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> Step 3: Switch to a good GNU/Linux distribution that cares about your freedom and privacy, like Fedora or Debian, and not Ubuntu. why not ubuntu?
by ljk 10y ago
> Step 3: Switch to a good GNU/Linux distribution that cares about your freedom and privacy, like Fedora or Debian, and not Ubuntu.
why not ubuntu?
- Nadya 10y agoThis may help explain it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnfa0H30L4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnfa0H30L4 Which I believe had to do with it's configuration of Unity (Ubuntu's default DE)? (Can't watch the video ATM to confirm.) Canonical (the people in charge of Ubuntu) have done things that the more zealous advocates of user-first freedoms/privacy are skeptical about or have caused distrust.
- ljk 10y agoAh I remember people complaining about Unity(which had Amazon search enabled by default) Any recommendation for another flavor that's more user-freedom/privacy focused but still relatively stable?(I read somewhere Debian isn't good for personal use since it's designed for servers, is that true?)
- rvern 10y agoDebian is stable and good for personal use. All the major distributions can usually be used on servers as well as for personal use. They are also all stable as far as bugs are concerned (even the riskier rolling release ones), though some distributions like Debian and CentOS use stability in a stronger sense of not pushing any updates to the stable releases except bug fixes and vulnerability fixes.
- ljk 10y agothanks!
- rvern 10y agoUbuntu includes proprietary software in the default installation and has done questionable things in the past. Other distributions (particularly Fedora) do better on user-friendliness in my opinion, despite the common opinion that it is otherwise.