Sujet : Re: Microsoft: one step forward, one step back
De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 30. Jun 2024, 16:40:03
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rbowman <
bowman@montana.com> wrote at 04:02 this Friday (GMT):
On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:46:54 -0400, RabidPedagog wrote:
>
. No Linux installer forces you into using the cloud.
>
Well, sort of... Any distro I've installed lately first sets up an
internet connection so it can phone home and get the rest of its stuff.
The Lubuntu install I did recently was very unhappy with the Broadcomm
wifi chip. I had to use a USB wifi dongle to get to the internet to
install the Broadcomm driver.
>
That SiSE 8.1 box set I found in the shed was the good old days.
Everything was on the multiple disks in the box.
To be fair, the "full" install is a couple gigabytes more usually. But,
it is just installing packages instead of forcing an account on you.
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Re: Microsoft: one step forward, one step back
Re: Microsoft: one step forward, one step back
