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Leave Windows 11 Idle For 24 Hours, It Sends Over 3000 Telemetry Pings To More Than 100 Different Servers. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Boy, the good ole days are gone when it comes to Windows. I am posting just to help anybody that doesn't know. This is like a creepy wire tap. If you are actually using Windows 11, make sure to disable and or reduce telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy). If that actually helps, I am sure there are more ways they send data back but the video link is a simple how to for the telemetry. Here is more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtg_s1GQiMU

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because it is supposed to mix the friendliness of Windows with Linux's lack of authoritarianism.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Try Mint instead. Its a popular distro that has an old school windows like interface....not an exact match but super close, enough that you'll be zooming along in no time.

I have used it a lot and have almost no issues except for the very propriety-windows-only software.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I tried Mint three or four years ago. Assorted game launchers weren't working nicely and my games were laggy. Presumably the work done by Valve would allow Mint to be okay-ish by now, but that also applies to ZorinOS. In any case, I refuse to waste any more time troubleshooting Linux, until it has been given more time to be casualized.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

If your thing is games go with Bazzite.
Otherwise Mint is rock solid and in use by the elderly in my family without hiccups.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Check game compatibility on protondb.com