XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   Big Al wrote on Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:13:38 -0400 :   
      
   > As far as I have seen, Linux does not require any hooks into any Windows,   
   Google, Apple, Mac   
   > connections.   
      
   Thanks for checking on Linux, as I haven't used 'nix since I stopped dual   
   booting to Centos & Windows 10 (to turn off Windows update), long ago.   
      
   Paul brought up ChromeOS, which does use, pretty much, the dumb-terminal   
   concept which negates basic functionality if you're not logged in 24/7/365.   
      
   Even Windows S, kind of, is a dumb-terminal concept in that it requires you   
   to use the Windows App Store (as far as I know) for basic functionality.   
      
   1. Linux = does not require mothership login for basic functionality   
   2. ChromeOS = essentially requires mothership login for basic functionality   
   3. Windows S = requires mothership login for basic functionality   
   4. Windows 10 = does not require mothership login for basic functionality   
   5. Windows 11 = I think it does not require the mothership login (right?)   
      
   > As you or something in your article said, adding account logins just   
   enhances the experience.   
      
   +1. Agree.   
      
   There is no doubt that having an Internet login "enhances the experience".   
      
   Although, once you're on Linux, there are plenty of servers you can use!   
   a. Home Calendar server   
          
   b. Home WebDav server   
          
   c. Home FileSync server   
          
   d. Home CardDav contacts server   
          
      
   Although there are some Windows servers, most work best with Linux, right?   
       
      
   There is a ton of "magic" that the dumb-terminal gains by logging into the   
   huge mainframe servers, of that there is no doubt.   
      
   That's where Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, PulseSMS, etc., gain much of their   
   magic; but there's also a privacy downside to the fact that every single   
   thing you do is tied to a single well-identified username & password   
   account (particularly when meta data is stored and hence can be retrieved).   
      
   Personally, I prefer that Internet account to be "optional", much as it is   
   with Windows 10 where I can't think of a single app that I'd want from the   
   Microsoft Store that I can't get from outside of the Microsoft Store.   
      
   Can you?   
      
   > I myself use the google calendar events that show on my Android phone and   
   now show on my Linux calendar.   
      
   Yes. Agreed.   
      
   Personally, I prefer to set up my own calendar server, for privacy.   
      
   But here's where Linux is better than all the other platforms in that the   
   WebDAV and CalDAV and CardDav, etc., servers are usually best on Linux.   
      
   Right?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)