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Run Windows 10 in GNOME Boxes

Article updated at 2021-05-09.

EdgeDeflector gets Windows 10 to respect your default browser setting

Article updated at 2021-05-09.

Article updated at 2021-05-03.

How to resize ZRAM (compressed swap) managed by systemd/zram-generator

Update (2021-05-03): Fedora 34 changed the default maximum zram size from 4 GB to 8 GB, and from 25 % to 50 % of physical RAM. The swap-create@zram0.service was also renamed to systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service.

Superfeedr sends logins in plain-text (a HSTS case study)

Article updated at 2021-04-24.

Run Linux desktop apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Update (2021-04-23): You’ll want to read my newer article on WSLg for the current state of Linux desktop apps on Windows 10.

Help Mozilla build out its Location Service by taking a walk

Update (2021-04-21): The Mozilla Strumbler app has been discontinued. The app is no longer available for download. The Mozilla Location Service isn’t being discontinued, but its accuracy will probably decrease over time without new data submissions from the community.

How to get to the Microsoft Feed in your web browser

Update (2021-04-21): The mobile apps are no longer available for download, but the webapp version is still up and running.

How to test if your Bluetooth devices support BLE Privacy

Update (2021-04-21): The BLEScanner app is no longer available on the Play Store. The developer hasn’t responded to my request for a comment.

Update (2021-04-14): Mailbox.org has introduced new higher price tiers. You get more storage, though. The article has been updated to reflect the new pricing and service offering.

Review of Mailbox.org: Email privacy with a thick German accent

Update (2021-04-14): Mailbox.org has introduced new price tiers starting at 3 Euro/month for the same service level, but you get 10 GB of email storage and 5 GB cloud storage. A 1 Euro-plan is still available, but it no longer includes any cloud storage and no support for using your own email domain.

Set Store apps as the default for arbitrary file types in Windows 10

Update (2021-04-11): Windows finds app aliases because of App Path registrations. These registrations won’t help Open With find the app, though. I still don’t know the purpose of the 0-byte executable files.