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Compatibility Mods :: Modern Minecraft versions up to 1.21+ on stock Windows XP :: Reply by solniczka143

2025-09-14T00:25:56+00:00

Minecraft 1.21.8 works great with this fix on Windows XP 64bit and Vista 64bit.
But to run on 32bit versions i discovered that you need to rename files lwgl32.dll and openal32.dll(maybe all 32) replacing non 32-named 64bit versions from bin/(instance), while Minecraft is starting.

Compatibility Mods :: OpenJDK 21 for Vista x64 (no extended kernel required) :: Reply by solniczka143

2025-09-13T23:22:41+00:00

Sadly reupload stopped working is there any alternative?

Compatibility Mods :: OpenJDK 21 for Vista x64 (no extended kernel required) :: Reply by xYannikx

2025-09-17T06:49:33+00:00

solniczka143 wrote: ↑13 Sep 2025, 23:22 Sadly reupload stopped working is there any alternative?

https://github.com/xYannikx/jdk21u-vista

Compatibility Mods :: OpenJDK 21 for Vista x64 (no extended kernel required) :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-17T19:21:29+00:00

xYannikx wrote: ↑17 Sep 2025, 06:49
solniczka143 wrote: ↑13 Sep 2025, 23:22 Sadly reupload stopped working is there any alternative?
https://github.com/xYannikx/jdk21u-vista

Well done, thanks!

Research Network :: Patching VMware Vista version block or Intel error :: Author TSNH

2025-09-11T14:04:00+00:00

The last version of VMware Workstation that works on Windows Vista is 12.0.1

But this version as well as any older version has a problem with running on Intel's new CPU's, like 12th gen Alder Lake. Regardless of the host OS used,
guest Windows versions that are Windows 10 Redstone 1 and newer immediately BSOD and modern Linux kernels panic

The next version 12.1.0 fixes this issue, but it happens so that's the exact same version where the Vista version block was introduced.
Even global version overrides of the Extended Kernel and Second System don't help, so perhaps patching vmware files will be necessary

Research Network :: Firewall program for manually allowing or blocking program network access :: Reply by tnodir

2025-09-24T13:58:35+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 23:38 For starters, "Fort Firewall" is not technically self-contained.
It requires Microsoft's embedded firewall / base filtering engine to run side-dy-side with Fort Firewall.

All firewalls for Windows 10+ use Windows Filtering Platform (WFP): Comodo, ESET, ZoneAlarm etc.
Base filtering engine is part of WFP.

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 23:38 Secondly, and I can only speak towards Comodo 2.4.18.184 [File Size: 7.58 MB], Fort Firewall lacks "parent-based" rules.

Fort has simplified "parent-based" rules.

Research Network :: Firewall program for manually allowing or blocking program network access :: Reply by Darth Agnon

2025-09-24T17:55:23+00:00

What about:

- Giesa OpenFirewall (Sourceforge, Homepage) works on WinXP
- I like Sordum Firewall App Blocker for newer Windows versions (haven't tested it on WinXP)
- I didn't like Simplewall, as it is Win7+ only, and anything but simple.

General Software & Hardware :: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards for Vista/XP x64? :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-24T11:11:45+00:00

Afaik you can only get up to 802.11ac on Windows 7.

General Software & Hardware :: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards for Vista/XP x64? :: Reply by TSNH

2025-09-24T18:09:52+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 11:11 Afaik you can only get up to 802.11ac on Windows 7.

Yeah, but I'd guess It's only because of missing drivers for new cards.

The reason why I think so is that you can definitely get ac on Vista and Vista was made before ac was a thing. netsh commandline tool on Vista identifies ac networks as n,
but from the router side I can see that in fact a proper ac connection is being made. The wifi card is Broadcom BCM94352HMB

General Software & Hardware :: Considering an OS update ; ideas welcomed... :: Author BenjaminK

2025-09-26T04:10:18+00:00

Hello there,

After a couple of small compatibility issues on a retro-gaming rig of mine - a dual boot with Windows 7 x64 and XP x86 in a RAID 1 structure -, including a problem with GOG's servers, I'm starting think about this machine's future...

Solutions considered, for now : An obvious method would be, I guess, to transform my dual boot into a triple boot, slap on it Windows 10 for example, just so I can launch whatever bothers me in a suitable environment - such as Galaxy, whenever I really want to obtain Achievements for the few concerned games. This would also allow me to anticipate on other future compatibility issues... But it's not that simple, since drivers for that particular RAID card (a HighPoint RocketRAID 1740) and Windows 10 are sketchy at best. I didn't test every option yet, but chances of success seem slim. Buying a new RAID card could solve that, sure, but finding one which would cooperate with Windows XP, 7... and 10 isn't that easy. On top of that, I remember vividly how my last attempt to add Windows 10 ended years ago : the beast botched the other OSes' boot sector (which became unreadable), it ended up being the only accessible OS of the rig, and I ended up having to spend hours setting everything back online again. A pain I'd prefer not to go through again... and I'm not sure using a spare distinct drive for 10 would make its interaction with the other OSes easier.
Another idea would be to settle for Windows 8.1, less annoying in some ways and probably easier to reconcile with 7 and even XP in a multi-boot structure as I'm pretty sure I can find most drivers needed - which isn't the case with 10+ -, but would that truly help and, if yes, for how long ? I'm sure getting used to 8.1, which I rarely used up to now, is really worth it... Not if the same same problems include it within a year or two.
A more radical method would be to completely ditch my current structure, say goodbye to the current OSes on this rig - all of them -, then start again with Windows 10+ - mind you, 10's future itself doesn't look so hot... -, possibly adding virtual versions of XP & 7 whenever they'll be needed, but this obviously nullifies this retro-gaming rig's whole objective... which was to enjoy those older OS's interface, play games in their native environment - even those requiring quite a bit of graphical power, which wouldn't work well through a virtual version of XP or 7 - and avoid compatibility hiccups - which are common, even though GOG's versions help quite a bit.

Any remark will be welcomed... Thanks in advance !

General Software & Hardware :: Clink - Windows CMD enhancements :: Author UCyborg

2025-09-28T23:19:17+00:00

https://github.com/chrisant996/clink

Auto-suggestions, completions, persistent history...Maybe old news for some, but it's new for me.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-06T13:16:44+00:00

Good news:

Firefox ESR 115 will continue to receive security updates on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 until March 2026.

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2025/09/04/firefox-esr-115-support-for-windows-7-8-and-8-1-and-old-mac-os-versions-extended-until-march-2026/

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-16T20:11:33+00:00

Firefox 115.28 ESR is available:
https://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/115.28.0esr/

Release notes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.28.0/releasenotes/

Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-07T13:18:18+00:00

TSNH wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025, 17:15 Which email client do you use? The builtin one?

yes that one works just fine. You can view HTML messages by clicking attached html file via built in browser.

Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by TSNH

2025-09-07T17:23:30+00:00

Ok, nice but I was actually hoping you got a third-party one working as the builtin one on Symbian Belle only presents me an option to create a Microsoft Exchange inbox.

Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-09T10:28:51+00:00

TSNH wrote: ↑07 Sep 2025, 17:23 Ok, nice but I was actually hoping you got a third-party one working as the builtin one on Symbian Belle only presents me an option to create a Microsoft Exchange inbox.

You can use mailbox creator for that. Also you what Belle device? C7? I got C7 and I installed Delight Custom Firmware (http://symwld.com/delight/) to it. I mostly use it as car player since it internal FM transmitter and my radio tape deck failed. That also includes mail creator with it. It can run on Nokia 807, 603, 701, 700, Oro, X7, E7, C6-01, C7 and N7. Only downside it only got english localization. You should also refrain from using language packs from older builds. I asked about that from developer via email and here was his answer:

I regret to inform that Delight 6.7 does not support other UI languages apart from English and Russian.
Even though older releases (up to 6.4) had multilingual interface support, I could not retain that in further versions due to timing issues and amount of work that needs to be done with each ROFS_2...

Nevertheless, you can easily add Finnish as the writing (keyboard) language to your phone: just download the old Finnish ROFS_3 file from Delight 6.4 and overwrite the current ROFS_3 before flashing.
This way you will be able to use the Finnish language for communications on your C7, even though the main interface will be English.

Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by TSNH

2025-09-09T12:41:15+00:00

Nokiamies wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 10:28 You can use mailbox creator for that. Also you what Belle device? C7? I got C7 and I installed Delight Custom Firmware (http://symwld.com/delight/) to it. I mostly use it as car player since it internal FM transmitter and my radio tape deck failed. That also includes mail creator with it. It can run on Nokia 807, 603, 701, 700, Oro, X7, E7, C6-01, C7 and N7. Only downside it only got english localization. You should also refrain from using language packs from older builds. I asked about that from developer via email and here was his answer:

I'll definetly check out Mailbox Creator

I daily drive a Nokia 701, along with an Iphone. 701 also has an FM transmitter, but I've never really found much use of it. I use wired headphones for listening to music and bluetooth for the car audio and bt speakers.

But with bluetooth I noticed there is a weird click sound sometimes, on avarage once for 2-minute song, when I use a Symbian Belle Nokia with all bluetooth audio devices, this is not the case with Symbian Anna and older. I have quite a bunch of Nokia phones which I treat as collectables. 808, 701, 603, N8 updated to Belle all have this issue and N8(before an update) and 500 on Anna does not.
Do you also get that weird bluetooth audio click on your C7?

I've actually made a custom Polish localization for the latest Delight for 701.
Never published it cause I couldn't get some parts like theme choosing ui in settings, camera app, equalizer, and homescreen properly translated
Based my work on this custom Polish delight for 808, it would be harder if one doesn't exist for Finnish (at least for a different phone model) http://nokiahacking.pl/delight-1-8-pl-vt34716.htm
Don't remember if 1.8 for 808 is the latest or not.
I extracted the firmware with Nokia Cooker looked up differences with Winmerge betweem the Polish 808 Delight firmware and Delight english 808 firmware,
next copied over the language files that were different between Polish 808 Delight firmware and Delight english 808 from the original Polish 701 firmware to 701 Delight firmware.
And I got those that didn't work from 808 custom Polish delight instead of original Polish 701 firmware I saved a list of those (may also include files that I had to revert to english):

Code: Select all


    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
d----          2025-02-10    18:05                apps
d----          2025-02-10    18:07                qt
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          48846 avkon.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3130 connuiutilsnotif.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3511 Converter.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            701 filelist.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2757 gspeninputpluginrsc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          13540 ias.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             65 iractiveidle.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2289 mediafilelist.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           4882 mpxmetadataeditordialog.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            188 PhoneServer.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            458 photoeditorplugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            597 profileeng.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            262 profilerpublisherres.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2273 psln.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            526 satinfo.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            873 ScreenSaverAnimPlugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2694 setwizemailview.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            247 SlideshowPlugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            439 stagegspluginrsc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5164 videoeditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            325 videoeditorplugin_internal.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            400 wlansettingsui.r27

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\apps

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5234 Blid.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1294 Drawing.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5036 fmradio.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            127 homescreen.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           7241 internetradio.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           7482 internetradio_tc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          11070 issearch.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            397 LmkMsgViewer.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           8011 logs.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3312 MIFEditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5674 mpxcollectionviewhg.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           4882 mpxmetadataeditordialog.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1159 mpxscreensaverplugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             94 noteswidgetre1.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            200 notifierharvesterstrings.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1064 notifierlistapplication.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            390 notifierwidgetsettings.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            262 profilerpublisherres.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             70 qmlmirror.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1116 slidewizard.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2411 vcxhgmyvideos.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5164 videoeditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            228 videoservices.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             81 webviewselector.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            786 widgetmanagerview.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1940 winRAR.r27

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\qt

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
d----          2025-02-10    18:07                translations

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\qt\translations

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          12252 gallery_pl.qm
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5004 shareui_pl.qm

And I had to leave some which I mentioned earlier

C7 is closer to N8, so I would look for Finnish custom delight for N8 rather than 808

r files are like mui for Windows. r27 are Polish files Finland will have some other r number

If you want to experiment with Nokia Cooker (be wary it's possible to brick a phone with bad firmware, so it's best to experiment on an already half-broken one), send me a PM and I'll send you my 701 Polish firmware so you can compare it with English 701 delight and see what exactly was changed as I already don't remember some things I did .

Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-09T16:16:23+00:00

TSNH wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 12:41 I daily drive a Nokia 701, along with an Iphone. 701 also has an FM transmitter, but I've never really found much use of it. I use wired headphones for listening to music and bluetooth for the car audio and bt speakers.

nykoping.jpg

Too fancy radio. I still got original Nyköping II Radio on my 1990 Saab 900. It only got cassette player which I plan rebuild. Before it I played music trough my Pocket-PC using tape adapter. Good thing though that I am not only one still using wired headphones. They are bit harder to find on some stores, but I was able find few good ones eventually. Avoid Philips ones are they include some sort of resistor or very poor wiring that makes it all quiet as whisper.

TSNH wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 12:41 But with bluetooth I noticed there is a weird click sound sometimes, on avarage once for 2-minute song, when I use a Symbian Belle Nokia with all bluetooth audio devices, this is not the case with Symbian Anna and older. I have quite a bunch of Nokia phones which I treat as collectables. 808, 701, 603, N8 updated to Belle all have this issue and N8(before an update) and 500 on Anna does not.
Do you also get that weird bluetooth audio click on your C7?

I currently do not use bluetooth to play back music. I think my living room Panasonic hifi system had that option, but I disabled it since I only digital audio to HTPC and analog audio hooked up to CRT TV. I will do some testing and report back.

TSNH wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 12:41 I've actually made a custom Polish localization for the latest Delight for 701.
Never published it cause I couldn't get some parts like theme choosing ui in settings, camera app, equalizer, and homescreen properly translated
Based my work on this custom Polish delight for 808, it would be harder if one doesn't exist for Finnish (at least for a different phone model) http://nokiahacking.pl/delight-1-8-pl-vt34716.htm
Don't remember if 1.8 for 808 is the latest or not.
I extracted the firmware with Nokia Cooker looked up differences with Winmerge betweem the Polish 808 Delight firmware and Delight english 808 firmware,
next copied over the language files that were different between Polish 808 Delight firmware and Delight english 808 from the original Polish 701 firmware to 701 Delight firmware.
And I got those that didn't work from 808 custom Polish delight instead of original Polish 701 firmware I saved a list of those (may also include files that I had to revert to english):

Code: Select all


    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
d----          2025-02-10    18:05                apps
d----          2025-02-10    18:07                qt
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          48846 avkon.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3130 connuiutilsnotif.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3511 Converter.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            701 filelist.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2757 gspeninputpluginrsc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          13540 ias.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             65 iractiveidle.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2289 mediafilelist.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           4882 mpxmetadataeditordialog.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            188 PhoneServer.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            458 photoeditorplugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            597 profileeng.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            262 profilerpublisherres.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2273 psln.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            526 satinfo.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            873 ScreenSaverAnimPlugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2694 setwizemailview.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            247 SlideshowPlugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            439 stagegspluginrsc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5164 videoeditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            325 videoeditorplugin_internal.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            400 wlansettingsui.r27

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\apps

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5234 Blid.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1294 Drawing.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5036 fmradio.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            127 homescreen.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           7241 internetradio.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           7482 internetradio_tc.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          11070 issearch.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            397 LmkMsgViewer.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           8011 logs.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           3312 MIFEditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5674 mpxcollectionviewhg.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           4882 mpxmetadataeditordialog.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1159 mpxscreensaverplugin.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             94 noteswidgetre1.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            200 notifierharvesterstrings.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1064 notifierlistapplication.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            390 notifierwidgetsettings.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            262 profilerpublisherres.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             70 qmlmirror.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1116 slidewizard.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           2411 vcxhgmyvideos.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5164 videoeditor.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            228 videoservices.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17             81 webviewselector.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17            786 widgetmanagerview.r27
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           1940 winRAR.r27

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\qt

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
d----          2025-02-10    18:07                translations

    Directory: C:\Users\user\Desktop\jezykowe z 808\qt\translations

[32;1mMode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name[0m
[32;1m----                 -------------         ------ ----[0m
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17          12252 gallery_pl.qm
-a---          2025-02-10    12:17           5004 shareui_pl.qm

That is interesting. There was Finnish firmware on older versions. I might go around and try build one. I would not worry about bricking as 99% of them you can recover it using Phoenix dead flash mode. Only hard bricked Nokia I seen was N96 that someone tried to downgrade without backing up keys. It was beyond repair and trying deadflash it to latest just made it fail on early boot.

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Mobile Devices :: Community Projects to improve Symbian 3rd-5th edition usability :: Reply by TSNH

2025-09-11T11:51:36+00:00

Nokiamies wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 16:16
Too fancy radio. I still got original Nyköping II Radio on my 1990 Saab 900. It only got cassette player which I plan rebuild. Before it I played music trough my Pocket-PC using tape adapter.

Well not that fancy radio, not new and not old enough to give retro vibes like yours, just a builtin Ford/Sony one, has bluetooth connectivity and being from 2013, it pairs fairly well with a 2011/2012 phone. Phones get "retro" status much sooner than cars.

A good upgrade would be a MirrorLink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOCOqRSCilA
And there are actually modern car radio-like sets which claim to support MirrorLink, but idk if they would work with Symbian's Car mode

Nokiamies wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 16:16
Good thing though that I am not only one still using wired headphones. They are bit harder to find on some stores, but I was able find few good ones eventually.

And speaking about Nokia hardware

I actually really like the sound of Nokia WH-902
https://www.productindetail.com/ps/nokia-wh-902

The best non-sealed in-ear headphones I've heard so far, the sound is a bit harsh (sometimes an advantage), but the clarity and details are pretty good, and they somehow manage to have a balanced amount of base despite having no seal.

Gaming :: Alternative game stores and why you should use them :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-26T02:44:46+00:00

It always saddened me a little that GOG never managed to reach a tad more players than the tiny bit of market share they never broke out of. This service isn't perfect, its team is quite small and has to weight priorities very carefully - a few limitations of GOG's forums, for example, have been bothering people for years and the review system only got updated to common standards very recently -, some occasional compromises can be questioned regarding the finer details of DRMs, and of course one can't hope to attract all major AAA titles over there during their initial launching window, but the place remains filled to the brim with excellent titles (both old and new) often discounted at very reasonable prices, sometimes including popular fixes or modifications that Steam's versions lack completely - not an issue for the veterans ; more of a problem for those who don't want to fiddle with an old game for hours just to reach its main menu -, conversations between users are... well... mostly pleasant ^^ as far as I can tell, and GOG's support service, albeit a bit slow (and very obviously spread thin), has always answered favourably any kind of polite email I've sent them during the last decade. It truly feels a good service to pay for, despite rare occasional hiccups...

I own a large community-based collection over there, have been using it almost from the beginning, and try to help people regarding any subject, so feel free to drop me a word if you're interested.

Gaming :: Windows 7 and connection issues with GOG servers... :: Author BenjaminK

2025-09-26T03:36:21+00:00

Hello there,

GOG's provides a great service I sure wish more people would use, but it also, obviously, faces issues quite similar to any other online store. I stumbled upon a recent one with its servers regarding Achievements in various games and wanted some advice from Windows 7 or network enthusiasts...

I run a retro-gaming rig from time to time, using a dual boot with Windows 7 x64 and XP x86 in a RAID 1 structure, which has worked very fine for many years, still proves its value regularly and actually has (almost) no issues with GOG Galaxy. I don't use this client a lot - what for ? -, but it is unavoidable in rare cases of games whose Achievements are somehow fun or interesting to chase after.

Problem : apparently, quite recently - I don't know exactly since when -, GOG servers have started refusing to communicate with OSes older than Windows 10 specifically for unlocking Achievements which require non local data - understand not the simple "Has started to play game Y" or "Played game X for 10 hours". I've now experienced this issue with many versions of Galaxy, from the most recent one down to v1.2 - which is, as far as I'm concerned, already enough. All other common functions seem to work as intended, even though I also spotted issue with Cloud Saves - but I don't use those usually. This, anyway, simply means no Achievements at all for older rigs in any game bought through GOG. Nothing dreadful from my perspective, mind you, but I was still a bit startled for not a single post in GOG's forums mentions that change as far as I know... That is, before I wrote a short one about it. I've exchanged with GOG's support to obtain at least a clear, technical and definitive confirmation - apart from the usual "... no longer supported by... may not function correctly on..." (etc.) -, but last emails were pointing in that direction. It still seemed quite a touchy subject : the guy on the other side apparently genuinely didn't consider the possibly of an issue specifically related to older OSes at first, only thought about it after, and then wasn't really allowed or in position to give a precise stand on that matter. All he could say repeatedly was that, as anyone would expect, GOG couldn't guarantee anymore that functions such as Achievements (Cloud Saves, etc.) would work as intended, due to newer connection standards, security protocols and infrastructure updates... So, even though this isn't a huge hassle on my side - it's just about a couple of Achievements... -, I don't know what to think about it and, obviously, can only add that on top of anyone's reasons not to use that kind of launcher.

What's anyone's take on that matter ? Did people already run into that issue ? And is there any common networking method would allow someone to fool GOG's servers into believing that it receives packets from a 10+ rig instead of a Windows 7 one ? Apart from virtualising 7 from a Windows 10+ Hyper-V or VMware machine of course...

Microsoft Office :: Which is the best version of MS Office in your opinion? :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-07T20:33:16+00:00

Who knows, XLSX by itself strikes me as just the way data is stored, functions Excel supports may be another matter. This guy isn't exactly clueless. And finally, in this case, it's rather hypocritical. Because the guy is at the company that in the end of the day sells software product and upgrades to the product, so pushing new versions as well (at least if customer wants something that didn't exist at the time it was bought).

That file was actually produced in LibreOffice Calc, just saved as Excel spreadsheet. LibreOffice is available for download at no cost. For some reason, everyone having MS Office at the company was not the norm.

And the development department currently uses free Visual Studio 2022 Community! Yes, a company that sells software eligible for updates for limited time (then you have to pay) uses free development tools primarily aimed at individuals, learning in classrooms, academic research or contributing to open source projects. Maybe it's still in the clear for being a smaller company, but who knows...the point is...hypocrites who deserve no mercy IMO!

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-05T23:39:31+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:16 The taskbar bug is back in v141.0.3
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6857#p6857
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6901#p6901

It's working fine in v140.0.4.

Annoyance is still there in v142.0.1

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-06T00:38:01+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑05 Sep 2025, 23:39
Duke wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:16 The taskbar bug is back in v141.0.3
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6857#p6857
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6901#p6901

It's working fine in v140.0.4.
Annoyance is still there in v142.0.1

https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7/issues/78

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-06T08:48:17+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑06 Sep 2025, 00:38
Duke wrote: ↑05 Sep 2025, 23:39
Duke wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:16 The taskbar bug is back in v141.0.3
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6857#p6857
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6901#p6901

It's working fine in v140.0.4.
Annoyance is still there in v142.0.1
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7/issues/78

I see. But I thought you were able to fix it after v137.0.2 ?
Working fine in v136.0.4
Not working in v137.0.2
Working fine in v138.0.5.

If it can help, this workaround is still valid:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6884#p6884

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by GoodConscience

2025-09-06T16:09:40+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑30 Aug 2025, 09:04 Please restore back this useful feature.

... The native screenshot tool has been re-enabled by default starting with r3dfox-v142.0.1:

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v142.0.1

r3dfox specific changes on top of the previous v141.0.3 build:

Re-enabled translations and screenshot browser components.

Thanks

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-17T19:24:19+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑06 Sep 2025, 00:38
Duke wrote: ↑05 Sep 2025, 23:39
Duke wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:16 The taskbar bug is back in v141.0.3
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6857#p6857
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=6901#p6901

It's working fine in v140.0.4.
Annoyance is still there in v142.0.1
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7/issues/78

Looks like a fix has been found:
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7/issues/78#issuecomment-3260248215

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-23T20:44:16+00:00

Problems with some emojis with R3dfox 142 compared to R3dfox 132:

Color emojis on this page:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicode/Character_reference/1F000-1FFFF

R3dfox 132:

Emoji-R3dfox132.png

R3dfox 142:

Emoji-R3dfox142.png

And at the bottom of this page the last 3 flags are missing with R3dfox 142:
https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/latest/emoji-test.txt

R3dfox 132:

Flags-R3dfox132.png

R3dfox 142:

Flags-R3dfox142.png

Firefox ESR 115.28 gives the same results as R3dfox 132.

Attachments

Emoji-R3dfox132.png (214.62 KiB)

Emoji-R3dfox142.png (65.71 KiB)

Flags-R3dfox132.png (14.07 KiB)

Flags-R3dfox142.png (14.65 KiB)

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-26T02:15:59+00:00

Hello there,

I've started using the last x64 version on Windows 7 part of my retro-gaming rig and it feels great for now, but I did notice a small bugger : the three upper right options (Close, etc.) only appear when I activate the (main) title bar - as shown below. They'll still work, but are invisible...
Sorry for reporting that here, as I'm having issues with my (horribly old) Githhub account. It's been at least a decade since my last connection over there and I'll probably need to open a new one.

By the way, I also get from time to time the impression of slightly lower loading performances when handling the loading of multiple tabs, compared to Firefox 155 ESR. No special testing and I care so little about such delays that I wouldn't call that an issue, but, just by curiosity, is there any potential reason why a retro-gaming rig (with an old I5 680 and 16gb of DDR3) could struggle a tiny bit more with R3dfox ? or why 155 ESR could, maybe, open some websites a tiny bit faster ?

Attachments

Bug.jpg (178.49 KiB)

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-27T00:18:59+00:00

BenjaminK wrote: ↑26 Sep 2025, 02:15 I did notice a small bugger : the three upper right options (Close, etc.) only appear when I activate the (main) title bar - as shown below. They'll still work, but are invisible

That occurred with older versions of R3dfox but I thought it should be fixed now.
Is it the same if you use another theme ?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-28T23:12:15+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑27 Sep 2025, 00:18
BenjaminK wrote: ↑26 Sep 2025, 02:15 I did notice a small bugger : the three upper right options (Close, etc.) only appear when I activate the (main) title bar - as shown below. They'll still work, but are invisible
That occurred with older versions of R3dfox but I thought it should be fixed now.
Is it the same if you use another theme ?

Yes, I considered that too, but no dice... Switching between 141.0.3 and 142.0.1 didn't fix anything either. Are there any parameters I could check or experiments I could make to help with your diagnostic ?

Attachments

Bug.jpg (131.89 KiB)

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-28T23:52:28+00:00

That's a problem which occured to some people on Windows 7 in the past but I thought it should be fixed now.
I have no idea about what to do, if you could do anything on your side. So I give it to K4sum1 the developer of R3dfox

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-29T21:08:12+00:00

Let's do that Mr Nukem ... To Github it is, then.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2025-10-01T10:36:29+00:00

Firefox 143.0.3 has been released with some fixes:
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/143.0.3/releasenotes/

and important security fixes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-80/

Just saying

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2025-09-26T23:18:52+00:00

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20250927-3219d2d-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20250927-3219d2d-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom

IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20250927-3219d2d-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod-ia32.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32

NM28XP build:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20250927-d849524bd-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z
Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20250927-d849524bd-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod-ia32.7z
Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20250927-d849524bd-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod-sse.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20250927-d849524bd-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z
Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20250927-d849524bd-uxp-50b6047c84-w7plus-avx2.7z

Official UXP changes picked since my last build:
- No issue - Clarify Azure Back-end info. (c7e103b06e)
- Revert "[gfx] Guard against possible race via gfxFontEntry::GetFontTable." (060e2965b8)
- [gfx] Clarify comments. (6e19656e11)
- Issue #2852 - Parse full cache-control headers. (16164b3d38)
- [gfx] Use std::size rather than hardcoding an array size (3a121f34c8)
- Issue #2852 - Follow-up: Add comment and fix formatting. (1bcdad3ef1)
- Issue #2790 - Follow-up: Ensure both text and background are set. (c9e08cb2f5)
- Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 4: Clean up unused pointers." (7b4bb08257)
- Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 3: Allow sniffing with XCTO:nosniff + empty MIME type." (2d4d48db72)
- Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 2: Move XCTO:nosniff check into sniffers." (73c9c1dd73)
- Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 1: Support XCTO:nosniff when navigating." (0d00c84033)
- Issue #2258 - Make sure we favor sniffing when the content-type header is empty. (659a3c0fcc)

No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build.

No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build.

Update Notice:
- You may delete file named icudt*.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases.

* Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2025-09-26T23:18:56+00:00

New build of BOC/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20250927-40a79c75-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z
BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20250927-40a79c75-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom

* Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15.

--

New build of HBL-UXP for XP!

Test binary:
IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20250927-id-656ea98-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z
IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20250927-id-656ea98-ia-c642e3c-uxp-50b6047c84-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP):
https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild
https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2025-09-26T23:19:01+00:00

New build of post-deprecated Serpent/moebius for XP!
* Notice: This repo will not be built on regular schedule, and changes are experimental as usual.
** Current moebius patch level should be on par with 52.9, but some security patches can not be applied/ported due to source milestone differences between versions.

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20250927-fb9f6eff8-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win64-git-20250927-fb9f6eff8-xpmod.7z

repo: https://github.com/roytam1/basilisk55

Repo changes:
- ported from UXP: No issue - Clarify Azure Back-end info. (c7e103b0) (a9de514bd)
- import from UXP: Revert "[gfx] Guard against possible race via gfxFontEntry::GetFontTable." (060e2965) (068d2d8b2)
- import from UXP: [gfx] Clarify comments. (6e19656e) (840d26a08)
- import from UXP: Issue #2852 - Parse full cache-control headers. (16164b3d3) (88a1c0050)
- import from UXP: [gfx] Use std::size rather than hardcoding an array size (3a121f34) (fc33f4e70)
- import from UXP: Issue #2852 - Follow-up: Add comment and fix formatting. (1bcdad3e) (c24c415a9)
- import from UXP: Issue #2790 - Follow-up: Ensure both text and background are set. (c9e08cb2f) (39e14308a)
- import from UXP: Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 4: Clean up unused pointers." (7b4bb082) (99f5c8f0f)
- import from UXP: Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 3: Allow sniffing with XCTO:nosniff + empty MIME type." (2d4d48db) (a38d80555)
- import from UXP: Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 2: Move XCTO:nosniff check into sniffers." (73c9c1dd) (2f8889ad7)
- ported from UXP: Revert "Issue #2258 - Part 1: Support XCTO:nosniff when navigating." (0d00c840) (434f021fb)
- import from UXP: Issue #2258 - Make sure we favor sniffing when the content-type header is empty. (659a3c0f) (fb9f6eff8)

Community ISOs :: The New Alpha XP Project X64 (Ver 1.0 Beta 1 Now Available) :: Reply by HJY-2Best

2025-09-10T11:07:42+00:00

RedBeam wrote: ↑07 Jul 2025, 16:45 (Announcement) Ver 1.1 Refresh Will Release July-August 2025 With Lots Of New Improvements And Changes Being Made As Well As A Fix For Th AHCI Driver Bug Thanks -RedBeam

Hi RedBeam ...how's your "Refresh" coming along ?

Community ISOs :: The New Alpha XP Project X64 (Ver 1.0 Beta 1 Now Available) :: Reply by RedBeam

2025-09-11T04:19:42+00:00

HJY-2Best wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 11:07
RedBeam wrote: ↑07 Jul 2025, 16:45 (Announcement) Ver 1.1 Refresh Will Release July-August 2025 With Lots Of New Improvements And Changes Being Made As Well As A Fix For Th AHCI Driver Bug Thanks -RedBeam
Hi RedBeam ...how's your "Refresh" coming along ?

im sorry to inform you that this project has been discontinued.. i have left eclipse now and will be winding down this project with it and i apolagise for any confused this may cause after the last announcement

Community ISOs :: The New Alpha XP Project X64 (Ver 1.0 Beta 1 Now Available) :: Reply by HJY-2Best

2025-09-11T23:19:10+00:00

RedBeam wrote: ↑11 Sep 2025, 04:19
HJY-2Best wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 11:07
RedBeam wrote: ↑07 Jul 2025, 16:45 (Announcement) Ver 1.1 Refresh Will Release July-August 2025 With Lots Of New Improvements And Changes Being Made As Well As A Fix For Th AHCI Driver Bug Thanks -RedBeam
Hi RedBeam ...how's your "Refresh" coming along ?
im sorry to inform you that this project has been discontinued.. i have left eclipse now and will be winding down this project with it and i apolagise for any confused this may cause after the last announcement

I'm really sorry & sad (as well as many others here) to hear that you have discontinued the project & have left the Eclipse Forum.

Community ISOs :: The New Alpha XP Project X64 (Ver 1.0 Beta 1 Now Available) :: Reply by kmuland

2025-09-18T11:42:05+00:00

Thanks for your efforts Redbeam and your presents!!!, we will conserve your releases forever, because at least the updates that you included make some mordern hardware to work.
Projects to do updated XP x64 are so so rare, that I wonder if someday someone will continue with them.

XP x64 is the doomed OS. The best XP release in terms of performance... and the biggest unknown XP version for most XP users.

Community ISOs :: Windows 7 Updated v5 :: Reply by strife

2025-09-26T03:48:00+00:00

Does this version include the extended kernel or do I have to install it myself?

Community Projects :: BunnyPad - The Notepad for All :: Reply by garrystraityt

2025-09-15T23:23:41+00:00

Dear BunnyPadders,

We’re excited to share that BunnyPad v11 – “Bun Valley” is now available! This is a big update that makes BunnyPad faster, more secure, and more fun to use.

What’s New:

Security fixes – safer file handling, stronger hardware checks, and a renewed code signing certificate.

Performance boost – quicker startup, smoother interface, and clearer messages.

Better updates – more reliable cross-platform updater with less overhead.

Polish & extras – UI improvements, quality-of-life tweaks, and a few surprises.

Why Update?

This version closes vulnerabilities, improves stability, and ensures BunnyPad runs better than ever.

Update to v11 today to get the best BunnyPad experience.

Thanks for hopping along with us!

— The BunnyPad Development Team

https://github.com/GSYT-Productions/BunnyPad-SRC/releases/tag/v11.0.27000.0905
https://garrystraityt.itch.io/bunnypad/devlog/1032756/bunnypad-v11-bun-valley

Community Projects :: UXP based browsers :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-07T20:36:41+00:00

Actually, I was spoofing Firefox for Google domains, probably to hide the warning about supported web browsers. I normally use native user agent. So I removed those overrides and now Google Drive seems to mostly work, at least navigating folders, uploading files, copying share links...but downloading doesn't work for some reason.

Community Projects :: UXP based browsers :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-21T07:47:27+00:00

Seems spoofing Firefox to accounts.google.com is also needed for some sites for login through Google account to work, otherwise, the login dialog just doesn't popup.

Community Projects :: UXP based browsers :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-30T00:43:49+00:00

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/UXP/releases/tag/v2025.09.28

Community Projects :: Eclipse Lun3r & Hydra, yet another UXP fork for Windows XP+ :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-30T01:01:54+00:00

Remind me to make a post for Eclipse Mail when I make a new build.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Author Nokiamies

2025-09-09T16:48:32+00:00

I noticed that by default this board enables email as contact method for user profile. I think this should be off by default since not everyone want share email they use publicly. I think some wont even realize it specially if using Aero theme it wont even show email, unless you click on little chat bubble icon or go to profile.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-09T17:22:05+00:00

I'll kind of respectfully disagree.

Whether it's Meta/Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, Google/YouTube, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Discord, Twitch, WhatsApp, you name it, it is ALWAYS the responsibility of the end-user to 'jump through' hoops of setting up "profile preferences".

Eclipse.cx is never going to have a set of "defaults" that appeases all members.
You get them to make a change for "your taste", somebody else pops up with a different request and pulls a "you did it for so-and-so".

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-09T17:31:00+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 17:22 I'll kind of respectfully disagree.

Whether it's Meta/Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, Google/YouTube, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Discord, Twitch, WhatsApp, you name it, it is ALWAYS the responsibility of the end-user to 'jump through' hoops of setting up "profile preferences".

My main concern is since all other message boards I used disable that feature by default for all users there is change users may not realize it is on. It may lead doxxing or other stuff. It is for user security and privacy as well. I see you disabled it from you. If it is not big deal being on by default why bother with it and why not let everyone send you spam ? (just as side note this is joke to prove my point in case anyone though I will actually flood someone with spam)

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 17:22 Eclipse.cx is never going to have a set of "defaults" that appeases all members.
You get them to make a change for "your taste", somebody else pops up with a different request and pulls a "you did it for so-and-so".

I did not say disable it rather turn off feature by default. That means anyone who wishes email communication can enable it. Also I did not say force it for existing user. Rather set it as default for anyone who creates new account to have it disabled by default. I don't like anyone messing with settings of existing users either.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-09T17:42:19+00:00

Nokiamies wrote: ↑09 Sep 2025, 17:31 I see you disabled it from you.

OF COURSE I DID!

And it was *MY* responsibility to see if that was the "default" or not and to set it to *MY* preference.
Basically falls inline with I support PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, it is not ANY web site's "role" to look out for my privacy or security.
It is ALL ON ME on whether I choose to become a member and ALL ON ME on how I set up my profile.
If I don't like how a web site can be configured, then I don't become a member, it's that simple.
Claiming anything other than that is just some form of falsely claiming "victimhood".

To each their own, of course.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-28T11:57:24+00:00

I do find it unusual that the option makes the user's address exposed. Usually, there would be the link to the form there and the forum software would send the mail.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-28T17:40:56+00:00

I think this is just a phpBB thing idk.

Suggestions :: Hide email as contact method by default when creating user account :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-28T23:09:05+00:00

The few other forums with phpBB I visit are running modified phpBB. It just came a bit as a surprise as I assumed the other way is default.

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-09T17:53:18+00:00

This helps to prepare for train trip . Luckily it is IC2 and not Pendolino S train for most of journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyuEZK-Wz4Y
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/pendolino-pendolino.html

General Chat :: Browser compatiblity discussion :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-21T07:13:30+00:00

I never bought a high end smartphone, just an overkill for my needs. Not sure it would prolong the time before it's obsolete significantly.

The oldest usable one I have is Sony Xperia E3 with Chromium 119, which is probably still reasonably comfortable for good portion of web sites.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Author Nokiamies

2025-09-09T16:37:23+00:00

Anyone else still using wrist watches? I mostly mean non smart ones. I have had quite few over the years and despite being quite old school in many things I am mostly into digital ones over mechanical/quartz mechanical (I talk like they would have been around since atleast 80s).

As child I had mechanical watch as digital ones were more expensive. I mostly wanted digital since having numbers digital looked cool, it also had stopwatch and many models atleast Casios had backlit. I know that you could have mechanical one with all those features but they costed even more than digital one. I had few no name brand digital watches with awful clock drift, then I got myself Casio F91W which was very good and kept time. These days I got Casio that shows world time

hyvä kello.jpg

main reason for having it was it being water resistant and able survive even if got wet which at the was important on boat. It has worked pretty well so far and it less sensitive to temperature change than mechanical ones.

I never had interest in smart/sport watches as for me most important feature of wrist watch is to show time and I only care that my pulse is over 0. It if drops at 0 then it is bad, anything over it is fine. Also they are pretty wasteful as you cannot service most of them yourself and once battery fails they go dumpster. Also fiddling around super small touch screen is very hard (maybe it is due my butter fingers) .

I am happy that there is still market and demand for regular wrist watches and I seen many switching off smart ones to have good old reliable one

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General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-13T19:24:12+00:00

I haven't worn one in at least 5 years I think. The last one has had weird issue resetting every couple of days. It was plain digital one with ability to radio sync the clock. I don't go to many places and mostly have some other means to lookup the clock.

I was "the watch guy" in high school, the only one in class who had one, so classmates would often ask me what time is it. Was one of the few in elementary school as well, but I don't remember how much I was being asked about the clock, might have been similar.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-14T12:03:24+00:00

In high school, I wore an expensive Peugot analog and my brother wore a Casio calculator digital watch.
Cheerleader friends would tell me that my brother would never land a girlfriend until he gets rid of the calculator watch.
They were wrong, of course, but I still find it funny to this day and have never worn a digital, let alone a calculator, to this day.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-19T19:21:34+00:00

I still wear a watch more for that fact that I feel bare without one now ... more for looks I would say honestly. I don't even own a smart phone.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-19T23:25:44+00:00

I used to wear an original Pebble, then I wore a Pebble Time for a bit, but then I no reason to wear a smartwatch. So I haven't worn any type of watch since.

Maybe if I was out and needed to be notified of something asap, but pretty much nothing of importance happens. Often I just don't go out with a phone even.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-20T11:41:27+00:00

This is the problematic one I have.

It was serviced once, but resetting didn't stop. The battery was depleted few years back, now it's just sitting in the cupboard.

K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 23:25 Maybe if I was out and needed to be notified of something asap, but pretty much nothing of importance happens. Often I just don't go out with a phone even.

Such is life when you have no life.

General Chat :: Wrist watches :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-26T01:37:42+00:00

No smartphone on my side either - good gracious, we're a rare breed ^^ ! -, but (more to the topic) I felt compelled to back Nokiamies's tastes : I also started with a cheap Casio digital, while traveling in Taïwan. By then, I was a bit too carefree about hours, schedules and, unfortunately, other people's expectations, so a close friend, your typical cute asian woman, offered me the means to be a bit more punctual - at least when others are concerned ^^'. I kept it many years, half as a watch, half as a keepsake.
Eventually, it broke and, with repair costs way above the watch's value, I replaced it with a much sturdier G-Shock model - the 5515 GST W130bc, if anyone's curious : it's a very good one -, filled to the brim with functionalities that... most of us will never use (lol), that I've been wearing for 10 years or so... I do appreciate the fact that it toughness (including its bracelet) is off charts : sweat, water, heat, falls... You could more or less push nails in with it ^^ ! I remember an airport agent, at the customs, which was wearing the same model and commented it by saying "Yeah, of course, it's the only ones which really last for long !". That particular model also features solar recharging, which is... well... a neat bonus, even though I'm not sure you're actually saving time or money with it.
But no, you don't have access with it to a pulse meter. And yes, indeed, if your pulse drops to zero, you're in trouble !

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-26T01:38:11+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑06 Aug 2025, 09:03 I will still never understand fascination with "post your desktop" threads.
So here, my desktop for your amusement.

Oh, reasons abound, but I think it's mostly about sharing one's sensibility regarding their tools of trade (so to speak). Some people, like you apparently, will end up satisfied with only slight modifications - and some users don't even bother to touch any visual option -, while others will feel the need to customise a bit more this small world of theirs ^^. To each his own comfort...

Here's a retro-gaming rig of mine, which is good enough to act as a main working machine :

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General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by ginger334

2025-09-26T11:25:09+00:00

so this is my HP style reunion 7 desktop with basic theme (to be in year 2012)
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General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Author kmuland

2025-09-18T11:46:43+00:00

We are living in 2025 on planet Earth (not faeryland).
Guys releasing software for free are really really really few.. and today its a problem trying to find new software and be sure that it is free of miners.
I was used to get portables of every software.... but today I cant trust on anyone that release a commercial software portable "just for free", and just as easy as "click" "download" "unrar". Everyone want to become rich mining crypto currencies nowadays.

Of course using an AV, malwarebites or similar toys are for kids (the evil greedy guys are not idiots of course, and they check against these tools).
I bet that many 3D gamers are not aware of the problem.. powerful GPUs/CPUs dozen of fans making noise constantly.... for me would be hard in these machines to detect the presence of that malware.

So my question is:
what are you using nowadays to detect miners running on your computers when idle?

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-18T12:24:24+00:00

It depends on coinminer. If it is jabbajavascript based on some website you can tell if it tried get too much cpu time. Best you can do is block JS by default with something like Ematrix, disable WASM and try avoid untrusted sites that try force on JS.

As for programs there is no 100% working way as it is mix of things. First of all I would have something like process hacker 2 for monitoring full network traffic. Then using something else to monitor GPU idle usage like hwmonitor. If gpu usage keep cranking up high while idle that is usually sign of some process utilizing it. For network you need understand what is normal and what is not normal connections and I cant really explain it properly, but you can detect if some program that should not make requests keep making them constantly to some odd ip address. It might also be telemetry or other spyware activity.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-18T19:00:03+00:00

Nokiamies wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 12:24 It depends on coinminer. If it is jabbajavascript based on some website you can tell if it tried get too much cpu time. Best you can do is block JS by default with something like Ematrix, disable WASM and try avoid untrusted sites that try force on JS.

Just use NoScript

There is also this list for uBlock Origin:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/master/nocoin.txt

You can also use some alternate DNS server like Quad9, Adguard or DNS.Watch which are blocking malware sites, ads and trackers.

That's for a browser but for a software there is not much you can do. You can block it from accessing the internet with a firewall, also use alternate DNS servers as seen before if internet access is required but the best is to download and use stuff from a trusted source

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by Nokiamies

2025-09-18T19:33:23+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 19:00
Nokiamies wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 12:24 It depends on coinminer. If it is jabbajavascript based on some website you can tell if it tried get too much cpu time. Best you can do is block JS by default with something like Ematrix, disable WASM and try avoid untrusted sites that try force on JS.
Just use NoScript

There is also this list for uBlock Origin:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/master/nocoin.txt

It highly depends what do you want. If you want allow certain CDN or other on certain sites and deny it on other and also control Media, css, frames etc. eMatrix will sweep floor with noscript. There is version for "modern firefox" webextension (umatrix) but I still roll on UXP based browser.

Downside is of course amount of work per site eMatrix requires but it is fine for me since there is very few sites I use and most are pretty basic.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-19T00:30:53+00:00

I'm not sure I've run into a malicious coinminer before. r3dfox (Firefox) has built in cryptominer blocking and I also block ads and stuff with uBlock Origin, but even on phone where I run Vivaldi with the built in adblock, it's never been an issue. For software I download, I run it through Virustotal, which scans it with everything.

If something got past all of that, then I would notice my CPU or GPU pinned to 100%, or hell even 25% if they try to be smart. I'd notice the fan noise and slowness that would cause. I'd go to task manager and see what is using up all of that. This has yet to happen to me.

My question is:
Is this actually an issue?

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-19T01:34:45+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 00:30 I'm not sure I've run into a malicious coinminer before.

This has yet to happen to me.

My question is:
Is this actually an issue?

I simply cannot resist a semi-sarcastic half-truth smart-alec answer -- "Yes, it's an issue on p0rn sites."

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by kmuland

2025-09-19T16:55:36+00:00

Nokiamies wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 12:24 It depends on coinminer. If it is jabbajavascript based on some website you can tell if it tried get too much cpu time. Best you can do is block JS by default with something like Ematrix, disable WASM and try avoid untrusted sites that try force on JS.

As for programs there is no 100% working way as it is mix of things. First of all I would have something like process hacker 2 for monitoring full network traffic. Then using something else to monitor GPU idle usage like hwmonitor. If gpu usage keep cranking up high while idle that is usually sign of some process utilizing it. For network you need understand what is normal and what is not normal connections and I cant really explain it properly, but you can detect if some program that should not make requests keep making them constantly to some odd ip address. It might also be telemetry or other spyware activity.

The suspicious activity of GPU is the main way I use to check these miners.. I would also recomend check with different GPU usage monitors.. because some of them does not show all the activity of your GPU... or bypass some apps (the evil guys that include miners abuse of that "weakness").

K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 00:30 My question is:
Is this actually an issue?

For me yes.. because I use really weak computers (atom netbooks/celerons) and I need all the hardware performance to do my tasks not theirs.

Another big problem are "lite/gaming tweaked OS". Many of these relases includes the crap. A pity... because stripped OS releases were great in the past.. a simply wat to boost your computer (microXP days)

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-19T23:20:24+00:00

kmuland wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 16:55
K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 00:30 My question is:
Is this actually an issue?
For me yes.. because I use really weak computers (atom netbooks/celerons) and I need all the hardware performance to do my tasks not theirs.

I don't mean it like that, I mean are coinminers actually something you'd come across enough to need to look out for one?

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by Bird

2025-09-20T07:59:12+00:00

Shift the focus away from the GPU and look soely at what's happening on your machines network interface. Because cryptominers would have to get their information across the internet, else it would be useless, sitting on a metal box below some desk, right?

Now if you want to become boss of your system, you have to check for every connection that your computer is doing and decide, whether you want to have it in your system or whether to dump it.

Can recommend Wireshark as a good tool for looking at network traffic. Then you need to figure out a solution for actually blocking connections.

Regardless of cryptominers, you will free up ressources this way, which especially old machines are grateful for.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by kmuland

2025-09-20T08:15:05+00:00

Bird wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 07:59 Shift the focus away from the GPU and look soely at what's happening on your machines network interface. Because cryptominers would have to get their information across the internet, else it would be useless, sitting on a metal box below some desk, right?

miners that I detected into lited OSes uses the GPU even in offline computers. Probably the miner will share their finding when connected

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by kmuland

2025-09-20T08:23:52+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 23:20
kmuland wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 16:55
K4sum1 wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025, 00:30 My question is:
Is this actually an issue?
For me yes.. because I use really weak computers (atom netbooks/celerons) and I need all the hardware performance to do my tasks not theirs.
I don't mean it like that, I mean are coinminers actually something you'd come across enough to need to look out for one?

Sorry me, I didnt understand you (Im not english language native)

In my case I rely on stripped OSes to upgrade my computers when I have to use newer programs beyond XP... and belive me that today it is really hard to find lited OSes without miner included.Since last 5 years almost all OS modders that I knew include miners. I deleted tons of releases cause that. I cannt trust in nobody. I know that we are living hard times... and really few people do releases for the community and not for his own benefit.

If this is a problem in modded OSes... I can imagine that rest of software will not be free of that plague

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-20T22:49:26+00:00

For me, I've tried like 5 or more different stripped down Windows 10 ISOs, and as far as I can tell none of them had any cryptominers. Most recently I've been using Windows X-Lite (19045.3757) 'Micro 10' SE [x64] by FBConan.iso and I have it on a Windows 10 gaming PC, and various VMs used for compiling stuff (r3dfox mostly). I'm big into debloating and having minimal background usage, so I'd notice if a cryptominer started running and was using up resources.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by Bird

2025-09-21T16:12:53+00:00

kmuland wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 08:15 miners that I detected into lited OSes uses the GPU even in offline computers. Probably the miner will share their finding when connected

Hm, you're right, that would be really sophisticated, but it is possible, if the miners would actually do work even when being offline, especially since on Windows 10 "Shut Down" doesn't mean shutting down the computer anymore.
In that case, you'd see any activity by monitoring network traffic over a longer period, maybe a whole day.

kmuland wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 08:23Since last 5 years almost all OS modders that I knew include miners.

Could you name some names? Those deserve to be called out!

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-21T19:49:52+00:00

I've ran "micro" and "lite" and "tiny" and *several* FBConan OS's.
When it comes right down to it, I personally DO *NOT* TRUST ANY OF THEM !!!
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I GET MUCH BETTER RESULTS DOING THE MOD'S MYSELF !!!
Just DO IT YOURSELF and make your OWN mod'd OS using things like NTLite and WinReducer.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by kmuland

2025-09-23T11:12:23+00:00

Bird wrote: ↑21 Sep 2025, 16:12
kmuland wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 08:23Since last 5 years almost all OS modders that I knew include miners.
Could you name some names? Those deserve to be called out!

Ill not point anyone with my finger.

Just think about youtube.
There are people that upload a video someday.. when they are happy, when they have time to share something interesing for the community.
In the other hand there are people that upload several videos daily... because his job is to make videos... because a channel with more videos will receive more money. (I think you get what I mean)

So ... think about these guys that release a new OS modded version each week/month. Like a weekly full job as OS modder.

My full respect for all the good guys and friendly souls that continue releasing things for free and does not look for his own benefit, but the happiness of the community.
Of course OS modders and computer enthusiasts that try to improve and help people to use a less bloated OS exist... so my blessings to all these good guys that survive.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-23T11:21:13+00:00

kmuland wrote: ↑23 Sep 2025, 11:12 Ill not point anyone with my finger.

I strongly disagree!

If something like an FBConan OS becomes so "popular" here at Eclipse Community that "several" of us start using it because they heard about it from HERE (Eclipse Community), then if anybody finds it to upload telemetry to whoknowswhere, then the ECLIPSE COMMUNITY *owes it* to the ECLIPSE COMMUNITY to share that finding!

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by K4sum1

2025-09-23T11:45:54+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑21 Sep 2025, 19:49 I've ran "micro" and "lite" and "tiny" and *several* FBConan OS's.
When it comes right down to it, I personally DO *NOT* TRUST ANY OF THEM !!!
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I GET MUCH BETTER RESULTS DOING THE MOD'S MYSELF !!!
Just DO IT YOURSELF and make your OWN mod'd OS using things like NTLite and WinReducer.

I tried it myself in the 1809-2004 days, and found the results to be unreliable at best. So I just use these premade ones since they're better than what I could do.

Sounds like you should release your mod here if you feel so strongly about it.

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑23 Sep 2025, 11:21 If something like an FBConan OS becomes so "popular" here at Eclipse Community that "several" of us start using it because they heard about it from HERE (Eclipse Community), then if anybody finds it to upload telemetry to whoknowswhere, then the ECLIPSE COMMUNITY *owes it* to the ECLIPSE COMMUNITY to share that finding!

Only Microsoft telemetry

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-23T23:12:50+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2025, 11:45 Sounds like you should release your mod here if you feel so strongly about it.

I basically *DID*, even some process-count and RAM-consumption screencaps.
I shared the config files on how to create and what software to use.
OVER NINE HUNDRED downloads but no replies.
So I moved on, nobody here wants to do the legwork, they just want to download an .iso instead of creating that .iso.
I personally disapprove of that approach - I'll take instructions any day of the week so that I can walk through them and witness how "trustworthy" they are.

General Chat :: How do you detect coinminers? :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-26T20:20:24+00:00

K4sum1 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025, 22:49 Most recently I've been using Windows X-Lite (19045.3757) 'Micro 10' SE [x64] by FBConan.iso and I have it on a Windows 10 gaming PC, and various VMs used for compiling stuff (r3dfox mostly).

Does it speed up build time compared to regular build?

General Chat :: Introduce yourselves here! :: Reply by BenjaminK

2025-09-26T01:37:20+00:00

Hello there,

My name's Benjamin, I'm a half british traveler better used to offline communities and communitarian work - not much social networks investment on my side -, and I've came to know R3dfox while searching for alternative software to fuel my old school rigs ; some of which have been running since the 90s, mostly under Windows XP x86 and 7 x64. That little red thing looks fairly good for now and I enjoyed the discussions I read around, so I'll add some questions for all techno-enthousiasts...

Speaking of which, I don't possess better computering knowledge than what any amateur picks when he fiddles with files, parameters and issues for decades, trying to understand how things work, but one of my (more) professional activity relates to proofreading, translations and editorial designs. So, even though automated methods abound nowadays and that internet-based activities aren't my speciality, I'll try to help if someone needs a peek at any kind of idea, text or design... Feel free to drop me a word !

General Chat :: Introduce yourselves here! :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-27T00:20:42+00:00

Hi Benjamin, welcome to the forums

General Chat :: Introduce yourselves here! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-27T20:46:51+00:00

Welcome; Benjamin and I use XP 32 Bit and have for years. See ya around the forum.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-16T01:29:26+00:00

UCyborg wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 20:12
xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑30 Aug 2025, 23:26 I don't know.........
This sums it up for me in general...

I feel ya ... nothing makes sense anymore. Life is a shit show.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-17T22:02:12+00:00

Feeling like just wasting life away, stuck in a pointless cycle. Life sucks and then you die? That's it?

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-18T19:12:47+00:00

UCyborg wrote: ↑17 Sep 2025, 22:02 Life sucks and then you die?

No, life doesn't suck. I know this feeling, I had it too in the past.
What do you expect ? Things to happen out of the blue ? Miracles to magically touch you ?
Nah, don't wait for things to happen to you but do things. Whatever you want. Just be careful to stay away from any addiction. Yes, it can be hard sometimes but believe me that's the best cure. Move your *ss and you'll see that things will become better and better, easier and easier every day.
Just do it, yes you can! Enjoy life, it's a miracle and it's very short. Don't waste it because of dark thoughts.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-19T00:32:44+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 19:12...Just be careful to stay away from any addiction...

Yes, yes, yes!!! I'm struggling with addiction now and I'm trying to cut back on the pills; but once you start its very hard to stop and the body revolts on you. I wish I never started. I kicked the booze but I'm still struggling with pills (I quit hard drugs years ago and I don't miss it) .... whatever you do never start Benzodiazepines even if the doctor prescribes it because they are a real bitch to stop.

I wish I wasn't wasting so much time on dark thoughts but its very hard when things are falling apart here in the States. You wouldn't believe it, like a poorly written horror movie I'm in. I agree, though, we must get up and stay up because when we fall its very hard to get back up when we fall hard. I'm not in a good head-space as I type this but I'm working on it. I need to start walking again because I've become sedentary now and that is a bad recipe. Yeah, life is short but its hard to find things to enjoy about this life when (so called) humanity is turning to crap.

I appreciate that you said "Just do it, yes you can!"

I'll try.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-19T19:19:25+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025, 19:12...I know this feeling, I had it too in the past....

Hi, Duke! You wrote you also used to feel this way - how did overcome the dark thoughts and depression

Thanks in advance,

Sal

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by Duke

2025-09-20T00:24:12+00:00

I think I explained it in my previous post

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-20T11:51:08+00:00

What's addiction anyway? When I was playing computer games, I was considered an addict. Now that I have to spend 40 hours a week on computer to get paid, that's fine? What a load of crap.

I'll write more later as I'm going out for a bit.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2025-09-20T23:01:26+00:00

The way I took Dukes' posting was pertaining to substance abuse addiction; but I could be wrong ... he'll have to clarify. Be careful with pills and booze is all I have to say. Can you chase away the dark thoughts; UCyborg? I struggle with that because society is getting even more toxic here in the US. I guess mainly what I'm hoping is for peace and quiet for the rest of my life (about 20 years left give or take - I'm 53)

EDIT: Fixed typo - sorry.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-20T23:44:17+00:00

I know that kind of addiction is a bit different, but still.

Yeah, if things were my way, Israel with the rest of the Middle East would be the first to go. Then the US. And of course where I'm from, Germany and so on. There'd be hardly anyone left, then things would be more peaceful.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-26T20:43:17+00:00

There's just nothing I really care about so there's no inclination to do something because what is there to do? I just do bare minimum to get by because I was born and I'm still alive, at least by clinical terms.

I don't see much beauty in this world. Among other things, it's being taken over by radical right and WWIII is likely brewing up.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2025-09-26T22:45:12+00:00

UCyborg wrote: ↑26 Sep 2025, 20:43 it's being taken over by radical right and WWIII is likely brewing up.

As a centrist, I personally think it's the radical left doing most of the brewing.
Not all of the brewing! But most of the brewing.

Here's one thing that I've been laughing at for the past two weeks.
A free-speech activist is assassinated by gunshot.
And this has been the very FIRST gunshot killing I have seen in TWENTY-SOME years where "gun control" didn't populate *all* news for several days.

Shouldn't that disturb all of us?
Just what message is that sending - that killing somebody that disagrees with you is a perfectly legit utilization of owning a gun?

No reply needed, of course.
Just saying, as a centrist, the current hostile political environment has opened my eyes to a vast array of things that happen on the "left" and on the "right".

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by UCyborg

2025-09-28T12:25:13+00:00

Then there's climate change, no proper winters anymore and invasive bugs from foreign countries.