Microsoft has approved RosmarOps on its Store. On Windows it now installs in one click and without the blue window. Here’s how it went, with more comedy than epic, and what version 0.11 brings.
The blue window
Until now, anyone who downloaded RosmarOps on Windows got a blue window: «Windows protected your PC». Not because the program does anything odd, but because it isn’t signed. To get rid of it you have to buy a certificate. I bought one. It’s still «in validation». And that window puts off anyone who isn’t technical.
The other door
So I tried the other door: the Microsoft Store. A package, screenshots, listings in several languages, an age rating for a program that checks your AI agents’ configuration (yes, that too) and a day’s wait. Approved.
What changes for you
- On Windows, it installs from the Microsoft Store in one click and without the blue window.
- The Store version can arrive a few days later than the one on GitHub, because Microsoft reviews each version before publishing it.
- If you want the latest version right away, it is still on GitHub, from the website. There, Windows will keep showing the warning until the certificate is out of validation.
- On Mac and Linux, nothing changes: you download it from the website, as always.
What 0.11 brings
- 0.11.0: if something goes wrong on your computer, RosmarOps notes it and asks whether you want to send the list of errors. It only sends it if you press «Send»: codes, version, system and day, never your files, paths, names or keys. You can see the exact text first.
- 0.11.1: the weekly check no longer stops early on computers with many projects.
- 0.11.2: on Mac and Linux, RosmarOps waits for your answer before connecting to your space.
Why I keep going
I started RosmarOps for my own computer. Between certificates, stores, tokens and late nights, I’m starting to suspect that this AI thing is a very expensive hobby. But every time someone tries it and tells me «I didn’t know my agent could do that», I forget most of the cost.
If you want to see first what each agent does as it comes, without installing anything, there is the Observatory’s AI agent map. And if you try it on your computer, tell me what you find: the good and, above all, what fails.
Source: the notes of each version, from 0.11.0 to 0.11.2, in the RosmarOps repository.
Written with the help of AI agents. The story and the decision to publish are mine.