Re: Down with Canonical - Boycott Ubuntu Spyware

I recently moved from Ubuntu 10.04 to Linux Mint Debian.

My main reasons for the move were the Mac-ification of Ubuntu, a desire 
to move away from a release cycle and just the fact that I was still 
using 10.04.
As with any move there were some challenges, but overall I am very happy 
with Linux Mint Debian.  My desktop environment is Linux Mint Mate.

Matt


On 27/01/13 05:08, Danyl Strype wrote:
> Kia ora koutou
>
> The writing's been on the wall for Ubuntu since they made Unity the
> default UI. I don't mind it myself, but that's because my main PC is
> the kind of tiny laptop for which it was designed, and perhaps because
> I voluntarily installed the "Netbook Remix" rather than having Unity
> foisted on me unawares. That decision annoyed a lot of loyal users.
>
> Then there was UbuntuOne, which broke the Ubuntu promise by including
> a proprietary server-side package, and which they bundled with the OS,
> giving people the reasonable expectation it was all free code:
> http://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/2012/09/28/ubuntu-one-breaks-the-ubuntu-promise/
>
> The final nail for me is the bundling of the Amazon spyware in the
> standard distro.
> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
>
> This is unforgivably Microsoftish. I'm removing Ubuntu from all my
> machines, and researching alternatives to recommend to anyone I've
> ever helped migrate to Ubuntu. At the moment I'm using Debian stable,
> which reminds me of Ubuntu circa 2009/10. Peppermint is nice if you
> want a cute, lightweight (LXDE) distro just for doing internet stuff.
> I've been offered help building a custom linux using Arch (watch this
> space).
>
> I will not even consider using or endorsing Ubuntu again until
> Canonical hands over control of the Ubuntu trademarks to the
> Foundation, and all nasty proprietary tie-ins and spyware are removed.
> There are many, many alternatives, let's use them. I'll be interested
> to see though, if resellers like ZaReason keep selling their gear with
> Ubuntu as the default OS.
>
> Ma te wā
> Strypey
>


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