Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] Malware in Ubuntu-Gnome?

[Tim <darkxst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/09/15 04:11, Erick Brunzell wrote:
> On 09/20/2015 11:32 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>> I want to ask if desktop search surveillance is included or excluded in
>> Gnome variant of Ubuntu, and what references endorse answers to this
>> question;
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html
>>
>>
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> AFAIK that "malware" (I prefer to call it a feature and Stallman even refers to it as such in that rant) is only available on the Unity
> desktop. That sort of makes sense when you consider what the target audience is for the Unity DE (tablets, phones, etc).
That is correct, the amazon search is a feature of Unity, thus it can only exist when you are running the Unity DE.
>
> I included Ubuntu GNOME QA in the conversation in case I'm wrong.
>
> Lance
>