Tired of Windows 10 espionage?Go to Linux!

Vous pouvez essayer de désactiver la collecte et le partage de données dans Windows 10, mais, mauvaise nouvelle, l'OS continuera de partager malgré tout certaines de vos données. Il reste néanmoins une solution : migrer sur Linux.

Linux Mint offers an interface comparable to that of Windows, but without presenting the same drawbacks in terms of personal data collection.Distribution can therefore constitute a serious alternative.

No leaks of personal data on Linux

Because with Windows 10, if you can largely stop data sharing, the configuration cannot always be complete.Cortana, Windows 10 personal assistant, for example, will always share data with Microsoft, even when it is disabled.

If you use Cortana, you will share your keyboard strikes and voice commands with Microsoft.This should allow Cortana and other Microsoft applications to operate optimally.But if your first concern is confidentiality, draw a line on Cortana.

There is another problem.You see, Windows 10 does not work as a classic Windows workstation OS.Windows 10 is a hybrid office/cloud OS.And to deliver all its features, Windows 10 must use different data, and not only those collected by Cortana.Edge and Bing also use data.

What can you do then?Android, Chrome OS, iOS and Macs OS X, to various degrees, share data with the publisher of the platform, due in particular to links with cloud services, embarked in the bone.

So if this situation is akin to you for an intolerable attack on your confidentiality, the best is to keep your old operating system, like Windows 7, or to pass on Linux.But Windows 7 will not benefit from a support - the extended support is extended until 2020 nevertheless.

For Windows users, I think Linux Mint 17.2 with the Cinnamon interface represents the best choice.

Mint looks and already works like a Windows XP/7, so nothing to fear.The Linux office does not require controlling the command line, just as it is possible to use Windows without being a PowerShell expert.

How to do Windows apps?

No doubt, other concerns can arise concerning the passage to Linux.Let's review them.

First, the installation of Mint.It is simply carried out.Download the latest version of the OS.Then copy the ISO image to a USB key including Pendrive Linux Universal USB Install.You can also try Mint via a USB key without having to install it, simply by starting from the USB medium.

If this discovery of the bone satisfies you, double-click the installation Mint icon and go to the next step.Nothing forces you to crush Windows and you can opt for a dual boot.Your only decision will be to determine the disk space to allocate to Mint.8 GB will be more than enough.

It is also possible to buy a computer with preinstalled mint.Sellers like Fitpc and Zareason market PC under Mint.

The question of the bone set, remains the application part.Many common Windows applications do not work on Linux, for example Outlook, Quicken, Office, Internet Explorer ... Fortunately, there are multiple good alternatives to these software like Evolution, Gnucash, Libreoffice, Chrome and Firefox.

Mint, like most Linux distributions, comes with many of these preinstalled applications.If you want to install other programs, nothing could be simpler thanks to Mint's software manager.

If you imperatively need Windows software, the Cloud can be a solution, with Office 365 in office replacement, for example.However, the question of data confidentiality will be asked again.Another solution: install Windows tools on Linux thanks to CodeweaSvers Crossover or run a Windows instance via a virtual -box machine.

If there is software that you will not have to install on Mint, it is an antivirus.If security is not infallible on Linux, as on no bone, moreover, viruses on the Linux desktop do not, however, constitute a problem.

Need a support on Linux?Companies like Pantek provide support to companies.Individuals can turn to Mint forums or more general help sites, including Linuxquestions.

That's about everything there is to do to go under Linux and Mint.You will discover that Mint and its applications look like and work rather like a Windows XP/7.With a conventional Linux office, unlike most "modern" bones like Windows 10, you will not share your secrets with their publishers.