Greetings! Recently, i have ditched Windows for Linux. Why? Well, This all started with a Windows Update. I was working on a Discord bot, until my PC decided to restart without my consent. What was it? A Windows Update. I was like: "no big deal, ill just wait". Well, it was over 100+ updates. After all the updates completed, i saw the Windows 11 setup screen. Keep in mind that I was on WIndows 10 before the updates. Now at that point i really got angry. Like, I hate Windows 11. So then i went and completed the setup, and got met with ALL THE BLOATWARE REINSTALLED. So ofcourse, since i did NOT wanna use Windows 11, i backed up my data, and switched to the Secure and Free operating System, Linux. I went with arch, since i have used Ubuntu before, and it's terrible. And since i didn't wanna use any fancy Desktop Enviroments, such as GNOME, KDE, HyprLand, XFCE. I went with dwm. It looks very mininal and customizable. Now that brings me to the question, What apps should i get rid of? I know i did the same post like a few weeks ago, but for the sake of Privacy, i know Some apps contain Telemetry, and some Don't. But still. ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/a8b9152d-4e35-43b4-b044-2f345868c96a.png)

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Now to explain this, i haven't installed an app in a while now. And recently, this showed up. This really concerns me if i am being recorded or something. I know this isn't the right subreddit to ask, but what should i do?

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Ethernet port being used while PC is turned off?
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    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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  • 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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    ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/c80ef4e4-2bf7-421a-b995-2070f0400967.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/a7330389-6c1e-4cf6-8796-2b0300f6dcea.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/a1f89c5d-7f5a-42e2-8c5b-3b7943819549.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/54eb1547-501a-4825-a440-1f38413b0d75.jpeg)

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    So as you may know, i am a guy mostly focused on privacy. Basically, insead of google i use SearXNG. (Privacy focused search engine) However, when i went to change the default search engine in safari, there was no option to add a custom search engine. This really pissed me off. So how come Apple allows changing default browsers in the EU, but not search engines?

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    Greetings! I have recently ditched google and went with privacy focused alternatives. Such as SearXNG, Invidious, Lemmy etc. However, while i was using degoogled chromium, i cant install extensions. Is there any way i can install extensions on Degoogled Chromium? (ik this isnt the right place to ask but eh) Thanks a lot!

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