Before recommending Ubuntu (when the issue is, to an extent, one of privacy), let's remember this: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard

Before recommending Ubuntu (when the issue is, to an extent, one of privacy), let's remember this: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richar... The discussion around it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4888851 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4888851 Also, a better alternative to Skype would be Jitsi: https://jitsi.org/Main/Features https://jitsi.org/Main/Features