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I can only tolerate Linux. The other two are cesspools. That said, Lenovo and the thinkpad brand are known bad actors. They were busted for phoning home and ad
by probablyspyware 3y ago
I can only tolerate Linux. The other two are cesspools.
That said, Lenovo and the thinkpad brand are known bad actors. They were busted for phoning home and adding spyware. Not trustworthy.
- tlavoie 3y agoIs there anything remaining when you nuke the Windows install to put Linux on them?
- red-iron-pine 3y agoMSI and Gigabyte have a rep for firmware that has holes or phones home, but AFAIK Lenovo mobos aren't known for this. Fresh install of Ubuntu or Fedora that formats the HDD should rid you of anything dubious.
- _cenw 3y agoIt's called Windows Update Binary Table, and Lenovo did it 10 years ago on one model of their Ideapad (budget, low-end) line. The echo seemed to have hit them hard enough to never attempt it again. You can patch out WUBT by replacing your bootloader with one that strips them out, though most boards have a toggle in the BIOS by now (my ASUS AM5 board had this anti-feature and the toggle too). Though you probably get more crapware on Windows Update these days.
- tlavoie 3y agoThanks, that's what I thought. Good thing too, have a couple ThinkPads of differing vintages around, both Linux.
- SahAssar 3y ago> That said, Lenovo and the thinkpad brand are known bad actors. They were busted for phoning home and adding spyware. I agree about lenovo as a whole, but IIRC that spyware was never on the thinkpad brand, only ideapads and other lower end machines.
- ubermonkey 3y agoI mean, preferences are obviously very personal, but describing MacOS as a "cesspool", or as equivalently "cesspooly" to Windows, is kinda of bizarre.