[–] ForgotMyName 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Choo Choo. That's me tooting my own horn. I called it. Microsoft is well on its way to using its classic embrace, extend, extinguish technique against Linux. It's never considered Linux a threat until now; when people are really and truly finding the Windows experience to be so terrible that it makes learning about an entirely new OS appealing. If you're a Linux contributor, do everything you can to keep all of that Microsoft garbage out.
[–] thaddeus 0 points 1 point 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.
[–] 8bCvYq2vpg 0 points 1 point 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.
Yes, exactly! That's what it was. I couldn't remember.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Privacy_controversy
[–] 8bCvYq2vpg ago
Why?