Thanks for the update about Ardour. That tells me never to install it in a network-connected machine.
On 7/10/2015 at 5:01 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > >On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:03:13 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote: >>On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: >> >>> ALL software that reports back to its authors (phones home) can >>> place users in certain categories in physical danger. Here's an >>> example: UbuntuStudio or any other Linux media distro is likely >to >>> be used by social activists media makers like myself. >> >>I do not know how intrusive it is, but Ardour checks for new >versions. >>I do not know if this is just the ardour.org binaries or the >>debian/ubuntu versions as well. > >So does Sylpheed too, while the update check is disabled :( or >maybe I >disabled it by the dialog box that popped up a few days ago, if >so, it >at least was checked by default. At least in the past Opera did >this >too, but web browsers anyway tend to do strange things in the >background. Since Opera has got a custom license I don't care, but >I >dislike if native Linux software by default connects to the >Internet, doing things without permission to do. > >-- >ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list >ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
