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News : Windows PowerShell and more ...

PowerShell 2.0 is finally history: The version of the shell program introduced with Windows 7 will be removed from Windows 11 version 24H2 from August 2025 and from Windows Server 2025 from September 2025.

Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting environment developed by Microsoft, designed for system administration and automation tasks designed by Jeffrey Snover, Bruce Payette, James Truher (et al.) by DeveloperMicrosoft team, and first appearedNovember 14, 2006 .

The default blue now designe is known by any windows user.

PowerShell 7 is the latest major update to PowerShell, a cross-platform automation tool and configuration framework optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g., JSON, CSV, XML), REST APIs, and object models. PowerShell 7 runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, making it a versatile tool for various environments. This comes with a black color.

Let's see, this script performs a system integrity check, including checks for Python installation, recent file modifications, and potential unauthorized changes.

# === SYSTEM INTEGRITY AUDIT ===

# Installed applications
Write-Host "Installed applications:"
$apps = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*, HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |
        Where-Object { $_.DisplayName } |
        Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallDate |
        Sort-Object DisplayName
foreach ($a in $apps) {
    $name = $a.DisplayName
    $ver  = if ($a.DisplayVersion) { $a.DisplayVersion } else { "-" }
    $date = if ($a.InstallDate) { $a.InstallDate } else { "-" }
    Write-Host "$name | $ver | $date"
}

# DLLs modified recently
Write-Host "DLLs modified in the last 7 days:"
$dlls = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows","C:\Program Files","C:\Program Files (x86)" -Recurse -Filter *.dll -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
        Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) }
foreach ($d in $dlls) {
    Write-Host "$($d.FullName) | $($d.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'))"
}

# SSH logs
Write-Host "SSH logs:"
if (Get-Service -Name sshd -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $events = Get-WinEvent -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-OpenSSH/Operational" -MaxEvents 20 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    foreach ($e in $events) {
        $t = $e.TimeCreated.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        $m = ($e.Message -replace "\r?\n",' ')
        Write-Host "$t | $m"
    }
} else {
    Write-Host "OpenSSH service is not active."
}

# System files modified recently
Write-Host "System files modified in the last 3 days:"
$sys = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows" -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
       Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-3) }
foreach ($f in $sys) {
    Write-Host "$($f.FullName) | $($f.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'))"
}

# Python check
Write-Host "Python check:"
$pythonPaths = @(Get-Command python -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source)
if ($pythonPaths.Count -gt 0) {
    foreach ($p in $pythonPaths) { Write-Host "Path: $p" }
    try {
        $v = & $pythonPaths[0] --version 2>$null
        Write-Host "Version: $v"
    } catch { Write-Host "Error retrieving Python version." }
} else {
    Write-Host "Python not found."
}

# pip check
Write-Host "pip check:"
$pipPath = Get-Command pip -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source
if ($pipPath) {
    Write-Host "Path: $pipPath"
    try {
        $pv = & $pipPath --version 2>$null
        Write-Host "Version: $pv"
    } catch { Write-Host "Error retrieving pip version." }
} else {
    Write-Host "pip not found."
}

# Alias check
Write-Host "Checking python.exe alias:"
$aliasPath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe"
if (Test-Path $aliasPath) {
    Write-Host "Alias exists: $aliasPath"
} else {
    Write-Host "Alias not found."

}

Write-Host "Audit completed."

News : SpaceX Starlink ...

Starlink is the world’s most advanced satellite internet constellation, beaming terabytes per second to the most remote parts of Earth. Made possible by the advent of reusable rocketry, Starlink marks the beginning of a new age of orbital technology.

See the official website.

News : Debian Grml 2025.08 - codename Oneinonein.

Grml 2025.08 live distro for system administrators is now available for download based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

I used debian distros and are very good.

Grml is a Debian-based live Linux distribution tailored for system administrators. It’s designed to run directly from a USB stick or CD/DVD without installation, making it ideal for rescue tasks, system recovery, and quick deployments.

Grml uses the Debian package system APT to manage software. Another tool is grml-live Build System that allows users to create custom Grml images.

Grml is a Debian based live system focusing on the needs of system administrators. The 2025.08 release provides fresh software packages from Debian trixie. As usual it also incorporates up to date hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases.

... see the official website.

News : KDE Gear is back ...

KDE Gear is back with a cool wave of apps for your summertime desktop!

Whether you need to brush up on your languages to visit exotic lands, plan your trips, keep up to date while on the move, meet up with friends and colleagues, create content from your holiday clips, or just chill as your quaint steam engine trundles up a picturesque peak, KDE Gear 🌞 25.08 has got you covered.

The news comes on 14 august 2025 from the official website.

KDE Gear - originally known as the KDE Applications Bundle, was first released on December 17, 2014

KDE Gear version 25.08 release include and provides powerful, user-friendly apps for everyday tasks:

• Itinerary: Travel planner that helps with tickets, delays, maps, and even health certificates.
• Dolphin: File manager with improved search and integration with Filelight for disk usage visualization.
• KOrganizer: Calendar and task manager with better navigation and tooltips.
• Kleopatra: Encryption and certificate manager with multi-window support.
• Neochat: Matrix-based chat app with polls and thread controls.
• Artikulate: Language pronunciation trainer, now compatible with Plasma 6.
• Angelfish: Web browser with customizable shortcuts and adblock toggle.

I don't use KDE very often and haven't in the past either. I prefer simpler and faster desktop environment solutions for my older hardware.

News : mesa 25.2.0-rc1 - new release.

Hello everyone,

I'm happy to announce the start of a new release cycle with the first release candidate, 25.2.0-rc1.

As always, if you find any issues please report them here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/new

Any issue that should block the release of 25.2.0 final, thus adding more 25.2.0-rc* release candidates, must be added to this milestone: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/milestones/51

The next release candidate is expected in one week, on July 23rd.

Cheers, Eric

This mail is from the official mail list of mesa-dev.

News : mesh2motion online tool.

The mesh2motion online tool can be found on the official website.

News : ... mesa 25.2.0 major update.

The mesa 25.2.0 comes with one major update for open-source Linux graphics drivers. It includes new features for OpenGL, Vulkan, and OpenCL ...

See more on this email from Eric Engestrom

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce a new feature release, 25.2.0! ...

Blender 3D : create winter sprites with RealSnow addon.

A simple method to create snow sprites. I imported an image with a fence, created a roof for each slat using a subdivided and bent plane to be able to put snow with the RealSnow addon. I used an array to create a matrix and used the RealSnow addon to add the snow. I just need to hide the fence, and as it looks from the render, I will have various sprites for the fence.

News : my first generator on perchance.org

My first generator on the official perchance.org.

Is very easy to use if you know javascript. I tested with two plugins and with canvas area. First is a random basic text generator and second one will generate image based on text prompt.

News : Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 on inkscape website

Right after Inkscape Summit in Nuremberg, from May 28th to the 31st, the team attended to the Libre Graphics Meeting 2025, also in Nuremberg. It was a great opportunity to learn and share, and a unique experience to see how Inkscape contributes to the Libre Graphics scenario globally.

You can read about this on the inkscape official website.

News : FOSDEM 2025 Talk: From Pixels to Procedures.

Graphite is a free, open source vector and raster graphics editor, available now in alpha. Get creative with a fully nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

The GitHub repo for this project can be found on the github repo - GraphiteEditor/Graphite.

News : twigl.app another shader editor.

twigl.app is an online editor for One tweet shader, with GIF generator, sound shader, and broadcast live coding.

Today I tested this online shader editor , my hardware is not very good and browser is low, but works ...

News : The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 8 to 14 June 2025, in Annecy, France. See the wikipedia article.

Du 8 juin au 14 juin 2025, prenez part au Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy ! Durant une semaine, cet événement célèbre le meilleur du cinéma d'animation dans le monde.

See the official webpage.

Google Apps Script : google trigger task execution works well !

... today I check my google trigger task execution for mails, I can add a feature to tell me but is no need to spend time for a read a row into log area.

You can use many way to automate your work on computer but the easy way is the google with google apps script if you want to make custom changes.

I read a lot on web and I test a lot of online tools but the all prices are expensive versus few changes.

I cannot read all mails because comes I don't have tasks with some forums , API ... and trigger execution works well.

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News : Discover the Top 10 Linux Distros Which One’s Right for You

... from the linuxhint - the official youtube channel.

News : The Making of An Anniversary Gathering – The Elder Scrolls Online

News : glTF-Validator for GIFT format type.

The gITF type format is relatively new since 19 October 2015; 9 years ago, but it has many features.

The KhronosGroup comes with a good feature named glTF-Validator you can find the source code on the GitHub.

You can see this feature online on the glTF-Sample-Viewer-Release - GitHub project.

See this image with this online tool:

News : OpenAI online sprites generator.

The well-known website from OpenAI has come up with a new sprite generator feature. For those who work with graphics in games or other design software, this functionality can help you ... You can find it on this webpage. Craft pixel-perfect sprites with our AI Sprite Generator! Ideal for video games and retro projects.

News : PRTG network monitor system.

This tool comes with features for network and a good design.

Monitor all the systems, devices, traffic, and applications in your IT infrastructure. Users can customize and extend the functionality of PRTG using the HTTP API or custom sensors.

... see my network access to provider: