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Changing the VPN server, just for good measure

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No specific communities, just the entire instance of hexbear.net (lemmygrad.ml is already blocked on my instance)

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Great option on desktop. For mobile devices, I recommend GrapheneOS, it's Android without all the proprietary Google bullshit and with massive privacy/security improvements.

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Have you tried the Universal Android Debloater?

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Your OS has lots of other weaknesses (literally) though. GrapheneOS is the way to go, DivestOS is another option.

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Is it open source?

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Can't you remove it with the Universal Android Debloater or just flash a custom ROM?

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Which Poco is it?

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You could install DivestOS, it's a more secure OS build on top of Lineage. Here's the link for your device if you want to check it out: https://divestos.org/pages/devices#device-vayu

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Unfortunately it currently only works with Google Pixel devices, but it does support the Pixel Fold, as all the foldable-related code is included in AOSP (which GrapheneOS is built from)

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That's why I mentioned DivestOS, it's built on top of Lineage but has much better security (including the ability to re-lock the bootloader). It supports many devices, including some older devices.

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Use Fossify SMS, QKSMS or QUIK SMS (updated fork of QKSMS)

If you're tired of all this Google bullshit, switch to a better Android ROM like GrapheneOS or DivestOS, these don't include any of Google's proprietary spyware and improve your privacy/security.

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No, iMessage is a completely separate protocol and has nothing to do with SMS. It uses WiFi/Cellular data, unlike SMS. It doesn't involve your mobile carrier at all, it all goes through Apple's servers. They just put iMessage (which is basically like WhatsApp or Signal) and SMS into the same app and made everything confusing and annoying to use.

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Unfortunately AOSP (controlled by Google, keep that in mind) doesn't provide an API for RCS messaging. That means, you can't use a third-party app. Google doesn't allow you to use a third party app because they want to force you to use their proprietary garbage.

CAD Software Suggestion

I am currently on win10 but have been toying with mint and liking it. I intend on fully switching over soon. I have also been toying with the idea of some simple 3D modeling, like making custom parts for projects around my house. Maybe using a CAD software to generate stls for a 3D print or using it to spec out parts for a...

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The Linux Experiment fairly recently made a video about this: https://tilvids.com/w/w5SrXQUhk1a5iEtE9xPWgS

If you just want the links:

I also recommend learnlinux.tv and especially the YouTube channel

Since you're on Arch, the Arch Wiki is a great resource if you ever need to look something up. If you just want to improve your CLI skills and make the life in the Terminal more pleasant, I'd recommend the fish shell. (Check this out if you want a video demonstration) It has a great autocomplete feature and shows you a short description of each command, which might help you to learn more about it. It's also very flexible and customizable. (Check out this video for some neat tricks) My last recommendation is tldr, it's a very useful application that gives you a short summary of how to use a command. These summaries are much easier to read and understand than manpages. I assume you know about manpages, if not, that's another recommendation.

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BTW fd and ripgrep are a little easier to use. They're also much faster and more modern. You can find more modern alternatives to classic Linux command line tools in this blog post or in this list on GitHub.

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Or teeldeer, it's just tldr rewritten in Rust. But it uses the same tldr pages.

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Personally, I prefer lsd over exa/eza. It's also written in Rust, but offers much more customizability. It has an entire config file with lots of options.

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You don't have to fix them, at least not all of them. You can just add an "open for contributions" or "help wanted" label on GitHub and let other people deal with it.

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People definitely do this, it's not uncommon. I also need to spend more time contributing to FOSS, it's a great idea.

OpenSSL goes GitHub only ( openssl.org )

We’re no longer using our old ftp, rsync, and git links for distributing OpenSSL. These were great in their day, but it’s time to move on to something better and safer. ftp://ftp.openssl.org and rsync://rsync.openssl.org are not available anymore. As of June 1, 2024, we’re also going to shut down https://ftp.openssl.org...

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That's a pretty bad idea. I highly recommend this awesome write-up by Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub!

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but GitHub works really well and you can rely on it to be fully reliable

So does GitLab, Codeberg, sourcehut or self-hosting your own instance of GitLab CE, Gogs, Gitea or Forgejo. Why use GitHub? Especially, when developing open source software? Why use a proprietary software forge run by a Big Tech corporation that uses your code to train some AI model?

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Again, the productivity is what matters.

I don't know how GitLab would make anyone terribly unproductive. I see many FOSS projects or even entire (proprietary) software companies choosing GitLab for source code management. In fact, the company I work at (a government contractor) uses GitLab, as well as many other FOSS tools. And it's definitely not a FOSS company, our main customers are the police and military.

You dont think they could train copilot if it’s hosted on a remote git repo?

Sure, but their first choice for a data source is GitHub. For other platforms, they would need to develop and maintain an indexer/crawler (which you can block), which costs time and thus money. Just think about it, why would you upload my code to a platform, when you know that the owner of that platform actually hates FOSS and only wants to profit from it?

Also, what have you contributed to openssl lately? Resources? Money?

What has Microsoft recently contributed to the FOSS community? I mean truly contributed. Why should a FOSS project use their proprietary products when other free (both as in price and as in freedom) alternatives exist?

Are they allowed to use vs code to develop too? Or do they need to change?

Dumb argument. The code editor/IDE is a personal choice of each developer. The software forge isn't. I really doubt that anyone at OpenSSL is using VSCode (a bloated JavaScript mess) for C development. But if you need to use it, there's VSCodium which is completely open source and removes the Microsoft tracking.

Also, there is always the possibility some of these smaller ones go bankrupt. GitHub is highly unlikely to

So is GitLab

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I don't know why you are trying to paint the picture that everything except GitHub is extremely unstable and makes everyone unproductive. It's definitely not the case, I can tell you that from years of experience in both corporate and FOSS software development. Haven't heard from any project that migrated from GitLab/Codeberg/sourcehut to GitHub, it's always the other way around. I often see abandoned GitHub repos with links to new repos on Codeberg or sourcehut. Because people don't want to use Microsofts proprietary garbage. And somehow they don't have any issues with suddenly being unproductive after switching away from GitHub.

They already index everything using bing…

Bing is such a piece of shut (just like most other Microsoft software) that I actually forgot it existed, because no normal person on this planet uses it

Yeah… Sure… Every developer I know these days except one uses VSCode

What programming language do you use? JavaScript?

Microsoft actually contributes a lot to open source

For example? Name a full FOSS microsoft program that can be used on it's own. Most of the things I see on github.com/microsoft are just some obscure libraries or other developer tools that no one uses. Sure, VSCode. But the build you can download from Microsoft's website isn't even FOSS. They don't offer downloads for Code - OSS. The new Windows terminal? Only usable on the otherwise completely proprietary, bloated, ad-infested, data-extracting Windows operating system. Terminals aren't used by most people either, I think I could almost call this a developer tool. The Windows Calculator? Wow, what a great contribution to the FOSS world. And meanwhile they make billions from selling proprietary software. Microsoft never truly supported the FOSS community and likely never will.

Cool… I’ll just leave this here: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/0-click-gitlab-hijacking-flaw-under-active-exploit-with-thousands-still-unpatched/

No software is perfect. Just look at all of the critical vulnerabilities Windows has had, EternalBlue (CVE-2017-0144) is a perfect example.

It’s their decision…

Of course it's their decision, but it's my right to criticize it, because I think it's a bad decision.

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God damn, please remove these pesky ?utm_ parameters from your links. They make your links unnecessarily long and your comment becomes pretty annoying to read. You don't even have to do it yourself, just click on "Copy Link Without Site Tracking" in Firefox. Make it a habit to always use this option. If you don't want to deal with it at all, install the ClearURLs addon or enable the "AdGuard URL Tracking Protection" list in uBlock Origin.

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Ok then by your own logic you are only allowed to use Linux From Scratch and you also have to compile your browser yourself. You realize that what you are saying doesn't make any sense at all, right?

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But Nitter doesn't work anymore, does it?

Andromxda ,
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There's Yattee for iOS, just use this guide to set it up.

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Updating your filter lists in uBlock Origin should fix it. Nevertheless, there are better solution for watching YouTube videos without Google's crappy ads and trackers. There are private frontends like Piped and Invidious, you can use LibRedirect to automatically redirect all YouTube links to your desired frontend. You can also use a native client like FreeTube on Desktop, LibreTube or Tubular/NewPipe on Android, Yattee with this guide on iOS, iPadOS and tvOS, SmartTube on Android TV or this app if you have an LG TV running webOS.

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You can still use Right-click -> Copy Link Without Site Tracking

It's a built-in feature that was added in Firefox 119 and it removes all kinds of nasty, unnecessary stuff in URLs. 80% of your comment consists of long URLs and you didn't use new lines so it's hard to see where the first link ends and the second one begins.

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Didn't see the link at first. Thanks! I thought all instances were dead.

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You can always dual-boot. Bazzite is a very stable Linux distro, which is optimized for gaming and basically gives you the same experience you would get on a Steam Deck. I highly recommend it.

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Time in terms of setting everything up or learning how to use it? Because I can tell you that both are relatively easy. The installation is super easy, no harder than an ordinary Windows setup. The Steam Deck by default uses a desktop environment called KDE, as a Windows user, you should feel right at home. I'd say it's very intuitive to use and easy to learn. As Bazzite tries to mimic the Steam Deck experience as closely as possible, it uses the exact same stuff. Maybe check out this video.

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