<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It’s quite ironic that despite all of these incredible breakthroughs in computing tech and wireless tech, nobody has figured out how to multiplex a keyboard, mouse, and display across multiple computers.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are a couple of ways to do it for displays if you’re careful, but keyboards and mice … ? <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
-David Schwartz<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 1, 2025, at 3:11 PM, James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" class="">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I just got one of those cute little NUC boxes that came with win11 for $300. Far from a nice solution, since i have to KVM it into my desktop monitor, etc, but there's something to be said for it as easy as long as your windows-only app is lightweight.</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" class="">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks Arun!!<br class="">
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On 2025-05-01 11:59, Arun Khan wrote:<br class="">
> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss<br class="">
> <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" class="">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
> <br class="">
>> I assume there was no firewall? I assume that a good firewall might<br class="">
>> be<br class="">
>> the solution for running win10 after it expires?<br class="">
> <br class="">
> IMHO, a consumer firewall can only do so much. The system may still be<br class="">
> vulnerable to zero day exploits (with no update from MS), trojan<br class="">
> payloads, etc.<br class="">
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Ok, had not considered these, thanks!!<br class="">
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> One needs to weigh the benefit and the risk of whatever you are doing<br class="">
> with Win10.<br class="">
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Ok.<br class="">
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> In case you have a VM then, at a minimum I would suggest that you<br class="">
> create a snapshot of the "pristine" version of your installation and<br class="">
> save a copy of the "snapshot" on separate media for restoration in<br class="">
> case of a compromise.<br class="">
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The Win10 is on a laptop that I run VirtualBox that have around 10 LAMP <br class="">
VMs. It also runs my video software that only runs on M$.<br class="">
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My daily driver is an old dell running Kubuntu. I am not ready to <br class="">
upgrade my hardware.... I have until Oct. So maybe I need to convert <br class="">
that laptop to kubuntu and find a free Linux video editor. I hear <br class="">
Kdenlive is a good choice.<br class="">
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> <br class="">
> There's some internet chatter about MS providing security updates on a<br class="">
> subscription basis but I don't know if that's applicable to Win10<br class="">
> desktops, YMMV.<br class="">
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I've heard/read about this.... At this station in life I am on a <br class="">
shoestring and really need to move away from M$ anyway...<br class="">
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Thanks!!<br class="">
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Keith<br class="">
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> <br class="">
> -- Arun Khan<br class="">
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