If companies can’t protect the information they collect now, (a large portion of it gathered without consent), how are they going to protect even more information; and where can I opt out?..smh

If they did not collect any information, they would not have any information to give when they are served a subpoena.

It still boggles my mind how paying for ads became acceptable. Not only is the company making money from the advertisers for the ad space, they now get to make money off the population for viewing the ads. This is a crazy world we live in.

I’m pretty sure that Amazon, google, etc do far more nefarious shit behind the scenes in terms of tracking/fingerprinting you and collecting data to sell

You even get to pay more and more for this privilege…smh

People have become accustomed to the corporate and government invasion of their lives little by little. This will most likely continue until it is too late.

A sad world indeed.

Automakers should not even have access to any of your information!

The sixteenth time’s the charm….

Given Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and strong marketing of its own Microsoft Copilot AI features, the company has a strong interest in maintaining the perception of continued progress, even if the tech stalls.

I believe this sums it up.

Mozilla has added special software co-authored by Meta and built for the advertising industry

No thanks, I’ll pass

Yes! Thank you. I have it installed and everything seems to work now, if a bit slow.

I am working on what type of security/virus stuff to use other than basic common sense. Windows once installed a virus in an update. Lots to learn. Once I get passed the security hurdle I will use it for a while until I am confident enough with the system to replace Windows on my main laptop. I really look forward to that day!

I am still unable to verify the iso. I installed gnupg but it keeps saying file not found.

Thanks. These are the instructions having a time with. I am going to take a break. I think I have just stared at it too long overthinking it!

Is there a way to check it after install before it is connected to the internet?

I did use one of the mirrors on the Linux download page.

Slow going but better than my first attempt. I at least made the bootable usb now so this is huge progress for me!

Selling pre-loaded USB sticks would be very cool, but people would have to be interested enough to spend £20

I am one that would happily purchase something like that. I finally made the bootable drive but am not sure if the install is verified. There was no sha txt file to compare. I just haven’t figured it out yet

I am in the process of trying this again!

My apologies. My laptop had Windows already installed therefore I haven’t had to do anything other than turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions.

Thanks for the screenshots! I have saved this comment for reference. I plan to try again tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Just curious, but have you ever tried installing Windows from scratch on a new computer?

I do not believe so. I have only factory reset it.

If I remember correctly it was the instructions linked on the download Linux Mint page. I can’t say with 100% certainty though, since I did look at other instructions from other sources.