I would like to wish each of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
I hope you all have something or someone to be thankful for.
Oh openSUSE…
Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve spent all my free time the last 2 days trying to get openSUSE Leap 42.2 installed on my main computer to no avail.
My AMD Radeon RX 480 is unsupported and simply will not work with openSUSE Leap 42.2. AMD only has drivers for Red Hat and Ubuntu. I’ve tried every hack, every tip, every suggestion I could find and some I made up on my own.
I tried Kubuntu 16.10. My graphics card worked out of the box. But, Kubuntu 16.10 is quite probably the worst KDE implementation I have ever seen.
Fedora 25 gets released in a few days so I may give that a shot. Linux Mint 18.1 is out soon too.
I’ll keep my ears open to see if someone gets my card working under openSUSE Leap 42.2 but I’m not all that hopeful. Doesn’t seem anyone really cares.
Tuesday Random Stuff…
Firefox 50
Supposed to launch faster.
Download 32-bit(en-US)
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Release Notes
CCleaner 5.24
“Improved…Updated…bug fixes…”
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Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 375.86
“Provides the optimal experience for Tom Clancy’s The Division Survival DLC, Battlefield 1, Steep: Open Beta, and Civilization VI”
Download
There has been controversy over Login Requirements and Nvidia sending telemetry.
Just choose custom install and don’t install GeForce Experience. You don’t need it.
*I’m wrong. More later…
And to all the websites out there that claim Nvidia isn’t spying, SHAME ON YOU. If Microsoft or the NSA were doing it you would lose your fracking minds.
*edit 1637hrs
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Hotfix 16.11.3
I missed this release. Thank to Kelly for the heads up!
friday, Friday, FRIIIIIDAAAAAY!
Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.100 on Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.”
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Wise Disk Cleaner 9.32
“Improved…updated…bugfixes…”
Download
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
They’re ready if you are. Install’em at your own risk. Thanks for the heads up Arthur!
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2016
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history
Adobe Flash Updated
APSB16-37 Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player
Downloads for:
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Tweaking Windows 10 Updated!
Tweaking Windows 10 has been updated for AnniUpdate.
If you’ve purchased the guide previously and want a free update the contact me by forwarding your email from me or PayPal back to me.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would spread the word via email, social media, forum posts, news to other websites, etc.
Thanks For Linking To TweakHound.com Woody!
Legendary Windows author Woody Leonhard gave this site a shout out in his article Woody’s Win10Tip: Block forced Windows updates.
Thanks for mentioning TweakHound.com! It is rare that this site gets any credit and a honor to be mentioned in one of your articles.
Weekend Random Stuff…
WOT Spyware
A German news organization discovered that the popular Web Of Trust (WOT) browser extension was spying on users and selling their data.
Both Google and Firefox have delisted WOT.
Info is a little hard to come by as no one properly sources their news anymore. There is a Github page that contains some info.
Windows 7 gained more new users than Windows 10 in the last 2 months
United Kingdom Readers
This is the first I have heard of this. Can some please explain Investigatory Powers Bill without getting too political?
Downloads
AMD Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Hotfix Drivers
Intel SSD Toolbox 3.4.0 – adds support for new Intel drives.
Off Topic
Geek + Redneck Toy Equals…
Billy Bass giving weather forecasts!
Windows 10 Privacy Settings Updated
Still working on the Win10 tweak guide.
The section Windows 10 Privacy Settings has been updated:
– Wi-Fi sense section removed as this moronic feature was removed in AnniUpdate.
– Revised O&O Shup10 recommendations.
Wednesday Random Stuff…
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.87 for Windows, Mac, and 54.0.2840.90 for Linux.”
Download
Thanks Johan!
Free Password Manager For All Your Devices
Get LastPass Everywhere: Multi-Device Access Is Now Free!
I use it.
More Software Updates
EMDB 2.58 – Free movie collection software.
O&O ShutUp10 1.4.1384 – The Win10 privacy tamer I use.
Well Crap…
I’m looking at Linux as my main OS, specifically openSUSE. Most distros are running Linux 4.4 LTS kernel. There are so many improvements since then that I would love to run newer kernel. I tried the openSUSE rolling release called openSUSE Tumbleweed. It was running 4.8.6 I believe. I ran into a showstopper bug that involved my AMD Radeon RX 480 that is present in kernels beyond 4.4. Kinda sucks but openSUSE Leap 42.2 will be released on November 16. It is using the LTS 4.4 kernel so I will give that a shot. Or, I may try this if I have time.