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 🙏🏼

  • megopie@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Most distros don’t collect any data by default.

    Basically any distro not built and maintained by a company will be a thousand times more private than Mac or windows. Arch and Debian are both good in that regard, most distros are derived from those. There is also Fedora which is a community project, but it’s very heavily involved with Red Hat inc who is owned by IBM. I’ve never heard about any privacy issues there, but, it’s worth keeping in mind.

    If you want something super secure and locked down in regards to privacy, there is Tails which has a lot of neat tricks and tor built in. Not sure I’d recommend it as a daily driver but it’s got it’s use cases.

    • solomonschuler@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      I can’t imagine IBM would fall that low that they need to add spyware into their OS.

      IBM focuses on cloud infrastructure, their buisness strategy is on cloud infrastructure for buisnesses not consumer grade products like what google has created.

      I wouldn’t be surprised just shocked if they did go and add spyware to their fedora OS. it just doesn’t make any sense.

    • N.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      30 days ago

      Tails isn’t really a security focused distro, no significant kernel or other security hardening. It is amnesic. Whonix (based on Kicksecure) is security hardened but still based on Debian which isn’t great for a security base.

      Secureblue is what I would recommend because it a security focused Linux distro that benefits from Fedora’s SELinux, and has a bunch of its own additions.

      QubesOS is obviously the best for security. Combine that with a Whonix or Secureblue guest OS and you’re perfect.

      • LeTak@feddit.org
        01·
        29 days ago

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