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[–] 8bCvYq2vpg ago 

Why?

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[–] b0utch ago 

What's the point?

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[–] weezkitty 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And yet people wonder why I don't trust Canonical. Ubuntu is one Linux distro I can no longer recommend

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[–] thaddeus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You know, this kind of makes sense. I remember when Ubuntu switched from Gnome to Unity as the default desktop environment. My memory is bad, but I remember Unity needing to send information about your pc back to canonical for using some search bar / launcher feature and i noped out of that. Not sure how it is now, I switched over to straight Debian, and haven't used unity in forever. I wonder if the plan is to work together to integrate the spyware-esque techniques Microsoft uses now in 10.

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[–] 8bCvYq2vpg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Unity bar had spyware installed that marketed Amazon products to you based on searches. It was a partnership to keep the sinking Canonical ship afloat. It seems we're watching it take on more water than before.

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[–] thaddeus ago 

Yes, exactly! That's what it was. I couldn't remember.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Privacy_controversy

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[–] 4785284? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Given the TPP and the wording it has on mega-corporations using GPL and open-source software while ignoring the conditions of the licence, I don't see this ending well for anybody.

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[–] JustCallMeCam 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Details details details. If I smell one whiff of bullshit, one trace of the NSA, I'll be on Arch before they can say "What difference does it make".

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[–] 8bCvYq2vpg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Debian is better than Ubuntu and derivatives.

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[–] AlwaysInService 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Is Arch that good? I might have to migrate from Ubuntu soon...

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[–] 8bCvYq2vpg ago 

Arch is a build-your-own distro. You need to know a lot about how Linux works and what packages you need installed in order to make your OS function. Debian will probably be much more like what you're used to. Don't take my word for it, though. Do your research.

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[–] 2face-Maze 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

"Microsoft"

there you go

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[–] bobcall 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well, it could only end as well as it did for Novell or BridgeWays (Xandros). It will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next 5 years.

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