It’s more about privacy. Windows might access your mic to get more data on you for advertising, wouldn’t be anything new.
It’s more about privacy. Windows might access your mic to get more data on you for advertising, wouldn’t be anything new.
The problem with those is that it’s often just a piece of plastic, so the microphone isn’t cut off from power. The webcam sees noching, but sound is unaffected.
Hardware switches physically cut power to the device in question and you can take it apart and verify. There is no trust involved.
Get a laptip with a real hardware switch for the cam and the mic. Best peace of mind knowing that they’re really off. Neither tape, nor the non-electrical built-in plastic sliders do that.
My Computers are all reasonably modern and decetly spec’d, resources should not be an issue. Ubuntu also ships with a lot more pre-installed packages than tumbleweed does, but I get your point.
Right, but my tumbleweed install gets 100+ package updates per week, whereas ubuntu gets like 20
Absolutely, but unless you’re on a rolling release, it still won’t be that long. For example, my homelab ubuntu server didn’t get updated for over a month, but when I finally did run updates it finished after no more than a minute. Depends a bit on hardware and network speed though.
Trigger warning! Updating my linux systems takes 15 seconds ;)
German here and no shit - that is how I remember that since the first time someone made that comment
Does what? Sign up for ubuntu pro? For that you just need to go to their website and register. For the homelab stuff you could start small - maybe a linux nas with a few VMs for a pihole or something.
It is for up to 5 devices, so small-scale homelab stuff can be covered without cost.
I’ve been using Ubuntu for about 3, years now on the desktop and I don’t know what you’re talking about. Where exactly is that prompt? And they’re not hiding updates behind pro, it’s just extra on top of the updates you’d get on other distros.
The ssh prompt? I think you just need to mess with the files in /etc/update-motd.d
Ubuntu pro is not at all a bad thing. It’s free to consumers but you can also just ignore it if you don’t need it.
Next time Gates slips his microcock up your ass, remember that there’s no such requirement for using linux
Mental outlaw said that and it just stayed in my head ever since. Just like /etc is ‘etsy’.
That’s fine, use whatever you like. I’m just saying that current ubuntu is quite polished.
I get that, they shouldn’t replace debs with snaps, but offer both. Snap as default makes sense for new users though
They fixed the delay after reboots and you can disable automatic updates with a single snap command
They don’t neccessarily need to, you can pretty much always just look at reviews. Now you can make a point about trusting reviewers, but all that is still better than trusting the manufacturer or microsoft.
You’re right though, there is trust involved, but only if you don’t verify things yourself.