hperrin @ hperrin @lemmy.ca Posts 1Comments 606Joined 4 mo. ago
That’s not really normal, but it’s common. Make sure you get enough exercise and eat right and you’ll look and feel better.
I cast large rock.
Snuggle up next to a Cesium-137 source for the nice hot aura. You’ll enjoy the heat until you start to fall apart.
I was on the fence about Switch 2, leaning toward not getting one. This just solidified that position. No way I’m paying for something that charges for the instruction manual.
The US is about 12.7% of the world’s GDP.
Even if you’re the biggest kid in the playground, all the other kids together can still beat you up.
Any of the big distros from North America/Europe/Africa/Australia/Japan should be trustworthy. I don’t know about the Chinese/Russian distros (I’ve never tried them, and have no desire to). The smaller distros and hobby project distros may be safe, but haven’t proven it imho.
There’s nothing in a default Linux distro that will share anything in your disk with anyone. If you enable crash reporting or telemetry, system crashes and/or system specs will be shared with the distro’s devs. You should just disable them.
If you enable any sort of online account syncing (like Google Drive), then certain things will be shared with the account provider. If you want to be absolutely secure, don’t enable these things.
When you install something through Flatpaks, their permissions are shown to you in the installer. By default, they only have access to files you choose through the file picker, unless they have the full disk access permission. And by default, you can only successfully pick files from your Downloads folder. So, for something like VS Code, it can access your whole disk, but for something like Discord, the file has to be in your Downloads directory and you have to pick it before Discord can access it.
You should make sure you’re using Wayland, because it has strict permissions for how apps can access your screen (you have to pick an app or screen before it can see it). On X11/X.org, every app has full access to see your entire screen and all your keyboard/mouse input.
Don’t use Wine, Proton, or AppImages if you’re worried about safety, because apps running in those systems haven’t been verified and have full access to all of your files. Stick to your Distro’s software installation app. Flatpaks and Snaps are generally safe.
So, after all of that, these are the distros I would recommend, in order of my recommendation:
- Fedora
- Mint
- Pop OS
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- OpenSUSE
- Arch
(My order is not based solely on how trustworthy an OS is, but also how friendly it is to beginners.)
Only install the official versions from the official source. (No community “spins”.)
Either Gnome, KDE, or Cinnamon would be great for you, so just try each of them out and see which one you like. I personally use both Gnome and KDE on different systems.
I’ve been using Linux since 2008, and I’ve gone through several distros. Linux is a lot safer and more private than Windows. There’s huge community backlash when distros introduce anything that compromises user privacy.
Traveling to the US? Don’t.
I agree that Discord blows, but it’s what my users use, and it’s free. Maybe there are free Matrix servers I could use instead of hosting it myself, but the problem is still that my users want a Discord server. Basically the same reason I use GitHub. It at least doesn’t blow, like Discord, but it’s not open. I’d prefer to use something else, but I’d get less user interaction. Hopefully once Codeberg’s federation is complete, that will change. Thank you for being kind. :)
Power Operations -> Po Op -> Poop
Perfect.
Sounds nice. I would use it. Keep is one of the last Google services I still use.
Naming software is one of the hardest problems in all of software development.
My friend who’s been praising Plex for years and making fun of me for using Jellyfin instead just told me the other day he’s thinking about switching. It’s their new subscription fee that finally did it. xD
New GPUs don’t work on Linux? Where did you get that idea from?
I got ahead of the game a little bit by switching to Linux in 2008.
Good article. As an open source maintainer, I agree. The majority of interactions I have from my users are positive, but every once in a while, some entitled asshat does make unreasonable demands. I usually respond with a stern dressing down, but respectfully. If they continue, I’ll block them from whatever channel.
One thing that annoys me is when people get upset that I use Discord for support. I get it, it has drawbacks, but I’m not going to spend my limited resources hosting an alternative that most people won’t want to use anyway. Everything I use to host, distribute, and support my projects is free for both me and my users, and that’s because I’m not getting paid to make my projects. I also give out my email, so it’s not even a fair criticism.
I don’t know how to feel about this. I need to ask ChatGPT.
The Martian. I’ve read it twice, and would love to read it again. It’s so good.
Soccer is just short for as_soc_iation football, so we kind of also call it football.