[TriLUG] buy windows - ugh!

[Roy Vestal via TriLUG]

I use these to sanitize Windows 10 telemetry, sanitize and remove the 
bloatware. Keep in mind, after every "major" upgrade (example: Windows 
10 creator), you have to run some again, and some have to be run for 
every user.


Destroy Windows Spyware Lite

https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying/releases


Debloat Windows 10

https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10

-Roy


On 8/7/17 1:20 PM, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG wrote:
> I'm sticking with Win 7 for my very limited M$ needs, for example
> playing a few computer games that haven't been ported to Steam for Linux
> yet.  It costs less, and the difference as far as a gaming platform goes
> is minimal.
>
> The main reason that I'll be waiting a long time to go to Win10 (if
> ever) is the vast amount of information it reports back to Redmond.  If
> you haven't read about that there are many articles online, e.g.
> https://www.extremetech.com/computing/247311-microsoft-finally-reveals-exactly-telemetry-windows-10-collects-pc
>
> I haven't been keeping up on the topic, perhaps the telemetry can be
> fully sanitized now without requiring an upgrade to the higher tier
> commercial versions.  When I read that it uses a separate internal
> network stack for telemetry that ignores proxying and other filtering
> requirements on the primary stack, it motivated me to speed up my
> transition to 100% Linux.
>
>    Scott C.
>
>
> On 08/06/2017 03:21 PM, mver via TriLUG wrote:
>> Well, maybe I need to do this for reason x, but can I really get a
>> legit copy of Windows 7 for $29 - $49?
>>
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>>
>> or Win 10 for:
>>
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>>
>> fromSoftwarePorts
>>
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