RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoLenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheldwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkLenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheldwww.theverge.comRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareDontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·12 days agoLenovo will never get my money after they were caught installing rootkits on their computers. Fuck 'em, I don’t care how cheap they get.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoIf you’re looking for ethical hardware manufacturers, there are none. Just do a clean install when you get it, like every other computer. I would assume licensing SteamOS legally prevents them from doing something like that, but who knows.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYou think they’re manufacturing their own hardware?
minus-square3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoJust as much as mayor OEMs, yes. Even borrowing old licensed designs that are now Open and they still very much improve over them. You can literally find videos of their assembly and design processes.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 days agoIIRC Lenovo’s rootkit fuckery was in UEFI and auto-launched even after a fresh Windows install. It was complete bullshit.
Lenovo will never get my money after they were caught installing rootkits on their computers. Fuck 'em, I don’t care how cheap they get.
If you’re looking for ethical hardware manufacturers, there are none. Just do a clean install when you get it, like every other computer.
I would assume licensing SteamOS legally prevents them from doing something like that, but who knows.
Framework? Pine?
You think they’re manufacturing their own hardware?
Just as much as mayor OEMs, yes. Even borrowing old licensed designs that are now Open and they still very much improve over them. You can literally find videos of their assembly and design processes.
IIRC Lenovo’s rootkit fuckery was in UEFI and auto-launched even after a fresh Windows install. It was complete bullshit.