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By hellowalkman · Posted
Rufus 4.8 brings performance boost for Windows ISOs by Sayan Sen Rufus, perhaps the most popular bootable USB media creation utility, has received a significant update with version 4.8. That's because there is a major shift toward faster and more efficient processing of Windows installation media by switching to wimlib for all Windows Imaging (WIM) handlings. The Rufus author says that the change has led to a significant improvement in speed when opening Windows ISOs, and this should be great for such users who tend to work with Windows installation files fairly regularly. Rufus notes that Wimlib’s integration speeds up the Windows ISO processing, reducing waiting times during image analysis. This boost in speed is said to be particularly noticeable when creating Windows To Go drives, although if you have a "crap" drive, it is best not to expect "miracles". For those wondering, Wimlib is an open source library for creating, extracting, and modifying Windows Imaging (WIM) archives, and it is cross platform too. Another key update in Rufus 4.8 is the introduction of file splitting for files over 4GB using the Alt-E key, for managing larger installation files; however, performance gains in this area are still modest when compared to the UEFI:NTFS handling. On the development side, Rufus 4.8 has moved exclusively to Visual Studio binaries. The full changelog is given below: Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing: Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still unsupported) Enables the splitting of >4GB files with Alt-E (But still WAY SLOWER than using UEFI:NTFS) Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, ...) Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status Fix an issue with size limitations when writing an uncompressed VHD back to the same drive Fix a crash when opening the log with the 32-bit MinGW compiled version Fix commandline parameters not being forwarded to original Windows setup.exe To download Rufus 4.8, head over to Neowin software stories page. You can also download it from the official website or from its GitHub repo. -
By BoondockSaint · Posted
That's very interesting, thanks for the link! -
By +sphbecker · Posted
When I hear "shady" I assume there is some element of being dishonest. There is nothing directly dishonest about publishing a crappy book, people have done that long before AI...it just took a lot more time. I am not about the proliferation of AI slop, so I hate this, but I wouldn't call it shady. -
By RejZoR · Posted
Soon(TM). When Elon Musky claims something is coming soon, that means 4-5 years late, 50% more expensive and still buggy as hell. Why are people still drinking his Koolaid? Also how stupid are investors still throwing at Tesla and Elon for all these years while they deliver no god damn results? Where are ever promised Robotaxies? Where is the Semi? Where is the Roadster? We already know the outcome of the Cybercock garbage container. Like, how stupid you have to be to still invest ANY money into Elon Musks stupidities? -
By Aditya Tiwari · Posted
Google Workspace brings 10 free AI features for nonprofit organizations by Aditya Tiwari Google has announced several updates for nonprofit and charitable organizations that use its products and services. For starters, the search giant is expanding the Google for Nonprofits program to more than 100 countries globally. Google for Nonprofits has been around for over a decade, offering products and services to eligible nonprofits for free or at discounted rates. One of its verticals is Workspace for Nonprofits, a paid tier that provides nonprofits with no-cost access to Gmail, Calendar, Meet, and its AI apps, such as Gemini and NotebookLM. Google is bringing ten new AI features to the Workspace for Nonprofits tier as part of its new updates. The company surveyed over 9,000 nonprofit organizations earlier this year and said that about nine out of ten nonprofits reported positive productivity gains when using AI apps and features. However, only one out of five reported that at least half of their organization uses AI. That said, these are the new features coming to Workspace for Nonprofits without paying any money: Gems Audio Overviews in Gemini app Image generation with people in Gemini app Canvas and quizzes in Gemini app Deep Research in Gemini app Google Vids with custom video clips powered by Veo 2 Two-way conversations with Gemini Live NotebookLM with Summaries, Audio Overviews (50+ languages and length adjustment) and Q&A Mind Maps in NotebookLM Discover Sources in NotebookLM Most of these features are available in other Workspace plans intended for regular businesses. Google's Nonprofits tier supports up to 2,000 employees or volunteers at $0/user/month, who can have professional email addresses, take part in 150-participant video meetings, and share a pooled cloud storage capacity of 1TB. Additionally, nonprofits can also place ads in Google Maps to connect with people at a local level. The company said that it's "expanding Ad Grants to run on eligible Google Maps placements in Performance Max campaigns free of charge." These ads in Google Maps can appear above, below or beside search results.
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