CachyOS has been phenomenal for me. Coming up on 7 months now without using windows beyond as a moonlight client on an ARM64 laptop (and windows server, because sysadmin gotta sysadmin.)
If that’s really a concern, USB or PCIe NICs are always an option as a replacement, whether temporary or permanent. More advanced users can create virtual connections to route traffic through (macvlans) with custom configurable MAC addresses and/or use virtual machines that offer the same feature if a guest OS is preferred or necessary.
The identifier the article is talking about is instead persistent on any Windows OS regardless of hardware, including if the OS is a virtual machine. Using the OS at all on the Internet ensures Microsoft can always track it.
I have a Windows PC?
Well there’s your problem.
Congratulations!
Guess you won one?
Is this one of those scam mails where you won something?
Oh No, no no no no, you just won a super pc gaming and all! Just send me your credit card number and I’ll figure out where to send it! Promise!
you wouldn’t download an operating system
It’s news to me. I gotta get Mint on it.
CachyOS has been phenomenal for me. Coming up on 7 months now without using windows beyond as a moonlight client on an ARM64 laptop (and windows server, because sysadmin gotta sysadmin.)
Cachy is the way.
People should stop doing that
They should have stopped decades ago. Mint or Ubuntu are easier to install than Windows 2000 and way more powerful.
Yeah, been using Linux as my only OS since late 2000s
Without a window, how else can you appreciate your RAM’s obligatory RGB features?
https://openrgb.org/
My joke was not clear enough. I appreciate you for your helpfulness.
It’s really good for turning off the RGB
Save on power
Fewer distractions
I haven’t since middle of last year.
Your network interface has a permanent ID that follows you
It’s trivial to spoof
No kidding. I was kind of stunned when I learned how easy it is.
If that’s really a concern, USB or PCIe NICs are always an option as a replacement, whether temporary or permanent. More advanced users can create virtual connections to route traffic through (macvlans) with custom configurable MAC addresses and/or use virtual machines that offer the same feature if a guest OS is preferred or necessary.
The identifier the article is talking about is instead persistent on any Windows OS regardless of hardware, including if the OS is a virtual machine. Using the OS at all on the Internet ensures Microsoft can always track it.