What do you all think of the Red Hat drama a few months ago? I just learned about it and looked into it a bit. I’ve been using Fedora for a while now on my main system, but curious whether you think this will end up affecting it.

My take is that yes, it’s kinda a shitty move to do but I get why RH decided to stop their maintenance given they’re a for profit company.

What do you guys think? Do you still use or would you consider using Fedora?

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    Opt out telemetry is already used by some.

    Ok, if you get offended by opt-out telemetry that’s completely anonymous, transparent, and only helps developers, then that’s fine. Don’t use it. Or opt out.

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      1 year ago

      No amount of gaslighting by you or excusing telemetry for good reason will change my opinion on opt-out telemetry.

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        I don’t think you know what gaslighting means.

        But ok, I’m not trying to change your mind lol - I said don’t use it

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          1 year ago

          Maybe you should look up the definition of the word and come back to your previous comments.

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            Gaslighting, also called coercive control, refers to extreme psychological manipulation to commit an individual to a psychiatric institution or cause mental illness with the intent to brainwash.

            Yeah. That’s totally what I’m doing when I remind you that telemetry exists in multiple distros and I explained that the telemetry Fedora was considering adding has been independently confirmed as not having any personally identifiable information.

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              It’s okay dude. You got to learn a new vocabulary today.

              Use whatever distro looks shinier to your eyes.

              I’m never ever going to use a distro that forces telemetry on its unsuspecting users.

              Let it rest.

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                1 year ago

                I didn’t, you did. You’re the one who didn’t know what gaslighting is lol

                And it doesn’t force it

                Stop spreading misinformation lmao