I’ve seen this issue twice – first on a client’s machine that got kicked out of the skies by a 1803 update and later, in 2020, on my expedition laptop that I carelessly launched the Kali usb drive executable on.
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With all the issues of the Windows 10 it certainly goes in a very valid direction – and one of the interesting features introduced by the 1703 Fall Creators Update was the SSH client that is built into the Powershell.
Optional at that time, currently, for 1803 update it was even installed by default, so no more manual installation/activation through the Apps and Features panel.
I am a fan of the concept of keeping the system as low profile as possible. So even though I use the the MTPutty from time to time when I need a work with a fleet of robots, I still like that I could connect to a bot using just a stock Win laptop.
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Migrating Windows 10 to a virtual machine
I am a strong advocate of the manual labor in the IT industry: any convenient solution, i.e. “master” or a “wizard” would give you a lemon sooner or later.
TimeMachine backup would mess your user permissions in some cases, hard drive cloning would migrate your 2006 kernel extensions onto a 2017 Mac and VMWare or Parallels Migration assistant would drive you crazy even if you manage to complete the process successfully, transferring all the Windows flaws alongside your user data.
Nothing is better than a clean and maintained install.
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Raspberry Pi as a 3D printing server
Every 3D printer owner, after the initial fascination is gone, starts toying with the idea of setting up a dedicated device for the purposes of remote control of printing.
Besides, keeping the only computer at home busy with the printjob that would take hours to complete is a generally annoying practice – not to mention the fact that you do not want to ruin the print with the forced Windows update.
And the problem gets even worse when you have dual printer setup and want to have this rig monitored, automated and optimized. This is when you get your prototyping boards out and start examining the best practices offered by open source hardware enthusiasts.
Apple Macintosh Classic
At some point in time I’ve been presented with the leftovers of the 1990-manufactured Macintosh Classic.
Even if it was not vandalized by some teenagers shortly prior to me getting my hands on this piece of IT heritage, a Motorola CPU was already a bit outdated by 2010s, so I had no hard feelings about gutting out the rest of the internals to save the outer shell for the later DIY project.