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Manjaro is experimenting with **opt-out telemetry | Hacker News (More like op-out spying) (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why are distro communities turning linux more and more into Windows and Mac OS clones?

This is why I use Arch.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm usually a defender of opt-out telemetry in Linux, what with it usually being trivial to untick in the installer, the telemetry not being invasive, the telemetry being private and not being able to identify people, it being used to actually benefit Linux rather than make money, and because opt-in telemetry is useless (as repeatedly stated by multiple Linux projects that I trust, such as KDE and Gnome)...

That said, holy shit this telemetry collects stuff it really should not be collecting. This is not what Linux telemetry should be. Doubly so from a distro with a troubled past in terms of management and security. This is a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

For gaming rigs, check out Garuda, imo a pretty nice Arch distro without telemetry and easy installation.