[Swlug] Fix Ubuntu

[Mark Einon]

Matt Willsher <matt at monki.org.uk> wrote:
>Perhaps more alarming is
>http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/canonical-abused-trademark-law-to-target-a-site-critical-of-ubuntu-privacy/
> 
>
>Fix Ubuntu.. install Debian?

+1 to using Debian. From my perspective, Jono Bacon and Shuttleworth's cries of "Community, Community, Community!" is far too similar to Balmers' "Developers, Developers, Developers!".

The backlash to this story must have rattled Canonical's cage a bit, as they've bothered to reply...

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1299


Cheers,

Mark

>
>On 8 November 2013 21:22, Toby Maxwell-Lyte
><toby.maxwelllyte at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Some of you might be interested in this. 
>
>"If you're an Ubuntu user and you're using the default settings, each
>time you start typing in Dash (to open an application or search for a
>file on your computer), your search terms get sent to a variety of
>third parties, some of which advertise to you."
>
>https://fixubuntu.com/
>
>Thanks,
>Toby

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