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Windows Updates
Addresses over 50 vulnerabilities including 6 actively exploited zero-days.
Win10 – March 11, 2025—KB5053606 (OS Builds 19044.5608 and 19045.5608)
Win11 – March 11, 2025—KB5053598 (OS Build 26100.3476)
Audacity 3.7.2
Free sound recorder and editor.
“This is a patch release.”
Download | Changelog
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.1
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Improvements, fixes, new program cleaning.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
Clonezilla 3.2.1-9
A FREE partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Norton Ghost.
“includes major enhancements and bug fixes.”
Download | Release Info
I recommend the alternative stable version, it probably has better hardware support.
Video: Clonezilla Ain’t Hard
New Graphics Drivers
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.3.1 WHQL Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 572.70 WHQL
New Intel Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite v36.25.2193
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.120.0
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v23.120.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.120.0
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v30.0.1
Bugfixes
Download: Workstation Player or Workstation Pro
Release Notes: Workstation Player or Workstation Pro
Windows Updates
Over 30 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – February 11, 2025—KB5051974 (OS Builds 19044.5487 and 19045.5487)
Win11 – February 11, 2025—KB5051987 (OS Build 26100.3194)
O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1443
Small update.
Download | Changelog
Featured in Tweaking Windows 10.
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.0
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Small update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
I’ve got Linux Mint 22.1 installed and running fine in a VMware virtual machine. As many of you know I do much of my computing in my Linux Mint VMs.
I did not do an upgrade because going from Linux Mint 21.3, which I was running, required going from 21.3 to 22 to 22.1 and frankly I wasn’t in the mood.
Here are a few screenshots. Click on them for full sized.
[Read more…] about Linux Mint 22.1 Install
“Linux Mint 22.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029.”
Blog Post (has full list of download links) | New Features | Release Notes
Notable in the release notes are virtual machine display issues.
I’m still on Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon. That is now 2 versions behind. I will test out the new version in the next few weeks, most likely doing an in place upgrade first.
Windows Updates
Addresses 120+ vulnerabilities. That is not a typo, 120+ vulnerabilities.
Win10 – January 14, 2025—KB5049981 (OS Builds 19044.5371 and 19045.5371)
Win11 – January 14, 2025—KB5050009 (OS Build 26100.2894)
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Minor update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
