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MigratingtoLemmy

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MigratingtoLemmy , (edited )

Turns out that IBM is leading OpenTofu efforts. Nevermind, it's OpenBao they are working on (Hashicorp Vault FOSS fork), we might just be done here.

Also Pulumi is technically fucked too. Back to good old shell scripting boys

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I don't know

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Don't use snaps.

People shouldn't be using Ubuntu either but I suppose that's not going to happen. Just use a derivative like Linux Mint

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Thank you, yes I was planning to do that. Thanks

MigratingtoLemmy ,

And you don't get to police people's opinions

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Ublock origin advanced mode + NoScript for finer, more granular control. It's a PITA if you're not used to it but these two along with Cookie deleting plug-ins have drastically improved my digital life

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Can't he post over I2P/Freenet?

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I'm starting to see this a lot. Some man-pages are very verbose and one might not have the time, but for the most part, opening a man page and lessing through it doesn't take too long, and it's usually up-to-date

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Thanks

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Thanks for that, I'll keep the user in mind

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Thanks

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

That wasn't my intention, but thanks for pointing it out. I'll keep my phrasing in mind

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

What do you do for stuff that can't be shipped to the lockers?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Thanks. Do you use mail redirection and locker services?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

Other than Amazon?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

That's the first time I've heard of it! Could you give me an example?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

This is a great idea, thanks

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

I didn't know that. Thanks for bringing up this point.

TBH my threat model was to keep the bigger companies from knowing where I live. I.e. if I shop from Amazon and I enter their site at home, they can make an estimate based on my profile, my browser and my IP, amongst other things. Then, it wouldn't matter if I ordered to an Amazon locker since they know where I live anyway.

Assuming I maintained a sanitized account and only accessed it from various locations using public WiFi, what could I do to prevent Amazon from knowing the locality I'm in, especially if it's too big to get to a locker? Likely a P.O box but even government agencies are known to sell data to brokers. AFAIK there's no way to pay anonymously for UPS or something, which means my identity is being tracked again.

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

It's more like I'd like to not link those purchases to my identity

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Making your own key DIY is the next step

what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion

I want to reset my server soon and I'm toying with the idea of using a different operating system. I am currently using Ubuntu Server LTS. However, I have been toying with the idea of using Fedora Server (I use Fedora on my laptop and made good experiences with it) or even Fedora CoreOS. I also recently installed NixOS on my...

MigratingtoLemmy ,

OpenBSD has native limitations on hypervisors. Disabling default measures will lessen security, unfortunately.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I love Debian too. Could you tell me what you mean FreeBSD being a faster and better server OS? Is there such a difference in speed in operations?

TBH I'd run alpine VMs on Bhyve to get K8S running and that's it.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Could you explain more about how you found FreeBSD to be superior to Debian for a server OS?

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Semantically superior OS components, performance, QoL improvements in networking and storage stacks please

MigratingtoLemmy ,

What does secrets management look like at work?

MigratingtoLemmy ,

They want water? Have them pump it from Neptune

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I've not come across such a topic in a while; what security issues do you see with monolithic kernels that are not present in Microkernels? Other than the "more code so more bugs" part

MigratingtoLemmy ,

As I understand it, a crude way to specify a micro kernel might be to call it a specialised slice of a monolithic kernel. It's still a kernel, and it being more/less efficient, have better security etc depends on the code itself rather than something external.

Understandably, I understand that the motivation comes from a combination of embedded projects: I remember that Minix is still a good example of a micro-kernel albeit being extremely vulnerable and buggy. Microkernels are nice, but I suppose one should look for a compromise when thinking of an OS based on Linux which runs around the world, and having a specialised kernel might not be the best idea.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

That's why a suitable middle-of-the-road approach seems to be statically compiling one's kernel with the least amount of add-ons (drivers - that's what most of the kernel is anyway) possible. I see it as a decent idea but annoying in practice since bigger updates mean either a script/manual intervention every time, and I like Debian so you can see how I perceive that.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

And now we've come a full circle. Microkernels are better because they have less code, but to make them usable across various systems you'd need to add more code. And after a point it'll stop being a micro kernel.

MigratingtoLemmy ,

That would make Qubes+Whonix an absolute nightmare for the NSA.

Except that's not true

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Except that with the money that the government has, they broke it a while ago. Notwithstanding zero days, one can essentially brute-force it with enough funding

MigratingtoLemmy ,

This is exactly what they did

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Lol. Doesn't matter if you don't believe me, but you'd be insane to think that the NSA hasn't actively tried to exploit the TOR network for surveillance

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Am I the only one still using Ctrl+w?

MigratingtoLemmy ,

The only reason I look at IVPN is because they allow port forwarding

MigratingtoLemmy ,

They don't?

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Unfortunate. I like their model

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Staying lean in my init is a hobby

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I would, but I'm 2 years old and care about attention on Lemmy. I got downvoted already.

Maybe votes are bloat. I need to change my mentality

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I need to learn Chameleon well, I tried it once but it seemed complicated so I gave up

MigratingtoLemmy ,

Did I mistake it for a different app? I use Librewolf with letterboxing, is using Chameleon more secure?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

I'm asking about their data collection policies and the technical methods for doing so. I know what a database is

MigratingtoLemmy ,

I'm not going to be able to convince people to move. I'm sticking with Forjego until something goes wrong.

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