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Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi

From Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Beware of Microsoft repro taking over your Pi
Date 2021-02-08 17:43 +0000
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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

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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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