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The topic of the free choice of browser in Windows 10 and 11 is currently making the rounds in the media. We would also like to take a clear stand here. From our point of view, it is important that operating systems allow users to use the software they want when choosing a browser. The official statement of Microsoft explaining their choice to prevent users from fully making other browsers the default other than Microsoft

Back on the Windows 11 bandwagon!

11. Oktober 202111. Oktober 2021

Johannes Rest

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As mentioned in my recent posting about running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware I got today a hint from a reader of this website that it is indeed possible to run Windows 11 in KVM. KVM allows to specify UEFI and also the emulation of a TPM 2.0 module, even without having a real TPM chip on the machine. This is the case for my workstation running Fedora 34. What I did was to install

.NET MAUI will not be ready for production with .NET 6 GA in November

21. September 2021

Johannes Rest

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Scott Hunter just recently wrote an in depth article about the next upcoming .NET 6 release. In this he also mentioned that .NET MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI) will not be GA alongside the general .NET 6 release. Here are all the details of his post: Update on .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) – .NET Blog (microsoft.com)

Backup Gmail account with GMVault

21. September 202121. September 2021

Johannes Rest

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After searching for an open source alternative for a software that does charge yearly fees I did find articles about GMVault as an alternative solution that can even be installed on a Linux server. Which would come in handy, so I tried it out. I decided to to that after reading one of Scott’s older posts: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/automatically-backup-your-gmail-account-on-a-schedule-with-gmvault-and-windows-task-scheduler He described the installation under Windows 10 (which I did as well) and also other sources show the