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minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 months agoNo ads in operating system. Simple.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agonervous Ubuntu noises
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agohttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/10/ubuntu-pro-terminal-ad
minus-squareyonder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI switched my server from Ubuntu to Fedora, partly so I don’t get sold Ubuntu pro on every login lol.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoTrue but also don’t conflate Ubuntu with Linux
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoSure, but it also means we shouldn’t blindly recommend Linux and let users run into the arms of another Microsoft. Recommend good distributions.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMaybe it’s wrong of us to recommend Linux, maybe we should be recommending a specific distro. Mint comes to mind.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYep, adding a non-Ubuntu-distribution makes it a great recommendation.
No ads in operating system. Simple.
nervous Ubuntu noises
Elaborate?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/10/ubuntu-pro-terminal-ad
I switched my server from Ubuntu to Fedora, partly so I don’t get sold Ubuntu pro on every login lol.
True but also don’t conflate Ubuntu with Linux
Sure, but it also means we shouldn’t blindly recommend Linux and let users run into the arms of another Microsoft. Recommend good distributions.
Maybe it’s wrong of us to recommend Linux, maybe we should be recommending a specific distro. Mint comes to mind.
Yep, adding a non-Ubuntu-distribution makes it a great recommendation.
Didn’t mint move to Debian? 🤔
OK.