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24 questions linked to/from How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash or disable the feature?
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How to remove "Amazon"? [duplicate]
I wanted to remove "Amazon" from my 14.04 and tried to follow the instructions given here:
How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash or disable the feature?
However, even after logging ...
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How can I uninstall amazon app on ubuntu? [duplicate]
I've tried using
sudo apt-get remove amazon
and the result was sudo-apt-get: command not found
and I tried
sudo apt-get remove amazon*
and I got
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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How to remove Amazon? [duplicate]
Can I completely remove Amazon from Ubuntu?
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Opting out of searching in online resources [duplicate]
I'm new to Unity. I've just installed Ubuntu Desktop LTS 14.04.
In the top-left corner there's an Ubuntu icon,
when I click on it it pops up a search input box saying:
Search your computer and ...
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AamazonAWS malware in my ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
I need your help.
Today I found (using wireshark) many requests are being thrown from my system to some other system and vice-versa.
When I did the reverse DNS then I found it is AMAZONAWS malware.
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How may I get rid off canonical addlens? [duplicate]
I did disable commercial entries in my privacy-settings. However, I still receive entries in my dashboard.
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Ubuntu 12.04 Spyware: What to Do? [duplicate]
Ubuntu uses the information about searches to show the user ads to buy
various things from Amazon. Amazon commits many wrongs (see
http://stallman.org/amazon.html); by promoting Amazon, Canonical
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How can I disable these advertisements in the launcher in 14.10? [duplicate]
This looks like a great launcher (although I can't tell what the name of it is. Please edit this question and title to reflect its real name if you like).
I wanted to run Sublime Text.
How can I ...
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How to Remove Annoying Magazine/Book Entries from Ubuntu Software Center [duplicate]
Whenever I try to search the Ubuntu Software Center for apps, my results list is flooded with magazine and book entries. Is it possible to remove these annoying entries?
Thanks!
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I have permanent connections to Canonical servers, what are they for and how can I turn them off?
After the recent upgrade to 12, I notice permanent connections to canonical servers.
Running netstat -tp gives:
Foreign Address State PID/Program name
mulberry.canonical:http ...
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Will all Dash input in 12.10 be sent to Amazon?
It seems like all user input to the Dash home lens is send to Amazon by default in Ubuntu 12.10, is this correct?
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Ubuntu with spyware?
Richard Stallman states that Ubuntu "has installed surveillance code".
See: Ubuntu Spyware -What to Do?
Is this true?
I agree with him that "Any excuse Canonical offers is inadequate....".
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Why does the latest build of Ubuntu have an Amazon button?
I was just wondering, did Amazon make some kind of donation to get this high-profile Ubuntu status? How did this come to pass? Curious about the financial situation there. Amazon's great don't get me ...
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What information does Zeitgeist collect?
Richard Matthew Stallman has called Ubuntu "Spyware".
Does the program called Zeitgeist spy? How can I disable it? What type of data does Zeitgeist send out?
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How can I move Amazon search results into a dedicated shopping lens and out of the home lens?
I don't want Amazon search results to show up in the home lens and prefer to access them in an independent shopping lens. How can this be accomplished?