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    [–] [email protected] 75 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    But they still won't be able to remove all of the baked-in spyware.

    [–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Try Ubuntu, you can uninstall the baked in spyware

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

    Moving to an entirely different operating system is a big step just to... end up with closed, proprietary software and spyware again.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Snaps, I think I'll pass.

    Even without them, I don't have time to uninstall/remove everything I don't need.

    DIY distros suit my needs more, but thanks anyway.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

    I understand that this is a meme, but dismissing one of the best distro family because snaps are included is dumb. It is easy to uninstall snap entirely.

    The only serious bummer is that the Firefox deb-package is now fake and only installs the snap version of Firefox. Go get Librewolf, which is basically a hardened Firefox, and use their repository.

    It is fun to meme around when it is with people that are familiar with Linux. But some Windows/MacOS users who are interested in Linux might take you seriously. Ubuntu and Ubuntu-like distros are really good in terms of ease of use, support and compatibility. My first recommendation for a new Linux user is Ubuntu or variations thereof.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

    If you switch why not go alway? Try Linux from scratch or Arch/Debian, Ubuntu is only a few steps behind MS in term of spyware

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
    [–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

    If it really was that much spyware, the EU would already have created laws to do something about it.

    More likely is that it really isn't spyware as much as it is basic unanimous telemetry, which you can disable in the settings.