Fonzie!

Honestly, you’ll be lucky if you can get past any bootloader issues on a Samsung.

It was honestly trivial to wipe Samsung’s and install LineageOS on a Galaxy Note 10+ and a Galaxy Tab 7. The bootloader isn’t much of an issue.

Now, getting a random Linux system to install, rather than an Android system designed for these, sounds live a huge challenge.

This, with reading the full name of the model each and every time, reads like a corporate ad

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I think your first point is the main reason Ubuntu has its popularity to thank for; 10-15 years ago it was (one of) the best desktop Linux OSes, people used to its workflow will continue using it as there’s no imminent reason to switch to whatever new thing just came out

Firewall is pre-installed, and they offer to configure and enable it on launch (similar to Ubuntu and many other distros). I’ve never seen a Linux desktop they came with firewall preconfigured in any way.

The lock screen is an issue, and Cinnamon does not come with a Wayland way to lock yet. KDE, Gnome or some other Wayland friendly DE would be better in that regard, I agree

It was one of the first polished desktop Linux systems, even though it’s enshittified recently it holds its popularity due to its long-standing status as “THE Linux desktop”

I agree, this doesn’t explain why Ubuntu would be any better than other OSes that also auto update by default…

It’s Ubuntu, so it’s secure.

It uses a supported LTS kernel, for better stability and security. Updates to a newer LTS kernel if the LTS it was using is no longer supported.

It’s very secure by default.

Personal recommendation: https://ipleak.net is a good website to check your DNS, torrent protection, and some more useful info.

That’s the default everywhere else, yes

So it has auto updates enabled? Windows, macOS and a ton of other Linux distros do that as well.

I think it’s moreso that Ubuntu is (one of the) most used desktop Linux OSes, so a lot of corporations and individuals who like to play safe just go with that

Why would they add a “feature” that makes it look like files are deleted? That would only hurt their service.

Also, what virus here and there? It seems like their service hid files uploaded to it, not actually infect computers with anything. Am I missing something?

True, fixed

Or better yet:

• Run the live Linux environment, run gparted, wipe every partition of the disk
• Reinstall Windows
• Launch Windows, launch dskmng, shrink Windows by the needed amount (having another OS shrink it might break it)
• Reinstall Linux, it should offer to install alongside the other system if there’s enough space

Just wondering if this is still happening over a VPN?

I mesnt you just referring to another place to get help. But yeah, their forum really is a neat place for this

On one hand I want to upvote you, because OP will really have a much better chance at getting good support there.

On the other hand I want to downvote you for just “forwarding their call” to another forum, instead of helping directly. (I’ve had bad experiences with unhelpful Linux communities where people basically just tried to find the quickest way to move someone out of their support channel)

I’ll keep it neutral, I guess.

I was wondering what the API tool had to do with it, but this is a different postman

They’ve been doing this for months, at least with some piracy-related sites.

Being used to tone tags, that /S signature felt so weird at first.