[German]On February 11, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Flash, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 11, 2020)
Firefox 73.0 and 68.5.0esr released
[German]Mozilla's developers have just released (February 11, 2020) version 73.0 and version and 68.5.0esr of the Firefox browser. It seems to be a new major version 73 for the browser and a maintenance update for the long-term version (ESR). Blog reader Ralf has already mentioned it in this comment (thanks for that).
Bye Windows: Korea is on the move toward Linux
[German]In South Korea, the government is on the move to get rid of its dependence on Windows to some extent. Three large organizations have decided to exodus from Windows and plan to switch to Linux.
Windows 10: Search bug widley fixed…
[German]News from the broken Windows 10 search feature in start menu. Microsoft believes it will soon be able to fix the bug for all users. This bug caused a worldwide failure of the Windows 10 startmenu search on February 5, 2020.
Win 7/Server 2008 R2: Boot issues with Update KB4539602
[German]Administrators and users should be careful about installing the out-of-band update KB4539602 on Windows 7 SP1 or on Windows Server 2008 R2. If the SHA-2 update KB4474419, dated September 2019, is missing, the machine will not boot after the update installation.
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Chromium Edge: Issues with User data directory
[German]The Chromium Edge browser has nasty problems in the corporate environment when managing a user data directory. When user data directories are enabled, the Chromium Edge cannot be used by the same user on different clients at the same time.
WinBtrfs Version 1.6 released
[German]Brief information for users, who want to access Linux Btrfs disks under Windows. Blog reader Gero S. pointed out to me (thanks for that) that version 1.6 was released on February 4, 2020. I had introduced version 1.5 in the article Windows driver WinBtrfs v1.5 for Linux file system released. Details can be found on GitHub – download it here.
Critical Vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist (Feb. 2020)
[German]Dell SupportAssist, which ships with Dell's Windows systems, contains a serious vulnerability in older versions that allows the execution of arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
Windows 12: A Linux Light with Windows 10 Theme
[German]A Windows that lets people work just without the need to upgrade? Works alongside Windows 7 or 10 and doesn't even cost anything. That's a hot promise for Windows 7 switchers whodon't like Windows 10. Therefore the successor is called 'Windows 12 Lite'.
Debian 9.12 and 10.3 released
[German]The Debian project has released new installation images for Debian 9.12 and 10.3 this weekend (February 8th) I had already seen it, but blog reader Ralf explicitly points it out in this comment (thanks for that).