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I feel very much like doing something similar but I'm reticent to move away from macOS because of privacy concerns. If I moved to Linux I would still need some
by Lio 10y ago
I feel very much like doing something similar but I'm reticent to move away from macOS because of privacy concerns.
If I moved to Linux I would still need some commercial software available on macOS but not on Linux. The obvious thing to do would be to supplement Linux with Windows 10 but I worry about privacy in Windows 10.
This maybe obvious to long term Windows users but I can only find examples from Microsoft about what they collect/track, not a definitive list[1].
Also if anyone knows, I'd also like to find out if it's possible to stop Microsoft Support from remotely accessing files on a Windows 10 machine and if you need a particular version of Windows 10 to do that. e.g. Is Windows 10 Home more or less secure than Windows 10 Enterprise.
So for the moment baring in mind I don't do CUDA I'm sticking with my slow old Mac. I should probably should build a dual booting hackintosh but I think if would be a lot of trouble to keep going (and also breaks the licensing terms).
[1] https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/ https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/
- justinclift 10y agoThere are free utils around to block the telemetry being sent. eg: * https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/ https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/ * https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 Note - I'm not sure if anyone has deeply tested/verified them though. Ideally a good Open Source one would exist. Maybe it does, I just don't know of it yet. ;)
- xori 10y agoTake that privacy statement with a grain of salt. That's for microsoft.com accounts. When you install Windows 10 they allow you to create a local-only account and opt out of any data collection.
- universenz 10y agoLook into Windows 10 LTSB (Long Term Service Branch). It's rock solid, doesn't auto-update (only critical security patches), as part of the installation process you can switch off everything, doesn't have Edge or Cortana or any other guff. It was made for ATM's and single purpose machines. I use one for my Plex Media Server and XProtect / Sighthound Server etc.. all rock solid. The "apparent" disadvantages listed against LTSB I actually believe are advantages. Like, want new Windows 10 features? Sorry you'll have to reinstall the latest full release of Windows 10.1 LTSB. http://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruft-windows-10-ltsb-explained/ http://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruft...