03-26-2015, 10:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-27-2015, 12:15 AM by gold_finger.)
Sorry technomancer, but (unfortunately) you seem to have found an unreliable source of info.
That's an absolutely ridiculous statement (by the forum poster you quoted, not you technomancer). Canonical has absolutely nothing to do with Mint. In no way is Mint "in cohoots" with Canonical to spy on their users!
Zeitgeist is NOT installed by default on Mint, (nor is it installed on LL). Certain applications on certain flavors of standard Mint install may bring with them library files for zeitgeist because they are capable of using zeitgeist IF one chooses to install it on their system. Certain applications that people may install after the fact to Mint, or LL, or other Ubuntu-based distros may do the same thing and some applications may pull in zeitgeist itself for installation. It's up to the individual user to pay attention to such things and take appropriate action for themselves if they choose to avoid such things. Mint, LL, and others have no control over what people put on their own systems.
I myself want nothing to do with zeitgeist -- so I just avoid installing things that use it.
(03-26-2015, 05:09 PM)technomancer link Wrote: ... on os builder forum
"Don’t be fooled, Canonical The company behind Ubuntu, this includes Mint etc. as they are now in cohoots with Ubuntu as well uses the data it collects on users, I’m sure in various forms."
That's an absolutely ridiculous statement (by the forum poster you quoted, not you technomancer). Canonical has absolutely nothing to do with Mint. In no way is Mint "in cohoots" with Canonical to spy on their users!
Zeitgeist is NOT installed by default on Mint, (nor is it installed on LL). Certain applications on certain flavors of standard Mint install may bring with them library files for zeitgeist because they are capable of using zeitgeist IF one chooses to install it on their system. Certain applications that people may install after the fact to Mint, or LL, or other Ubuntu-based distros may do the same thing and some applications may pull in zeitgeist itself for installation. It's up to the individual user to pay attention to such things and take appropriate action for themselves if they choose to avoid such things. Mint, LL, and others have no control over what people put on their own systems.
I myself want nothing to do with zeitgeist -- so I just avoid installing things that use it.
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