Our weekly news roundup! Corporate Control, Scams, and Scary Tech! The real problem with self-driving cars and more! Want to support the channel? Have a look at my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/TomM We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. The following is the equipment used by Switched to Linux: Mentioned in the Video: French Press - http://amzn.to/2rbDbMI Electric Kettle - http://amzn.to/2pHz5uI Main Amazon Site - http://amzn.to/2oFr4Wa Studio Light - http://amzn.to/2pHPuyn Logitech c920 - http://amzn.to/2nlUCXN Logitech c615 - http://amzn.to/2ohO7u6 Samson Meteor Mic - http://amzn.to/2nlVvzD ---------------------------------------------- Articles and Topics this week: Corporate Control http://cmcsa.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1025215 https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/05/reducing-links-to-low-quality-web-page-experiences/ Scam https://consumerist.com/2017/05/08/ponzi-scheme-victims-say-paypal-knew-user-was-a-scammer/ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/05/ftc-federal-state-international-partners-announce-major-crackdown?utm_source=govdelivery http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/37881/attention-veterans-imposter-phone-line-attempting-to-access-credit-card-information-from-choice-program-users/ Scary Tech https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J24C0TI https://consumerist.com/2017/05/11/the-real-problem-with-self-driving-cars-they-actually-follow-traffic-laws/ https://apnews.com/65e1c800ff0c4532abbdabc134e5f9b8/What's-holding-back-self-driving-cars?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APBusiness Out Of Our Minds https://consumerist.com/2017/05/09/dunkin-donuts-shareholders-want-company-to-look-into-k-cup-waste/ http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/flagstaff-hiker-in-search-of-free-pizza-finds-himself-stranded/438670665 Privacy http://www.beddit.com/ http://www.beddit.com/privacy/ https://consumerist.com/2017/05/12/why-wont-grubhub-delete-my-account-after-it-was-hacked/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/timeline-and-cortana-make-windows-better-even-when-youre-not-using-it/ http://voicelabs.co/2017/05/11/voicelabs-launches-first-monetization-program-for-amazon-alexa-developers/ Security https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/12/hospitals-across-england-hit-by-large-scale-cyber-attack https://www.modzero.ch/modlog/archives/2017/05/11/en_keylogger_in_hewlett-packard_audio_driver/index.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDoZrEn3tE

This week in WeeklyNewsRoundup, Google wants to put telemetry in FOSS software, Microsofts AI goes crazy, and Windows will start uninstalling software from your computer. We also visit SillyVille. #WeeklyNewsRoundup #telemetry #microsoft All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/google-wants-telemetry-in-foss-software ----------- Support Switched to Linux! ? locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com ? Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com ? Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon ? Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support ? Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/affiliates ? Multichannel Support: https://thinklifemedia.com ? https://patreon.com/tomm ? https://subscribestar.com/switchedtolinux ----------- Social Media: ? Twitter: @switchedtolinux ? Gab: @switchedtolinux ? Minds: @switchedtolinux Reddit: /r/switchedtolinux Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@switchedtolinux ----------- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8RM6A07mXA

Today we talk a little about USB persistence and look at how Tails partitions disks. We also talk about other distros that might be good for usb persistence. #tails #persistence #linux Creating Persistence Storage: https://youtu.be/n0yaNBEMYmo?si=uOAp49dJD66wYC4j&t=744 00:00 - What Is Persistence? 01:40 - Why is TAILS the Best? 03:30 - How is TAILS Partitioning? 08:15 - Are Their Other Persistent Distros? 10:40 - Puppy Linux 11:33 - MX Linux 12:25 - Linux Lite ----------- Support Switched to Linux! ? locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com ? Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com ? Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon ? Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support ? Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates ? Multichannel Support: https://thinklifemedia.com ? https://patreon.com/tomm ? https://subscribestar.com/switchedtolinux ----------- Social Media: ? Twitter: @switchedtolinux ? Gab: @switchedtolinux ? Minds: @switchedtolinux Reddit: /r/switchedtolinux Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@switchedtolinux ----------- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj8N0FLvD3A

Today we will have a look through MX-Linux 17 beta 1. This is a great lightweight distro based on Debian and sporting XFCE. Their are a lot of great features of this light-weight distro. You can find more information here: https://mxlinux.org/ Want to support the channel? Check out our page on SwitchedtoLinux.com https://www.switchedtolinux.com/support Have a look at my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/TomM We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. The following is the equipment used by Switched to Linux: Main Amazon Site - http://amzn.to/2oFr4Wa Studio Light - Studio Light - http://amzn.to/2pHPuyn Logitech c920 - http://amzn.to/2nlUCXN Logitech c615 - http://amzn.to/2ohO7u6 Samson Meteor Mic - http://amzn.to/2nlVvzD ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QM7_cbKFs0