Windows 10 Home, version 1511, 10586 update not installing

So over the past few years, I have not been updating this one simply because I started playing games on my computer. While Linux support is getting better, realistically you can’t expect things to just work.

Anyway, I recently had to replace my motherboard, and as such I had to reinstall Windows 10. A funny thing, after I replaced my board with the same hardware (HDD as well), it actually booted in to Windows 10 without any changes on my part. Anyway, this all went well, and I got Windows installed, and configured and so on. The problems started when I was running through the updates, until I got to Windows 10 Home, version 1511, 10586. This was ready to install, just required a reboot, but no matter how many times I rebooted, it would not start installing.

Why I dislike Windows users

Been a while since I last post, as I have (and I am a bit ashamed of it) reverted to using Windows on my home computer. The reason is very simple, I’ve started gaming on my PC, and Linux just doesn’t cut it, IMO, at least not for the titles I have played. Anyway, I have gone through a few issues, and as an avid linux user I pretty much know that each problem is just a short Google away…

Using Chrome, BankID and IcedTea

The reason why Sun / Oracle java is pivotal for me, is my banking service. They require a god awful java plugin to run, which is not cross platform (they developed it on a cross platform platform, but failed to be cross platform), it is also terrible unstable in Chrome. It simply fails to run, and continuously tells me to install Sun Java.

Anyway, there is a plugin for a specific implementation of BankID of one bank available in the Chrome app store (just click here), which apparently forces the plugin to trigger. I have not tried this at all, cause right now I have Firefox, and using a ppa for Oracle Java, but it is definitely worth taking a note of, as Oracle is continuing to mangle and strangle Java, and as I understand it, any redistributing of it right now is fairly complicated. I know Ubuntu is (have) removing it all together due to license changes, pretty sure other major distributions will do the same, and really, nothing will make me happier not having to remove and replace less applications on a new install. In other news, Minecraft runs on OpenJDK, which is my number two reason for having Java installed.

Things I did after installing Xubuntu 11.10

Yeah, I am riding the bandwagon on this one… However, this time around some things were a bit more hard this time around, primarily installing Sun java.

How to use conky and lm sensors (CPU temperature)

If you don’t know what conky it, be sure to check it out. Anyway, I have for a long time been using conky to monitor some critical temperatures on my computer, ever since I had a problem with my graphic cards overheating severly after building my computer. 

Spotify – An update

So, I have been away for work the past 3 weeks, so I have not been able to update much. However, a while ago Spotify was released in USA as well. Spotify is a music streaming service, which comes in both free (ad supported) and paid version. However, if you want the free version, you will need an invite. It so happens that I have a few invites laying about, so if you want one, give me a shout.

Also, Spotify works perfectly under Linux with Ubuntu / Debian or Fedora / Mandriva / OpenSuSE for now. Or you can always use Crossover or Wine. Check out http://www.spotify.com/no/download/previews/ for more details

Want spotify?

Don’t know what it is? Read about it. Want a free invite, and live in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain or the Netherlands? Comment, and the first 15 will get one.

EDIT:

This is now in native for Linux in preview (using QT though), but only for subscribers

Wine or Crossover?

I am an avid gamer, and a while back my PS3 died on me, and I was desperate! How could I possibly live for X months (repair time, due to the retarded support partner for Sony in Scandinavia; Nordisk Film), I decided to give Steam a go. And I must give credit to Valve for that brilliant web solution. It absolutely rocks, and is a great leap forward in digital distribution. Anyway, using Steam, I saw that this Linux gaming with Wine would require allot of configuration, and Crossover had the Lame Duck promo running.