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BlanK0,

True, but it would be pretty nice to have a sort of KDE or gnome type project but WM style

BlanK0,

Cosmic DE right? I might give it a go and see how it goes 👍

BlanK0,

Definitely going to keep my eyes on it 👀👍

BlanK0,

More like traditional dynamic tilling WM

BlanK0,

Could be the case 🤔, I think if there was a more accessible WM with no tinkering in config files needed we might see a bigger adoption to the WM workflow (cause it really is more productive)

BlanK0,

Lets gooooo 🔥

Glad to see growth on flathub 💪

BlanK0, (edited )

Adding to the existing comments, there is also invidious which doesn’t bombard you with adds and if you have a homeserver you can easily host an instance (acts like a frontend to youtube)

BlanK0, (edited )

I would first approach this problem by first trying to convert as many apps that you have into a Foss alternative ( you could use this site to find the alternatives: alternativeto.net).

Then if I was comfortable enough I would later on try flashing a custom rom like lineageOS (I would recommend doing this with a second phone if you have one, like a older phone to get used to the OS since it is a bit different and if something happens you have the original phone as a backup).

Then I guess the final step would be to isolate your work apps that aren’t Foss like WhatsApp into a separate environment with an app like shelter.

Edit: Also try to not rely on google services as much as possible by using alternatives like protonmail/tutamail for email and other search engines like startpage, duckduckgo and searX (or searXNG, I do prefer more this one) (searX/XNG instances being the best search engines out there)

BlanK0,

Like some have mentioned, if you want to try different distros setup a VM (I would recommend KVM for better performance, but virtualbox is easier for beginners in VMing) with the iso of the distro you want to test out.

Like this you can keep a functional system without the hassle of having to setup on baremetal just for testing and having to go back again if doesn’t pay-out.

Also would suggest messing around with more tech-savy setups like debian and fedora (specially minimal ones) if you want to delve deeper into the Linux nerdiness.

BlanK0,

We really need Foss software for printers, specially for mainstream machines so that majority can afford a less scamy product.

BlanK0,

You could try fedora sway or gnome spins

BlanK0,

Fedora kde

BlanK0,

Me every time 😂

BlanK0,

I really like seeing codeberg being used more.

Also I’m definitely keeping my eyes on this repo once in a while 👀🧐🍵

BlanK0, (edited )

GNU Guix, definitely going to check out! I think also most of the packages I have are foss, for non-foss I have flatpak anyway 🤔👍

BlanK0,

From a forum:

“Systemd provides a lot of network functionality in systemd-networkd, journald, timesyncd, etc. that is remote attack surface. All the systemd “cloud of daemons” is tightly coupled by dbus interfaces that enable an attacker to move from one exploited system service to the next. Even if the attacker doesn’t manage to find an exploit in another system service, DoS is easily possible because the DBUS interfaces are quite fragile. Even as a benevolent admin it is easily possible to get the system into a state where e.g. clean shutdown is no longer possible because systemctl doesn’t want to talk to systemd any longer and you cannot fix that. systemd-udevd also has raceconditions galore, so sending any message to it in the wrong order relative to another one will kill the system, maybe even open exploit vectors. At the very least I would, for hardening, recommend not using any network-facing systemd functionality.

And lines of code are not ridiculous, they are the best first-order estimate available. Of course an actual inspection of the code is better for a comparison, but that is a huge task. sloccount is quick and easy.”

BlanK0,

Thx, I will check out Guix. Seems a very interesting distro 🔥

BlanK0,

I am not saying this proves single-handedly that systemd has vulnerabilities but it is one of probably many out there. I am not saying enterprise is stupid but I could definitely see some sacrifice being possibly made to spend less time setting up utilities on every systemd machine for enterprise work.

BlanK0,

I was saying that you do spend less time cause it is already there. Also you can have logs on other init systems, what I said on the post is that if later I wanted logs I could just setup instead of being already there (and the other utilities, not just the logs of course).

BlanK0,

This blog should help you with the installation and how to use, also if you need more in depth info there is this guide as well

BlanK0,

Biological life be like: ahaha entropy go brrrr

BlanK0,

Nice to see older projects being rejuvenated 👍

BlanK0, (edited )

Still the exploit is easier to avoid compared to windows viruses and stuff. Even with the linux popularity increasing there is already out there good solutions to prevent this kinda stuff like have SELinux installed, use firejail to run suspicious files, use proxies to visit weird sites (you can use proxychains + tor, a bit overkill but works if you don’t have a local proxy), etc.

Not to mention that one of the attack vectors of this exploit requires using a systemd feature which is the sysnetd which isnt going to work on other init systems. Reason why a lot of times minimalism can be superior to just having all the features + unnecessary ones out of the box.

BlanK0,

KVM is indeed a much better hypervisor, but it does require some setup with the terminal.

Since he is a beginner I decided to recommend virtualbox since it just works after installing. But if he doesn’t mind setting up things via terminal then KVM is definitely the way.

BlanK0,

Getting rid of WhatsApp is the most challenging part for sure, specially because people at work choose to use this platform. Funny enough, signal is basically the same as WhatsApp and easily accessible on the play store but people refuse to use since they are accustomed to WhatsApp and because the illiteracy on these kind of technologies.

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