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| The flavors are still part of the botnet but not as such default Ubuntu
| I'm new, botnet?
| so which Linux I should use that is the most complete expierence similar to Ubuntu then? :(
| Using kubuntu, what's going on? What has ubuntu done?
| More like PooBumTu
| >>338043 >>337548 >>337393
In the 18.04 release Canonical added the "every now and then we're gonna collect some hardware and distribution data, but you can totally opt out of it and we're never gonna bug you" thing so the entire FOSS community got enraged that "Ubuntu is now like Windows" and yaddi yaddi yadda… That's what they're talking about.
| >>338588 OhISee
Does this also effect server versions?
I generally think it should be opt in for that sort of stuff or at least show the option to disable it on update/install.
I think Debian does that (ask) for package usage reporting?
| Does it affect KDE neon?
| >>337347
Botnet software is generally software that spies on you, phones home, locks you in, or is absolutely proprietary. Windows and macOS for example are extreme botnets.
| >>339015 not quite what I meant but yeah that's how people use it, not sure when it went from malware infected machines ddosing mail spam etc, to this version though
| I'm not in the loop, how is Ubuntu botnet now?
And in such case, which packets I need to remove from my machine?
| >>339647
Pretty much this guy. Botnet refers to a network of compromised machines. Using it when referring to spyware is, pardon me, retarded.
| >>339658
Botnet is a very common slang for proprietary spyware on the internet. I don't know how you missed that.
| >>338674 >>338898 >>338644
If it affects them, in the settings menu, there would be an option to opt in for it, don't know about the server edition, though
| So Mint and other distros that use Ubuntu as a base are affected or not? Can someone clarify this? I don't mind putting Debian on my laptop like on the other, more old one. But I kind of like Mint for being all these years the 'Ubuntu like it should have been'.
| >>b2d05e >>a48464 i see you are having fun, do you? Knowing that this word is used both as it should be and as a slang(though the man that invented this slang is retarded) it's retarded to argue about that in this thread, could you be more usefull and answer the asked questions?
| >>339863 to be fair I never said it shouldn't be used as the slang term just that it isn't the correct term, as for the rest I don't have a answer if it affects mint and the like, I imagine mint could or will set it to disabled by default or just remove it entirely
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| So we all know Ubuntu has gone to the botnet path, But if that's it, Does it mean the derivatives (Mint, Kubuntu, etc.) are also botnet? or even less botnet? Or free of botnet? Bring on your tinfoil hat and discuss