lemmyreader

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lemmyreader ,

Keepass is the oldest one and only for Microsoft Windows. KeePassX is a discontinued project. KeePassXC is a community fork and my choice. Not sure about KeePassXD, maybe an Android version.

lemmyreader ,

Termux (web link) for more information.

lemmyreader ,

I often do like these posts, because it usually shows their past suffering, and the new freedom they enjoy. It is also an opportunity to share the common community feeling with them.

After all, to me many years ago when I saw Linux booting for the very first time (no GUI, just lots of text from the kernel) that was one thing about Linux that I liked : names of human beings visible. If you look at software by Microsoft or Apple on computer installations you will normally see zero names, it is all very formal.

Social interaction between Linux users, starting with solving Linux questions, has been there for years in forums. I like seeing people help other people and move forward together.

Same with newcomer posts.
I think if the posters get redirected to the correct sub

And what sub would you suggest ?

lemmyreader ,

Well said, and a nice read. 👍

Thinking about this I think that a lot of consumers who buy their new laptops will have ChromeOS, Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS pre-installed, and when they have problems with it, most of them might go back to the shop to get help, or even buy just another new computer. Another good feature of Linux is that it does not necessarily force you into hardware upgrades every few years, and it can even run on all kind of devices., making Linux flexible and sustainable.

lemmyreader ,

Good article 👍

lemmyreader ,

Good choice. I like KeePassXC and Bitwarden.

Your storing in password protected zip file is better than storing it plain text in a file on your computer but the password encryption of zip is probably not that strong.
A friend of mine insists on using a disk encrypted pen drive with an office document having his passwords. I hope he has a backup drive :)

lemmyreader ,

https://www.kicksecure.com/

lemmyreader ,

I believe that both VirtualBox and KVM (QEMU) can do USB passthrough. With either one you can have the full Windows OS running on your Linux desktop, which could be more comfortable than going for WINE. Here's an example with KVM and Arch Linux.

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    lemmyreader ,

    If you or maybe your trusted friends are willing to run a cheap VPS as proxy server then maybe https://shadowsocks.org is a solution because I think you can configure the DNS on the server as well. It has mobile apps.

    lemmyreader ,

    Tuta may be ticking all your 5 entries. You can simply test it, sign up, pay the 12 Euros per year, go for custom domain and check the options.

    lemmyreader ,

    How about Fastmail then ?

    I finally nuked windows

    I have been daily driving a dual booted laptop for the past two years. After a year of distro hopping I settled with fedora + kde and never looked back. I really liked the auto nvidia driver config and it made everything so pleasant to work. Since the last 8 or 9 months I decided to do gaming using bottles and proton ge. I...

    lemmyreader ,

    Welcome to the Penguin party - you are free now :) And thanks for sharing your OS adventure.

    lemmyreader ,

    https://planet.gnome.org/

    lemmyreader ,

    Penguin party :)

    lemmyreader ,

    Agreed. Happy GNU year ! btw.

    lemmyreader ,

    Cool.

    voxel , (edited ) to Linux
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    Hey 👋 dear Linux Community,

    I'm still kinda new to Linux (started using this year 😅) I already made it to my main OS, even if I still missing some things which I used on Windows, anyway. What I wanted to ask you guys, what recommendations do you have for Linux Mint (Cinnamon)? In terms of security, optimization, (a way to make the UI looking modern ;-;) and privacy? I would be very interested in what you do guys to optimize your Linux setup :) I'm pretty technical, so there is nothing which could overwhelm me (probaly).

    Thx! 🤍

    @linux

    lemmyreader ,

    Hi Linux user :) It makes some sense to define your threat model first.. That can save time and make things clear for yourself. For example, are you using a desktop computer that you will never take outside and are you living at the 13th floor ? Or do you have a laptop that you take with you every day ? In the latter case it may make sense to look at disk encryption. A nice toy to play with some security and privacy things on Linux is Tails.. Tails is also an easy way to show friends, family and colleagues some security and privacy features of Linux on a small pen drive, or to carry a few files safely with you.

    lemmyreader ,

    Murena might be easiest and fastest to setup. Getting a new disroot account approved can take a lot of time, I think.

    lemmyreader ,

    If you find privacy and security important I'd go for Disroot.

    lemmyreader ,

    Hmm, this app is also in the F-Droid repository with its old outfit.
    https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/52884e64-a86b-45b4-97c5-0eaa631678d2.png

    Luckily it got forked : https://github.com/FossifyOrg/SMS-Messenger

    lemmyreader ,

    Lots of other choices : https://searx.space

    lemmyreader ,

    Agreed. Trust is always a thing on the Internet. And uptime too. searx.be / yewtu.be (From the same person. They posted when their previous provider took them down) has been stable and useful for me for a long time. I do trust Disroot and they have search too : https://search.disroot.org If it does not work you can complain via their XMPP chat, or file a bug at one of their other services.

    lemmyreader ,

    You know that hosting your own instance means unless you’ve people using it you’ll lose anonymity. The big advantage of those public instances is that many people use them mixing your searches with others.

    That argument has been seen posted before, but is it really true ?
    Will Google, Bing, or any of the other search engines that you configure in your SearXNG instance really create a profile based on your searches and then know (SearXNG is supposed to proxy only and not show your real IP) it is you ?

    lemmyreader ,

    What’s your level of trust in their provider, netcup? For instance I would never trust anything hosted at Hetzner and Linode because they’ve been known to intercept traffic.

    Interesting. Do you have sources for this statement ?

    lemmyreader ,

    Thank you.

    lemmyreader ,

    Yes its true, it’s obvious, all your queries will come from the SearXNG server IP and they’ll eventually match to the the information / account / other addresses they already have on you.

    I assume that SearXNG as a proxy will not show your real IP address, nor with it show which monitor resolution and which web browser you use, to the search engines that the instance will query.

    lemmyreader ,

    I see your point. One solution : run Pi-hole in your local network to block analytics.

    lemmyreader ,

    up for me here.

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