Katherine Albrecht: Windows 10 Is Full Blown Electronic Tyranny

[lucidity]

Posted by greybeard (here)

Posted by workingactor (here)
I'll probably go with ubuntu..so sick of microsoft and their BS..

I have used Ubuntu for about 6 years--its fast, trouble free, self maintaining---the speed does not decrease.
Have never had a virus
Most soft ware is free in particular the word processor.
The reason I say that is my wife Rosaline has Windows and has to pay for Word not once, but every year--you can only rent it a year at a time.

I therefore have no hesitation in recommending Ubuntu, if you have enough space on your hard drive you can partition it and put Ubuntu in one section and keep your current windows.
Oh and you can get Ubuntu free
Best wishes
Chris

HI Chris,

Perhaps someone should start a thread ... that's basically a tutorial,
helping people to migrate from Windows to Ubuntu.

What do you think ? Is that a good idea ?

Hope you're well and happy :-)

lucidity

[Richard S.]

I'd love to be one of those that is dumping Microsoft altogether, but...

How will I get MS Outlook, my IPhone5 to sync their data.

I've looked at SOGO, but I am not convinced it would fit the bill.

Any suggestions?

[Snoweagle]

Quite agree about Windows 10 but will go further and state that ALL Microsoft products and enterprises are not for the benefit of the user.

Considering Linux? Then do some research and you will find that Ubuntu is considered by Linux pros as becoming as commercially orientated as Microsoft. Unlike true derivations of Linux providing free open source software, Ubuntu stands accused of promoting proprietary commercial products which trap users into dependance on a sole supplier. Just as Microsoft did and does. Your choice.

Am an ex Microsoft user and now using Linux. Did some research and selected Debian/KDE as my preferred install. But I had a problem in that I didn't know how the "core" system behaved when left to itself. Or in other words, just how good were these free open source programmers?

So I installed the complete package of Debian Wheezy onto an encrypted disc and everything worked super staright out of the box. I also decided to not update at all, any of the packages and simply monitor any corruption or failure during normal usage. (heap loads more in Linux as standard). Other than some tweeks to my settings and preferences, nothing has been updated for nearly a year.

Watching my system being compromised has been insightful. Yes "they" have adjusted some things and my system is now root kitted even though it doesn't register with chkroot, which claims I am safe. Well it isn't, but here is the thing. The invader I believe to be NSA/GCHQ level of insertion which is fine by me as other than monitoring my usage they do not engage in adverts and unnecessary aggro. As I do not do any development on this system I have no fears of intellectual loss. My ISP, Virgin Media has denied me SSL on my email so I dont use it unless an absolute emergency.

But why would I do this and compromise my activities? Quite simple actually, unless you know how they are going to attack you, which I didn't, the only way was to leave the doors unlocked and see how "we" fare with each other. And now having seen how the compromise works I intend preparation of other drives based on my usage with all the protections maxed.

And of course the sweet spot is once my data is backed up I can delete the entire drive and reinstall a new operating system at will wiithout compromising licenses. Ad infinitum.

I'm not an expert in Linux per se though have been a user on and off for a very long time, more focussed on access to embedded projects than anything internet orientated.

My recommendation is research Linux. Try Debian as it provides three or four "front ends" of which my preference is KDE. Install ALL updates. Use only Debian approved scripts and advisements for each activity you perform. I strongly recommend this system for your children as they will take to this as they would an amusement park. (many of the YouTube "pros" teaching Linux are children, young teens, check it out).

There are many derivations of Linux, most are free though some are now creeping towrds the Microsoft and Apple models with proprietary software either compromising privacy or added costs.

[Gaia]

So what's the deal with Windows 10?

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 1 week ago and it is the worst thing I have done. After the installation, nothing works. My printers, both USB-connected and wireless, do not work. My speakers work but at a very low volume that I can’t hear.

After researching for the cause/solution this is what I found.

1. HP printers purchased before August 2013 do not have drivers for Windows 10.

2. Sound for Dell Studio XPS does not work because there are no drivers from Dell.

Grrrr!!

Lessons learned, dont try to change the Windows OS installed on the pc you buy. Eventually this same trend is going to start hitting mobile. When everyone has a smartphone that can run any app with ease and feel very snappy, the upgrade cycle is going to start to get longer.

[shadowstalker]

I say never upgrade unless you have no choice.
Try to uninstall windows ten if you can, i am sure there are instructions somewhere on the net for that process

[skyflower]

My friend has an older computer that was running windows 7. I guess she didn't pay attention to her update settings, and her computer upgraded to Win10 on its own.
Well, next thing you know, her computer goes into power save mode after boot up and does not turn back on.
Oh, she did see the win 10 welcoming window before it went dead.

[Limor Wolf]

Gaia, sounds like a bummer, perheps you would like to move away from windows

Here is another discussion on the 'wonders' of Windows 10

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post984318

[Sierra]

I will not touch Windows 10. That being said, I'm sure all big corporations/military/government/other government can see everything I do.

Here is some information on what your "free" installation has given your consent to:

http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/09/02/...ything-you-do/

http://bgr.com/2015/08/14/windows-10...privacy-tools/

[Nasu]

get a mac IMHO... I haven't had a virus since the nineties or any os problems since os 9, again in the late nineties.. Get a mac, if pos... N

[Loren]

I upgraded recently to 10 and had so many things frustrate me I immediately uninstalled back to windows 8. Mine gave me the option to do so and said I could upgrade back to 10 at any time. Seems to be a common problem.

[fifula]

@Gaia, don't worry. Lessons learned. Format C drive, install you previous Windows back and stay away from Win10 junk Linux distros are great alternative if you're not glued to products like Photoshop or Lightroom (No adobe products on linux I'm afraid). I've tried many of linux distros and can honestly recommend few if you'd like.

@Nasu, you haven't had any viruses because they dont need them to transfer your personal data back to their servers

[EWO]

MS has tried really hard to update me to Win 10. I followed online guides to hide the updates but MS keeps releasing them again and again with a different size, same name.
Now I have multiple copies of same update in my hidden section.
If you dont want to update sent your win update settings to notify only, then you decide which updates you want to install, and hide any new win 10 ones.

For years MS has been making it difficult for people to get windows unless they pay, and now they are forcing a free upgrade on everyone.
Well there is no such thing as free, it must have a terrible price associated with it.

I have a feeling that the privacy concerns with Win 10 are just the tip of the iceberg.

[Inmortal719]

Agreed I didn't want to upgrade but my brother said it was cool, however he did said that a lot of things weren't working, I don't know why I did it but after the upgrade I had thousand of troubles with the sound card drivers and stuff, the wifi also had issues and touchpad wasn't working, had to replace and look for troubleshoots to fix everything, fixed it all but the sound card drivers sometimes refuse to work properly because Windows forces other drivers to be installed and used even though I don't request it and have the do not install windows drivers option marked!!!!

[Mozart]

I've got this stupid Windows 10 icon that's been parked at the bottom of my computer for quite a while -- I noticed it immediately when it first arrived, so I've inquired into how to get rid of the damn thing, as I do NOT want to "upgrade" into Windows 10.


So, how do I delete that damn icon?


Of course there are search engines that can answer this question -- I'm posting it for the benefit of others here.


I wish that I had gone with Apple years ago...

[EWO]

Posted by Mozart (here)
I've got this stupid Windows 10 icon that's been parked at the bottom of my computer for quite a while -- I noticed it immediately when it first arrived, so I've inquired into how to get rid of the damn thing, as I do NOT want to "upgrade" into Windows 10.


So, how do I delete that damn icon?


Of course there are search engines that can answer this question -- I'm posting it for the benefit of others here.


I wish that I had gone with Apple years ago...

I followed this article.
The issue i had was after I hid and uninstalled the required updates, they came back again, same name different size, so I had to do it couple of times.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/297...7-and-8-1.html

[Gaia]

Posted by Mozart (here)
I've got this stupid Windows 10 icon that's been parked at the bottom of my computer for quite a while -- I noticed it immediately when it first arrived, so I've inquired into how to get rid of the damn thing, as I do NOT want to "upgrade" into Windows 10.


So, how do I delete that damn icon?


Of course there are search engines that can answer this question -- I'm posting it for the benefit of others here.


I wish that I had gone with Apple years ago...

Apple sound great but I'm thinking to move to Linux and dont know nothing about it. Someone said to me that Linux was another world...

[TargeT]

Every OS has a back door & "Bill" is hardly a consideration at Microsoft anymore.

Do not be afraid of windows 10, it's new and buggy but it will get better & it's a very impressive operating system.

I wouldn't upgrade now though, not yet anyway.... too many bugs to fix. This PC is windows 10 and it took me a good 10 days to track down bugs that stopped software I wanted to use from working.

The aggressive upgrade campaign is just smart marketing, if you get users used to an OS at home its much more likely they will implement it at the "corporate" level as well, this is the way that free Linux distro's like Red Hat make money. It's basically a large corporate strategy that honestly benefits you (free upgrades don't get offered often).

If your on windows 7 I'd stay with that OS, at least for a while.. otherwise an upgrade isn't a terrible idea (in a few months when the bugs are figured mostly out) if you have somewhat newer hardware.

[Gaia]

Posted by Limor Wolf (here)
Gaia, sounds like a bummer, perheps you would like to move away from windows

Here is another discussion on the 'wonders' of Windows 10

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post984318

Yes it is Limor Wolf.

[Gaia]

Posted by Sierra (here)
I will not touch Windows 10. That being said, I'm sure all big corporations/military/government/other government can see everything I do.

Here is some information on what your "free" installation has given your consent to:

http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/09/02/...ything-you-do/

http://bgr.com/2015/08/14/windows-10...privacy-tools/

I got a question: Is it all about Cortana?

[TargeT]

Posted by Gaia (here)

Posted by Sierra (here)
I will not touch Windows 10. That being said, I'm sure all big corporations/military/government/other government can see everything I do.

Here is some information on what your "free" installation has given your consent to:

http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/09/02/...ything-you-do/

http://bgr.com/2015/08/14/windows-10...privacy-tools/

I got a question: Is it all about Cortana?

Nope, just a gimmic.

and yes, the OS matters not, it's what goes over the WIRE that matters. you can be LINUX, MAC, UNIX, PC it doesn't matter... in the end all enformation is carried by the TCP/IP stack and as standardization goes: is easily readable.

If your paranoid learn about encryption, that's the only way to be MOSTLY sure you're information is only going to who you intend it to.

Information Technology has been my career for 16 years now, there are a LOT of misnomers and confusion out there (especially in these communities); but it's a complex topic so that is to be expected I suppose.