Lars Fosdal

Did it also attempt to take some liberties with regards to HKLM?

It's been a long time, but IIRC it was some config files.

SD cards are expected to keep data for about five years before they start deteriorating. They actually lose charge over time. http://www.datarecoveryspecialists.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-life-expectancy-of-an-sd-card Even CDs and DVDs may deteriorate within two to five years unless stored in a dark, dry, cool place. Blu-ray disks are supposed to be more robust. It is not hard to find reliable online storage. The real question is what value you put on your data, and if you are willing to invest that value.

If you have admin rights, you can exclude paths from the RTVP. There also is https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15078/windows-10-make-older-apps-or-programs-compatible

I love this tool! There is not a thing you can't automate with it.

I love SSDs and I have not had one fail yet over the last six years. HDDs, on the other hand, has failed me numerous times. As for backups - Online, multiple services = redundancy.

A man in a hurry is always late.

Ternary is the correct term for computer language operators with three parameters. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_operation

I wrote a small cookbook on getting Ubuntu up and running and setting up Rio and Sydney for compiling Linux applications.

Defintively a valid point. You can install 18.04 in a VB VM as well, and the rest remains the same.

TimeSpan allows you to measure in milliseconds without having to think about the underlying details.

An cleaner alternative to GetTickCount, but perhaps a little more costly is System.TimeSpan and System.Diagnostics.TStopWatch?

You could always leave a comment here instead 🙂

Strange, @Bill Meyer. Appears to work for me.

Why... Who knows why.

Well, the old RichEdit demo was removed. Who knows.

Added a miniscule example using FMX for Linux at the end.

I see that the Rich Edit control has "moved" - not sure if the old wrapper supports 4.1? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/about-rich-edit-controls VERSIONS OF RICH EDIT Rich Edit version DLL Window Class 1.0 Riched32.dll RICHEDIT_CLASS 2.0 Riched20.dll RICHEDIT_CLASS 3.0 Riched20.dll RICHEDIT_CLASS 4.1 Msftedit.dll MSFTEDIT_CLASS

Oh, BTW - VS Code and Powershell 7 works beautifully under Ubuntu 18.04 🙂

Originally, this was done to try to figure out why @Angus Robertson had issues with getting his Ubuntu environment working.

I am on PS C:\Windows\System32> Get-ComputerInfo | select WindowsProductName, WindowsVersion, OsHardwareAbstractionLayer WindowsProductName WindowsVersion OsHardwareAbstractionLayer ------------------ -------------- -------------------------- Windows 10 Enterprise 1909 10.0.18362.752

The Ubuntu 18.04 that my Hyper-V Quick Create offers me, has the visual UI - so not a pure server, perhaps?

@Angus Robertson I tried Hyper-V Quick Create, and it worked for me, but you need to add the build essentials manually. Wrote a small post about it too. https://larsfosdal.blog/2020/08/26/get-started-writing-linux-apps-with-delphi-10-3-3-rio/ What fails during your installation?

It is unfortunate that the toolchain doesn't keep up with the platforms it is supposed to support.

sudo apt install gcc cured the linker problems, but appeared in the PAserver and followed in the IDE. /facepalm