Illusion of privacy lol
Can’t find it anymore, but I remember someone did a DNS analysis and they are even pinging McAfee servers, before you open any apps.
Windows sucks but that article was click bait bullshit and was due to the laptop manufacturer bloat ware.
Not just installing. When updating, sometimes it tries to reset the options and change my default browser to edge.
It resets everything, including a bunch of tracking shit you intentionally turned off.
Don’t forget to scroll down otherwise you miss a very important one that’s hidden
Oh yeah, the fuck me in the ass option.
It is 2023, you want that check on.
No one should feel pain of installing Windows, no one deserves that
I do it almost weekly for my job. I need to improve my Unix skills and become a Linux sysadmin
You can totally automate the Windows install process and configuration. Not even Windows sysadmins should have to be dealing with it manually.
We still use golden images, so whenever we refresh that I need to install windows on a VM. We still do our servers manually
all these will be reinstated in the next update and all the unsent locally collected information will be sent with the consent you gave by not preventing your system from updating
oof. thats fucked up.
I wish Windows didn’t spy on you in the bathroom. But this helps:
I use Linux nowadays, but I still have dual boot cause of some games. I use LTSB debloated with stopped updates and telemetry.
Bill hasn’t been associated with Microsoft decisions in like 15 years. Yes he still owns a shit load of the company, but he’s not the CEO, he doesn’t even sit on the board. He sits in his 16,000 square foot lakefront Medina, WA mansion and gets richer.
I actually somewhat enjoy using Windows 10 after using a debloat tool and adding a package manager. Windows 11 is still unbearable though.
I feel like the only think I like about windows is that everything works in terms of graphics and plug and play. Plug and play has been good to me on Linux for a while though.
I still get graphics issues on fedora and Ubuntu on my integrated graphics chips.
I think the day I have to reinstall Windows on my Desktop will be the day I’ll replace it with Linux. Already use it on server and laptop but stuck with Windows for gaming. Anyone know if SteamVR works on Linux?
As a side note, you can use O&O ShutUp10++ to do all these settings quickly so you don’t have to hunt around all the menus. It has presets too IIRC.
Also it works on Windows 11 too despite the name.
And then finding your way around the forced windows account. ANNOYING
don’t forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!
If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.
Use no@thank.you as the account name, anything as the password. It will say “whoopsie, there was an error” and then you can create a local account.
Or something about not connecting to a wifi or ethernet connection during install. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/26/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/
Thats why i use IPXE and a sysprepped image when i do need windows. Or i got to install windows for friends and familie
Pro tip: You can hit
space tab space tab...to quickly cycle through them all.I will say though, it is mighty refreshing to go through a Linux installer now.
