Ubuntu 18.04 Telemetry, Peppermint 9, Linux Mint 19
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Ubuntu Reveals Desktop Telemetry for the First Time
Canonical has kept a promise it made in February this year and has made public some of the telemetry it gathered from Ubuntu Desktop users in the past three months.
The data was gathered using the Ubuntu Report tool, which the company said in February it would add to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) distributions.
The Ubuntu Report tool would prompt users during the installation process and ask for permission to collect basic OS installation details.
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Canonical shares analytics from Ubuntu Linux desktop user data collection
Linux and user data collection. Some people will decry such a thing, but they would be wrong. As long as the collection is opt-in, it is totally acceptable and in line with Linux ideology. When is it questionable? When users don't have a choice. With Windows 10 telemetry, for instance, users can opt out of sharing some data with Microsoft, but not all. And that's a problem. Even if Microsoft's intentions are pure, and designed solely with improving Windows 10, users should be able to refuse all data sharing at time of installation.
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Peppermint 9 Linux distribution now available with Ubuntu 18.04 base -- download it now!
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Linux Mint 19 Improves Update Process With Timeshift Backup Tool
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Linux Mint 19 Review: See What's New in This Awesome Release
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