WordPress dumpster fire, open-source maintainers overworked, and cloud providers go nuclear!

Windows 10 life extended if you pay, VMware piggybacks on KVM, and happy birthday to Notepad++!

Microsoft offered to extend the life of Windows 10 for home users, for that sweet, sweet money. $30 to be exact. But at least the Windows 11 haters have somewhere they can stay. For a while. VMware decided to ditch its proprietary Workstation virtualization tech and piggyback on good ole KVM. And happy birthday to both Notepad++ and LetsEncrypt, who turned 21 and 10 respectively. The tech world would be a lot less sweet without them. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, James Ruskin and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar [https://ch0.co/unpackingsoftware] and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources [https://blog.chocolatey.org/2024/11/unpacking-software-episode-10]. Complete our survey [https://ch0.co/streamsurvey] to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: * Chocolatey For Business [https://chocolatey.org/products/chocolatey-for-business]. * Chocolatey Central Management [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/]. * Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/c4b-environments/azure/]. * Chocolatey website [https://chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey Community Repository [https://community.chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey documentation [https://docs.chocolatey.org]. * Community Hub Discord [https://ch0.co/community]. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/chocolateynuget]. * Mastodon [https://fosstodon.org/@chocolatey]. * Reddit [https://reddit.com/r/chocolatey]. * Twitch [https://twitch.tv/chocolateysoftware].

WordPress dumpster fire, open-source maintainers overworked, and cloud providers go nuclear!

WordPress continues to burn in a dumpster of their own making as WP Engines' lawsuit moves forward. Unfortunately, it's not just two corporate toddlers squabbling in an isolated sandpit. It has implications for the rest of the WordPress ecosystem and beyond into open-source. With open-source maintainers already overworked and going gray, the rush of new blood to pick up when the old guard leaves is drying up! Finally, it's time for the mega-corporation to buy their own nuclear power and play out one of those dystopian movies I'm sure we've all seen. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar [https://ch0.co/unpackingsoftware] and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources [https://blog.chocolatey.org/2024/10/unpacking-software-episode-9]. Complete our survey [https://ch0.co/streamsurvey] to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: * Chocolatey For Business [https://chocolatey.org/products/chocolatey-for-business]. * Chocolatey Central Management [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/]. * Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/c4b-environments/azure/]. * Chocolatey website [https://chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey Community Repository [https://community.chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey documentation [https://docs.chocolatey.org]. * Community Hub Discord [https://ch0.co/community]. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/chocolateynuget]. * Mastodon [https://fosstodon.org/@chocolatey]. * Reddit [https://reddit.com/r/chocolatey]. * Twitch [https://twitch.tv/chocolateysoftware].

Recall says "I'll be back" but can't be removed, Toyota leaks GPS data and Mono moves to Wine

Windows Recall makes a return in October. If you don't want it then, tough, because you can't remove it! Toyota isn't having a good time as more data leaks, this time from a third party. But this time car GPS data is grabbed too. And finally, some good news in the open-source world, Mono moves under the stewardship of the Wine project. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar [https://ch0.co/unpackingsoftware] and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources [https://blog.chocolatey.org/2024/09/unpacking-software-episode-8]. Complete our survey [https://ch0.co/streamsurvey] to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: * Chocolatey For Business [https://chocolatey.org/products/chocolatey-for-business]. * Chocolatey Central Management [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/]. * Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/c4b-environments/azure/]. * Chocolatey website [https://chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey Community Repository [https://community.chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey documentation [https://docs.chocolatey.org]. * Community Hub Discord [https://ch0.co/community]. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/chocolateynuget]. * Mastodon [https://fosstodon.org/@chocolatey]. * Reddit [https://reddit.com/r/chocolatey]. * Twitch [https://twitch.tv/chocolateysoftware].

X using your data, again, Microsoft under fire, again, CrowdStrike has a sense of humour, maybe.

Meta and X are using your data again for their own ends. The global presence of Microsoft is being seen as a potential disadvantage in light of the CrowdStrike debacle, while it points to the EU as the reason it can't lock down the kernel. And CrowdStrike accepts an award at Black Hat but loses its sense of humour for ClownStrike. Join Chocolatey Software's Gary Ewan Park, Paul Broadwith and Stephen Valdinger as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar [https://ch0.co/unpackingsoftware] and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources [https://blog.chocolatey.org/2024/08/unpacking-software-episode-7]. Complete our survey [https://ch0.co/streamsurvey] to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: * Chocolatey For Business [https://chocolatey.org/products/chocolatey-for-business]. * Chocolatey Central Management [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/]. * Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/c4b-environments/azure/]. * Chocolatey website [https://chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey Community Repository [https://community.chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey documentation [https://docs.chocolatey.org]. * Community Hub Discord [https://ch0.co/community]. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/chocolateynuget]. * Mastodon [https://fosstodon.org/@chocolatey]. * Reddit [https://reddit.com/r/chocolatey]. * Twitch [https://twitch.tv/chocolateysoftware].

Firefox data collection hot water, Windows 11 gets worse and Polyfill CDN malwares all the things!

Firefox gets into hot water with its latest 'prototype' that collects data without consent. Windows 11 gets more ads and helpfully uploads your data to OneDrive and Polyfill. What is there to say about that? So much, it turns out. Join Chocolatey Software's James Ruskin, Josh King and Paul Broadwith as we go through the latest tech and security news of the last month. Add to your calendar [https://ch0.co/unpackingsoftware] and find everything we talked about today in the episode resources [https://blog.chocolatey.org/2024/07/unpacking-software-episode-6]. Complete our survey [https://ch0.co/streamsurvey] to help shape our content. Chocolatey Software: * Chocolatey For Business [https://chocolatey.org/products/chocolatey-for-business]. * Chocolatey Central Management [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/]. * Chocolatey For Business Azure Environment [https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/c4b-environments/azure/]. * Chocolatey website [https://chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey Community Repository [https://community.chocolatey.org]. * Chocolatey documentation [https://docs.chocolatey.org]. * Community Hub Discord [https://ch0.co/community]. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/chocolateynuget]. * Mastodon [https://fosstodon.org/@chocolatey]. * Reddit [https://reddit.com/r/chocolatey]. * Twitch [https://twitch.tv/chocolateysoftware].