Miscellaneous Tech News
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Intel Speed Select Technology Comes To Linux With The 5.3 Kernel
With the in-development Linux 5.3 kernel is now support for Intel Speed Select Technology (SST) that was introduced as part of Cascade Lake processors.
Speed Select Technology allows optimizing the system with per-core performance configurations to prioritize certain workloads while lowering the performance envelope for other cores. -
What Is AppImage in Linux?
On a Linux distro, you should always install new software with the aid of your package manager when possible.
It keeps things clean, and all files are tracked by the manager and can be easily removed later. -
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Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.
If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.
If you're an organization who is already utilizing Office 365 in any fashion, it makes sense to thoroughly vet Teams before its alternatives since it's bundled in. That's the part that will hurt Slack the most is organizations who "force" themselves into using Teams since it's already included in their O365 subscription rather than looking at paying additional for Slack.
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Bond WiFi and Ethernet for easier networking mobility
Sometimes one network interface isn’t enough. Network bonding allows multiple network connections to act together with a single logical interface.
You might do this because you want more bandwidth than a single connection can handle. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Bond WiFi and Ethernet for easier networking mobility
Sometimes one network interface isn’t enough. Network bonding allows multiple network connections to act together with a single logical interface.
You might do this because you want more bandwidth than a single connection can handle.Is this news?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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Bond WiFi and Ethernet for easier networking mobility
Sometimes one network interface isn’t enough. Network bonding allows multiple network connections to act together with a single logical interface.
You might do this because you want more bandwidth than a single connection can handle.Is this news?
Only to a newbie.
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D-Link agrees to new security monitoring to settle FTC charges
Agreement settles charges D-Link left users open to critical and widespread threats
Router and webcam maker D-Link has agreed to implement a new security program to settle charges it failed to safeguard its hardware against well-known and preventable hacks and misrepresented its existing security regimen.Remember that conference where D-Link was there with a booth and all they did was try to tell everyone that they were a serious company? They had nothing to show, just sales guys saying over and over "we do business stuff, too!"
I'm a TrendNet man, myself.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
D-Link agrees to new security monitoring to settle FTC charges
Agreement settles charges D-Link left users open to critical and widespread threats
Router and webcam maker D-Link has agreed to implement a new security program to settle charges it failed to safeguard its hardware against well-known and preventable hacks and misrepresented its existing security regimen.Remember that conference where D-Link was there with a booth and all they did was try to tell everyone that they were a serious company? They had nothing to show, just sales guys saying over and over "we do business stuff, too!"
I'm a TrendNet man, myself.
I wish that was only funny, instead of having just put in a TrendNet wireless extender to use as a network bridge the other week
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.
I like it because chatting via email is dumb. Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews We are deploying it this weekend!
I deployed it two weeks ago.
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Windows 10 Version 1903 Will Be Coming Soon, Microsoft Warns
Windows 10 version 1903 will be arriving soon for many of those individuals and organizations not presently using it.
This "feature update" (also known as the "May 2019 Update") is the most current version and was first commercially released by Microsoft on May 21, 2019.See articles like this confuse me, i'm already on 1903 May Update and have been for a while. So why say "Coming Soon"
...… I've got and so are all my lab Win10 machines
They mean they are going to semi-force it on people. Then they will force it upon them later.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.
I like it because chatting via email is dumb. Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.
I would agree with that. I need to have group conversations with people often... but getting a meeting together is a HUGE PITA. group chat would be better - of course that suffers from people all being available at the same time. Chat is hugely disruptive to someone working on a project as well.
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OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/onewebs-low-earth-satellites-hit-400mbps-and-32ms-latency-in-new-test/ -
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OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/onewebs-low-earth-satellites-hit-400mbps-and-32ms-latency-in-new-test/Hi, welcome to earlier today
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OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/onewebs-low-earth-satellites-hit-400mbps-and-32ms-latency-in-new-test/Hi, welcome to earlier today
Hi. I didn't see that posted in this thread.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.
Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.
I cannot up vote this enough. You can add spreadsheets to the abused and extremely inefficiently used platform, IMHO.
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Microsoft Highlights AT&T Strategic Alliance During Inspire Event
Microsoft and AT&T on Wednesday announced the establishment of a Microsoft 365 business deal
Plus a "multiyear" strategic alliance centered on the use of 5G wireless networks to support edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI). -
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Slack isn’t worried about Microsoft’s big Teams push
Slack’s CEO compares Microsoft’s Teams bundling to Google+
Microsoft revealed last week that it now has more than 13 million people using its Microsoft Teams chat software, a milestone that means the app has overtaken Slack.It's hard not to agree. Actual engagement is the only thing that matters.
Actually, it's businesses being willing to pay for the service is all that matters.
It’s not something you pay extra for since it’s bundled with O365.
You are.
If you want Slack, it's not because you also want Google Sheets or Zimbra email with XYZ. It's because you want Slack because of what business needs it covers.
Slack is $6-$12 per user per month.If you just want MS Teams (which is a legit need by the way), too bad, you also have to pay for other stuff you may or may not need or use.
MS Teams will cost you $5, which is cheaper than Slack, which does NOT include Office or Office Suite, but does include Exchange... whether or not you need it. To get Office, it's a minimum of $12.50 for Business Premium (< 300 users). Otherwise, you're buying enterprise O365 licenses which just goes up.We switched from SFB/Teams to slack plus. Waste of money IMO. I didn't like either of them because I don't like chat for work.
Email is really abused and extremely inefficient for most of what it's typically used for within most organisations.
I cannot up vote this enough. You can add spreadsheets to the abused and extremely inefficiently used platform, IMHO.
And I can't upvote this enough. Have you ever had to deal with MS Dynamics? shudders
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Microsoft Bringing Enterprise Features to Chromium Edge Browser Preview
Microsoft on Tuesday outlined what's to come with its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, particularly for business and enterprise users.
Currently, for those users, Microsoft has released an Edge browser preview with enterprise features via its Dev Channel.
