I'm considering switching to Ubuntu GNOME, but privacy is one of my concerns.

I know Ubuntu's telemetry can be disabled/opted out. My questions are:

1. If Ubuntu telemetry is completely disabled, does Ubuntu still send any usage/system data to Canonical?
2. Are there any background services that communicate with Canonical even when telemetry is disabled?
3. Does Snap/Snap Store collect any information independently of Ubuntu's telemetry?
4. Since some parts of the Snap ecosystem are closed-source, how can users verify exactly what data is being sent?
5. Is there any documented network traffic that Ubuntu sends to Canonical for reasons other than updates, package downloads, Snap functionality, crash reports, etc.?
6. If I remove/disable Snap and turn off all optional telemetry, is Ubuntu reasonably privacy-friendly?

I'm not asking whether Ubuntu is "spyware" in the sensational sense. I'm trying to understand exactly what data leaves the machine and what can be disabled.

I'd especially appreciate answers from people who have actually monitored Ubuntu's network traffic (Wireshark, tcpdump, OpenSnitch, etc.).

I really struggle with Gaming on Ubuntu, I don't know... Maybe I'm missing something... I play all games via Steam, overall they work fine, but I have a hard time with resolution management...

I got a 4k Monitor (3840x2160), an AMD Ryzen 7, an AMD Radeon RTX 7900 XT, and I use 125% scaling. But I cannot get ingame resolutions right, no matter what...

In Fullscreen, it scales up to 6000something, and I cannot change it at all.
In Frameless window I can change it, but (at least in Star Wars Zero Company), everything above 1920x1080 simply is pixels looking like 320x240 on the full screen, or it just jumps partially out of the monitor
And window mode is simply shit, showing a floating window on the desktop, also having issues with more than 1920x1080.

Why is it so hard to get gaming right? I wanted to try SteamOS, but that'd require a full system wipe, and I need my old windows partition...

Hola. Aun no se puede actualizar desde la versión 24.04 LTS a la 26.04 LTS?? Entiendo el release fue el 27/08 pero a hoy 07/09, no he podido actualizar a la versión 26.04

I am new to Linux and just switched two days ago from windows but I made some mistakes while configuring it. Can anyone help me to reinstall it again so I can config again

I was installing Ubuntu on my Dell using a bootable USB, but my laptop shut down during the installation because the battery died. Now it’s stuck on the Ubuntu loading screen.

I am planing to install Ubuntu over my windows hdd and use my ssd for game storage only

Is Ubuntu better for 32 bit era games like gta 4 or the sims 3

Windows 11 has been causing more issues with these two games recently and it makes me want to switch, is it worth it?

And oh maybe watchdogs 2

I just moved from fedora distro to ubuntu, but after I installed waydroid Helper for keymapper in waydroid, the pointer lock feature doesn't work in this Ubuntu, please how to solve this, previously i used fedora it worked

Hello all,

I have a Dell Gaming Laptop with 16 GB RAM and i came accross ubuntu website seeing single node deployment of openstack. But i don't have knowledge of it and want to explore these. So how should i start can anyone guide me? What OS should i put in my laptop for learning these?

I don't know what it is called exactly but i wanna use my phone as a second monitor, now on windows it is a trivial task just download spacedesk and call it a day. but on ubuntu it is quite different. i tried using deskreen and other apps like it and although they do work, they only mirror display and i want to extend it. now to do that i think i need a virtual display adapter but i have no idea how to do that unfortunately. So, how do I do that? sorry for the inconvenience.

Buenas, tengo este problema, me desaparecieron todos los iconos del cajon de aplicaciones de ubuntu, los busco y me aparecen, pero no están como están exhibidos siempre. me pueden ayudar porfaaaaa

Need help!
edit:

I’ve figured it out:
I go to disks
click the largest partition
click Edit Mount Options
disable user session defaults
check the mount at system startup box
ok

thanks to everyone providing solutions

Im trying to install a windows app via bottles/wine and with no luck. it loops on install and was hoping someone here can help. the app is the Reolink security camera app.

I've a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS machine.

Today when run update it shown bunch of update for Libreoffice.

The weird thing is the version change

On machine 4:26.2.4.2-0ubuntu0.26.04.2

New version 4:26.2.5.2-0ubuntu0.26.04.1

So the new version is from 26.2.4.2 to 26.2.5.2 but clearly the ubuntu base version is a old version, from

0ubuntu0.26.04.2 to older 0ubuntu0.26.04.1

should it not be 4:26.2.5.2-0ubuntu0.26.04.2?

Hello everyone, I recently got rid of windows on my laptop and installed ubuntu 26.04. I've been a linux user in the past so I'm fairly comfortable with it. I set up my Gnome taskbar thingie to be a dock instead, however there's one thing that's bothering me more than it should lol and it's how the wallpaper cuts and reappears whenever I do a 3 finger swipe up to see my open apps. Does anyone how to fix it, or mitigate it while allowing me to keep the taskbar as a dock?

Thanks in advance

Edit: typo in ubuntu version

HI THERE, I just wanna switch from Windows to Ubuntu and Here I'm stuck at Installation, basically I'm stuck at the process at Booting from SSD, it shows No Boot Device Detected , but when I try to reinstall,there it shows Ubuntu installed and option of removing current one and install new, so I'm super confused where the problem lie, and before all stuff I also get an Error Of ACPI after booting from USB Flashdrive . So check that so much and find out that it maybe the error because of UEFI!!??, but ChatGPT said, it's specific to Some HP models..I have Hp Elite Book G2 ( i5 5th gen 8GB RAM with 128GB SSD) .

And this error shows when restart the PC , when the installation complete and said restart but didn't load into .

Anybody please help me, I'm outburst of this far off Morning 😬😑

Thanks in Advance! 🙃