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

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 12, 2025

Quoting: Ubuntu's New Telemetry Tool Will 'Phone Home' Monthly - OMG! Ubuntu —

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 24.04 LTS).

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