I’ll transition two devices from Windows 10 to Linux, but I haven’t decided which distro yet. The recommendation list on privacy guides is quite short, and I’m wondering why. Was it to keep it concise, or are they just the best. I’ve been testing ZorinOS on my main PC,I find it good enough, is it go…

[image] anon58977557: The recommendation list on privacy guides is quite short, and I’m wondering why As a generalization, one reason is because unlike many review sites or ranking lists, PG recommendations are not meant to be exhaustive, they are meant to be a selection of (somewhat) vetted,…

[image] anon63378630: What do package mirrors have to do … One “mirror” is local on your computer. You don’t need internet at all. Fedora Workstation / Everything needs internet. Both is cool. The Linux world is not a war zone as you want it to be - everything is possible.

[image] anon39279085: [image] TheDoc: Most popular distros (Like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Zorin OS, etc.) will have more privacy or security issues compared to Fedora Workstation. Most of the information on why is included on the Linux Overview and Desktop/PC pages. Security issues th…

These are more Ubuntu issues, Not zorin. Zorin doesn’t need you to login or anything like that to use it. And as dngray said: Regarding point 3, a lot of that was in the past and I would dare say Mint hates snap and they do remove it and that’s why it’s also within my suggestions when it comes…

[image] anon63378630: outdated packages providing backports of security issues instead of whole updates is bad Fedora also relies on backporting, except for a few packages like the kernel, doesn’t it?

[image] anon39279085: These are more Ubuntu issues, Not zorin. All of the distros I mentioned have security issues (to varying degrees) which are non-existent or not as bad on Fedora. At least 2/4 of the distros have privacy issues including both Ubuntu and yes, Zorin OS : The Software store…

quoting about snap: [image] anon39279085: and I would dare say Mint hates snap and they do remove it and that’s why it’s also within my suggestions when it comes to that. (Also no login or anything needed for Mint) Monthly News – May 2020 – The Linux Mint Blog …

[image] anon39279085: quoting about snap: [image] anon39279085: and I would dare say Mint hates snap and they do remove it and that’s why it’s also within my suggestions when it comes to that. (Also no login or anything needed for Mint) Monthly News – May 2020 – The Linux Mint Blog Th…

[image] sha123: also relies on backporting, yes, but not nearly to the same extent, and only for 6 month intervals vs years+

[image] TheDoc: Each snapd instance has its own id, and this id can then be used to track which snapd packages are installed by a user [image] TheDoc: We cannot reasonably expect a new user to Linux to be aware of this and to remove snapd themselves. [image] anon39279085: hey do re…

[image] rmd: Does it track anything else more sensitive? Will try to answer myself. It could also track IP address, but because server code is not open source, we probably don’t know and can’t verify. P.S. I am saying this, because I once logged in to Ubuntu account, and seen they have my IP…

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