Ubuntu’s New Telemetry Tool to ‘Phone Home’ Monthly

Changes are afoot for Ubuntu’s opt-in telemetry service, including greater transparency with the open-sourcing of the server backend that processes data when users opt-in. Ubuntu 25.10 added Ubuntu Insights, a newer hardware metrics reporting service that’s preinstalled alongside the distro’s existing Ubuntu Report telemetry tool. The latter used by those who upgrade to 25.10, the former on fresh installs only. But 26.04 LTS coming, having two metric-gathering tools is a bit OTT. Canonical aims to make Insights the default tool for all users, including those who upgrade from an older version where consent was managed by Ubuntu Report (i.e., Ubuntu […]

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