[mdlug] Ubuntu spyware

[Jeff Hanson]

I switched to Xubuntu/Linux Mint XFCE because of Unity so I never
encountered the spyware problem.


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Jim Fulner <fulner at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to hear others opinons on the ideas and points mentioned here:
>
> http;//www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html
>
> Certainly here on the mailing list and possibly even in a future meeting
> topic.
>
> Ubuntu is what lead me to fall in love with the debian package
> manager. Shortly there after I decided to switch to Debian because its
> "stable" branch updated less often (and as such features I used broke
> less often) and I like the idea of using packages that where more
> close to original development and less modified for distro specifiv
> use (though of course Debian has some of that too). Subsequent changes
> that to me seemed to try to make Ubuntu more "mac like" and the
> obmination that is the unity desktop made me even more glad I switched
> (though GNOME 3 isn't much better).
>
> Please note I AM NOT TRYING TO START A FLAME WAR, but am truly
> interested in others opinions.
>
> Jim
>
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