Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu

[lxskllr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP8CNp-vksc&feature=youtu.be&t=16s

 

[Shephard]

ok this was interesting never heard of this guy before.

now I know ubuntu is no good. it sends your personal information just by using a search bar? Windows 7 doesn't do that.

Does Linux Mint do that?

 

[lxskllr]

Liked that? Try this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPAnCOO5R9o

I put the first video up as as a notification for people who aren't aware of the issues, and it's always interesting hearing what RMS has to say. Ubuntu is fine to run as long as you're aware. You can use it as-is, or change it to suit your needs.

 

[Shephard]

you seem to like linux so which one do you use? I don't want my personal information or statistics sent. some programs you install may ask that in Windows and I always say no. There is never secrecy actually sending it.

Does Linux Mint do that because it's highly rated..??

 

[lxskllr]

you seem to like linux so which one do you use? I don't want my personal information or statistics sent. some programs you install may ask that in Windows and I always say no. There is never secrecy actually sending it.

Does Linux Mint do that because it's highly rated..??

Did you watch the second video? If you did, you'd know that Windows has built in backdoors, and spies on its users. I run Debian primarily, but have others I use on occasion also.

 

[Jodell88]

ok this was interesting never heard of this guy before.

now I know ubuntu is no good. it sends your personal information just by using a search bar? Windows 7 doesn't do that.

Does Linux Mint do that?

Just to note. It isn't that Ubuntu isn't good cause it is, it's that people tend to like certain distributions because of how they do things.

The 'spyware' that Richard Stallman is talking about can be easily uninstalled. However, Canonical was stupid to have it as an opt-out it should have been opt-in if they wanted to do it.

 

[ShadowVVL]

Thank you lxskllr, that was fun and educational .I never knew who made GNU or the history behind GNU and Linux.

btw there is a second part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOT_3TCE40w

 

[RPB]

Wow lxskllr i can't say enough, thanks for the link.

 

[lxskllr]

Just to note. It isn't that Ubuntu isn't good cause it is, it's that people tend to like certain distributions because of how they do things.

The 'spyware' that Richard Stallman is talking about can be easily uninstalled. However, Canonical was stupid to have it as an opt-out it should have been opt-in if they wanted to do it.

The biggest issue imo is it breeds mistrust in the system. You used to be able to tell people to install "Linux" to get away from spying, and malware hassles, and now that comes with caveats. It's like downloading some kind of freeware, where you have to tell people to pay attention, or they'll get stuck with some crappy toolbar in their browser. For many people, Ubuntu="Linux"(GNU/Linux), so all the distributions are potentially contaminated by Ubuntu's issues.

It's fine that features like this can be removed, but that adds complexity, and little value for the user. I agree with the opt-in recommendation. That way nothing special has to be done to keep privacy, but those that want the feature can easily enable it.