Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu

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    Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu & its privacy invasing (according to EFF and FSF) Features. In order to access the video (watch or download) usining free software. Please read the article on Muktware.
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  • @marcduperron6062
    @marcduperron6062 9 лет назад +2563

    I am an experienced Linux user, and just between you and me, I am not using the Search Feature in Ubuntu - I have no need for it. I use Google to get spied on instead.

    • @AccessCode101
      @AccessCode101 5 лет назад +55

      hahhahahahhahhhaha good one.

    • @idvistream
      @idvistream 5 лет назад +18

      @@tachobrenner yes, ddg = duckduckgo

    • @HarshaSuranjith
      @HarshaSuranjith 5 лет назад +4

      Good one :D

    • @dravifo6762
      @dravifo6762 5 лет назад +46

      I like the way I get abused by Google better too. They just know how to do it.

    • @WR3ND
      @WR3ND 5 лет назад +7

      Google isn't the OS here though, and if you set up your browser the way you might otherwise want to, you can at least contain and limit the extent to which Google spies on you and tracks you. It's kind of apples and oranges in that respect.

  • @kennedn
    @kennedn 2 года назад +445

    It's worth noting the search feature Richard is speaking about has been removed since Ubuntu 16.04, presumably after significant community backlash.

    • @vladimirberezhnev8124
      @vladimirberezhnev8124 Год назад +43

      *9 yr ago*

    • @Yep6803
      @Yep6803 Год назад +1

      Linux Mint and pop! Os have fixed whole the cons of Ubuntu, that's it.
      Now, seriously talking, he is really destroying everything.
      1) he is destroying GNU and GPL, I don't hate stand alone FSF comunity but I hate Stallman's version
      2) I hate his lovers, yeah he created GNU that's the GNU-Linux operative software since Linux is just a kernel but the rest is done by someone else
      3) he is an horrible person, as a woman he is unrespectful
      4) I can go on and on...I love Linus Torvalds and it is sad that himself is hating GPL v3

    • @SatanIsTheLord
      @SatanIsTheLord Год назад +41

      Doesnt change the fact that Ubuntu is shitty distribution.

    • @ArimaSenne1
      @ArimaSenne1 Год назад +23

      yep ubuntu is fine nowadays. only questionable thing is snap(optional) and systemd(not optional)

    • @SatanIsTheLord
      @SatanIsTheLord 10 месяцев назад

      @@ArimaSenne1 but ubuntu community is shittiest of them all....

  • @ItsRainmakingTime
    @ItsRainmakingTime 8 лет назад +1835

    No matter what anyone thinks of him, he is making a massive contribution to public awareness on a vast and detailed level. It took me all of these years to really get it and only because I have taken the time to listen, learn and dig into this area of our daily lives. Thank God for him and others who are with him.

    • @Dionydejesus
      @Dionydejesus 8 лет назад +4

      You got it!! it's totally truth!! I was in the same position before. Kudos to you my friend 👍

    • @CantSeemToThink
      @CantSeemToThink 8 лет назад +4

      He's doing that cause he's often on low bandwidth networks (he's traveling a lot) and this way he does not waste time watching the browser spinning, it's his choice why do you care? Also why do you say he wants all of us work the same way?

    • @CantSeemToThink
      @CantSeemToThink 8 лет назад +2

      I don't even know how to reply to such a foolish comment :P

    • @Beefforyou
      @Beefforyou 8 лет назад +11

      And emailing a link to a bot, to wait for it to download and send back... is somehow faster than going to the URL? He doesn't do it for speed reasons, he does it for privacy reasons.

    • @kawserahmmed3314
      @kawserahmmed3314 7 лет назад

      urine bangla

  • @b00i00d
    @b00i00d 4 года назад +177

    Thank you Stallman for fighting to keep our eyes open and our minds free for decades now!

    • @MyAmazingUsername
      @MyAmazingUsername Год назад +5

      Yeah it's hard to believe that Stallman was only 29 years old in this video.

    • @xtopced
      @xtopced 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@MyAmazingUsernamewhet? He was like 60

    • @yesh420
      @yesh420 Месяц назад

      @@xtopced nope, he was 29. the video released when he was 30 tho

  • @jackkraken3888
    @jackkraken3888 3 года назад +158

    Microsoft: "Yeah not good at all, all that spyware." [sweats profusely]

    • @manticore4952
      @manticore4952 3 года назад

      It's all spyware these days, and Open Source software powers most of it. You use Google or RUclips or Social Media or Gmail, all those free online tools, pastes etc. Everything has become spyware now.

    • @artemisDev
      @artemisDev 3 года назад +20

      @@manticore4952 free != open_source

    • @shallex5744
      @shallex5744 3 года назад

      @@manticore4952 good thing Richard Stallman has nothing to do with Open Source

    • @piadas804
      @piadas804 2 года назад +2

      @@manticore4952 Microsoft has some open source software, and Windows is shared source.

    • @theairaccumulator7144
      @theairaccumulator7144 2 года назад

      @@piadas804 Remember the VS Code shitfuckery? Peak of open source Microsoft code.

  • @christopherochsenreither1497
    @christopherochsenreither1497 9 лет назад +1101

    Most of the people here criticizing Richard Stallman weren't even born when he started the free software movement. At that time, no software was free. Operating systems were proprietary closed-source owned by either large corporations or the government. So it's pretty hard for them to imagine a world where they couldn't go out and download free OS's or applications. But Stallman grew up in that world. Therefore, it's hard for the critics here to even understand where he's coming from. It's hard for them to empathize with someone who sees trends threatening to erode the world we live in now, which he fought for but the critics here didn't fight for.

    • @worldhello1234
      @worldhello1234 5 лет назад +25

      " It's hard for them to empathize with someone who sees trends threatening to erode the world we live in now, which he fought for but the critics here didn't fight for." Yeah, proprietary software is really a world eroding event. :D

    • @technowey
      @technowey 5 лет назад +63

      Christopher Ochsenreither
      - I'm only three years younger than Richard Stallman, but when he started the Gnu open source movement in 1983, I'd been programming for many years.
      Open source is a good thing. However, his idea that proprietary software is antisocial and unethical is absurd, and wrong. He had money, so he doesn't have to work. Essentially, he's a software socialist.
      However, I recognize he's done some good. And, I've released some software under the MIT license, which is even less-restrictive, and thus more free than the Gnu license. However, I've written other software I might sell someday. It takes time to write software, and I need money to survive. No person should be forced by others to work for free - and to even claim it's unethical to be paid for work is an absurdity. Capitalism is the only system ever to bring half the world out of poverty to the middle class in my lifetime. And, while Stallman has done much good for the software community, he's not helping the poor.

    • @jngroelae
      @jngroelae 5 лет назад +36

      @@technowey Free software is about freedom, not price. Of course, people are allowed to redistribute this software (without asking for money) and that sounds like nobody's going to buy the program in the end. But if you look at proprietary software, then you realize that they actually have exactly the same problem ... At least I don't know anyone who has ever bought, for example, Adobe products.

    • @technowey
      @technowey 5 лет назад +14

      jngroelae - Adobe sells some content-creation tools. There is a lot of commercial software that should be purchased. Violating the license is theft.
      Your right that some companies give some software for free, but not all their software. People need money to survive.
      Gnu software is not free though. You don't have to pay for it, but a user is bound by the terms of the license. I have written some open source software. I use the MIT license. The only term for that is that the license header is not modified or removed. The Gnu license is much more encumbered than that.

    • @2218_life
      @2218_life 5 лет назад +1

      @@technowey yin and yang

  • @rock00dom
    @rock00dom 7 лет назад +226

    Although I find myself disagreeing with Mr Stallman more often than not, I cannot deny the positive impact his work has had on my life.

    • @TheLemonMasterYT
      @TheLemonMasterYT Год назад +23

      Dr. Stallman. Normally I hate correcting people like this because its stupid but the man has 15 DOCTORATES

    • @xinfinity4756
      @xinfinity4756 Год назад +6

      @@TheLemonMasterYT curious about that, can you provide a source and or list?

    • @Yep6803
      @Yep6803 Год назад +5

      he started a project not done it, say thanks to devs trust me...there's bilion of more important people next to him! even steve wozniak did more to open suorce than him, even apple is better than him.
      Gpl v3 is destroying everything as his egocentric vision of fsf!
      Marshall Kirk McKusick is far more important than stallman and nobody know him(and he is why you can use a Gnu-Linux, a MacOS since everything is based upon BSD softwares and operative system and they literally took Unix to us).
      kirk is also married with allman tha is the one who took e-mails to us and they are also lgbtq+ activists...so, i'm sorry, he isn't so important to me.
      so, no, Stallman worth quite little compared to many others.

    • @Yep6803
      @Yep6803 Год назад +5

      @@TheLemonMasterYT doctorates worth little outside USA

    • @Yep6803
      @Yep6803 Год назад

      he is hating Apple because was able to do what he wasnt

  • @impolitedirector3595
    @impolitedirector3595 Год назад +28

    I have nothing but respect for this man, he has made huge contributions to the FOSS world.

  • @bALDbOY85
    @bALDbOY85 7 лет назад +1273

    ga nuu slash linox system

    • @thefear420
      @thefear420 7 лет назад +95

      linox

    • @seth817
      @seth817 7 лет назад +62

      That's the cool way of saying it.

    • @DrathVader
      @DrathVader 7 лет назад +70

      cananicol

    • @AbeldeBetancourt
      @AbeldeBetancourt 6 лет назад +24

      NO!, no. You got it wrong. It is g' a nuuu linox *operating* system

    • @hermannpaschulke1583
      @hermannpaschulke1583 5 лет назад +2

      Ashfly actually the right pronounciation

  • @1408kishan
    @1408kishan 9 лет назад +1093

    This guy deserves more respect.

    • @KingdomofSmileys
      @KingdomofSmileys 9 лет назад +23

      Kishan Menghrajani Why? What exactly is immoral about proprietary software? That you can't change the source code? The source code belongs to the creator and therefore the creator should decide whether or not people can view and change it. There is not slavery going on here. If you don't like a proprietary piece of software just use an alternative. It isn't evil.

    • @highflier7762
      @highflier7762 9 лет назад +54

      KingdomofSmileys You're such an obvious shill.
      Ubuntu is spyware and that is intolerable. They need to be shut down completely.

    • @KingdomofSmileys
      @KingdomofSmileys 9 лет назад +7

      High Flier Because Amazon tracks what you search for? What search engine DOESN'T do that? And anyways, you can disable that in settings.

    • @highflier7762
      @highflier7762 9 лет назад +40

      "What search engine DOESN'T do that?"
      Search engines that aren't completely evil. There are a handful of them out there.
      "And anyways, you can disable that in settings."
      That point was answered by Stallman himself in the video.

    • @KingdomofSmileys
      @KingdomofSmileys 9 лет назад +3

      High Flier It was, but the point still stands, you can disable that in settings. And even if you don't want to do that you can just use a different OS. It's not like you're a slave to Ubuntu once you install it, if you don't like it you can just uninstall it and try something else. Ubuntu isn't 'evil' and proprietary software isn't 'evil'.

  • @flemtone
    @flemtone 5 лет назад +36

    The 'Amazon' filter was part of the Unity desktop, since that was removed for gnome3, and the other Ubuntu varients that use XFCE, LXQT and KDE, they no longer have this installed.

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies 3 года назад +4

      Ah answered my question because I love xubuntu

    • @BeTechAware
      @BeTechAware 12 дней назад

      @@Wahiniesdo you still love xubuntu?

  • @lucidumluxbrightlight6747
    @lucidumluxbrightlight6747 7 лет назад +144

    This man is a real revolutionary, such a philanthropist, a true hero that fights, without any need, for everybody's freedom. Thank you Mr Stallman for your existence and tenacious guindance, thank you for teaching us firmly resist against oppresors like bloody Microsoft and other thieves.

    • @gregh5061
      @gregh5061 Год назад

      I don't care what he said about women and Epstein. He's still a genius

    • @SnLeo-zx6qy
      @SnLeo-zx6qy Год назад

      ​@@milfex-lostex3984 of course he does. It's a religion

  • @wander__1
    @wander__1 10 лет назад +44

    My first distro, like many, was ubuntu and now I'm learning to use Arch Linux. Their wiki is fairly comprehensive.

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 года назад +10

      I did too. I use arch now by the way

    • @g00zik97
      @g00zik97 Год назад

      my first distro was manjaro and then i tried installing debian, but it was too much hassle. i use arch now btw

    • @adfinemrising
      @adfinemrising Год назад +1

      my first was kali linux, i use arch now btw

    • @OkarinHououinKyouma
      @OkarinHououinKyouma 2 месяца назад +1

      I use arch also btw

  • @homeontherange733
    @homeontherange733 7 лет назад +127

    Thank you Richard Stallman for your GNU for without there would be no linux.
    Thanks to Linus Torvalds for Linux.

    • @mannhansen9337
      @mannhansen9337 5 лет назад +27

      Thanks to Prof. Tanenbaum for Minix. Without Minix no Linux.

    • @manojj1544
      @manojj1544 4 года назад +20

      @@mannhansen9337 Thanks Ken Thompson and Denis Rithie(may be not) then!!!!

    • @o.aggelos
      @o.aggelos 2 года назад +15

      @@manojj1544 Just thank the entire universe for existing don't make it too complicated

    • @manojj1544
      @manojj1544 2 года назад +1

      @@o.aggelos Which exact universe? and maybe you want to respond to chayan not me. My answer was very specific to Hansen as compared to your wannabe's answer.

    • @Subuzgreatest
      @Subuzgreatest 2 года назад +1

      @@manojj1544 And thank Brian Fox for the bash shell, with which Linux is being maintained everyday.

  • @Zack-xz1ph
    @Zack-xz1ph 5 лет назад +31

    3: 29 great choice for font color

  • @vaughnkenny3643
    @vaughnkenny3643 8 лет назад +29

    Richard Stallman is a revolutionary individual with an unbelievable insight. Without his influence in the modern computing world we would be on a very different plane of technology. We should all take his advice as a fundamental truth and as a working path we should all follow. There should be many more like Richard Stallman and we should all count ourselves as fortunate for his willingness to bring light to an otherwise dark and increasingly corrupt world.

    • @SirBenjiful
      @SirBenjiful Год назад +9

      "We should all take his advice as a fundamental truth"
      That is not a healthy attitude to have towards any individual, and I doubt Stallman would want it.

  • @YeeRattakornY
    @YeeRattakornY 4 года назад +35

    I have never known he was such so much care about the users, very impressive. Thanks for everything you have done.

    • @yaboi-km2qn
      @yaboi-km2qn 3 года назад +3

      I think he's got his own moral agenda more than caring for consumers.

    • @hardbrocklife
      @hardbrocklife 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@yaboi-km2qn most do, but one is certainly worse than the other. There is no perfect morality amongst humankind.

    • @nahiyanalamgir7056
      @nahiyanalamgir7056 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@yaboi-km2qn Who cares? All we need is awareness - why someone is helping doesn't really matter unless we get personal.

  • @Glace1221
    @Glace1221 4 года назад +54

    PC Jesus here flippin tables, aid, "Get that spyware crap out of my church."

  • @k.c.sunshine1934
    @k.c.sunshine1934 5 лет назад +37

    I appreciate Richard's policy to support free and secure internet without forcing others to "eat crow."

  • @jamallmahmoudi9481
    @jamallmahmoudi9481 3 года назад +27

    The world is become beautiful with people like Stallman and so on.
    Unfortunately, this new generation has not yet realized the greatness of the free software movement.

    • @troler7147
      @troler7147 3 года назад +4

      or libre movement

    • @TK-sh1lq
      @TK-sh1lq 9 месяцев назад +2

      The software was free (libre and beer) before Stallman... He only continues preaching to keep it that way.
      Don't give credit where it isn't due, but respect and credit him for GPL and GPLv2.
      Those are fundamentals for today's free software.

  • @random6033
    @random6033 2 года назад +7

    He said "GNU+Linux" in the first 30 seconds, I'm not disappointed

  • @user-qn2wg6fg4l
    @user-qn2wg6fg4l 4 года назад +53

    2:05 "porn"

  • @sauwanejamesmakgakge5550
    @sauwanejamesmakgakge5550 10 лет назад +9

    Open source is really for the computer programmers, only they will enjoy freedom. we only enjoy the lovely software they write for us. whether its free or purchased, we enjoy it the same. Our debates the users is always "what works for us non programmers". The debates between software engineers will always be there to determine what is best for us, but at the end of the day freedom is always defined from their perspective.

  • @krissisk4163
    @krissisk4163 8 лет назад +279

    I have great respect for Stallman, but there is one view he has that I simply can't get behind. He believes that it's unethical to have an OS that allows the installation of non-free software because that deprives the user of freedom. However, if I, as a knowledgeable geek aware of the pros and cons of free and non-free software, decide that I want to accept the problems that come with running a piece of proprietary software and my OS tells me that I can't....then isn't that OS depriving me of the freedom to choose?
    Freedom is about more than avoiding copyrights and patents that put limits on what you can do. It's about empowering the user to use the system as they see fit. And, yes, sometimes that means that a user who is knowledgeable should be able to give up a little bit of freedom to tinker with the software and choose to run proprietary software that does what they want.

    • @pip0109
      @pip0109 8 лет назад +11

      +Kris Sisk abso-fukin-lutely and thats why he is nothing but an angry old troll

    • @krissisk4163
      @krissisk4163 8 лет назад +14

      Eric Lalonde
      Except for one very big problem with that entire argument: non-free software is only a problem if you intend to modify it or if you don't trust it. When it gets right down to it I'm not going to use software from someone I don't trust, free or not (this is why I don't use Ubuntu), and if a program already works very well for what I want to do then the inability to customize its source code is not a problem (this is why I use Sublime Text).

    • @chrystals.4376
      @chrystals.4376 8 лет назад +7

      Everything free is great in theory, but he's not attacking the root issues, which are structural. I might end up using an Ubuntu variant anyway, but it's not because I'm some shallow person who like convenience, and attacking people for personal preferences is not going to change the tech industry. He can complain about closed source all he wants, but it will win out unless maybe a new economic order is finally in place, whenever that will be.

    • @worldhello1234
      @worldhello1234 5 лет назад +12

      "He believes that it's unethical to have an OS that allows the installation of non-free software because that deprives the user of freedom. " Yes, having the choice to not have a choice, deprives people of having a choice. Do you spot the circular reasoning?

    • @MsJavaWolf
      @MsJavaWolf 5 лет назад +8

      Without people like him there would probably be no free software at all. If you give up your freedom companies will take more and more.

  • @MaherBaba
    @MaherBaba 9 лет назад +359

    I want this video to be played on my funeral

    • @MaherBaba
      @MaherBaba 9 лет назад +19

      I just got to see this man live, my dream come treue

    • @eternaldamnation2179
      @eternaldamnation2179 5 лет назад

      It's impenetrable.

    • @andrewcool4548
      @andrewcool4548 5 лет назад

      Why ?

    • @andrewcool4548
      @andrewcool4548 5 лет назад

      @@MaherBaba this man is a liar.

    • @helkat9876
      @helkat9876 5 лет назад

      @@pspvita99 wow, I haven't even read this ,but like wow, where did you get all that time to write this thing

  • @TheRealHelvetica
    @TheRealHelvetica 10 лет назад +120

    Every word that comes from this man's mouth liberates me.

    • @user-tl4fi6oy8d
      @user-tl4fi6oy8d 5 лет назад +7

      lol you aren't liberated from anything, you hero-worshipping weeb. Grow up.

    • @lincolnsand5127
      @lincolnsand5127 5 лет назад +32

      @@user-tl4fi6oy8d why are you being such a bitch?

    • @roland3578
      @roland3578 4 года назад +15

      @@user-tl4fi6oy8d shut up pussy

    • @kyokokirigiri100
      @kyokokirigiri100 4 года назад +1

      it's called hyperbole

    • @_tsu_
      @_tsu_ 4 года назад +1

      that didn't age well😂

  • @floflodu
    @floflodu 9 лет назад +3

    Thank you Mr. Stallman for your analysis !

  • @Bhamilton-ws4go
    @Bhamilton-ws4go 9 лет назад +245

    ...I'm watching this on Ubuntu.

    • @drewerving7428
      @drewerving7428 5 лет назад +18

      I'm sorry.

    • @Zack-xz1ph
      @Zack-xz1ph 5 лет назад +7

      Lubuntu

    • @drewerving7428
      @drewerving7428 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah if you're a dumb fuck. And seeing how much of a shit stain the southeastern united states is on the rest of us i cant really say shocked.

    • @graysonthacker7900
      @graysonthacker7900 5 лет назад +7

      @@drewerving7428 Nice attitude. You think you're making the US look good?

    • @MrHatoi
      @MrHatoi 5 лет назад +6

      I'm using Ubuntu just as an intermediary while I learn to use GNU/Linux. Once I have enough experience and I'm confident I know what I'm doing I plan on switching to Arch.

  • @yannbane
    @yannbane 10 лет назад +42

    It's not even convenient, the search feature is probably one of the least usable components of Ubuntu (13.10).

    • @avatarmanz
      @avatarmanz 3 года назад +2

      This is a dumb question and super late but has the Search feature of Ubuntu changed in any way?
      And what other ways would you search for things rather than using something like the "ls" command piping to a grep filter or something?
      I'm a very novice user of Linux myself so this is an honest question. I'm using Pop_OS as my daily driver.
      Thanks.

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 3 года назад +1

      @@wolfgangzeintl6425
      So It's a local hard drive search? Or does it still send data over the internet?

  • @kingonduty2825
    @kingonduty2825 4 года назад +49

    "ITS GNU/LINUX BECAUSE RICHARD STALLMAN SAID SO"

    • @mossfoobar8322
      @mossfoobar8322 4 года назад +1

      Praise our father and prophet Richard stallman

    • @ericsmith9293
      @ericsmith9293 3 года назад +2

      ACCUTALLY IT'S GNU/LINUX, ubuntu (and most other distributions) uses many of GNU softwares from the base ones (grub, bash, coreutils, tar,..), toolchain(GNU make, gcc, glibc, gdb,...) and other softwares like gnome, gimp, gtk, gparted, nano, etc
      Linux is just the kernel so it's the GNU softwares that make your operating system an operating system

    • @elfo1799
      @elfo1799 3 года назад

      Simply true. What's the point ?

    • @jawad9757
      @jawad9757 3 года назад

      @@elfo1799 because people like to point it out all the time to the point that it's obsessive and annoying

  • @felipediaz2311
    @felipediaz2311 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for your service Stallman.

  • @buhmepjaenner7546
    @buhmepjaenner7546 28 дней назад +1

    The irony of getting an Ubuntu ad under the video 😂

  • @mjp29
    @mjp29 3 года назад +16

    I'm a Richard Stallman fan, but I also use Ubuntu. I'm glad that Ubuntu removed Amazon from their O.S., but I'm sure that Ubuntu still has spyware baked into the O.S. I guess I'm compromising my freedom to have the convenience that Stallman talks against. When it comes to coding and command lines in terminal, I'm nearly an absolute newbie - so I guess that's why I have to compromise my "freedom" to have the convenience of just having an O.S. to work that isn't Microsoft or Apple.

    • @nahiyanalamgir7056
      @nahiyanalamgir7056 8 месяцев назад

      I'm pretty sure people look into Ubuntu's code to check for malicious parts all the time. As for Richard, his job is to warn people. For example, he warned about Ubuntu deceiving users (at least prior to 16.04). After knowing this, the decision is on the user whether to use the product or not. I think it's absolutely fine to use Microsoft, Apple, and Canonical products despite knowing that they steal data. It's awareness that we need that a lot of people wouldn't know otherwise.

    • @michalsvihla1403
      @michalsvihla1403 5 месяцев назад

      Why not use Linux Mint then? It's based on Ubuntu, has the whole newbie friendly going for it and it doesn't spy on you.

  • @shaakunthala
    @shaakunthala 10 лет назад +71

    I understand that open source software projects also need money to survive. But what RMS says is correct. Ubuntu is letting Amazon to spy on people in an unnecessary manner.
    Cloud services is a decent source of income. Donations too OK. But letting some third party to spy on is not.

    • @_tsu_
      @_tsu_ 4 года назад +5

      IT HAD WEB SEARCH IN UNITY
      CANONICAL CHOSE AMAZON AS SEARCH PROVIDER
      AMAZON GETS THE TERMS USER SEARCHED IN UNITY
      was it a bad move? definitely.
      spyware? no
      searching the web from system search is a standard feature in both mac and windows and it's convenient af
      i have a search engine on Gnome right now but I'm using DuckDuckGo so that's ok

    • @amirpourghoureiyan1637
      @amirpourghoureiyan1637 4 года назад +1

      They get used by AWS as well, this is penny-pinching at it's finest and at the cost of privacy for their users. Include proprietary drivers and software, not ads and company banners, treat your users with respect and not like a billboard for onlookers.

    • @diegomarquez3293
      @diegomarquez3293 2 года назад

      I’d just like to interject for a moment open-soyce is a dev model to get free labor free software is what rms talks about

  • @71GA
    @71GA 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you Richard! I value your knowledge!

  • @komitikki
    @komitikki 9 лет назад +25

    Freechard stallman

  • @garthok6224
    @garthok6224 5 лет назад +16

    I stop using Ubuntu like 5 years ago because of the Amazon stuff, I started using Fedora, and now Manjaro. Thanks Richard for all you do

  • @arnaudsm
    @arnaudsm Год назад +5

    Stallman was right, Canonical got even worse since. Snap, motd, Ubuntu pro making security patches paid..
    I'm switching distros

  • @SlevenKevin7
    @SlevenKevin7 4 года назад

    Simple question: Is there any way to remove the bloatware/shovelware/spyware from the OS to achieve a more kosher Linux experience, or is it so embedded in the OS that concerned users should turn to another distro?

  • @celoman2055
    @celoman2055 4 года назад

    Es gratificante poder escuchar esto de la misma boca de Stallman, muchas gracias

  • @andychow5509
    @andychow5509 7 лет назад +73

    rms is a genius. He's also not a practical person. He still wants to ditch the Linux Kernel, eventually. Whenever L4/Hurd starts to work, cough cough. I heard it almost works in 32-bit single core systems. It boots, and almost does something, before deadlocking itself and crashing. Only 26 years of development so far.

    • @mrdarky3377
      @mrdarky3377 6 лет назад +8

      Andy Chow We need more contributors.
      We'll get there.

    • @RedHairdo
      @RedHairdo 6 лет назад +7

      I have no faith in the Hurd, but I hope he GNU Hurd devs will prove me wrong.
      We still have Linux-libre, at least. That should be perfectly fine AFAIK.

    • @annekedebruyn7797
      @annekedebruyn7797 5 лет назад +1

      @TweniThree Speedruns /watch?v=8BDm88o94nk
      TL;DW dude thinks beastiality, necrophilia, pedophilia and prostitution is basically all on the same line and believes that they it should be allowed to at the very least own it without risking any form of punishment.

    • @Dr_MKUltra
      @Dr_MKUltra 4 года назад +7

      @@ClockworkRBLX no evidence for that. Marvin Minksy was a genius and a great scientist. You throw the hard work and lifetime achievements of a man simply because one person says so without a shred of proof or hard evidence.

    • @avatarmanz
      @avatarmanz 3 года назад

      So is he making his own kernel? Any developments?

  • @learnshare
    @learnshare 10 лет назад +83

    The meaning is... he is talking the truth!

  • @t3hNinj0r
    @t3hNinj0r 7 лет назад

    Does anyone have a link to document shown at 1:32?

  • @_Epictetus_
    @_Epictetus_ 5 лет назад +1

    Does Richard have a place that we can view videos on his talks?

  • @benedikt5974
    @benedikt5974 10 лет назад +6

    Beeing fed up with proprietory software I started trying Ubuntu. Installed in a VM, started it, did a search and was shocked. Never seen commercial non-free software beeing THAT invasive. Deleted the VM, tried Debian and love it! Hope to be able to move it from VM to native soon - still need to learn more.

    • @blahajenjoyr
      @blahajenjoyr 9 месяцев назад

      native yet?

    • @benedikt5974
      @benedikt5974 9 месяцев назад

      @@blahajenjoyr No, but it is so long ago that I do not remember what the reason was. Something must have been too complicated or something did not work - I don't remember.

  • @enmimaquinaandaba
    @enmimaquinaandaba 7 лет назад +11

    That was until 16.04. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    • @guyvermutronics4582
      @guyvermutronics4582 3 года назад

      Yes after 16.04 you have the option to monitor what data is being sent aor if any data will be sent at all.

  • @orveahava
    @orveahava 6 лет назад

    so what distro do u reccomend for new users like myself. if linux is to spread it should be way easier to use. i am for free software but why is it so hard ?

  • @swagmuffin9000
    @swagmuffin9000 4 месяца назад +1

    this is the first time i hear him speak. was not expecting this voice.

  • @DanielWesleyKCK
    @DanielWesleyKCK 7 лет назад +72

    Stallman's greatest strength and his greatest weakness is his unflinching idealism. Idealism works until it doesn't.

    • @keen2419
      @keen2419 7 лет назад +25

      We need also people like him tbh, some people too hard on him.

    • @solinovo3219
      @solinovo3219 5 лет назад +5

      It works when there are no egos present, the ego will however say things like "it is just idealism, we can't possibly get there, we all suck, it is just human nature" that is the ego's way to justify staying in an infantile state where fear us the driver of all it's actions including not wanting to mature into spirituality. But I've seen people change, it is not impossible my friend, each one of us has to take responsibility for getting there and helping those who aren't there yet, only then will we all be able to see the world with a clearer vision unclouded by judgement.

    • @stratmaster921
      @stratmaster921 4 года назад +5

      Aren't those the greatest pioneers? The bold and unwavering idealists that have no qualms about being tied to the stake and lit ablaze.

  • @blackbelttt
    @blackbelttt 10 лет назад +16

    This is a great man!

  • @raghavgupta1157
    @raghavgupta1157 5 лет назад +2

    Here we are! We, watching this video on "RUclips" and concern about freedom.

  • @lowe7372
    @lowe7372 2 года назад

    What is the song at the beginning?

  • @shantanusharma1042
    @shantanusharma1042 9 лет назад +5

    That was extremely useful!!!

  • @moddedcomputers
    @moddedcomputers 10 лет назад +10

    Thank You Kind Sir,
    I've promply removed this crap from my machine.

  • @sandeepr1253
    @sandeepr1253 6 лет назад

    Okay. Which distribution should I use ?

  • @seth817
    @seth817 7 лет назад

    Do any other distros do that also like mint or elementary os for example?

  • @GergiH
    @GergiH 6 лет назад +38

    It's so funny some of you think you're "safe" just because you use some random ass linux distro and noname softwares, yet just by commenting here, having an account, having an email address, google collects data from you too :)

    • @d-leb
      @d-leb 5 лет назад +8

      @Reunite The British Empire Yeah ... but ... you're posting on Google right now. That was the point he was making.

    • @CoWinkKeyDinkInc
      @CoWinkKeyDinkInc 5 лет назад +3

      RMS didn't upload this idiot lmfao jesus christ you people

    • @d-leb
      @d-leb 5 лет назад +5

      @@CoWinkKeyDinkInc I think you misunderstood what you hit reply on. We weren't talking about RMS, we were talking about the people posting in the comments of this video. - The people who are commenting here obviously don't care at all about their own privacy as they are already on the Google platform.

    • @philsose4844
      @philsose4844 3 года назад

      @henry stevens oooh i got one
      you hate landlords yet you pay the rent. socialist owned

    • @animangovideo7375
      @animangovideo7375 3 года назад

      yeah. Also, a random dude that watches me walk on the street can "collect data about me". Im find with the data i give google by using youtube, but google doesnt know the things i search online, the things i watch on other sites etc.. (i cancel trackers and use a vpn). My phone is the only exception, but hopefully soon this will be solved as well.

  • @valveman12
    @valveman12 10 лет назад +11

    I have never tried Luna yet. Thanks for the tip. Yes Lubuntu works really well for older computers. Gives them new life. Especially the old single cores.

    • @MESYETI
      @MESYETI 3 года назад

      i just use Debian and LXDE on my 14 year old laptop

  • @suryanath8150
    @suryanath8150 3 года назад

    I am currently using ubuntu and many files are in my system and if I switch to another system say arc Linux how will I get my files on that os.Please someone suggest someway

  • @Bigmike83007
    @Bigmike83007 7 лет назад

    Is the spyware only on Ubuntu with Unity desktop or also in Ubuntu Mate, Lubuntu, Linux Mint etc.?

  • @AbhimanyuAryan
    @AbhimanyuAryan 8 лет назад +30

    can't we use gnome on ubuntu rather than unity? Problem fixed.

    • @SupaKoopaTroopa64
      @SupaKoopaTroopa64 8 лет назад +4

      That's exactly what I was thinking.

    • @skeggjoldgunnr3167
      @skeggjoldgunnr3167 8 лет назад +1

      +Abhimanyu Aryan Before this spy feature of Unity was commonly known, I downloaded and installed *the* default Ubuntu...saw Unity....said "no. I think I only want windowmaker, maybe XFCE4 at the most"...within 5 minutes, I had set up firewall (default install has none). I had watched processes using network interface. I said "wha?..." So. Xubuntu with a firewall and no dial-home happening for me.

    • @MohammedAbualgassim
      @MohammedAbualgassim 8 лет назад

      +Abhimanyu Aryan This is what I am using on my computer ubuntu + gnome
      But I think he meant that Linux users should not face such issues

    • @Vanessinha91Pucca
      @Vanessinha91Pucca 8 лет назад +7

      +Abhimanyu Aryan Yea but his point is that they shouldn't do it on the first place.
      It show how the corporation mentality from Microsoft is getting inside Linux now.

    • @warrenbrandt2572
      @warrenbrandt2572 8 лет назад

      +Abhimanyu Aryan cant you install gnome on ubuntu?

  • @garvit8015
    @garvit8015 2 года назад +5

    2:07 Holy Shit!!!! Ubuntu knows about my porn stash.

  • @kumark3092
    @kumark3092 4 года назад

    Sir, what is the CAD software to be used on Ubuntu

  • @strawberryinthesky607
    @strawberryinthesky607 5 лет назад

    Which distro is the best for a beginning linux users, other than ubuntu? I don't want to deal with spyware, but as a windows user previously I have no experience with the OS

    • @EclipsianVanadis
      @EclipsianVanadis 5 лет назад

      I've heard some good things about Manjaro and Mint, I've been playing around with Manjaro Budgie, but I am wondering if the XFCE version would have been a better choice.

  • @aspiringlich
    @aspiringlich 8 лет назад +3

    It takes all of a few seconds to turn off the amazon thing. Would I rather it not be there to begin with? Yes. Am I going to abandon Ubuntu over it? Not a chance.

  • @coolworx
    @coolworx 9 лет назад +24

    Is there such a thing as a secure system when connected to the DARPA-net?
    Huxley was right, our imprisonment will come packaged in bright shiny foil.
    A mesmerizing effect, that leaves us docile and complacent...
    Hey, the new I-blah is out!

  • @erich8456
    @erich8456 5 лет назад

    so which distro is 'free software' versus open source?

  • @pxnchx93
    @pxnchx93 2 года назад +4

    If all software must be free, from where will the money to pay for the infrastructure and developers etc would come?

    • @nanopone
      @nanopone 2 года назад +4

      there are ways to make money from software that isn't mistreating the user and forcing them to pay money for it.
      free as in freedom, not free as in beer.

    • @pxnchx93
      @pxnchx93 2 года назад

      @@nanopone 1) such as? (maybe, in gaming for example, well earned DLC as opposed to predatory micro transactions?)
      2) is this the Linus/Stallman etc. philosophy?

    • @nanopone
      @nanopone 2 года назад +4

      @@pxnchx93 the main way is developing for clients. clients pay you to make a piece of software and you release the code under a free license to the client and whoever else. there's also donations
      yes thats the stallman philosophy

    • @pxnchx93
      @pxnchx93 2 года назад +1

      @@nanopone thank you

  • @MyReviews_karkan
    @MyReviews_karkan 3 года назад +4

    I'm all for free software, but I want a system that works out of the box. I want to connect to my wifi, I want my trackpad to work out of the box...... etc. I don't have time to dig through man pages and file system folders to make things work. The linux community (especially those who are hardcore for free software) should make free versions of those drivers and throw them into the kernel's code. Then I won't touch proprietary.

    • @inscrutablemungus4143
      @inscrutablemungus4143 Год назад +3

      Everything you just described already exists and is called "linux kernel development". Most of their work involves writing drivers for devices that the vendor decided to only support on Windows. The "linux community", as you put it, has been making free versions of nonfree drivers for close to 30 years now. It's not their fault the manufacturer of some shitty printer/WiFi receiver decided to only write drivers for windows.

  • @allandizon4626
    @allandizon4626 5 лет назад

    you deserve such genuine respect...and you got mine...

  • @DubNation2016
    @DubNation2016 9 лет назад

    Linux Mint does not packages software from canonical is that right? I run mint on my little brother and sister's Laptops can I trust Mint?

  • @G33KN3rd
    @G33KN3rd 5 лет назад +6

    I should say that alot of what Ubuntu does in terms of tracking CAN be disabled but I think that Stallman is right and these features should be disabled by default.

  • @jorgeayalaarce7712
    @jorgeayalaarce7712 3 года назад +4

    Juntemos voces para que el Sr. Linus Torvalds y Sr. Richard stallman sea nominado para recibir el reconocimiento de
    la Unesco como " La ciencia al servicio de la sociedad ", me parece que el aporte que el hizo para la
    gente es digno de un gran reconocimiento, soy un suario del grandioso Linux.

  • @matthieurochette
    @matthieurochette 3 года назад

    is there such polemics on the server edition of Ubuntu too ?

  • @siavoshkasravi398
    @siavoshkasravi398 3 года назад +1

    Thanks Richard. I learned something.

  • @TearsAnonymous
    @TearsAnonymous 7 лет назад +23

    So, what distro is clear from sypwares? :-)

    • @ei0119
      @ei0119 7 лет назад +13

      Arch

    • @TearsAnonymous
      @TearsAnonymous 7 лет назад +2

      How about Fedora? How free is it?

    • @addygreen8919
      @addygreen8919 7 лет назад

      +Tears Anonymous I don't worked with Fedora but I think it's a distro by RadHat and they watch what problems the user get with new programs to fix this problems before they add the new programs to their commercial distro for big firms.
      Distros like Fedora or Debian are free but it's easy to install and use nonfree programs. So the FSF don't like them ;-)

    • @Veronica-bd9fq
      @Veronica-bd9fq 7 лет назад

      OpenBSD

    • @shater1164
      @shater1164 7 лет назад +1

      OpenBSD isn't a distro alike Linux(GNU/Linux) has so many and it's totally different OS, cheers.

  • @svenniepennie4237
    @svenniepennie4237 5 лет назад +18

    From the thumbnail I though I'd be seeing King Robert of the house Baratheon talking about Ubuntu.

  • @CarlosMeraz
    @CarlosMeraz 10 лет назад +5

    Well I am agree in some terms with Richard Stallman about Ubuntu, theres been a lot of debates about the type of company Cannonical is, but i think Mr Stallman is missing something about the Freedom he seems to predicate. "The freedom of the user to choose whatever they want", theres freedom to, if anyone whats to choose a closed software, is free to doit.

    • @joshuarosen6242
      @joshuarosen6242 9 лет назад +1

      The freedom that RMS thinks you should have is the freedom of which he approves. You should not be free to be unfree. RMS approves of freedom of choice as long as your choice is the same as his.

  • @gmicgerberbaby5170
    @gmicgerberbaby5170 4 года назад

    CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THIS MOVIES IN FULL, THANKS

  • @EndUser2090
    @EndUser2090 9 лет назад +3

    Does "Ubuntu Mate 14.04" contain this spyware feature Richard Stallman is talking about?

    • @KiyoSimp
      @KiyoSimp 9 лет назад

      Yes

    • @joeffelfaelnar8615
      @joeffelfaelnar8615 9 лет назад +4

      No. The issue here is Unity's Lenses which queries Canonical's servers for matching results based on your input, practically sending data to them. Mate does not do this.
      In Canonical's defense, this feature can be disabled. With the release of Ubuntu 14.10, this feature is disabled by default, like Stallman said in the video.

  • @SymbianSyMoh
    @SymbianSyMoh 8 лет назад +24

    Respect.

  • @kingiburu2778
    @kingiburu2778 2 года назад +2

    hes not extreme. hes completely honest to himself and to others. Exactly what is missing in the world from the majority.

  • @AaronJonesTheProgrammer
    @AaronJonesTheProgrammer 9 лет назад

    So to counter the spyware that ubuntu is doing in Unity should I switch over to GNOME or another desktop environment?

  • @jboxy
    @jboxy 4 года назад +11

    The screen grab search for porn HAHA 😂🤣

  • @SIrcam769
    @SIrcam769 10 лет назад +13

    But guys, the NSA is over Ubuntu, Stallman, Linux, Microsoft, Apple and everyone. Sorry but we are not free. If you want a trully free OS, do it yourself, and even that way we are still being spied by them. What's google?

    • @ghenulo
      @ghenulo 10 лет назад +1

      Apology accepted.

    • @EnriqueRegisPascalinRomo
      @EnriqueRegisPascalinRomo 10 лет назад +2

      NSA can't be "over" Linux, don't be stupid:
      1-USA is not the rest of the world.
      2-Ubuntu (Cannonical) is not built in the USA
      3-Ubuntu is Linux
      4-Several Linux distros are built outside USA
      5-All Linux distributions come with source code, COMPLETE so you can test yourself if they have spyware or any other malicious code.
      6-No one himself can build an OS, because a complete OS like Linux or FreeBSD (that is the one behind the crappy Mac OS X) are the effort of thousands of people over several years to build a stable product.

    • @1300l
      @1300l 10 лет назад +4

      Enrique Regis Pascalin Romo
      SE Linux, a protocol of security since the 90s. Made byNSA. Most distros (including android) uses this protocol...
      So yea, you bet NSA has hold on linux too...

    • @tomterhorst1077
      @tomterhorst1077 10 лет назад

      1300l yourlogicalfallacyis.com/genetic

    • @1300l
      @1300l 10 лет назад

      Tom ter Horst
      ha...

  • @Rotceev
    @Rotceev 2 года назад +1

    Are there some freedom focused distros you would recommend mr Stallman? In opposition to those "convenience only" distros?

    • @eglvoland4162
      @eglvoland4162 2 года назад

      Trisquel GNU/Linux. Based on Ubuntu, I use it every day.

    • @random6033
      @random6033 2 года назад

      Gentoo

  • @mannybernard8782
    @mannybernard8782 5 лет назад

    Sir. Bro. If your going to address a problem do the favor of addressing a solution. Can ubuntu be modified or best distros alternatives.

  • @guyfawkes9951
    @guyfawkes9951 6 лет назад +3

    The best distro I've ever used was Enlightenment, but it's no longer being supported or updated. I used Ubuntu quite a while but somewhere along the line they lost track of themselves and turned into bloatware. My last two machines have been Win7 and Win10. Yeah, they are pretty awful as far as what they share but I go out of my way to stop or decrease that as much as possible. I attempted to dual boot the new machine and it was a non-starter right out of the gate. No support for the video card, no support for sound on a second Win10 laptop I was given. I love the idea of free/open source but even more I like the idea of the machine working without me having to constantly struggle against the limits of the OS.

  • @rydohg
    @rydohg 7 лет назад +12

    I'm all for open source software but I'll use proprietary software if it is better (but it usually isn't)

  • @oviasifovihasan
    @oviasifovihasan 8 лет назад

    Please check that what and how much permissions cortana asking on windows 10 os......

  • @MasterStroke.
    @MasterStroke. 8 лет назад +1

    Which distro Stallman recomends?

    • @MasterStroke.
      @MasterStroke. 8 лет назад

      ***** It is very similar to ubuntu. He also uses a FREE-BIOS computer. I need to do more research on this issue.

  • @cybermaxpower
    @cybermaxpower 8 лет назад +10

    Its the Ubuntu Unity Desktop that can Spy. In 16.04 the amazon search is now turn off by default.

    • @kevinmcgovern188
      @kevinmcgovern188 8 лет назад +11

      +CyberMaxPower It should not even be there in the first place, how is this thing free if you are paying with your data?? My main problem with data collection and usage is that its my data, if anyone should get paid for it then it should be me.

    • @thatoneuser5066
      @thatoneuser5066 8 лет назад +3

      Totally true, use Debian

    • @kevinmcgovern188
      @kevinmcgovern188 7 лет назад

      areeb1296 Its Ubuntu itself that has privacy issues, same with its variants, Zorin is based on Ubunutu with a different desktop and had the same issues, data collection turned on by default. It was worst in 14.04, they changed it after that. Not sure how it is now but they are a big company not at all in the spirit of Linux or Gnu, I would use another distro. Manjaro is quite good and based on ArchLinux so its much more up to date, ots also got every desktop and 10 or 12 kernels available for hardware needs.

    • @cybermaxpower
      @cybermaxpower 7 лет назад

      +areeb1296 Just in Unity. other ubuntu flavours are fine imo.

    • @kevinmcgovern188
      @kevinmcgovern188 7 лет назад

      CyberMaxPower
      It was in all Ubuntu versions, here is Zorin they use a modified Gnome desktop zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=6479&p=30874&hilit=privacy+security+issue#p30874
      Ubuntu is a company like windows in it for profit, Linux and Gnu don't see them as real Linux distros any more, there are other distro just as easy to use I would try them first, it doesn't need to be Arch or Gentoo. Manjaro or Debian are great for new users and Manjaro is much more up to date than either Debian or Ubuntu. I had no trouble going from Debian based to Manjaro.

  • @qpae123
    @qpae123 10 лет назад +3

    Man, your camera works better then the cameras from White House youtube channel :))

  • @SetAblazeYourLimitations
    @SetAblazeYourLimitations 7 лет назад +1

    Richard Stallmen is great.👍 I am surprised how many ppl are unaware of who he is.

  • @raingloom5334
    @raingloom5334 9 лет назад

    But what if we don't use the search and for instance use i3 or XFCE instead of Unity?

  • @khrisscortez
    @khrisscortez 5 лет назад +11

    I'd like to hear RS opinion about the Chinese Deepin.

    • @KenMikaze
      @KenMikaze 3 года назад +1

      He'd love that!

  • @harly1978
    @harly1978 10 лет назад +16

    Now I need to find a distribution of Linux which is user friendly as well as Stallman friendly.

    • @mathiasror
      @mathiasror 10 лет назад

      FSF recommends gNewSense

    • @jakubkarcz1350
      @jakubkarcz1350 10 лет назад +3

      ***** I think,Trisquel would be a better choice.

    • @drewerving7428
      @drewerving7428 5 лет назад

      slackware.

    • @ewkalt4770
      @ewkalt4770 5 лет назад +1

      debian?

    • @obfuscated3090
      @obfuscated3090 5 лет назад

      Debian. If you would really rather have Windows, give up and run Windows. Linux doesn't need desktop users. It's not a desktop OS, it's an OS which can be used on desktop (including mine since 1999) but most home users need nothing it does.

  • @sandybrown728
    @sandybrown728 3 года назад +2

    It respects people's privacy and rights

  • @relaxationmusicsanctuary3664
    @relaxationmusicsanctuary3664 4 года назад +1

    Richard Stallman's words should be heard with attention, and then digested. It's too easy and error-prone to judge his position too quickly.
    IF we can actually choose to have some kind of privacy when using computer's technologies, it's juts because of him and other people like him with a strong, persistent and clear vision of the concept of freedom.

  • @SinthiaVicious
    @SinthiaVicious 5 лет назад +10

    I love you Richard and I promise not to forget to include the GNU part when I talk about Linux anymore. I keep forgetting how great you are and I am so sorry for that.