Posts on X2Q tagged windows. Updated as new posts are published.
The old way to update a Garmin — WebUpdater — was discontinued years ago. In 2026 you use Garmin Express (a desktop app, cable connection) for firmware and map updates on nüvi/DriveSmart units, or Garmin Connect for over-the-air updates on watches and newer handhelds. Here's the current path for each, what to do with very old nüvi units, and the hidden nüvi debug menu.
Back in 2007 I recorded a short demo of Launchy — a keystroke application launcher that replaced the Windows Start menu with a few typed letters. That idea (hit a hotkey, type, fuzzy-match, launch) started on the Mac with Quicksilver and LaunchBar, jumped to Windows via Launchy, spread to Linux, then split in two: it grew into productivity platforms like Alfred and Raycast, and it dissolved into the Cmd+K command palette that now lives inside nearly every app. Here's the 19-year arc.
Years ago I recorded Xming — an X11 server for Windows — displaying a remote Linux gedit window on a Windows XP desktop over SSH. That trick (install an X server, forward X11 over SSH) was how you ran Linux GUI apps on Windows for two decades. In 2026 you barely do it anymore: WSLg ships a Wayland/X server inside Windows, so `apt install` a Linux app and it just opens. Here's the arc from then to now, and what to actually use today.