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0xtero

@0xtero@kbin.social

First I drink the coffee, then I do the things.

Cybersecurity specialist. Perpetual blue team botherer and a glorified network janitor. SecurityFest Crew (https://securityfest.com/)

Trying to leave things better than I found them.
Slow regard of silent things.

#infosec #security #cybersecurity #dfir #coffee #climate #sustainability #solarpunk

About Me: https://0xtero.hanninen.eu/
Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@0xtero

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0xtero,

I've been daily driving Linux since Debian 1.3 in -97.
There's certainly been tough times with some printers in the past, to be honest I haven't thought about device/software compatibility in years.
Everything (I need) just works.

0xtero,

I've been using Debian since 1.3. Haven't really ever needed anything else.
I did "experiment" a bit when the decision to go with systemd was taken, but in the end, most distros went with it and it really isn't that big deal for me.

So it's just Debian. I need a computer that works.

0xtero,

I guess that would be running sudo rm -rf /bin (yeah, it was supposed to be "~/bin" without the sudo.. idk, my fingers have a life of their own) on a machine that was in a datacenter on the other side of the globe.

It was a long and sweaty night.

0xtero, (edited )

I’m also nervous about using an OS I’m not familiar with for business purposes right away.

Keep using what gets the job done. That's what computers are for. Do not switch to Linux.

How do y'all deal with programs not supported on Linux?

I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues....

0xtero,

Sometimes customers want me to use a specific piece of software so I have a QEMU Windows installation I use.

0xtero,

Because the more market share leads to better hardware and driver support

0xtero,

I normally design and create my own fonts before I start a new document or open console.
I use Arch Linux, btw.

0xtero,

Preferably by sending signals over serial port and couple of wires.

0xtero,

gpg-zip maybe?
https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/gpg_002dzip.html

0xtero,

Ah ok, well LUKS in that case I guess

Newbie with questions about Debian

I got an old Windows 7 laptop that was going to be thrown out and decided to put Linux on it (see previous thread here). Most people suggested I go with the latest stable version of Debian, so that’s what I installed. I’ve mostly used Windows, but I do have some experience with Ubuntu....

0xtero, (edited )

I can’t figure out how to setup flatpak. Everything seems to be working fine until I enter the last line in the terminal:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Hard to help without logs or error messages. Maybe you could run the command with --verbose flag to see if it prints out something that might help?

I somehow set it up so that my username is not the super user, so I have to type a password in the terminal every time I want to use sudo. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?

This is default behavior and probably shouldn't be changed. It's a good idea to set up your normal user without root privileges and it's a good idea to ask for authentication credentials whenever you need to elevate privileges.

If you really want to remove the password, you can follow the guide here: https://linuxhandbook.com/sudo-without-password/

I somehow set up the hard drive partitions so that the OS is on an encrypted partition, so I have to put in a password for the BIOS to boot up. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?

Again, if you want encrypted disk, then this is actually good behavior, but in case you want to decrypt the disk without reinstall - it's possible, but not entirely simple or newbie friendly procedure, you need to know a bit about disk devices and mounting drives, for reference, see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/60971/how-to-remove-luks-encryption

I’m used to a desktop interface with a toolbar/start menu that I can pin frequently-used programs to, but with Debian it seems like I need to click “Activities” to do anything. Is there a way to set up the interface so it’s more like Windows in that regard?

Debian comes with Gnome Desktop by default. There are many other desktop environments, if you want to test them. See: https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment

You can also tweak and change Gnome with addons and extensions to suit your needs - see https://extensions.gnome.org/

Is there any reason why I should stick with Debian? I’ve heard some people trashing Ubuntu but I’m not sure why. Is Debian better for older hardware?

The same linux kernel (in various versions) is running underneath all the distributions, so it's really just a matter of preference. Since you're new, hop around - try Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!, Fedora, Arch and everything else to see what you prefer.

Have fun!

0xtero, (edited )

For consistency,

Threads should be renamed to "Articles"
Microblog should be renamed to "Posts".

As for Kbin identity - well.. I guess it's a "user interface to fediverse".

Fediverse, in turn, is a sprawling network that publishes and makes different types of ActivityPub objects available to users.

Kbin has tools to work and interact with some of those object types.

why doesn't GNOME have a mascot??

KDE not only has 1 mascot, they have over 6 or more mascots!! Yet GNOME only has the foot, that’s interesting, they need a mascot. And made by Tyson Tan or someone with a similar art style, it would be amazing!!! But anyway GNOME is the best desktop environment and it’s better if it’s vanilla with some small...

0xtero,

The Gnome devs say you don't need a mascot.

0xtero,

Mastodon has user defined word filters, you can completely mute this crap (of course people love misspelling his name).
I wish lemmy/kbin would get something similar it's really annoying to have this fucker in my feed daily.

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    0xtero,

    Huge if true.

    0xtero,

    Yea, I know its the edgy kid distro

    Huh?

    0xtero,

    I see, I was wondering why a IT-Security workers were suddenly being called edgy kids. lol.

    0xtero,

    Yes, because the last two years have been so full of fantastically good news.

    0xtero,

    Simo Häyhä has entered the chat.

    0xtero,

    Chat Control is a huge privacy problem.
    But a threat to free software? Nah.

    But the coming Cyber Resilience Act might be
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/eus-proposed-cyber-resilience-act-raises-concerns-open-source-and-cybersecurity

    How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it (english.elpais.com)

    The United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 cross-border attack and was followed by Israel’s relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza.

    0xtero,

    I wish international law regarding war crimes was actually enforceable. There's a long list of world leaders who've gotten away with mass murder with no consequences.

    0xtero,

    20% seems really low, but I guess it's better than 0%

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