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    cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/24574658

    was checking my old favourite posts and found this.

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    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

    me: favorite os: any vanilla AOSP or Lineage based custom rom, i can't be separated from android, i'm a hardcore bugdroid fan.

    favorite browser: cromite, librewolf, mercury

    favorite apps: invizible pro, viper4fx, bitwarden, lemmy, yetcalc, vscodium, xorg, peazip, fileoptimizer, converseen, vidcoder

    [–] hansolo@lemm.ee 59 points 1 week ago

    Hey now, I've been paranoid for years. Don't call me a newborn.

    [–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Seems like I'm a newborn paranoid. Favorite os = arch Favorite browser = librewolf Favorite apps = f-droid

    I disable cookies on virtually all websites. And I do fear the slippery slope sometimes.

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    [–] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)
    • arch
    • lineage os (rooted)
    • librewolf
    • fdroid, element

    [Realisation]

    ... I would go full paranoid but Its over my skill level. Also I'm quite happy now that the transition to more private things process is mostly over.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    Why would you root Lineage OS? You are putting a hole in your security.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

    rooting with Magisk is secure, unless you install malicious modules or give access to apps that are malicious. Magisk root in itself does not worsen your security

    [–] exu@feditown.com 26 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    I also do that because it lets me

    • limit charging with ACC
    • use microG as network location provider (microg installer revived)
    • fix SafetyNet
    • YouTube ReVanced
    • Make using other App stores easier (updating can happen automatically in more recent Android versions, but first installs still require confirmation outside the Play Store)
    [–] Darorad@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

    What do you need root for on ReVanced?

    [–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 5 days ago

    It's way easier to install the Magisk module someone else made than build it myself.

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    [–] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

    ah yes i want to download a 800 mb text editor that has support for the most obscure programming languages and looks like it is from the 80s

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    This is fairly dated.

    Don't use Telegram or Jami. Also Xorg is dead.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    i'm still mad at they killing xorg like it wasn't bad and worked well, everybody could use it

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    It never worked well for me. It is ok but Wayland is a massive improvement.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

    xorg almost always worked for me. it had some quirks, but startx almost always solves it. And Xorg is supported by much more gui systems and applications, screen recording is also easy with it

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    I can't say I've had the same experience. It was always buggy especially with multiple displays and touch screens. What pushed me to Wayland was the much better battery life.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    ok i know that wayland is better for those but it is still not a valid reason to abolish xorg

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    We aren't abolishing Xorg. I will be here for a very long time.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    i really hope so, because if they did, 65% of desktops/wms wpuld become inaccessible, that would really erode my trust with linux

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    Why would they become inaccessible? Also why would that erode trust?

    You can do whatever you want.

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

    many desktops and wms were only designed for Xorg, as wayland wasn't anywhere in that time

    [–] gramgan@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

    yeah but if you want actual security you use Qubes

    and for the love of Torvalds don't use Tails as a daily driver, it's not for that

    also have you seen Stallman's other video?

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    [–] janAkali@lemmy.one 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Not sure where I fall into this chart =)

    Favorite OS: OpenSuse Tumbleweed
    Favorite browser: Librewolf
    Favorite Apps: Vim/Neovim (not even close to anything else)

    • I'm not paranoid, though. (It's not paranoia if everyone agrees with you, most people just don't care)
    • I love FOSS culture and hate corporations with passion.
    • For messaging I use Discord and Telegram
    • Use old netbook from 2007 and my desktop PC is around the same age.
    • I do watch Luke Smith and "Richard Stallman was right"!
    [–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Not sure where I fall into this chart.

    I can tell you. You're in the shit distro+shit browser part of the chart. Terrible choices. Not like my distribution which is so good. With a very good browser.

    No I haven't read what your distro is. Nor your browser. Irrelevant.

    My distro? You wouldn't know it. Very niche. But very good. Maybe the same as yours, but not the shit one. The good one.

    Am I a moron? Sure. A moron with a good distro. (It's ubuntu+chrome, if you know it)

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    [–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    β€œHas hundreds of private messaging applications that their friends won’t use” Stop, the wound is still fresh.

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    [–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Suspicious lack of Qubes. Who do you work for??? the CIA? China? The Rwandan National Intelligence and Security Agency?

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    [–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    So i'm a conservative just a bit paranoid, gotcha πŸ‘Œ.

    [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    No idea where I fall and at different times all over. Use Firefox, fedora now, devian on server. Run selfhosted for most stuff. Just debloated stock Android removed most of Google's stuff. Have used Graphene but it's missing tracker tracking.

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    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Mmmh don't think that an FSF Member prefers WebM for it is made and maintained by Google the thoroughbred of sin.

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