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minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 days 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-up6·9 days 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-down1·9 days agoTrue but also don’t conflate Ubuntu with Linux
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days 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-up1·9 days 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-up1·9 days agoYep, adding a non-Ubuntu-distribution makes it a great recommendation.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 days agoSorry, I meant any distributions that aren’t Ubuntu. I don’t mind Mint, even if it’s based on Ubuntu!
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? 🤔
Sorry, I meant any distributions that aren’t Ubuntu. I don’t mind Mint, even if it’s based on Ubuntu!
OK.