Well, uhh, these requirements. But idk.
Yeah I've heard Arch is lightweight, but that might happen in like 5 years :D
Linux Mint is the easiest one from the list, but all of them except Solus are fine. I personally recommend Mint or Debian, Debian Sid if you want latest kernel.
No, I don't really need it.
KDE should work fine, maybe with a bit of tweaking?
I thought about that too. If that doesn't work out, Xfce/LXDE/LXQT it is.
Well uhhhhhhh, when my "laptop"s plug is pulled out or the power goes out, it's dead :D. might need a battery change or an ups...
I use /kbin, once the Artemis app gets kbin.social support, i'll definitely use kbin more.
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I think) doesn't support it.
Currently, it has Windows 10 on it, but it has been veeeeery sluggish. I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 8 gigs and upgrade to an SSD, but (even if I upgrade those parts) I don't want to use Windows anymore, at all.
So, I have a few options. (kinda in order)
Linux Mint Fedora, though idk if the 2 GHz requirement is a big problem Pop!\_OS MX Linux Debian Ubuntu and its flavors Zorin OS and maybe Solus? though the same problem with fedora.
Yeah yeah ik, all of these except Fedora and Solus are Debian/Ubuntu based.
DE options: (again, also kinda in order)
KDE Plasma (love the looks of it, though is my hardware enough?) Cinnamon XFCE - LXDE - LXQT (because of "lightweightness" :D) Budgie 5. GNOME too heavy These are some options for me. If you have any more suggestions, let me know. Also, are there any compatibility issues with my system for the distros/DEs?
Thanks for the replies in advance.
(Note: this was also posted in the m/linux@kbin.social magazine and the r/linux4noobs subreddit. don't ask why im still on reddit, it's because of Infinity for reddit.)
(Another note: If you saw this post before, it's because of /kbin's issues. I reposted it because no one saw it before.)
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I think) doesn't support it.
Currently, it has Windows 10 on it, but it has been veeeeery sluggish. I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 8 gigs and upgrade to an SSD, but (even if I upgrade those parts) I don't want to use Windows anymore, at all.
So, I have a few options. (kinda in order)
- Linux Mint
- Fedora, though idk if the 2 GHz requirement is a big problem
- Pop!\_OS
- MX Linux
- Debian
- Ubuntu and its flavors
- Zorin OS
and maybe Solus? though the same problem with fedora.
Yeah yeah ik, all of these except Fedora and Solus are Debian/Ubuntu based.
DE options: (again, also kinda in order)
- KDE Plasma (love the looks of it, though is my hardware enough?)
- Cinnamon
- XFCE - LXDE - LXQT (because of "lightweightness" :D)
- Budgie
5. GNOMEtoo heavy
These are some options for me. If you have any more suggestions, let me know. Also, are there any compatibility issues with my system for the distros/DEs?
Thanks for the replies in advance.
(Note: this was also posted in the c/linux@lemmy.ml and the r/linux4noobs subreddit. don't ask why im still on reddit, it's because of Infinity for reddit.)
I wrote this because I liked their services (because of their features) and wanted to know the community's opinion on them.
I don't really remember how I found out about them, but I think it was an article or video.
I wouldn't consider this thing I wrote "extensive", other than the Proton competitor stuff, I just listed some stuff on their website and some of my opinions.
Hmm, I see, my bad.
They do encrypt the subject and recipient/sender's e-mails but they are not e2ee.
Thanks for the correction.
That's a very big downside if you want to use them as your e-mail provider, yes.
https://kbin.social/m/privacy@lemmy.ml/t/341412/-/comment/1638946 Again, I'm sorry if this post was over-saturated. My bad.
you know, i kinda over-saturated the positives of skiff now that i read this thing again, it feels like an advert. But I am in no way affliated with Skiff, I haven't even signed up yet, I just listed their services and positives.
I should have signed up and tested it for a bit, that's my bad, I apologize.
Proton Mail encrypts the content of the mails, not the subject. So even if it is a Proton Mail-to-Proton Mail conversation the subject is not encrypted. Skiff also encrypts the subject of the mail in a Skiff-to-skiff conversation.
Skiff Mail privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted product home, with Mail, Calendar, Pages, and Drive overview.
I'm looking at Skiff's services lately and it's actually looking pretty good! They offer E-mail, Pages (docs), Calendar and Drive. (Almost) Everything is E2EE, see here.
Their E-mail service supports custom domains, unlimited aliases, easy migration, auto-reply, schedule and undo sends and more stuff. One thing to note is they also encrypt the e-mail subject, whereas (for example) Proton Mail does not.
They have Pages, which is something like docs+notes+wikis. They have teams, real-time collaboration, public link sharing and version history. I don't really care much about this but it's really nice to have.
They have Calendar, which I'm not really gonna get into because I'm not really into that stuff. You can check it here if you want.
And finally they have Drive. They offer 10 GB of storage for free, you can upload any file type with any size (well, of course within the limit), easy migration and the option to store your stuff on the IPFS which is really great.
Some of the features I mentioned are not free, you can see their pricing here. They have a free tier for (of course) nothing, an Essential tier for $3, A Pro tier for $8 and a Business tier for $12 dollars per user per month. These are yearly prices so keep that in mind.
Also, they are based in the US if that's a privacy concern for you.
Now, I want to ask this question: Can Skiff be a Proton competitor? I'm... not so sure. They have only been around for about 3 years, but they are developing very fast. They are also active with their community on reddit and Discord, so that's cool. My suggestion right now is to use both. You can use Proton's Mail and Calendar and Skiff's Drive for example. Proton has a VPN and a password manager and Skiff has Pages, so you can use all of those if you want.
I think Skiff has a bright future, if they make the right choices they will grow more.
This is kind of a half-review without testing I guess.
So what do you think about Skiff?
Yeah it's kind of useless. The apps you listed are available, but for example Newgrounds is banned.
IDK about the second thing about the encrypted apps, but I would expect them to do it. But some people have been jailed for criticizing Erdogan.
and IDK what place Turkey is, but yeah it has a very high number.
Erdogan pls don't put me in jail
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.
So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.
So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)
(Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, c/privacy@lemmy.world communities, the m/signal@kbin.social magazine and r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
Yeah, they are in alot of websites. Buat now, even if you block trackers on your browser aggresively and use apps without fb tracking etc. etc. your data will still be collected by fb with this thing.
One alternative is going offline :D
"ah yes, sweet metadata of other people who don't even use our products."
I knew they were very data-hungry, but NOT THAT MUCH.
I'm really concerned about this.
Well, Meta can still do their practices though. And I fear it will be even worse since they can know when you texted, who you texted, where you texted, for how long you texted in WA and i fear this will spread to other platforms too.
Well, that's great but I will still prefer Signal because of Meta and their background.
Hmm, yeah true. More people can take a look at the code, find vulnarabilities and fix it. Then it should be open-source too, since it would also be hard to bypass even if that happened. So there's not really an argument to not make it open-source.
I do not have the knowledge, time or money to set up my own servers for those sadly. And it would probably take time for my family to adjust to those.
Tried it about a month ago, it felt barebones so I deleted it but it's quickly updating, might check it again!
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.
So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.
So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)
(Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.
So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.
So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)
(Note 2: This was also posted in r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
I don't know (but wanna learn) programming, but, for example, can't you inspect the code of an app if it's installed?
(yeah this is kind of a stupid question.)
EDIT: Thanks for the clarification, guys!
Linux Mint 21.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027.
New Features: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel\_victoria\_cinnamon\_whatsnew.php
Linux Mint 21.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027.
New Features: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel\_victoria\_cinnamon\_whatsnew.php
'sup? So, I am a beginner that has an old Samsung laptop from 2013 with an i3 4005U, a GeForce 710M, 500GB HDD (I will probably upgrade it to an SSD, but not for now.), 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM (the same for the HDD, will probably upgrade to 8GB some time.). It currently has Windows 10 Home but Linux is probably lighter (right?) so thats why I want to use it (+customization). I plan on dual booting the two since i might still need Windows for some cases. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
(Note: I'm planning on using Linux Mint [which version should I use?] or Pop!\_OS, but might look at Zorin OS Elementary OS, Deepin and maaaaaybe Ubuntu and it's flavors. I don't really have an idea on desktop environments. need suggestions.)
(repost because wrong language)
yeaahhhhh.
I'm still waiting for a kbin app for Android so that's why I wanted to ask.
Sucuk @kbin.social uhhhhhh, how's it goin'?
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