Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft

Stefan Mileschin · 9th February 2021, 08:23

Users up in arms over Volish influence

Raspberry Pi users are upset that the PiOS has started calling up calling up Microsoft all of a sudden.

Hot Hardware said one of the software options for running a Raspberry Pi module is Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian), the officially supported Debian-based operating system put out by The Raspberry Pi Foundation. It has been around since 2015 without too much complaint. However, the most recent update has some Raspberry Pi OS users up in arms over a key change involving Microsoft.

The latest update installs a Microsoft apt respository on a machine running the Raspberry Pi OS. It is even good enough to do it without any admin consent and we all know what Linux admins are like. It was discovered by Reddit user fortysix_n_2 and official line was that it was a blessing of Microsoft's integrated development environment, Visual Studio Code. But it appears that Pi is so enthused about the OS that it is even installed on headless devices that used a light image without a GUI. The upshot is that every time you do an "apt update" on your Pi device, the OS tells Vole of your doings. .

https://fudzilla.com/news/52329-rasp...g-up-microsoft

9th February 2021, 08:23	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,812	Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft Users up in arms over Volish influence Raspberry Pi users are upset that the PiOS has started calling up calling up Microsoft all of a sudden. Hot Hardware said one of the software options for running a Raspberry Pi module is Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian), the officially supported Debian-based operating system put out by The Raspberry Pi Foundation. It has been around since 2015 without too much complaint. However, the most recent update has some Raspberry Pi OS users up in arms over a key change involving Microsoft. The latest update installs a Microsoft apt respository on a machine running the Raspberry Pi OS. It is even good enough to do it without any admin consent and we all know what Linux admins are like. It was discovered by Reddit user fortysix_n_2 and official line was that it was a blessing of Microsoft's integrated development environment, Visual Studio Code. But it appears that Pi is so enthused about the OS that it is even installed on headless devices that used a light image without a GUI. The upshot is that every time you do an "apt update" on your Pi device, the OS tells Vole of your doings. . https://fudzilla.com/news/52329-rasp...g-up-microsoft

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