Windows is gaining useful CLI tools while Apple messed up with the batteries in their iPhones.
Windows CLI tools
One of the biggest issues with Windows
It seems that this is finally getting fixed. While the Windows Subsystem for Linux already made it possible to run things like this from inside a terminal, some more functionality is now being moved into the regular Windows CLI.
Possibly the most useful of these is OpenSSH. I’ve recently had to deal with PuTTY again, and while it does its job of actually allowing you to SSH into a machine it’s a terrible experience compared to using SSH. However, even better here is that it’s not just a pretty of the client but also the server. This could potentially mean that there’s a chance to SSH into a Windows machines.
OpenSSH is not the only tool though as similar ports of tar and curl are in the works as well as support for UNIX sockets. While all of this isn’t going to move up Windows in my personal ranking of operating systems, I’m still happy to see improvements being made in this regard.
Apple’s battery issue
It’s come to light that Apple has messed up quite badly. Mostly by being silent and making choices for their users. To recap, the issue is that Apple throttles batteries in iPhones
A couple things here, I’ve had batteries replaced in my iPhones twice because they were shutting down my phone
However, this is where their usual attempts at secrecy bite them. Doing this in secret will in many people’s minds validate the idea that they purposely slow down phones to sell more of them
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In my opinion at least. ↩︎
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And apparently only iPhones as iPads don’t seem to be affected by this. ↩︎
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Both within the 2 year of consumer warranty that Australia has. ↩︎
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Because who wouldn’t want to buy a new phone from the same when they feel they’ve been secret over? ↩︎
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We pay enough for the phone to cover that. ↩︎
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