On 12/4/22, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Hello, fellow Debian users: > > I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember > exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for > ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (an at least 10-year old > ThinkPad), so I've bought an X1 from Lenovo, with Ubuntu pre-installed (to > be delivered in January). > > So, a question. Should I side-grade to Debian (and, if so, how easy would > it be to do that?)? Or will I be happy with Ubuntu (which is, after all, a > Debian derivative)?
"happy" is a personal judgement, so I'll just go with mine - I like Debian's philosophy & I don't like Ubuntu's https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out Since few (if any) users would choose to opt-in to share this sort of data, Canonical is making participation in the scheme entirely opt-out. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/01/ubuntu-search-amazon-privacy/ ... users can choose not to search Amazon if they want, while future releases will make it easier to opt-out of searching across third party services I'd rather opt-out of using anything from a company that does opt-out data collection. ... and yeah.. I still use firefox, so that's clearly a preference instead of a hard rule. And there's been talk about a Canonical IPO for ages - eg https://www.datamation.com/open-source/what-are-the-chances-for-an-ubuntu-ipo/ from 2015 and now https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/21/canonical-now-hopes-to-ipo-in-2023/ My assumption is that they're going to have to do more to generate income and I'd rather read about how they've monetized their users than find out first-hand. Regards, Lee
