The average person dont like linux, and if they buy a linux laptop the reason is because its cheaper than the windows one. So why manufacturers still use unknown distros (like lenovo with endlessos) and not something like ubuntu or mint?

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    1 year ago

    Never trust the OS that ships with a device. Wipe it, format the disk, and pray that they don’t have a backdoor at the bios level.

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        1 year ago

        I think the point is that it’s better to install it yourself from a trustworthy source, so you know there are no hidden extras.

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          if the manufacturer of the device itself isnt trustworthy everything you do to try and make the device “trustworthy” is futile because OEMs could not just implement backdoors at the software level, but firmware or even hardware level.

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            That’s true. It only protects you against a manufacturer who half-asses it by including bloatware/malware that isn’t automatically reinstalled after you reinstall the OS. My own desktop PC has an Asus motherboard that installs Asus software into Windows automatically. I don’t like this trend, but I’d be surprised if they do the same for Linux.

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          1 year ago

          That is a completely different statement than the original comment.

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            Apologies if i wasnt clear there, but the point I intended to convey was indeed that you should only use an OS that you yourself have installed, to ensure that it hasnt been shipped with any bloatware or backdoors.

            Hardware manufacturers have been doing it for years with modified windows installs, and I see no reason to beleieve they aren’t trying the same thing with Linux installs.

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        Companies love to install backdoors and proprietary software for drivers that act suspiciously like spyware, it’s their favorite past time. So while the OS may be trustworthy the additional software they install is not.