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Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi

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On 2021-02-08, TCW <> wrote:
> On 2/8/2021 11:43 AM, Jim Jackson wrote:
>> On 2021-02-08, Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> wrote:
>>> Dana Mon, 8 Feb 2021 10:54:30 -0600, TCW <> napis'o:
>>>> https://betanews.com/2021/02/08/linux-based-raspberry-pi-os-secret-microsoft-repo/
>>>
>>> Thx for this one!
>> 
>> The article doesn't give the obvious solution, of simply editing the
>> /etc/apt/sources.list file and removing the microsoft repo line.
>> 
>> My own view on this (and I don't run current versions of raspbian, I'm
>> no fan boy), is that there is no malignant intent, they were careless
>> and hadn't thought it through. As any follower of the rpi forums will
>> know, they can be thin-skinned about criticism, and have got a bit
>> defensive about this.
>> 
>> They are currently altering the repo priorities so that no package in
>> the Raspberry Pi OS repo's can be installed by "accident" from the
>> Micro$oft repo. - a very sensible precaution. It doesn't stop the call
>> to the MS repo. every "apt update" though (unless you remove the repo
>> from the sources.list file!).
>> 
>> Jim
>
> Well, Linux and MS have never played nice together and even with Windows 
> WSL/WSL2, there's obviousness to what MS is up to. I'm not putting on my 
> tin hat just yet but MS didn't get to it's market share by being nice 
> guys. Just my 2 cents.

You may be right, but I have no idea what MS intentions are. My comments 
where just about the RPI people.

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Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi TCW <.@.> - 2021-02-08 10:54 -0600
  Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> - 2021-02-08 17:01 +0000
    Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-02-08 17:43 +0000
      Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2021-02-08 18:55 +0100
      Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi TCW <.@.> - 2021-02-08 14:39 -0600
        Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-02-08 21:52 +0000
          Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi TCW <.@.> - 2021-02-08 16:21 -0600
  Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2021-02-08 18:54 +0100
  Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2021-02-08 18:13 +0000
    Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-02-08 19:45 +0000
      Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2021-02-09 06:13 +0000
        Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-02-09 09:35 +0000
          Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2021-02-09 11:57 +0100
          Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Nikolaj Lazic <nlazicBEZ_OVOGA@mudrac.ffzg.hr> - 2021-02-09 13:23 +0000
          Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2021-02-09 18:42 +0000
  Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2021-02-10 04:21 +0000
  Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-02-12 14:10 +0000

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