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

Honestly this warming up between canonical and microsoft kind of worries me for the same reasons. I hope its microsofts attempt to give itself a new face not their attempt to corrupt a decent open source OS.

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

Well, I don't think it would be an attempt to corrupt Ubuntu since Canonical already did that in the past with the Amazon shopping lens (but they did finally make it opt-in instead of opt-out by default). If anything, this move will be a great opportunity to get more people using free software, even though Microsoft is only doing this for their bottom line and not to benefit their users.

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

"Microsoft"

there you go

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

Debian is better than Ubuntu and derivatives.

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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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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Fuckin sellouts.

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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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[–] skruf 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

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[–] ratsmack ago 

April 1

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[–] skruf ago 

Well, it was posted a few days before april 1st, so I don't know. Although, I sincerly hope it was a joke.

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[–] ForgotMyName 0 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.

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[–] b0utch ago 

What's the point?

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