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Ethernet port being used while PC is turned off? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Greetings! So recently, i spent a few hours coding software. After i was done and i shut off my pc, i noticed both of the ethernet lights were on and blinking. Does this mean that Microsoft is sending data to their servers before the PC fully shuts off? I am scared that this might be the thing it does. How can i get rid of this issue? I have no idea if it's related to Windows or the PC itself.

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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (10 children)

As other said, it's surely related to the LAN traffic and not the WAN traffic only your router sends some packets but it shouldn't be Windows. Little tips if you don't want telemetry and tracking, simply use Linux.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I dualboot both Windows and Linux. I use windows just for pyinstaller and compiling, while i daily drive Arch Linux with dwm.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Why windows for pyinstaller and compiling?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Well as you may know, when you try running pyinstaller on linux, it packs the .py file into a linux exectuable, not a windows executable.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Very interesting! Thanks for the heads up. I didnt know that. 7 years ago, they already used wine for that. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44014390/how-to-generate-a-windows-executable-using-pyinstaller-on-linux#45065125

    If all else fails you could also use a vm. Thats probably less dangerous than dual booting because of windows not playing nice with grub.

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