You’ll get tracked on Linux just the same as on Windows. As mentioned above, most of the Ubuntu base’s tracking has been disabled in Mint but applications you install will potentially still track you like they always do, there is no built-in safeguard against that.

Can Ubuntu be tracked?

Ubuntu will no longer be able to track which packages desktop users install from the archives. … gathers statistics determining which packages are the most popular with Ubuntu users.

How private is Linux?

Linux Operating systems are widely reagrded as being better for privacy and security than their Mac and Windows counterparts. One reason for this is that they are open-source, which means they are much less likely to be hiding backdoors for their developers, the NSA, or anybody else.