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burrocrat said:
so riddle me this: if one is going to ditch their old master because of privacy concerns, why would they want to import all their old bugs into their new master and give the new master the same old bugs? doesn't that defeat the purpose of unbuntu?
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Ubuntu is a Linux based OS (there are several others 'Mint' 'Fedora' 'RedHat'), all are based on Unix (as is Apple). Unix is much more stable than Windows, the code is tighter and much less vulnerable to viruses/malware. There are allot of Linux based apps to replace the windows based ones, but the windows programs you cannot live without can be run in Ubuntu with an emulator.
 
burrocrat said:
so riddle me this: if one is going to ditch their old master because of privacy concerns, why would they want to import all their old bugs into their new master and give the new master the same old bugs? doesn't that defeat the purpose of unbuntu?
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Depends.

For hardcore privacy, you would have never been using windows...and you won't be using the stock firefox.

But most here aren't concerned about protecting their privacy once their box is seized by a state power...foreign or domestic.

They simply don't want their OS/NSA spying on them, downloading stuff whenever it wants to...whatever it wants to...analyzing their files...etc.

So in that case, they want a different, open sourced, OS.

Imo.
 
so riddle me this: if one is going to ditch their old master because of privacy concerns, why would they want to import all their old bugs into their new master and give the new master the same old bugs? doesn't that defeat the purpose of unbuntu?
 
alevin said:
Looks like I may have to graduate to Ubuntu when the time comes that I can't keep using 7. I hope not for awhile yet. Question-will I be able to import Firefox favorites into Ubuntu version of Firefox when I make that transition, whenever I do?
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Firefox
favorites can be exported and then imported into another Firefox instance, as that in Ubuntu. I have found there is also a Windows Emulator (Wine) that will allow windows programs to run as well. Just scratching the surface at this point.
 
alevin said:
Looks like I may have to graduate to Ubuntu when the time comes that I can't keep using 7. I hope not for awhile yet. Question-will I be able to import Firefox favorites into Ubuntu version of Firefox when I make that transition, whenever I do?
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The way that normally works is:

If you sync your browser online (so all your devices have the same bookmarks, history, etc.), you can just log in to your account and it'll sync on ubuntu as well.

If you don't sync your stuff, you can export your bookmarks into a file (thumb drive, for example), then on ubuntu, import the file.

I haven't researched this...it's just they way things normally work. :)
 
Looks like I may have to graduate to Ubuntu when the time comes that I can't keep using 7. I hope not for awhile yet. Question-will I be able to import Firefox favorites into Ubuntu version of Firefox when I make that transition, whenever I do?
 
Microsoft: next-gen processors only supported by Windows 10 - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft announced an upgraded support policy for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers in which the company details support for next silicon generations such as Intel's Kaby Lake, Qualcomm's 8996 or AMD's Bristol Ridge.

In essence, devices with these processors will not be supported by previous versions of the Windows operating system but only by the "latest", which at the time of writing is Windows 10.

There you have it, another thumbscrew for Windows customers who prefer previous versions of Windows over the current version. ...
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I downloaded and made a live disk of Ubuntu 14.04 I booted to it and am making this comment from the Firefox browser that came with the OS. Have to say its pretty cool. Starting to check out the office suite (MS compatible)... there are many apps available apparently, mostly free... if this gets me off MS... touchdown! :D

Next step, new partition and dual boot config!
 
Does anyone use "Cortana"?.......Watch out:

[h=3]Exercise Cortana Caution[/h]While Cortana may be one of the most exciting parts of Windows 10, she’s a bit intrusive. Microsoft prides itself on Cortana’s ability to learn about you and create a more personal experience, but in order to do this Cortana has to gather a lot information from you. This information includes anything from location, contacts, and even speech and handwriting data. Perhaps most significantly, all your interactions with Cortana are stored in the cloud.
All of this is part of Microsoft’s attempt to make Windows 10 more personalized, but if that sounds too creepy for you, you can adjust your settings by logging in here. From there you can clear the “interests” data that Cortana and Bing learned about you, as well as clear other Cortana data including “Speech, Inking and Typing” information.
 
English - Home - W10Privacy

The by default highly questionable set options concerning privacy and data protection in Windows 10 brought me to the idea for the development of this little program. Microsoft generously enables everybody to change the concerning settings, but hides them in countless menus, where a normal user does not want to search for!

The program should therefore be a help, to display the available settings relatively clearly and to set the desired options if necessary. ...
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userque said:
Great. You'll have to set your puter to boot from USB of course. The advantage with USB is that you can easily save your linux session; save files; save settings; etc. But USB method might be more tricky to do than live CD depending upon the age of your puter and/or its current security settings.

Let us know how you get along. :)
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I should clarify.

On the puter that I run the live CD on, the harddrive is encrypted. So I can't access the harddrive from linux (without a lot of drama). Even so, I could save files to a USB drive; but not the linux session. afaik. So, the next time I boot from the CD (DVD actually), I have to reconfigure linux again from its default settings, (wifi, etc.) no biggie for what I use it for.

You may be able to easily access your harddrive while on linux if it's not encrypted, I don't know. I purposely know nothing about w10 :)
 
Whipsaw said:
I've got the CD ROM drive, will likely try the live disk first, then play with the thumb drive approach. Thanks! :D
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Great. You'll have to set your puter to boot from USB of course. The advantage with USB is that you can easily save your linux session; save files; save settings; etc. But USB method might be more tricky to do than live CD depending upon the age of your puter and/or its current security settings.

Let us know how you get along. :)
 
burrocrat said:
all commercial thumb drives available to a retail consumer are already back-door hacked and cracked at the point of manufacture, just need to know the key and have clearance algorithm. that is what we pay the nsa for and the reason for that big giant server farm in toole (too will yah).

welcome to the borg. on the bright side, they have seven of nine there and everybody wears tights.
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Toole County in Montana has that big giant server farm with the seven of nine busting it out??? News to me. This might be the farm.
 
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