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by washadjeffmad 3668 days ago
In case anyone wasn't aware, Ubuntu is best known as an introductory Linux desktop distribution that's made a few contentious design decisions over the years, furthering its separation from traditional FOSS community values and practices.

There are hundreds[1] of distributions built around the Linux kernel, and Ubuntu was the only one to try (and be immediately condemned for) including Amazon results in local searches, which anyone who didn't want was free to disable or else try any of the many, many Debian or Ubuntu based distros without.

I don't know of another version of Windows 10 that I can install if I don't like some aspect of how it collects data or prevents me from administrating my system, but even if there were, how many users would know to set up WSUS servers to prevent errant update behaviors?

[1] http://distrowatch.com/