Switching to Linux from Window from a privacy perspective

So I used to use desktop Linux a while back and I switched back to Windows as my college had programs that basically required it. Now that I am out of college and I've been more concerned about privacy, I'm debating (sort of spur of the moment) whether to switch back to Linux.

When I used Linux before it was mainly for programming and less telemetry, however I want to re-examine this and see whether the telemetry + Windows 10 …

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