Who on Linux is going to consent to Microsoft telemetry on their machine?

They want to scan all of my files. They can go fuck themselves.

I use a Linux desktop for work. My employer is constantly threatening to replace it with a mac "so they can control it". Their main control point is microsoft defender. I would rather have defender on my work machine than be forced to use a mac.

People will scoff at this but speaking from experience Defender is a very good AV if you are using MS Windows. MS has a vested interest in keeping their flagship OS safe.

Putting it on Linux though? No . Fucking. Way .

Lolno. Not happening on any of my machines.

I wonder if there will be a libre version of this. Somehow use just the database with an open source version with no telemetry

It'll most likely be used immutables more than anything. Which is shit for me because I fucking love Ubuntu.

See I am the key to bad things happening!!!!

I switch to Ubuntu because windows slows down my ram speed and then windows goes and adds its security into it and makes it so that they're part of the OS no matter what.

I was going to say something but clammed up

clamav works fine on my mums laptop.

ah the tech onion

And it'll probably feel 150% faster compared to Windows. Just like Edge. lol

They can now ditch the dumpster fire of an OS that is Windows and lobby for the adoption of a corporate choke-point on Linux while continuing to bludgeon the remaining bits of your dignity and soverignity. At least this could be so for enterprise Linux.

Mildly related: I might try to convince my job to let me use Linux come device refresh time. But we use all Microsoft stuff. Is support for Teams, OneDrive, etc reliable on Linux? I have, of course, avoided it like the plague for personal use so I don't know. Is anyone else in a similar situation?

EEE

Why do we need defender if red hat exists?