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on Wednesday October 21 2015, @09:08PM
from the we-put-a-man-on-the-moon,-but-we-wont-do-that dept.
from the we-put-a-man-on-the-moon,-but-we-wont-do-that dept.
Microsoft's telemetry features in Windows 10 are a privacy advocate's nightmare. Now that Microsoft is trying to back port these "features" into existing versions of Windows, it seems like many of us have no future upgrade path. Sure there is Linux, but I have some older Windows software that I still want to use. ReactOS is still out there, but does not look like there have been any updates in a while.
Does the Soylent community believe it is possible to get this project going full steam to producing a useable alternative for existing Windows users?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 21 2015, @11:24PM
Did you install the VirtualBox Extension Pack to get USB support?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 21 2015, @11:50PM
USB to RS232 adapters are notoriously problematic. It has been a while since I looked into it, but IIRC it has to do with interrupt timing/processing - like they rely on the driver to poll for data rather than send an interrupt to the host when new data arrives. I'm sure running in a VM exacerbates that. 99% of them are unreliable for anything complicated, the remaining 1% are hard to find, they generally don't advertise as being superior. As a general rule, if you need reliable RS232 you have to go with a dedicated serial port.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday October 22 2015, @01:42AM
Not to mention that if you're coding applications that work with serial, you may even have to change your code in specific ways to accommodate USB-serial adapters.
And another note, anybody who thinks that RS-232 is an ancient and obsolete technology has never held any real technical or industrial job. RS-232 is still found everyfuckingwhere in industry.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday October 22 2015, @04:44AM
Try this: http://cnc-specialty-store.com/rs232-cables/rs232-usb-to-serial-port-converter-adapter-for-cnc-fully-tested [cnc-specialty-store.com]
There's a fair demand for it for CNC machines. No idea about using it from a VM though.
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(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday October 22 2015, @12:04PM
Yes. USB passthrough won't work without the extensions.