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Didn't Ubuntu have an Amazon link in the Unity start menu for a while?

Usually on Linux and Linux-like systems ("Free" ones I guess), you can easily change something that you don't like, or at least it's not impossible to change it.

On other systems, some things are literally (today) impossible to change, unless you have access to the source code, which you as a normal person don't.

That could be removed and never come back, on the other hand i think canonical is going towards the path of Microsoft nonetheless

Nah Ubuntu got rid of the Amazon link and app, I think they're doing well in the enterprise space these days so there's no fuckery on the desktop (although that means they've also given up on stuff like phones).

I fully expect Microsoft to eventually acquire Canonical, and if you pay attention to behind-the-scenes interactions between the two, it seems very likely.

Link or two to get me started?

I don't want to generate unwanted interest or drama for specific people by pasting links to mailing lists.

You can Google for "microsoft (buy|acquire) canonical" and find points on why it's very likely.

I suspect something similar. They have a good partnership. While we're dreaming, I'd love to see a version of Windows with a Linux kernel. They could do what they did with Edge, replace the core with something better.

Eh, word on the street NT is expertly engineered. It's all the compatibility layers and crud that gives Windows it's bad name.

As the other replies, I also agree with you, I've been a bit upset by Canonical for their support to Microsoft in making WSL, I'm not sure Linux has anything to gain from the thing, if not a bad advertising due to the suboptimal experience, but also it is a Linux system that has to exist under the government of microsoft which is a bit scary for me, but yeah I agree with you, I also see them working together for WSL, and at some point I see M$ buying Canonical

Yeah there were amazon search results in app searches for a time. It's part of the reason why I switched to PopOS, which has none of that crap but builds on ubuntu's base.

>Didn't Ubuntu have an Amazon link in the Unity start

You don't have to use Unity, and thank god for that.

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