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[Article author/submitter here] How does a MOTD count as telemetry? Telemetry means sending info back. Current versions of Core require Ubuntu Pro, so if you
by lproven 3y ago
[Article author/submitter here]
How does a MOTD count as telemetry?
Telemetry means sending info back.
Current versions of Core require Ubuntu Pro, so if you are reluctant to use Ubuntu accounts etc. then this is 100% not for you.
Updates can be scheduled, disabled, etc.
- m463 3y agoIf core requires an account, well nvm. As to motd, it does a lot under the hood and advertises every time you log in. (lots of stuff going on in /etc/update-motd.d) you can set /etc/default/motd-news: ENABLED=0 but it doesn't seem to get everything.
- lproven 3y agoCore requires an account. Core Desktop is unreleased and not even in beta yet AFAIK so who knows. My impression is that the Canonical folk think it's hilarious the way Reddit gets its knickers in a twist over the MOTD thing. Personally I DGAF but there is a lot of info, fr'ex, here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/804095/how-do-i-disable-the-message-of-the-day-motd-on-ubuntu-14-04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/804095/how-do-i-disable-the-...