#systemupgrade — Public Fediverse posts

Got an app that's installed on an old device and refuses to install on a new one (e.g. it was discontinued)? As of November 2025:

* On your old device:
* Install an APK exporter (such as https://f-droid.org/en/packages/axp.tool.apkextractor/)
* Copy the APK off the device
* On your new device
* Copy the APK into storage
* Install APK Explorer & Editor (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.apk.editor/)
* Open the app and click "APK's[sic]" at the bottom
* Click "Select from storage" and select the file
* Click the compass symbol next to the tabs at the top
* Select "Simple Decompile (faster)"
* Click the folder symbol at the bottom
* Click AndroidManifest.xml
* Click `android:minSdkVersion` and `android:targetSdkVersion` and set them to 29
* Click "Save"
* Click the hammer at the top-right (yes, it's clickable!)
* Click "Build"
* It should give a green tick. Click "Install"
* If you're prompted about "Harmful app blocked", expand the "More Details" expander and click "Install anyway"
* Don't send the app to Google (or do, so that they can see that it's fine - but as you're the only one installing it then it's kinda pointless!)
* Wait for installation to complete

Note: This is ONLY safe because you copied the APK from your old device. Otherwise, pay attention to the harmful app warnings!

#Android #APK #SystemUpgrade #LegacyApps #LegacySoftware #MakeDoAndMend #Hacks #Workaround #FDroid

Tried upgrading a clean RHEL 9.6 install to RHEL 10.0 using the official leapp tool — no custom configs, no extra packages.

Result? Boot failure and emergency mode.
If it breaks in the most trivial case, how can we trust it in production?

Was just a test, but still... lesson learned.
Anyone out there actually pulled this off?

#RHEL #RedHat #Leapp #LinuxSysadmin #EnterpriseLinux #SystemUpgrade #DevOps #InfraOps #ServerLife

Prasarana: My50 Renewals Temporarily Unavailable From 23 Dec 2024 To 31 Jan 2025 #my50 #prasarana #rapidkl #suspension #systemupgrade #transportation

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/339530/my50-renewals-unavailable-23-dec-to-31-jan/

Microsoft introduces checkpoint cumulative updates for Windows 11

https://stackdiary.com/microsoft-introduces-checkpoint-cumulative-updates-for-windows-11/

#Windows11 #Updates #Microsoft #TechNews #Innovation #Software #WindowsUpdate #CheckpointUpdate #FasterUpdates #Security #Efficiency #NewRelease #TechUpgrade #UpdateProcess #WindowsServer #QuickInstall #TechImprovement #SystemUpdate #WindowsTech #SoftwareUpdate #TechUpgrade #ITNews #UpdateEfficiency #TechAdvancement #SystemUpgrade #LatestUpdate #WindowsUpgrade #CheckpointCumulative #TechUpdate

📆 Seit 2014 füllt die Version 7 von Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) zahlreiche Server mit Leben. Ende Juni 2024 endet der planmässige Unterstützungszeitraum, und damit die Verfügbarkeit von Softwareaktualisierungen. Dasselbe Schicksal erwartet auch den Community-Ableger CentOS 7.

👉Lukas Kallies erklärt in seinem neuesten Blogpost, wie du deine Systeme weiterhin sicher halten kannst.

#redhat #rhel7 #suse #techupdate #leapp #systemupgrade

https://www.puzzle.ch/de/blog/articles/2024/05/02/10-jahre-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-und-nun

Thought I could quickly migrate my mum's @thunderbird profile folder from the old desktop to the new laptop, via her 2 GB USB key.

Nope. Profile folder is 10+ GB. Guess it includes a couple of attachments.

#deviceManagement #Thunderbird #systemUpgrade #Ubuntu