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Rapsberry pi - Microsoft repository..

Raspberry Pi OS has a Microsoft reository:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news...-pis-linux-os/

The response?
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/v...rt=25#p1813830

Quote:

If you use Raspberry Pi OS, you are trusting that we make good decisions about who to trust. In this case, to support our goal of delivering a better experience to our users, we have made the decision to trust Microsoft.

Yet another reason to ignore these proprietary firmware loaded (Broadcom based) devices.

Pity about all this, I had some respect for what the RPi was able to bring to the table.

Quote:

...In principle Microsoft could add packages to their repository which override packages in our repository. While it is unthinkable that Microsoft would do this deliberately or maliciously...

I find it entirely thinkable.

Given past behaviour, I think trusting microsoft is being unrealistically optimistic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fido_dogstoyevsky (Post 6220725)

Given past behaviour, I think trusting microsoft is being unrealistically optimistic.

Sure, no reason to inherently trust them, but I think that Microsoft 20 years ago was a completely different beast.

What I do not like about them is their total arrogance. They think they have the right to do any damn thing they want to your computer. Well it is mine and I get to decide once notified of a change if I want it to happened. Them scumbags updated my firmware without even a by your leave. Want a change log to find out what is happening with the package to be installed sorry about your luck, it is not there for the packages they do. Where the adults are in charge the Debian packages you get you change logs each and every time. Oh the trash banned me from the forum for stating "it is my computer I get to decide what is done with it, not some programmer who thinks they still own my machine I bought and paid for". Slimy slimy slimy people.

Edit: I have since taken care of that and put the adults in charge of the situation, they have never failed me in almost twenty years of use, whenever Woody was released.

Code:

root@buster-raspi:~# cat /etc/os-release 

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"

NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"

VERSION_ID="10"

VERSION="10 (buster)"

VERSION_CODENAME=buster

ID=debian

HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"

SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"

BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

root@buster-raspi:~# uname -a

Linux buster-raspi 5.9.0-0.bpo.5-arm64 #1 SMP Debian 5.9.15-1~bpo10+1 (2020-12-31) aarch64 GNU/Linux

Duplicate post. sorry.

AFAIK it was removed after complaints. At least it is no longer on my PI400 sources.list.

Code:

$ sudo apt update

Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease

Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease

Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease

Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease

Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2 (Post 6220730)

Sure, no reason to inherently trust them, but I think that Microsoft 20 years ago was a completely different beast.

The Gates/Ballmer microsoft was about seven years ago. I'll believe the beast might be changing its spots when it relicences everything under the GPL.

Whatever your standpoint on MS, the installation of a 3rd party repository without consent is a very bad form. It would be similar to subliminally adding the google chrome repository or any other 3rd party repository without consent.

When installing an OS such as for example, Debian, you decide to trust the Debian project and developers and maintainers. You trust the work of those individuals as part of a larger project - adhering to the guidelines, policy and philosophy of said project. What you don't give them licence to do is secretly add a binary repository, hosted by Microsoft, serving proprietary software. The arrogance is indeed breathtaking - as you can see from the quote in my last post. My answer would be along the lines of: "and as a result, I have in turn made the decision not to trust you...".

Quote:

Originally Posted by cynwulf (Post 6220780)

Indeed, welcome to the club...

I don't think the beast has changed its spots.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...em-4175690616/

The ms repo was removed, and vscode was moved to the raspberry pi repo.

Code:

apt policy code-insiders

code-insiders:

  Installed: 1.56.0-1619154800

  Candidate: 1.56.0-1619154800

  Version table:

 *** 1.56.0-1619154800 500

        500 https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main arm64 Packages

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/raspberry-pi

It's interesting that someone found a relatively invisible, unexpected, unwanted, possibility for allowing M$ to invoke their privacy policy based on any use of their software or services and another person dismissing it as a non-issue since it was 'corrected.'
Many really need to read the M$ privacy policy:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement