On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 19:43 +0400, Ali/amjjawad wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Christian Dysthe <cdys...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Hi, > > > > Hi :) > > > > One of my main reasons for leaving stock Ubuntu for Ubuntu > GNOME was the > spying and sales pitches through the HUD in Unity. I couldn't > find a way > to get rid of it all. I do like Gnome Shell a lot but there > are aspects > of Ubuntu I would not like to give up (like PPA access) so > Ubuntu GNOME > was as close as I could get to what I had. > > One question I have though is whether all of the spyware like > additions > to stock Ubuntu is gone in Ubuntu GNOME (as long as I do not > add any > Unity related packages to my system)?. I just would like to > have > confirmed that Ubuntu GNOME is clean in this regard. > > > We're not using (obviously) Unity, hence the name of our system > (Ubuntu GNOME). > > > Linux supposed to be secure and has no such thing as spying :) > > > I am not really sure from where exactly that came from? seems to me a > cheap joke by Linux hater who are trying to shake the solid ground but > that is my personal opinion. > > I'm not expert in Security but if you're too much worried about spying > stuff, you shouldn't use Facebook or any other Social Media Network. > In fact, there is nothing 100% secure over the Internet. I'm sure > you're following the news :)
For me it's not so much about security as it is of noise. I do not want to have all those commercial results show up on my desktop and I didn't find a good way to disable it all. > > > > > It's a phenomenal distro btw. Love it so far! :) > > > > Thank you for your feedback. > > > Ubuntu GNOME is indeed a great system :) > Enjoy! > > -- //Christian Dropbox - Your stuff anywhere! - https://db.tt/U8MqkVR -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
