Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
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Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
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Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#2Ok, but then if everyone switches to BSD, won't it suffer the same fate? I.e. whenever something goes mainstream, corporations are drawn to it like insects to a lightbulb.
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#3I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
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#5I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
Ubuntu at one point packaged in Amazon search by default.
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#6I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
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Pipewire is becoming more common, although it is compatible with ALSA, JACK, and pulse clients so more unification than fragmentation.
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#8> Proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows 10, Apple MacOS, and Google Android have become famous for their ill conduct...
I find it mildly ironic that MacOS was based on BSD.
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#9I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
From the article, it sounds like it's that upstream systemd uses Google Public DNS as a default (if you don't configure a server or get one in your DHCP lease) and Firefox uses Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS, which would allow those companies to see all your DNS queries.
Re: Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD
#10I'm not in the loop here. What's the "opt-out spyware" in linux distros the author mentions?
Ubuntu at one point packaged in Amazon search by default.
To expand, I think the big issue was any time you searched your launch menu for your own machine's applications and files, the query was also sent to Amazon.