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submitted 11 months ago by minorsecond@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I run Gentoo, which has a telemetry use flag. This will enable telemetry for a number of packages.

I hate telemetry on non-FOSS software like Windows, but is there real harm in doing it with FOSS software? I like to think I'd be helping the devs create better software.

https://packages.gentoo.org/useflags/telemetry

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[-] jaykstah@waveform.social 33 points 11 months ago

Unless I'm misunderstanding, that's all related to those KDE packages. I'd say if you're a heavy user of Plasma or apps relying on those KDE packages you might as well enable it.

Up to your comfort level though, personally I don't mind for stuff like that. On KDE's community site they have this showing what telemetry is collected for Plasma.

[-] minorsecond@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I use KDE which is why I'm interested in this in the first place. I think I'll enable it.

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