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Hello,

I've heard that Ubuntu may not fully prioritize user privacy and collects telemetry data. Could you please clarify:

Is this accurate? Are there Linux distributions that place a stronger emphasis on privacy?

Thank you 🙏🏼

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[–] LeTak@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I completely forgot secureblue. But it was not worth the hassle for my working environment

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

It really isn't that different than regular Fedora Atomic. It offers easy toggles for most security features and some convenient utilities to make things easier.