the updates but the system will not boot if…
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Seamless Windows Apps on openSUSE with WinBoat
The author details their successful integration of openSUSE with Microsoft Office 365 using WinBoat, enabling Windows applications in a Linux environment without dual-booting. Despite minor setup challenges, they achieved significant functionality and security with Windows apps like Milestone XProtect and Rufus, appreciating the performance and seamless integration during their workflow.
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Converting VDI to QCOW2 | Step-by-Step Guide for Virt-Manager Migration
The content discusses the process of migrating a VDI image of Windows 10 from Virtualbox to Virt-Manager. It outlines the steps of converting VDI to QCOW2, importing it to Virt-Manager, enabling clipboard sharing, setting up a shared folder with the host, and installing essential tools for KVM/QEMU. It also shares the author’s experience and thoughts…
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Microsoft Teams Rooms The Easy Way with Logitech Tap Controller and Shure STEM Ceiling Microphone
This particular article is targeting a Microsoft Administrator or IT technician who is tasked with building a Teams Conference room. I am not naturally a Microsoft Administrator and after successfully accomplishing building a simple to use, appliance like, Microsoft Team conference room for an enterprise environment. I was compelled to publish this process because it…
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Facebook Container Tab in Firefox
Guard Your Privacy Online An unfortunate reality to life online today is that some popular sites do not respect your privacy at all. The issue is not the data that you knowingly and freely give them. The issue is that they collect data on you without explicit consent. Oh, sure, you do agree to their…
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Bitwarden a Secure Password Manager on openSUSE
Password managers are all the rage these days, I guess… I haven’t ever been compelled to try as the password manager I have been using, my shoddy memory, has been working alright for me. The reality is, I have a lot more passwords to remember now and for those passwords I don’t use as frequently,…
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CrossOver Linux Use and Review on openSUSE
CrossOver Linux recently released version 18.0.0 (2018) which was another fine release with no regressions. I have been using CrossOver Linux (at the time CrossOver Office) since 2005. At the time, I imagined that within a few years would Linux be as ubiquitous on the desktop as Windows or Mac. After all, I bought a…
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Windows 7 Registry Cleanup
I don’t often do any tech support on Windows computers. In fact, I do my best to avoid it as much as possible but there are these seemingly unavoidable moments when I have to work on a Windows machine. In many ways, I think it’s good for me as it keeps me appreciative of the…
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Windows 95 on openSUSE Linux
As I was watching my oldest son play Minecraft, I was rather amused by the buttons and widgets for the interface, they were very Windows 95. Although I was more of an Amiga user at that time, we did have a Windows 95 machine in the house to do… Windowsy things like that whole Microsoft…
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Six Steps to a Simple Samba Setup on openSUSE
openSUSE is a very polished, commercial-feeling distribution of Linux. The architects of the distribution have a much larger scope in mind of its usage than what I generally do. One such area is Samba, SMB or often referred to as Windows Network File and Printer Sharing Protocol. I only use this for one device on…