Excellent name for the next fork
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But I think there is an option to disable telemetry, and it's just that you have to go and do it manually.
And I believe with add-ons like canvas blocker, ublock origin, clearURLs.
It must be better than any other browser.
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Sure there are certainly ways to use the main brand distribution without directly contributing data. Whatever floats your boat
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$hitLabs
#notmyOBS
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Lots of KDE Goodies ...AND... KDE Discover gets update to prevent you breaking your Linux system.
I don't really use Discover much, but ...yeah all the same.
More....
KDE Plasma 5.24 Adds An Overview Effect Inspired By GNOME's Activities Overview
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For you Apple Music fans, there is a new electron app in AUR that also allows for lyrics and more...
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Good guide on how to survive using Gnome....
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I read the full article. A ton of extensions that mostly won't survive a timely update the next iteration of GNOME. You gotta hate yourself to run GNOME.
I used to run GNOME until I figured out the amount of extensions used and changes made had yielded an interface that no longer resembled much of anything like the GNOME Shell. In fact, it looked a lot like KDE Plasma or Garuda--taskbar and application menu up top and a dock on the bottom. Until the next iteration changed everything. Again.
So I switched to KDE Plasma and only have to worry about occasional widget breakage.
GNOME Shell needs to be used as its developers intended.
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OMG, I couldn't have said it better. Actually I have, many times out of pure frustration and contempt for Gnome. It is a shame, because its foundation is solid, well except that they need to concentrate on lowering their resource usage, but the bones are there. It is the damn developers making very Apple-like decisions on what users want and need, mostly incorrectly, and locking it down where the community has to basically ....hack it. It is a hacker's desktop platform, pure and simple.
Thanks the geeks, we have KDE. 
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I totally disagree Gnome frees you from all the evils of KDE and just works out the box. We had to learn the Unix way, the apple way, the windows way, then the Linux KDE way, then the android way, But we shun a new way why are we losing it.
Lol I love Linux and what it represents I can switch on my comp and decide what DE,Wm will suit my mood every single day. 
today i'm on Garuda KDE and very nice it is tomorrow maybe i3 or awesome yeh awesome i think.
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The issue with the âKDE Wayâ is that its not the âKDE Wayâ, but âYour way on KDEâ.
The fact that it isnât, it is not because its not the âKDE Wayâ, but because there is a manpower issue in relation to all the development stack.
Gnome suffer exactly the opposite! Its âGnome Way or the Highwayâ, but it doesnât lack manpower ( as much as KDE ) due to redhat/ibm/suse/ubuntu and being much less in scope. So things seem to work more out of the box. ( which it really isnât, once you start looking under the hood ⌠seriously , a Trillion releases to get hardware mouse cursor acceleration on the wm? was Gnome the only DE ( and I include window managers only also ) that didnât had that ?
Really ⌠If you like Gnome, just use Windows or Apple. Both have alot more of resources and are WAY more customizable than Gnome!
Anyway⌠whatever works⌠of course sometimes the KDE bugs are tiresome 
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This is the only part I donât agree in - I would pick Gnome any day. But as for the comparison to KDE, that was perfectly worded
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I meant it in a way of âdesktopâ customization that âworks out of the boxâ.
And a little âtongue in cheekâ kinda point.
But it really annoys me that currently, Gnome is one of the most âlockdownâ pieces of software from open and closed developers. Elementary too I guess. ( I mean gnome, proper gnome without extensions. )
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My personal feelings please donât take things out of context.
When is that going to happen 2 totally locked down Systems, are the most used systems in the world and now Android locked down dwarfs Linux.
Main stream users want the choices made for them not to make choices themselves its beyond them, that goes with every consumable including Cars, TV, homes, We choose things that are shiny. we shun a system with a bad wallpaper, yet most Linux spins are just a shiny wallpaper on a vanilla desktop. With the exception of Garuda that does so much to make the user experience much more.
We have to face it after 25 years Linux is a was ideal that will never happen. Their to much choice and in house unrest is making Linux stagnate.
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Sorry, I didnât mean you as you specificly. It was not meant to take it personally. I should have said " If one likes gnome, just use Windows or Apple ", in a sense of liking locked down computer desktops.
I honestly donât think linux is stagnating, in any way!!! But there are things that are taking its time and toll. Changing everything to wayland and systemd ( especially wayland ) took its time and toll ( well, still taking, but wayland âenvironmentâ ( as not just wayland desktops, but apps supporting wayland) ).
I just donât think we should just give up and say âwell linux didnât work out⌠lets implement macos or windows in linuxâ and get users with the shining superfluous bling bling.
Well ⌠my opinion. I reserve the right to be wrong ! 
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New direction for KDE, something I supportâŚ
AndâŚnew KDE updates coming;
And a commentary on KDEâs world dominationâŚ
Let that sink in: almost 40% of adults in rich countries have practically no computer skills at all .
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I read that post this morning as well, a very interesting read for sure! I would agree with his scale 
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Good news for Intel usersâŚ
Linux 5.17 To Finally Enable Variable Rate Refresh For Intel Ice Lake
An early batch of Intel kernel graphics driver feature updates intended for Linux 5.17 was sent out yesterday to DRM-Next for queuing until that next merge window opens around the start of the new year. Notable with this pull is Icelake âGen11â graphics finally seeing variable rate refresh enabled!
AndâŚa handy how-to grab-bag of tools to interrogate your computer. Who doesnât like a good interrogation?
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Here is a article that mentions Garuda Linux and several other distros, and the title tells us the main focus. Great read for those who are interested.... cheers
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It barely mentioned...." *Garud" 
I guess the 'a' took a vacation day.
Interesting. The telemetry part was a little off-putting. Reviews say it is very cloud-centric distro. There are also some issues with suspend reported by various users and limited software. I would definitely put it in a test environment for awhile.
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