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Man, windows 10 already does that. In the advanced update options there is a distributing method menu and it is pretty clear they are using our machines to dist
by johnnyhead 10y ago
Man, windows 10 already does that. In the advanced update options there is a distributing method menu and it is pretty clear they are using our machines to distribute updates to others.
Disclaimer: Haven't checked in a while and can not do it now, but it was there until not long ago.
- zython 10y agoMakes me even happier to use Linux almost exclusively now.
- ChrisClark 10y agoYes it's still there. I just turned it off last week. But still let it share the updates with the other computers in my household LAN.
- atmosx 10y agoIs this on by default?
- smhenderson 10y agoIIRC yes, unless your internet connection is marked as Metered, in which case the default is off. What I can't remember and am unable to check at the moment is whether Metered is turned on by default or not. But regardless of defaults, if you mark a connection as Metered than the background update distribution is turned off.
- tracker1 10y agoMetered is part of your connection settings, iirc, like when you establish a connection to a new wifi network. Other applications may be effected by metered networks, and iirc updates don't run at all when on a metered network.