"there are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user's VPN runs on Linux or Android"
I guess it really is the year of the Linux desktop :)
I guess it really is the year of the Linux desktop :)
Do you want every distro turning into Ubuntu with cloud services and telemetry all over the place ?
Oh most of us will definitely care once linux developers start targeting the Ubuntus instead of the Trisquels (like how developers now target "android" instead of AOSP). I mean just look at how Gnome behaves now that it is the default DE.
A truly mainstream distro would be the death of the Linux desktop. I hope that year never comes.
Today, if some service needs propietary code, it's doomed to rot.
For firmware with desktop users and programmers/devops using Ubuntu at work -not an issue on servers- , it's preferable to use the Xanmod kernel with Trisquel than falling into thw whole cascade of propietary code in Ubuntu.
At least nonfree firmware it's a non burnt hardware ROM; that setup it's 90% free according to the FSF values. Also, you don't get overlayed taxing crap as snaps.
If Linux can do it, why not the others?