One of the moderators asked (after using Simply Mepis) He wanted a more GUI system for another version of Linux OS. After we all gave an opinion favouring Ubuntu or Mint to meet his needs another member posted: "No, don't try Ubuntu. Right in the T&C it says all searches, including those of your own hard drive, go to the BBC and others. You really don't want an invasion of your privacy that includes all your search results including all your personal material effectively being public knowledge." I have a problem with this small "fact" and wonder about it's validity BBC. British broadcasting corporation. Blueberry county. Big beautiful clowns??? .-- Cheers John..
One of the moderators asked (after using Simply Mepis) He wanted a more GUI system for another version of Linux OS.
After we all gave an opinion favouring Ubuntu or Mint to meet his needs another member posted:
"No, don't try Ubuntu. Right in the T&C it says all searches, including those of your own hard drive, go to the BBC and others. You really don't want an invasion of your privacy that includes all your search results including all your personal material effectively being public knowledge."
I have a problem with this small "fact" and wonder about it's validity
BBC. British broadcasting corporation. Blueberry county. Big beautiful clowns???
Can this person provide more information to substantiate that claim? I think, in one version a few years ago, they indeed did this. But not sure whether this is still happening. Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
One of the moderators asked (after using Simply Mepis) He wanted a more GUI system for another version of Linux OS.
After we all gave an opinion favouring Ubuntu or Mint to meet his needs another member posted:
"No, don't try Ubuntu. Right in the T&C it says all searches, including those of your own hard drive, go to the BBC and others. You really don't want an invasion of your privacy that includes all your search results including all your personal material effectively being public knowledge."
I have a problem with this small "fact" and wonder about it's validity
BBC. British broadcasting corporation. Blueberry county. Big beautiful clowns???
Can this person provide more information to substantiate that claim? I think, in one version a few years ago, they indeed did this. But not sure whether this is still happening.
As an alternative, maybe Linux Mint Debian Edition then? https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On 6/25/20 12:04 PM, Peter Reutemann wrote:
One of the moderators asked (after using Simply Mepis) He wanted a more GUI system for another version of Linux OS.
After we all gave an opinion favouring Ubuntu or Mint to meet his needs another member posted:
"No, don't try Ubuntu. Right in the T&C it says all searches, including those of your own hard drive, go to the BBC and others. You really don't want an invasion of your privacy that includes all your search results including all your personal material effectively being public knowledge."
I have a problem with this small "fact" and wonder about it's validity
BBC. British broadcasting corporation. Blueberry county. Big beautiful clowns??? Can this person provide more information to substantiate that claim? I think, in one version a few years ago, they indeed did this. But not sure whether this is still happening.
FYI, Pop! Os by System 76 is a good alternative, I've heard. "Pop!_OS does not collect or store any info from user installations. Minimal OS and hardware data is used—not stored—to provide updates and connectivity verification." pop.system76.com
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