Mint os vs Ubuntu
Mint os vs Ubuntu
Probably they aim to combine platforms. Ubuntu touch relies on lxqt. I prefer it. It's lightweight. I dislike gnome, KDE, and Unity (good news it's gone). Personally, I use i3—it's not a full desktop environment, just a WM. I don't own one, but I often read online. It's true they had telemetry in earlier Ubuntu releases. That's enough for me not to rely on companies like that. For more details, you can search the web.
Telemetry was optional; you're free to send crash reports if desired, though it's not mandatory. The main privacy concerns with Ubuntu revolved around Unity and the default setting to send search data. Unity is no longer available, and it was straightforward to disable it.
Ubuntu Touch is not relying on LXQt. It's built with the Qt framework instead. LXQt was designed as a lightweight desktop that's simpler to enhance, and it serves as a successor to LXDE since it avoids GTK3 which would make LXDE much more resource-intensive. Additionally, LXQt or LXDE isn't intended to rival feature-packed environments like Gnome and KDE—actually, KDE is lighter than Gnome and I use it regularly. Canonical has stepped away from their convergence goals, shifting focus toward desktop experiences and cloud services. They only collect crash reports by default, and even then it's not mandatory. The data collection system for 18.04 isn't overly intrusive, and current users aren't compelled to participate, as I inquired about last month.