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this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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No need move anywhere for now, Linux mint team will find out if telemetry or something else will enter to their distro,Linux mint doesn't have any telemetry so calm down
Oh, okay; I didn't know how interrelated the Mint devs are with anyone at Canonical. It sounds like they're totally independent, which is great! It was just a bit of a shock to see people here say "Stop using Ubuntu" entirely, though, since it's such a household name in the world of Linux that it sort of upended my entire perspective for a bit.
Don't take what Linux users say as gospel. There's a wide variety of opinions that - yes - generally have some basis in truth, but usually it comes down to personal preference. Just because a vocal minority hates on systemd doesn't mean you now have to switch to Devuan. FOSS is full of opinionated and passionate people, but you should always use what works for you. Don't let others dictate how you use your computer and what code you run. Free as in freedom.
Now, having said all that, Canonical is suspect, don't use Ubuntu. Mint is fine.
Right, what I mean is that:
I didn't realize this distinction was so massive given how Mint is built on Ubuntu, right?
A software fork doesn't automatically say that things are being added on top. It's less so an add-on and more so a mod, and Ubuntu being OSS means the Mint devs could just dig in and pull out whatever nasty things people don't like. Snaps are a good example:
sudo apt install firefoxon Ubuntu started installing the Firefox Snap somewhere before 2022 (I don't recall exactly), but Linux Mint has never had Snap support by default, and has been installing the Debian package of Firefox (Like Ubuntu used to) for a long time, and will probably continue to do so