The PowerToys team is working on adding a new tool to the apps suite. It will allow to record the screen contents, and provide a few editing options. The tool is currently known as 'Video GIF Capture'.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Linux Mint announces version 20.1 ‘Ulyssa’, own Chromium packages, and much more
In its monthly digest, the Linux Mint project has revealed the code name for Linux Mint 20.1, which is Ulyssa. Also, the announcement includes new Chromium packages that the project is going to maintain and build from upstream, as an alternative to Ubuntu's snap option. Besides there, there are new apps and other improvements.
Microsoft announces Surface Pro X with new Platinum finish and SQ2 processor
Microsoft today announced the improved Surface Pro X device that comes with better performance and features a new Platinum finish. While most of its specs remain the same, there is a new CPU, and three more colors for its keyboard: Ice Blue, Poppy Red, and Platinum.
Microsoft Introduces Surface Laptop Go for $549
Microsoft today introduced a new Surface Laptop Go device, that is an affordable item from the modern Surface family. Its price starts at $549, which is the most cheap option when compared to Microsoft's premium Surface devices.
Mozilla Firefox 81.0.1 is out with reliability improvements
Mozilla has issued a minor update to the latest Firefox 81 branch. Traditionally for post-major releases, such updates are targeting security and reliability issues. Version 81.0.1 is not an exception to this rule, and it includes a notable number of fixes.
Microsoft has added the Annotation option to Edge Web Capture
Some time ago Microsoft added a new feature to Edge Canary, called Web Capture. It can be used to capture and share a portion of a web page. The company officially announced it a few days ago, and already updated it with the ability to add annotations to your screenshots.
KB4577063 for Windows 10 version 2004 is a new optional update with tons of fixes
Microsoft has released a new optional update to Windows 10 version 2004, May 2020 Update. The release is notable for delivering plenty of fixes to the OS, including a number of resolved issues with audio, and reliability issues for Windows Mixed Reality.
Mount Linux File System in Windows 10
How to Mount Linux File System in Windows 10
WSL 2 is the latest version of the architecture that powers the Windows Subsystem for Linux to run ELF64 Linux binaries on Windows. With recent changes, it allows accessing files stored on a drive with the Linux file system. If you have a drive with Linux installed, you can now mount it in Windows 10 and browse its contents with help of the WSL 2. Here's how it can be done.
Windows 10 on ARM will receive support for 64-bit apps in November
As of this writing, Windows 10 on ARM is an ARM64 platform, which only supports 32-bit x86 apps via a built-in emulator. It is not possible to run traditional 64-bit apps in this OS. Earlier, we mentioned that this will eventually be changed. Finally, Microsoft today announced that the change goes live in November 2020.
Windows 10 Build 19042.546 released (20H2, Beta & Release Preview)
In addition to Windows 10 Build 20226 in the Dev channel, Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 19042.546 to the Beta and Release Preview channels. The update is released as a cumulative update and does not include any new features. Microsoft is finalizing Windows 10 version 20H2 before it hits the production branch.
