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My process for a new laptop for the last decade or so has just been to nuke Windows and immediately install Linux. The only machine I own that runs windows is

My process for a new laptop for the last decade or so has just been to nuke Windows and immediately install Linux. The only machine I own that runs windows is my home gaming PC due to many online/competitive games not supporting proton or other tools. Thankfully I work for a company who happily allows me to continue this practice with my work laptop. My last and current work laptops have run NixOS and it's been great.

jszymborski 3y ago
I always deploy the DBAN when I get my hands on a new laptop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darik's_Boot_and_Nuke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darik's_Boot_and_Nuke
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  > DBAN can be configured to automatically wipe every hard disk that it sees on a system or entire network of systems, making it very useful for unattended data destruction scenarios. Bored, belligerent 14 year old me would have loved to get his hands on this...
  - jtriangle 3y ago
    Bored 14 year old me basically had this, it was pretty booring. Destroying data mechanically with a sledge hammer was much more fun.
- Sanzig 3y ago
  Somewhat off-topic, but fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1]. The party was later dissolved due to inactivity when its leader went to prison for antisemitic hate crimes [2] [1] https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/he-says-he-works-security-for-maxime-bernier-hes-also-listed-as-a-founding-member/article_68850455-71a0-5e71-ae65-041b61887465.html https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/he-says-he-works-securit... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nationalist_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nationalist_Party
  - jszymborski 3y ago
    I had no idea. As a fan of DBAN and as a Canadian, I am doubly disappointed.
  - WD40ForRust2 3y ago
    >fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1]. Based! I appreciate his hard disk nuker even more now! :^) Also, bringing that point up is as fallacious as an ad hominem in debate and is blatantly political. You are the establishment. Darik is not. I am not.

jszymborski 3y ago

I always deploy the DBAN when I get my hands on a new laptop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darik's_Boot_and_Nuke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darik's_Boot_and_Nuke

isoprophlex 3y ago
> DBAN can be configured to automatically wipe every hard disk that it sees on a system or entire network of systems, making it very useful for unattended data destruction scenarios. Bored, belligerent 14 year old me would have loved to get his hands on this...
- jtriangle 3y ago
  Bored 14 year old me basically had this, it was pretty booring. Destroying data mechanically with a sledge hammer was much more fun.
Sanzig 3y ago
Somewhat off-topic, but fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1]. The party was later dissolved due to inactivity when its leader went to prison for antisemitic hate crimes [2] [1] https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/he-says-he-works-security-for-maxime-bernier-hes-also-listed-as-a-founding-member/article_68850455-71a0-5e71-ae65-041b61887465.html https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/he-says-he-works-securit... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nationalist_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nationalist_Party
- jszymborski 3y ago
  I had no idea. As a fan of DBAN and as a Canadian, I am doubly disappointed.
- WD40ForRust2 3y ago
  >fun fact about Darik of DBAN fame - he landed himself in hot water a few years ago when it was revealed he was a founding member of a white nationalist Canadian political party [1]. Based! I appreciate his hard disk nuker even more now! :^) Also, bringing that point up is as fallacious as an ad hominem in debate and is blatantly political. You are the establishment. Darik is not. I am not.