we're just "as they said in the old days"cogs in the wheels' or "as we
should say now" bits in the program of life
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 2:49 PM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 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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