Miscellaneous Tech News

Danp

http://fortune.com/2018/05/14/email-encryption-tool-vulnerability-cybersecurity-warning/

Danp

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/14/citrix_rebranding/

XenServer, for example, will become “Citrix Hypervisor”.

WTF? This is just stupid!

scottalanmiller

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/14/citrix_rebranding/

XenServer, for example, will become “Citrix Hypervisor”.

WTF? This is just stupid!

Citrix goes through this massive rebrandings. The last one was the insane "Xen-everything" one after purchasing the Xen name many years ago.

black3dynamite

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

DustinB3403

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

It sounds as if the GNOME devs actually don't want anyone to use their desktop environment. . .

black3dynamite

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

It sounds as if the GNOME devs actually don't want anyone to use their desktop environment. . .

To be honest, I feel more at home using GNOME and other ones like Pantheon compare the other traditional desktop environments. But I'm also ok with using any other desktops environments too.

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

This feels ridiculous.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

It sounds as if the GNOME devs actually don't want anyone to use their desktop environment. . .

It doesn't work with ScreenConnect for us when Budgie even does!

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

It sounds as if the GNOME devs actually don't want anyone to use their desktop environment. . .

It doesn't work with ScreenConnect for us when Budgie even does!

Doesn't work with Wayland or Xorg?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

It sounds as if the GNOME devs actually don't want anyone to use their desktop environment. . .

It doesn't work with ScreenConnect for us when Budgie even does!

Doesn't work with Wayland or Xorg?

Didn't try switching, but switching the DE made it work and not work.

momurda

Just waiting for them to remove the Desktop from GNOME. Who needs that computing anachronism in 2018+?

scottalanmiller

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Just waiting for them to remove the Desktop from GNOME. Who needs that computing anachronism in 2018+?

Bwahaha

momurda

Surface Hub 2
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17352624/microsoft-surface-hub-2-features-launch-date-pricing

This is all over the place today
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/surface-hub-2-coming-in-2019-looks-amazing/

I really want one.

black3dynamite

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Surface Hub 2
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17352624/microsoft-surface-hub-2-features-launch-date-pricing

This is all over the place today
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/surface-hub-2-coming-in-2019-looks-amazing/

I really want one.

Me too.
At work, we've been discussing upgrading our conference room and this would be sweet.