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In the past I used to use Debian then Ubuntu but left back when Ubuntu became too opinionated on the UI etc. Just wasn’t fun to tinker with anymore. So I have

In the past I used to use Debian then Ubuntu but left back when Ubuntu became too opinionated on the UI etc. Just wasn’t fun to tinker with anymore. So I haven’t been following too closely for the last few years. But then this morning I was just pondering which distro to use to breath new life into an old mbp 2014 and googled it and discovered Manjaro. That was just before seeing this on HN! But comments here about telemetry… What is the go to distro for no hassles no nonsense no commercial angle desktop Linux these days?

Guestmodinfo 2y ago
You can try Antix linux with Runit init. This is the smallest complete desktop that you will ever get. I got it running on my 2006 lenovo T5200 chipset laptop and I could do ok even zoom used to work. Now I'm using it on another celeron laptop and it works fine
- Guestmodinfo 2y ago
  Antix linux main guy's name is anticapitalista. So that there tells a lot about that they hate telemetry. Antix is based on Debian stable but they have removed all of the telemetry and systemd. One thing I like about them is they keep trying to get new init systems like Runit and Dinit included which don't spy on users. And it's a complete laptop. Im still finding a reason why should my newer laptop stay on Windows when I'm so happy with Antix linux.
pixxel 2y ago
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