Google and Microsoft own my soul, and LastPass knows my deepest darkest
secrets.

There isn't anything I do in Windows that it's capable of reporting as
telemetry, that Google or LastPass don't already know.

My existence is wholly quantified as annonimized data in a multitude of
spreadsheets.

I have accepted this reality and suggest you do to.

--
Thanks,
Alexander

Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 10:21 Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> It may be mostly functional, but is WSL exempt from all the telemetry that
> 'Doze is notorious for?
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> It was the release of Windows Vista that first pushed me to embrace Linux
>> full time. I've gone through cycles here and there, and although my primary
>> PC is a Windows Surface Pro tablet, my entire homelab is 100% Linux/BSD.
>>
>> Small side note, Windows 11 isn't as awful as I had originally thought,
>> and WSL is surprisingly functional. One could very easily operate entirely
>> in WSL for a great majority of the day-to-day operations. The newest 24H2
>> update integrated SUDO, which is really amazing!
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander
>>
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 09:08 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know this is a Linux list so this might be a little or maybe a lot off
>>> topic.  This is a good reason to embrace Linux and go MS free.  It is my
>>> goal to quit using MS by this time next year when MSW10 hits end of
>>> life.
>>>
>>> There is a Forbes article titled "Microsoft Windows Deadline—10 Days To
>>> Update Or Stop Using Your PC".
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/10/19/microsoft-warning-for-14-billion-windows-10-windows-11-users-get-free-upgrade/
>>>
>>> I am surprised this has not been mentioned on the list.
>>>
>>> After reading the article it appears there has been some negligence on
>>> MS's part.
>>>
>>> Keith
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