Wubuntu controversy

When someone investigated the security issue in which those who bought the "activation key" for Wubuntu OS got their private information stored in the database, the developers of this OS had the audacity to alter some piece of information along with some writing that called the investigator an idiot and lamer or some sort. It wasn't a professional way to react and but it seems that the privacy violation stuff wasn't the only issue that sparked controversy. Other issue included the possible trademark and copyright infringement on the Windows 12 Lite level with icons, wallpapers and other assets taken from Windows OSes.

Wubuntu OS is part of the LinuxFX line of Linux OSes and recently, many content creators made their videos of it, demonstrating what it looks like for sure and deciding that it's not recommended for anyone to try out the OS. Tech enthusiasts already know what Linux looks like no matter how much disguise it can have. Obvious indications may include:

• The flow of the startup and shutdown process of a Linux OS
• Boot screen flow and asset positioning
• Login screen and various applications
• WINE for running Windows applications
• Additional processes related to WINE can be seen on screen

I guess that it's pretty much the same as disguising whatever Windows OS as the other through transformation tools and whatnot but in Wubuntu's case, it can be comparable to Windows 12 Lite in terms of a controversial Linux OS that deserves to be found out by Microsoft. This one looks like it will be found out by both Microsoft and Canonical for unauthorized use of Ubuntu branding and Windows related assets but the real red flag in my eyes has to do with the data collection stuff and to pay for "additional features".

Windows 12 Lite Controversy Part 4

Well, it seems that we get one more update regarding the Windows 12 Lite scam. Last month, Michael MJD managed to get a modified copy of Linux Lite 4.8 rebranded as Windows 12 Lite. The previous video by him involved the unmodified form of Linux Lite 4.8 and suffice to say, the modified form he got for the latest video isn't that much modified when compared to many other Linux derivatives with UI differences, complete branding differences in which all traces of the original names are replaced when it comes to making your own Linux derivative as well as other things that make it different than say, Debian or Ubuntu.

The Windows 12 Lite website is still ugly looking like it's done by a teen in the 90s and the online store where you can buy that OS is still shady as ever. It seems that a certain someone has been behind all this shadiness starting from Windows 12 Lite OS, its own site to the online store. The same store sells other stuffs like some smartphone that contained the previous owner's personal data or something. The description in that Windows 12 Lite website has never been professional looking to say the least like it has been false-advertising.

Even the optical discs as seen in that online store are not spared from poor decoration and the smartphones listed in it, STILL HAVE the ITCHIEST GUTS TO BRING UP something political in the item name. I won't mention those item names here but you do get the point from the latest video from Michael MJD.

Windows 12 Is Still Around and Is Wackier Than Ever by Michael MJD

Why can't Microsoft or the authors of Linux Lite and/or Ubuntu do something to the ones behind Windows 12 Lite like it's beyond me? Oh, about the individual behind that Windows 12 Lite, he was spoilt enough to call the users idiot for not using Windows 12 Lite which was something he thought to be more secure than Windows 10. Also, when he was called out, he lashed out at the others in such every immature way possible, telling them to grow up, research and other things. So, the more you call him out, the more he lashes at you so it's best that Microsoft and/or the Linux Lite authors take legal actions against him instead because his actions are trademark infringement and violation of GPL since there's no source code repository of this OS you can find on the web.

You know, I'm already more interested in Librem 5's PureOS, Mobian, Ubuntu Web Remix, eXternOS and even other Linux OSes that use Phosh shell, the GNOME UI for Linux mobile phones, than this scummy and illegal Linux derivative passed off as a new Windows OS.

Windows 12 Lite Controversy Part Three

Sometime after Michael MJD posted a part two video of Windows 12 Lite, he eventually got a burned DVD-RW copy of that fraudulent operating system that was sent to him. It seemed that he wasn't the only one who purchased it online from the online store that seemed fraudulent. Apparently, someone else managed to get a copy of the Windows 12 Lite DVD disc that was similarly seen in the Reddit post and made an ISO image out of that disc so that the ISO image would be burned to the DVD-RW disc. Of course, as the online store seemed fraudulent, a better bet would be to use the burner credit card which is like a decoy credit card you can surrender to as who knows what will those cyber-criminals behind that online store will do to your actual credit card if you enter its information there for your online purchase.

Despite the site change or whatnot, that illegal sale of Windows 12 Lite is still there. Needless to say, the copy Michael MJD had turned out to be the unmodified form of Linux Lite 4.8. You could have gotten Linux Lite 4.8 easily from its official site for free instead!

Well, it's about several months wasted in finding out what Windows 12 Lite is like on the inside. I guess that some negative attention attraction might be the cause of that time wastage.

And to the one who made a video of himself installing Windows 12 Lite and claiming that it's the best OS, that defense and shilling should be sickening to us as it may seem delusional.

Windows 12 Lite Controversy Part Two

Well, I made a tweet to Michael MJD and Billy Coore and MJD put his plan in motion in making a video about Windows 12 Lite with my tweet being used in it. From the same online store where Windows 12 Lite could be bought, there's even the computer that will be pre-loaded with multiple OSes including Windows 12 Lite as well as the phone with such a political reference I won't dare to mention here. The site itself is more or less a scam and so is the Windows 12 Lite website itself although the product name on the latter website was changed to WiinZoom 12 Lite/+Lite but other than the description change, the screenshots weren't changed whatsoever.

Windows 12 - The Bizarre OS You've Never Heard Of by Michael MJD

I guess that Microsoft found out about this or maybe the backlash might or might not have happened that the person who did this counterfeit Windows 12 stuff must have changed the website description of it. I guess that if the number of modification to Linux Lite was small when compared to original state of Linux Lite when you try to compare the package lists of the two as well as the themes, then, I assume that that may seem like a disappointing way to make an OS based on Linux Lite. Plus, it may seem risky for Michael MJD to make the ISO image of Windows 12 Lite available for free download as Microsoft will find out about it just like they found out about the Ninjutsu OS.

Windows 12 Lite (Fraudulent Linux OS?)

Whatever that OS is, it is fraudulent and based on Linux Lite. Not to mention that the screenshots from the official website are quite obvious that the OS is based on Linux Lite as not all things can be transformed to Windows that easily. Somebody must have taken a Linux OS, disguised it as Windows and then selling it as Windows 12 Lite which is illegal enough that Microsoft will find out. It's a shame that the only way to get Windows 12 Lite will be to buy it BUT you will be ripped off if you've bought a fraudulent garbage like this.
It was discovered by some visitor of the computer roadshow/fair that Windows 12 Lite DVDs were being sold there and there was even a photo of them with the obvious looking instructions. It's not the first time I discovered something illegal being shown at the computer roadshow. The last time I discovered from the local computer fair at Singapore Expo had the NES/Famicom clones shaped like NES Classic/Famicom Mini in action. How could they get away with selling those non-genuine gaming systems locally? Even the local shops should be guilty of that in my opinion as the NES/Famicom I played in my childhood were non-genuine whatsoever.
I don't know if you're going to show that photo to Microsoft as evidence or not but my imaginary concern is that a paid Linux OS disguised as Windows is something Soulja Boy can pretty much do and Windows 12 Lite is one illegal example. Whoever sells this must have ruined his future as the Windows related stuffs are more or less copyrighted material.
The first time I discovered this fraudluent garbage was from the Softpedia website but other tech news sites might have mentioned it by then. I even tweeted about this to Michael MJD and he found it funny but there's one technical thing to remember is that, in-place upgrades are not available from Windows to this Linux-based garbage. Not to mention that Wine is still inaccurate in supporting newer Windows apps but it's still being updated to support them as well as to make sure that they can be run in Linux properly. For Steam on Linux, it may be a different story.

Offensive domain name on Arch Linux

Some host used an offensive domain name or domain mirror address for one of the Arch Linux packages in the repository. I don't know which repository contained such offensive in one of the packages but this is an act of suspicious distribution to the server for victims to download/install without realizing something.
Perhaps, that person/host had done, fucked it up! It's a serious trouble he had landed into without realizing it! For an offensive reference taking place in the IT-land, it takes us back to the days of Mirai-Botnet where such bad acts had been done with some cartoonish references. Cartoonish reference, indeed, the name of the botnet and the nickname of the culprit referenced various J-cartoons but here, the offensive domain name has the reference to under-aged kids according to the Urban dictionary.
Obviously, who knows the true motive of the host behind the offensive domain name like people think that he wants to sell fictional under-aged characters online or something. But if you want to put in some J-cartoon stuff as part of the IT product, THEN DO THE GOOD THINGS LIKE COLLATERAL DAMAGE STUDIOS DID WITH PROMOTING INTERNET EXPLORER A FEW YEARS AGO! Like, I don't know how could someone use the J-cartoon reference thingy to do a bunch of bad things in the IT-land. Such bad actions like the ones stated above could essentially land the baddies like that host in deep trouble, a trouble THAT'S WORSE THAN A HOT SPRING SOMEONE WILL PANIC IN!
To the host whose nickname is 'Alucard', that doesn't even count as a nickname due to the complete lack of originality. And to even DARE TO DEFEND this offensive domain of choice like the offended users are whining or something, the punishment awaits regardless of this kind of mistake and damage done! Perhaps, that host is heavily obsessed or something that he comes up with this sort of domain name. Plus, I don't know if that person is actually working for some ISP in Portugal or not and especially that he mentions things like freedom of speech in a wrong way. Maybe his freedom method is a wrong one.
It's not the first time someone in the community was offended. The previous time was regarding the license code and certain of them can be offensive although they are randomly generated by the system and offending codes were likely to be removed by the organization. What about the offending names, has someone reported them?
To make things as professional as possible is a good thing and especially for everything written down on the Arch Linux official website including the names of the packages, domains, repositories and even codenames. But it's not like Arch Linux and its derivatives will be on the tracking list all because of offensive stuffs like the offensive domain name as if the host by the nickname of 'Alucard', will be tracked down after weeks, months or even years. To tamper with the domain names that lead to the official sources by changing redirection path or to make some offensive domain names that lead to the same source is already bad enough but I have a fear in my mind like what if someone tampers with the system component files inside the ISO and then redistributes that modification to the official download source? That kind of fear IT-persons have is a lesson for themselves, NOT to install, distribute, deploy or even bundle such radicalized packages/features/components to various computer devices regardless of whether they are for home use, personal use, school use or even work use. Since some package was considered radicalized due to the offending domain name, you may as well find a more professional domain that leads to the clean package to install.
And of course, I have the new terms, W**b-Domainer and W**b-Package-Includer:

• W**b-Package-Includer: The person who includes the package in the OS ISO image that has the offensive references to the cartoons.
• W**b-Domainer: The person who makes a domain and/or directs users to it containing the offensive references to the cartoons, turning users into victims.

For me, I don't use Arch Linux but this is one important lesson people should learn.

Privacy issues in Ubuntu 12.10

We're not sure if Canonical will do their best to increase privacy levels for Ubuntu but it seems that they're already do so and Android is one these OSes they want to teach a lesson of.
For some reason, switching from Mac OSX or Windows to Ubuntu is not recommended probably due to some privacy issues but there are some workarounds.
You can uninstall the unity-lens-shopping package from the terminal or something and disable Include online search results in the Privacy app. Not enough? Then you can switch to other desktop environments such as KDE, GNOME or Cinnamon. Just install one of them, log off and switch the desktop environment from the login screen and log back in.
Next is the installation of Ubuntu. During the setup screen, you can encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security purposes. That is, before the installation process begins. Then, you're given the security key screen to enter your security password. This is probably the disk encryption and if you lose or forget this security key you have made, all data will be inaccesible and lost.
Another thing from EFF to Ubuntu users is that you may need HTTPS Everywhere extension for Firefox and Chrome.
Well, that is more of the summarized news divided into two parts from EFF website. We hope that Canonical can show Google on who's boss in privacy.