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(DIR) Post #AaLlriwfThDSoYen0S by Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T02:58:23Z
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I feel like I am fighting Linux, and I'm not in the mood to fight my computer.If there was a current hackintosh I could easily use, today, I'd switch to MacOS at the moment.I'll be damned if I go back to Windows... That's not happening. But with that said, I'm not in the mood to fight with my computer, today.#Linux #MacOS #Windows #Hackintosh
(DIR) Post #AaLlrjrk3UrzfZMMy0 by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T03:13:04Z
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@Linux_Is_Best what linux distro are u using?
(DIR) Post #AaLlrkhUx4GoG5Zhdg by Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T03:19:28Z
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@fbievan I decided to give both openSUSE, Fedora, and OpenMandriva a try. It has been a while since I used an RPM distro as my daily.It's not going so well.
(DIR) Post #AaLlrlO2OuIWO1Tfwe by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T03:20:07Z
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@Linux_Is_Best what's going on?
(DIR) Post #AaLlrmBJRhiGqqX1kW by Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T03:21:48Z
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@fbievan Lack of software support, for one.For example, I wanted to get Surf Shark VPN to work. That was a bust.
(DIR) Post #AaLlrn00PEGLO4FVlQ by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T03:25:07Z
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@Linux_Is_Best ughh, surfshark only supports deb unfortunate (doesn't even have a flatpak application???) is it possible to run it under like distrobox or smthing.
(DIR) Post #AaLlrnFFUYSK9LNgWW by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T03:21:03Z
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@Linux_Is_Best I really love opensuse personally (probably switching to over before next Monday)So kinda want to know what's happening there
(DIR) Post #AaLlrnplInf9yaSqR6 by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T03:25:24Z
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@Linux_Is_Best but fr why doesn't surfshark not have a flatpak
(DIR) Post #AaLlrodOKHMUSVgTnE by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T05:43:38.920Z
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@fbievan@social.linux.pizza @Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social Because #Flatpak is shit. But then again, so are for-profit VPNs, so it would match their business "case" great to use some insecure garbage to spread their malware...
(DIR) Post #AaLmTt0MWc0V1Aa9FQ by Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T05:46:34Z
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@tyil @fbievan For-profit VPNs are not malware, and they do offer better solutions than making your own.For example, I want to be able to change locations at a whim (moment's notice) from various parts of the world, without purchasing a new IP every time I wish to do so.
(DIR) Post #AaLmTtdMBdCOy6pI1o by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T05:50:34.264Z
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@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social @fbievan@social.linux.pizza If you don't have any care for privacy or security, and no technical skills to already be running a VPN anyway, I guess you can make a case for them.For anyone who doesn't isn't convinced by a marketing team's flashy ads (or just having a ton of streamers repeat it for profit), there's no real value from it. Sharing all your data with a for-profit company, in a business that shows time and time again that all their "privacy" bullshit is just a load of horseshit seems ridiculously short-sighted and dumb.Learn from the past, just set up your own VPN. Its probably not even needed to use one in your case if you could just stop relying on other, even worse, proprietary software.
(DIR) Post #AaLn9p1fhzveq9BuG8 by Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T05:54:53Z
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@tyil @fbievan 🙄 Having the technical skills does not mean, wanting to lose the convenience or affordability.My needs are less about privacy and more about changing streaming services. The only "privacy" is perhaps hiding from the site I visit and maybe my ISP.
(DIR) Post #AaLn9ppei9uZLAZpAW by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T05:58:08.756Z
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@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social @fbievan@social.linux.pizza changing streaming servicesAh, the shitty proprietary software in question.Yes, if you've accepted harmful software as your god, I can imagine you will want to use as much of it as possible. Have you considered getting two for-profit VPN services?My needs are less about privacyI am sadly aware that the majority of people have been successfully subverted by greed to think that privacy is not something desirable. I guess nobody can save you anymore.
(DIR) Post #AaLnHHg3a8kHjBdgLg by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T05:59:29.461Z
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@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social @tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @fbievan@social.linux.pizza interestingly, people seem to have completely forgotten about proxies, which is the service these companies are offering, there's very little private networking going on I assume. Which makes me wonder why people would need a new IP in the first place, if your opsec includes not exposing your IP address, I would assume giving so much data to a private company is also a risky endeavour.
(DIR) Post #AaLnNmCuz7tQ9W6bNg by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T06:00:40.941Z
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@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social @tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @fbievan@social.linux.pizza anyway, Deb files are just nested tarballs, so you can just unzip them to get to the executable
(DIR) Post #AaLnSt2F1ihymCY3FY by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:01:35.718Z
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@dwarf@borg.social @fbievan@social.linux.pizza He supposedly tried this but couldn't get it to work.
(DIR) Post #AaLnZXT5buzHumHJIW by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T06:02:48.380Z
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@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @fbievan@social.linux.pizza oh. in that case you could probably just extract the VPN data yourself? It's probably either wireguard or OpenVPN config, which you can just use using the regular clients/networkmanager
(DIR) Post #AaLnl0QWHeOauhXnVI by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:04:52.408Z
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@dwarf@borg.social @fbievan@social.linux.pizza Likely, but I'm not here to play tech support to a guy who clearly cares not for free software, and who does his best to undermine any security and privacy concepts for the wider world.If he wants support, he could just ask the people he's literally paying for sub-par software solutions. I'm here to mock someone for being very dumb.
(DIR) Post #AaLnnD9DxSxowjVQ48 by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T06:05:16.590Z
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@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @fbievan@social.linux.pizza rude
(DIR) Post #AaLnosYHVJCxeH1NvE by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:05:35.270Z
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@dwarf@borg.social @fbievan@social.linux.pizza Maybe, but at least I'm honest about it :^)
(DIR) Post #AaLnu96bNyMgR7aOg4 by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T06:05:56Z
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@tyil @dwarf Actually that is a good point:You're paying a subscription, why doesn't it work?
(DIR) Post #AaLnu9kez2PKRMKO7E by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:06:30.008Z
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@fbievan@social.linux.pizza @dwarf@borg.social The original guy is no longer tagged in this thread, he blocked me and #MissKey won't let me reply if he's tagged 😆
(DIR) Post #AaLnvFMZbbXq8La70q by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T06:06:43.821Z
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@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @fbievan@social.linux.pizza oh it's seems you were untagged, you could try this maybe @Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AaLoEmZYMGTydHy4sC by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T06:08:50Z
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@tyil @dwarf VPN's really are only good at pretending you're somewhere you're not (that's why I rent a server that basically serves as a proxy for my real server)
(DIR) Post #AaLoEw3f5guk3H7kYK by dwarf@borg.social
2023-10-02T06:10:12.151Z
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@fbievan@social.linux.pizza @tyil@fedi.tyil.nl couldn't you do the same thing with a regular HTTP proxy without paying? There's whole memes about the ads "oh, I see you live in <anonymous proxy> too" on sketchy websites
(DIR) Post #AaLoGA9eAKrM3qVbQu by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:10:30.612Z
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@fbievan@social.linux.pizza @dwarf@borg.social As Dwarf said, that's actually (reverse) proxies doing that. VPNs are for making a network with other systems without them being in a physical network together. You can access a proxy over a VPN, which is what most for-profit "VPNs" do.The most common reason for desiring such a proxy service is to access content which proprietary services are trying to regulate for the sake of higher profits.
(DIR) Post #AaLowYOkQ2RzPhmlpQ by fbievan@social.linux.pizza
2023-10-02T06:14:15Z
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@tyil @dwarf yeahI really only use it in terms of my wireguard setup in which it proxies stuff into the VPN and gets spat out.It's to late for me to be thinking about this
(DIR) Post #AaLowZRyVWcsg0IrUu by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2023-10-02T06:18:09.746Z
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@fbievan@social.linux.pizza @dwarf@borg.social I really should look into replacing #tinc with a #WireGuard mesh VPN setup at some point. I've been told it should perform much better, but I've not yet found (or really looked) into making WireGuard a simple mesh network, in a way that I could completely automate using #Bashtard.