Re: This FOSS Thang :-)

Nuxxie <nuxxie@linux.rocks> wrote at 10:53 this Thursday (GMT):

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:50:03 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
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There is software available (search for it) that allows one to run as
"System" or "Trusted Installer."  Then just delete or disable
everything that you want.

 
It really is a shame that you have to rely on external tools to control
your system like that.
 

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There must be a big demand for such control otherwise those tools wouldn't
exist.

Yeah, I'm saying it should be a native feature.

Many web sites provide scripts to automate the process of gutting Microslop
but since Microslop changes the OS so frequently the user usually must do
the gutting manually.
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Also consider replacing the Microslop network junk with a program
called "Treewalk."  It is a caching nameserver.  Just search for
"treewalk DNS."

 
Never heard of it, cool!
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Actually, AFAIK Treewalk has been orphaned and unmaintained for many years,
but I kept the original copy and it still functions on Winblows 10/11.

RIP, I hate when useful programs end up orphaned.
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