I use Linux for many of the same reasons I use Firefox. But at least with Linux you can avoid Ubuntu&#x27;s weird privacy violations (like Amazon affiliate links in desktop search) by using other (equally good) distributions. And you can <i>always</i> remove the bad parts (`apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping`).<p>Firefox is still really the only fully modern web browser that isn&#x27;t the proprietary Safari or privacy eviscerating Chrome. It&#x27;s a shame that it can&#x27;t be a pure and neutral operating system for the web.<p>It seems like Mozilla could use its resources more wisely if this was the goal. They seem too much like a competitive startup looking to grow and not enough like a non-profit with a specific mission.