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Thoughts on the Brax 3 phone?
  • I heard that he was a scammer or pseudo privacy expert from other comments. I wouldn't recommend that phone. If you care about the privacy or security of your device, use DivestOS with a supported Pixel/OnePlus, or GrapheneOS with a Pixel. Only buy the phone new if you are super paranoid of some zero-day vulnerability being used on you. I recommend swappa.com because they have quality control, returns, and good prices for used devices (you can even get mint quality devices).

    Comparison of Android ROMs: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

    iodeOS has been behind on security updates often (still better security against unsophisticated attacks than Ubuntu but not a good ROM): https://divestos.org/pages/patch_history

  • Linux Mint surpasses MX Linux on Distrowatch to grab #1 spot
  • No one has until they look at distro watch /j

  • 80% rule
  • I already was corrected by another comment.

  • 80% rule
  • My mistake.

  • 80% rule
  • Typo in your function definition according to your IDE. Guess that means no women are getting paid. Alternative interpretation is that the function will cause the program to error out resulting in a destabilizing of the power structures or something idk.

  • firefox rule
  • I honestly dont care about my browser using a lot of resources (processes, RAM, etc) because it may be helpful to the isolation security model of the browser. Each and every website is a possible malicious app.

  • Anyone here use GrapheneOS??
  • My recommendation is GOS if you care about out of box experience and using gapps, DivestOS if you care about degoogling and removal of proprietary code. Both are hardened.

  • Ladybird Browser: First Impressions & Easy Installation Guide
  • Some made a pull request with all the changes made already. The issue that the PR addressed was the excessive use of he/him in the docs when referring to developers (aka the person reading the docs). Contributors expressed that they didnt think using male only pronouns in the docs made much sense when referring to any developer reading the docs. This wasn't some entitled person trying to force the ladybird dev to rewrite the docs, all they needed to do was merge the changes.

  • Nyxt - lisp browser
  • Thought so. Thanks for the reply.

  • TERF rule
  • Seems dumb yes

  • TERF rule
  • Think it could be about how many trans fem people has penis anatomy which the meme could be referring to as a "lady wand". Just my interpretation.

  • AMDXDNA Driver For Ryzen AI Now Ready To Appear In The Linux Kernel
  • This isnt for you, nor for me. I don't need an AI-capable chip, I could just use my GPU if for some reason I wanted to run a local transformer model.

  • Nyxt - lisp browser
  • In addition, on that website under "Manual>Troubleshooting", the manual states the following:

    Bwrap error on initialization (Ubuntu)

    If Nyxt crashes on start due to bwrap, then disable or configure the apparmor service.

    This vague wording is terrible advice. Disabling AppArmor outright destroys Snap sandboxing and the general security of your operating system. Configuring AppArmor is a better option, but a specific should be given as an example.

    For example, from the readme file on Cromite's Github repo:

    """ 1. Creating an apparmor profile for cromite

    Create /etc/apparmor.d/chrome, and write:

    abi <abi/4.0>,
    include <tunables/global>
    profile cromite /home/user/cromite/chrome-lin/chrome flags=(unconfined) {
    userns,
    include if exists <local/chrome>
    }

    replacing the cromite binary path with where you have placed cromite.

    Now, run sudo apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/cromite to apply the changes.

    2. Disabling the restriction until next reboot

    sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0

    3. Disabling the restriction permanently

    Add kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0 to the file /etc/sysctl.d 60-apparmor-namespace.conf. Create the file if not exists. """

    EDIT: I hate trying to get Lemmy to format multiline code blocks.

  • Nyxt - lisp browser
  • Currently only supports WebKit and Blink (experimental) as underlying browser renderers. The description of the browser starting with the words "Nyxt is a browser with deeply integrated AI [...]" is a turn-off for me. If it is for powerusers, call it what it is. It could be a LLM or some algorithm, idk.

    I may check it in a year. For now, for Blink (Chromium) engine use Cromite browser + uBlock Origin Lite, for Gecko (Firefox) use Librewolf or Mullvad browsers.

    The browser app is the only program where (to me) Security/Privacy fully supersedes any concerns customizability and usability.

  • YouTube's war on adblockers still continue
  • YouTube is a monopoly. The reason no one really uses multiple platforms to upload videos at the same level as YouTube is because it was run for a long time at a loss to push out all competition. I have no simpthy.

  • Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week
  • They do other things than just hangings. I wouldn't suggest that executive punishment is a solution to crime rates, just look at the USA.

  • Windows VS Linux
  • Yes, but Plasma doesnt protect against screen recording. The Devs expressed interest in protecting against arbitrary screen capture, still work in progress. See this issue: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde/-/issues/7

  • Windows VS Linux
  • Flatpak is installed on basically every Linux distribution. Literally all I do to install Steam is go to the Software Center and search "steam" and click install. It takes 2 clicks.

  • Windows VS Linux
  • Cinnamon with Wayland is still in testing. X11/X.Org is unmaintained software and is less secure than Wayland. GNOME is the only desktop at the moment that actually protects the screen from arbitrary recording by applications. Just food for thought.