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Windows pc calling home (even while asleep)
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I have a network-wide pi hole and I noticed that it requested activity.windows.com, a url blocked by my pi hole, even while my pc is suspended. I pinged 10.0.0.217 and it is currently unreachable. So, somehow, windows pc’s turn on networking, phones home, and turns off even while suspended.
Creepy behavior
Oh, my daily driver is a linux, i just have a spare surface book 3 i use occasionally for gaming (the thing is surprisingly powerful)
Idk how well linux would support detaching and touchscreen with pen. But I’ll definitely switch the os to linux sometime in the future when i get a new gaming rig.
I have a convertible laptop with pen and it works fine.
I am using linux-surface on my surface book 2, works perfectly. BUT the webcam doesn't work :-)
You know. I disable that crap stuff from bios on my zenbook s.
Someimes broken webcam is a good thing. At least to some....
In trying it doing that on someone hybrid, not surface but a Lenovo, PopOS! seems to works mostly out-of-box.
Worth noting that you can install KDE Plasma over Pop OS.
I love Pop OS, but hate its Desktop Environment.