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"You need to try Linux" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] albert180@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've wanted to switch to OpenSUSE for quite some time now from Fedora for the same reason. Should really do it now

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (28 children)

Shit I was just about to install PopOs! Which is developed by a US company. It's maddening trying to find the right distro that fits all the requirements.

Edit: Opting for Mint.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Stop worrying about the country of origin. It's a FOSS project. The vast majority of Pop's components are developed independently of the company, and by citizens of various nations. Applying the "USA bad, so product bad" rhetoric is a seriously shortsighted approach. Consider instead the amount of influence exerted by the company. Does Ubuntu still seem like the better choice just because the company is headquartered in the UK?

Besides, if you really want to cut American software out of your life, start with Linux and GNU. Torvalds was born in Finland, but he is a naturalized US citizen, and Linux is developed on American infrastructure and includes significant amount of work from American developers.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

FOSS has no country lines.

[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Try out CachyOS

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[–] upbeatoffbeat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What exactly in the privacy agreements is this person worried about? All I’m seeing is PANIC but without a reason given…

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[–] ijhoo@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Does that mean that fedora is not recommended?

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Why not Haiku 🙃?

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