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Linux mint = best beginner distro (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Snaps are a package format that handle dependencies differently. People don't like them because of increased startup time.

Telemetry is when software sends analytics back to the parent company. Ubuntu does very basic telemetry, but people like to compare it to Windows

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Ubuntu asks you if you're fine with sending usage statistics to canonical and if you say 'no', the distro won't send anything and never ask you again*