Re:Initial Impressions of WSL 2
by kelnos on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:51PM
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I'm not sure about that. I've been running Linux as my daily driver for a good 20 years now (minus a few years on macOS when I foolishly bought some Mac hardware too poorly-supported by Linux to be usable). I finally gave up on Mac hardware last year and bought a Dell XPS 13. I went through the Win10 setup so I could easily shrink the Windows partition and install Debian in the remaining space.
It frankly disturbed the hell out of me. Windows asked for consent (default to yes, of course) for a lot of invasive things, to the point that I wondered what it was going to do without asking. And even after I said no to them, I saw what I can only describe as ads all over Windows itself. Windows pushing me to use Edge, Windows pimping Cortana even when I said I didn't want to use it, etc. In the hour or so that I used it, I never wanted to use it ever again (and, indeed, I haven't).
Apple and macOS certainly have issues of their own, but I never felt like Apple was trying to advertise to me or violate my privacy. Microsoft made it very clear that they ravenously wanted to do both to me immediately. I'll stick with Debian, thanks.
It frankly disturbed the hell out of me. Windows asked for consent (default to yes, of course) for a lot of invasive things, to the point that I wondered what it was going to do without asking. And even after I said no to them, I saw what I can only describe as ads all over Windows itself. Windows pushing me to use Edge, Windows pimping Cortana even when I said I didn't want to use it, etc. In the hour or so that I used it, I never wanted to use it ever again (and, indeed, I haven't).
Apple and macOS certainly have issues of their own, but I never felt like Apple was trying to advertise to me or violate my privacy. Microsoft made it very clear that they ravenously wanted to do both to me immediately. I'll stick with Debian, thanks.