• RmDebArc_5@lemmy.mlOP
      10·
      1 year ago

      I don’t hate Ubuntu, it used to be my favorite distro and I haven’t found anything that really replaces it. I hate Canonical for destroying my favorite distro

      • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Debian 12 is the best destination after Ubuntu if you’re switching because you hate stupid Canonical things. I switched a few months ago and it was really easy and has been awesome.

        • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.mlOP
          11·
          1 year ago

          I used Debian quite a while after switching from Ubuntu, but the outdated packages made me quit. I will probably try Debian testing/sid soon

          • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Go with Arch, it has just as many packages available as Ubuntu and more, if you use the AUR. If you want something more stable/less changing use the LTS kernel instead of the mainline kernel.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
      317·
      1 year ago

      This is the “ad”. Personally, I don’t think a little plug like this is worth any kind of fuss. If it were a real ad or something, then yea I would get it.

      • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
        26·
        1 year ago

        An ad is an ad and this definitely is an ad. This is the kind of shit that made me quit Windows and it would make me quit Ubuntu if I was using it.

        • folkrav@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 year ago

          This. Any unsollicited communication that’s meant to make you investigate or buy a commercial product is an advertisement. That’s all. Is it less intrusive than the TikTok ad in Windows start menu, I think it may be, but it’s still an advertisement, by definition.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            01·
            1 year ago

            Ubuntu Pro seems to be free for regular users (on up to five machines).

            Would bother me a lot more if it wasn’t a free service. Now it’s ehh

            • folkrav@lemmy.ca
              1·
              1 year ago

              As I mentioned in another comment, it’s still a commercial offering, that happens to have a free tier. Would we be okay with a YouTube link in the same spot?

              Honestly, it doesn’t bother me that much. It’s more that you can see a more and more corporate-y trend in Canonical’s decision making, which I personally don’t really care for. If I used Ubuntu with the default shell I’d probably just override the MOTD and go on with my life.

      • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
        13·
        1 year ago

        While I’m not bothered by this in particular, like other people have said, it feels like the top of a very slippery slope that I would be bothered by

      • aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve been getting ads like these for years on my ubuntu server.

        n additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm

        This is on a machine running 20.04. Never bothered me. All my other machines are Debian now, and at some point I’ll switch that one too.

    • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      Which version of Ubuntu you’re installing (including which flavour), Whether you have network connectivity, Hardware stats, including CPU, RAM, GPU, etc, Your device vendor (e.g., Dell, Lenovo, etc), Your country (based on the time zone you pick, not IP), How long your install took to complete, Whether you have auto login enabled, Your disk layout (how many hard drives and partitions you have), Whether you chose to install third party codecs, Whether you chose to download updates during install, (According to OMG!Ubuntu) Most distros offer optional telemetry, but Ubuntu’s is opt out not opt out (for GNOME you have to separately install the telemetry)

  • LainOfTheWired@lemy.lolEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Just why?

    It’s been really sad watching them shoot themselves in the foot like this. They seem bent on destroying their distro. Which was the first distro I really used on an old laptop after trying a few.

    Man Ubuntu 16 those were the days.

  • RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world
    0·
    1 year ago

    I actually have some telemetry enabled on my system, cause I want the maintainers of my distro to have more data to base their decisions on. I always disable everything for proprietary software though, and I dislike opt-out systems.

    • bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I only enable telemetry for software provided by nonprofit organizations that are legally obligated to publish detailed financial records. Never give anyone that reserves the right to sell you out any of the benefit of your data for free.

  • voxel@sopuli.xyz
    0·
    1 year ago

    Microsoft:

    adding telemetry to the terminal.
    (in a recent poweshell update)