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Neat. But can it remove MS native spyware & adware?

by zenapollo 3y ago

supertrope 3y ago
No. You need something like mkfs.ext4 to do that.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Pity that afterwards one needs to emulate Windows to actually have proper games, despite the pleothara of games available for Android.
  - ronsor 3y ago
    The spyware is load-bearing.
    - BizarroLand 3y ago
      I've had snarky replies to my anti-M$ comments basically saying that without a hint of sarcasm. I would gladly pay Microsoft for a non-spyware laden operating system. If they will not allow me to do so, then I will utilize every opportunity to dismantle and destroy their spyware in regards to any system I run. Because people should be allowed to play and communicate without some nebulous 3rd party recording everything they say and do. I don't care what they plan to do with the data they are scraping. It's amoral that they try to collect it in the first place regardless of their justification.
      - fsflover 3y ago
        > then I will utilize every opportunity to dismantle and destroy their spyware in regards to any system I run. If you are really serious about it, you should stop supporting MS and abandon their broken OS, which fights against you on your own computer. I did and couldn't be happier.
        BizarroLand 3y ago
        For my personal computers, I primarily use linux. For work computers I advocate for linux based servers and have succeeded in a few cases but I can't get rid of windows for our end-users. However, as a sysadmin I uninstall as much spyware as possible from our images and add any non-service interrupting blocks that I can to make it difficult for M$ to spy on my coworkers.
  - viraptor 3y ago
    You don't have to emulate windows, you only need to provide the compatible interface. I'm not making a silly joke here. There's lots more that makes windows windows than the libraries that manage memory and transform data structures into pixels. And that additional part with many crappy and annoying parts is not necessary. There's no "windows" on my StreamDeck and it's running lots of modern games.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    > emulate Windows Wine Is Not Emulator.

Neat. But can it remove MS native spyware & adware?

supertrope 3y ago

No. You need something like mkfs.ext4 to do that.

pjmlp 3y ago
Pity that afterwards one needs to emulate Windows to actually have proper games, despite the pleothara of games available for Android.
- ronsor 3y ago
  The spyware is load-bearing.
  - BizarroLand 3y ago
    I've had snarky replies to my anti-M$ comments basically saying that without a hint of sarcasm. I would gladly pay Microsoft for a non-spyware laden operating system. If they will not allow me to do so, then I will utilize every opportunity to dismantle and destroy their spyware in regards to any system I run. Because people should be allowed to play and communicate without some nebulous 3rd party recording everything they say and do. I don't care what they plan to do with the data they are scraping. It's amoral that they try to collect it in the first place regardless of their justification.
    - fsflover 3y ago
      > then I will utilize every opportunity to dismantle and destroy their spyware in regards to any system I run. If you are really serious about it, you should stop supporting MS and abandon their broken OS, which fights against you on your own computer. I did and couldn't be happier.
      - BizarroLand 3y ago
        For my personal computers, I primarily use linux. For work computers I advocate for linux based servers and have succeeded in a few cases but I can't get rid of windows for our end-users. However, as a sysadmin I uninstall as much spyware as possible from our images and add any non-service interrupting blocks that I can to make it difficult for M$ to spy on my coworkers.
- viraptor 3y ago
  You don't have to emulate windows, you only need to provide the compatible interface. I'm not making a silly joke here. There's lots more that makes windows windows than the libraries that manage memory and transform data structures into pixels. And that additional part with many crappy and annoying parts is not necessary. There's no "windows" on my StreamDeck and it's running lots of modern games.
- fsflover 3y ago
  > emulate Windows Wine Is Not Emulator.