My backup solution for home computers using Bacula and the Bacularis Web interface.
One 8TB two drive mirror for backups using a dedicated system (sma2) on the server rack.

One 20TB usb drive on a Orange Pi system, (also used with the bmcdaq solar monitor and control board) for 'remote' (in a shed away from the main building)





https://www.bacula.org/
https://bacularis.app/

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/micr...pdate-kb5078127-released-address-outlook-bugs

Microsoft issues SECOND emergency out of band update for Windows 11 to address disastrous Patch Tuesday bugs — KB5078127 released globally

"30% of our software is written with AI"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/sat...rcent-of-microsoft-code-is-written-by-ai.html

and it shows.

 

Last year I completely disabled Windows Update and its so-called Defender, and I now rely on an antivirus/antimalware that is not embedded in the OS. I've had zero issues ever since.

I still want to migrate to Linux eventually, though.

 

I now rely on an antivirus/antimalware...

Imagine a world where no such reliance is necessary.

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/micr...pdate-kb5078127-released-address-outlook-bugs

Microsoft issues SECOND emergency out of band update for Windows 11 to address disastrous Patch Tuesday bugs — KB5078127 released globally

"30% of our software is written with AI"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/sat...rcent-of-microsoft-code-is-written-by-ai.html

and it shows.

You know, it's always possible that Windows has just become so fat and clunky that maintenance is impossible anymore.

 

You know, it's always possible that Windows has just become so fat and clunky that maintenance is impossible anymore.

Pretend Intelligence is helping to making it fat and clunky.

Real Intelligence can be fat and agile.

 

An interesting take on AI:

"It may be that, by happenstance in AI development, we have stumbled upon an underlying natural law, a fundamental principle. When applied to trained neural network systems, information-fidelity loss and collapse may be universal, not specific to digital systems. This line of reasoning has serious sociological implications: decadence may be more than just a moral failing; it may be universally applicable."

https://alwaysthehorizon.substack.com/p/urban-bugmen-and-ai-model-collapse?utm_medium=web

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/micr...pdate-kb5078127-released-address-outlook-bugs

Microsoft issues SECOND emergency out of band update for Windows 11 to address disastrous Patch Tuesday bugs — KB5078127 released globally

"30% of our software is written with AI"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/sat...rcent-of-microsoft-code-is-written-by-ai.html

and it shows.

I heard that only 1% to 5%, (perhaps less than 1%) of Windows 11 users were negatively impacted by KB5074109


My own machine received the update two weeks ago and nothing broke.

 

Software guys!

If 1% of shipped semiconductor products failed in the field installed in consumer products after something like a die shrink, that company would in deep dodo.

 

Software guys!

If 1% of shipped semiconductor products failed in the field installed in consumer products after something like a die shrink, that company would in deep dodo.

Windows didn't "fail" it caused problems for a few users, just like this hardware fault did:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug

Note how Microsoft helped work around the hardware fault.

 

My first PC a Pentium had that flaw, I still have the original processer in my collection.

The reason I still have the processor is not because of the recall, but an upgrade I made.

 

My first PC a Pentium had that flaw, I still have the original processer in my collection.

The reason I still have the processor is not because of the recall, but an upgrade I made.

Intel wisely went nuclear on the solution. "1 in 9 billion" vs 1%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug#

When the Pentium's original array was compiled into the mask pattern used for fabrication, five values of +2 were not received by the lithography equipment. As a result, five array cells in the actual chips' etched PLAs that were supposed to contain +2 actually contained zero.

The severity of the FDIV bug is debated. Though rarely encountered by most users (Byte magazine estimated that 1 in 9 billion floating point divides with random parameters would produce inaccurate results),[3] both the flaw and Intel's initial handling of the matter were heavily criticized by the tech community.
...
In December 1994, Intel recalled the defective processors in what was the first full recall of a computer chip.[4] In its 1994 annual report, Intel said it incurred "a $475 million pretax charge ... to cover replacement and write-off of these microprocessors."[5]

It was a process bug, not a design bug.

 

My first PC a Pentium had that flaw, I still have the original processer in my collection.

The reason I still have the processor is not because of the recall, but an upgrade I made.

Might even be a collectible...

 

The day of reckoning is getting closer. For me, it's not a matter of if, but rather of when I'm going to leave Windows behind:

The era of true ownership is ending as cloud services and AI are transforming the PC. What does this mean for user control?

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Hello,

@cmartinez
Have a look at alternative programs for windows on linux:
https://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software

Bertus

 

Hello,

@cmartinez
If you want to see linux working, there are a lot of live linux cd's that can boot from the cd / dvd, without the need of installing.
https://sourceforge.net/directory/live-cd/linux/

Bertus

 

What does this mean for user control?

It means we're back to the time-sharing systems of the 60s and 70s.

What's old is new again.

 

What's old is new again.

Here's a preview of the next version of Windows:

I'm sure it will be the Most Secure Windows Ever.

 

The day of reckoning is getting closer. For me, it's not a matter of if, but rather of when I'm going to leave Windows behind

It's been 'when' for me three times now, and I'm back with Windows again. I want to make the move, and it's great until something doesn't work and I run smack into the cliff of the learning curve. I think Windows is ahead on user interface at the technical level, sadly.