Hey nerds, I've been a long time Debian user and am considering switching to Ubuntu when I get my new computer. Are there any privacy issues with Ubuntu other than the Amazon spyware?
Ubuntu Spyware
Asher Peterson
Elijah Lopez
Just use ubuntu gnome or some other variant without unity
Connor Miller
Connor Sanders
>Since Ubuntu version 16.04, the spyware search facility is now disabled by default. It appears that the campaign of pressure launched by this article has been partly successful.
So its no longer an issue?
Cooper Adams
Nope. But Ubuntu eats RAM like crazy.
Samuel Diaz
*Unity eats RAM like crazy.
Kayden Ramirez
That's Unity not Ubuntu. If you really want lightweight DE's, go for LXDE or XFCE and careful installing
Hunter Richardson
Can you suggest a good tutorial to install other DE? I always blow everything up when I try to
Nathaniel Cooper
Sorry, meant to say that.
Camden Thompson
Unused ram is wasted
Jacob James
No it's not. Idle ram lives longer. Only use as much as you need and no more. Install Arch.
Jason Watson
I have never in my life seen a dead ram
Lincoln Miller
Go with LXQt user. Only it allows for kde-applications to work normal, all the other DEs apart from KDE can't configure Qt5. And it's comfy af.
Jason Thompson
Just install regular Ubuntu. Lightweight DEs are an overhyped meme on Sup Forums
Carson Bennett
>being 12
Charles Ross
>"af"
kill yourself
Aiden Price
>dubs
i guess i have no choise
Ryan Myers
Not having boxes full of dead ddr2
Dylan Howard
Most arguments against Ubuntu are weak as fuck. Really fucking weak.
It's like some Seattle hipster from 1992 being a die-hard Nirvana fan, going from fanboy to vehemently disparaging them as soon as they gained popularity.
Muh cool secrit klub
Dylan Wright
Unless you got something to hide, you don't need to worry about being spied on.
Jaxson Brooks
That's not entirely true user... Anyway, pic related. Feels good man.
Ryan Sullivan
shill elsewhere, chromebot
Eli Cruz
Unity remains unintuitive and buggy.
Mark's crappy old albatross.
Connor Barnes
So you can't run it on a 2GB RAM shitbox. I have 4GB though and it runs fine.
Neither are really all that lightweight. If he wanted a lightweight DE he'd pick JWM or i3, but chances are his computer is more modern.
The 'spyware' is open-source and opt-out if not removable. If you really don't like using Unity for whatever, try any of these.
ubuntu.com
Or look into openSUSE. openSUSE is easy and cool.
Sebastian Harris
>Only use as much as you need and no more.
>Install Arch.
does not compute
Tyler Cook
Really?
Follow this:
Aaron Gutierrez
Seriously though, why would you go back to Ubuntu/Mint? There is so much package bloat it's ridiculous. At least with Debian's net installer you can have an installation that's as basic as you want. You can even piece meal the DE if you want.
Joseph Stewart
>being this naive
Levi Walker
...
Joseph Butler
ubuntu has a net installer too
Gavin Adams
>it's now disabled
Gentleniggers, it's motherfucking Canonical, a company in partnership with Microsoft. You shouldn't allow Canonical to get away with perverting GNU/Linux into something simliar to Windows. They spy on their users, they lie to their users (software center lists proprietary software as "free") and with porting Ubuntu to Windows 10, they hurt the whole community.
Don't use Ubuntu.
Jack Edwards
Dubs of truth.
Jose Jenkins
Christ just use Mint instead
Leo Russell
What's there to be careful about?
Lincoln Lopez
Dubs tell the truth
Camden Cook
Regarding the unity variant i'm not sure but about the derivatives i can confirm there's not that kind of problem. IFAIK the most recent LTS version (16.04) doesn't include that or at least it's not activated by default but try it in a live cd or a virtual machine if you have doubts.
omgubuntu.co.uk