Post B5lZYonbGt7hct5lQm by johnlogic@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #B5iuvEWjoLM7M1r2lk by jimsalter@fosstodon.org
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       Installed Ubuntu 26.04 for the first time. Logged into a TTY.me@box:~$ sudo-sPassword: ********************EXCUSE ME--ASTERISKS? WTF?Look, obviously I appreciate that seeing the character count as you type makes it easier. But this is supposed to be suitable for high security environments. And making it easy to see the character count is a significant entropy leak. This should not be the default configuration, particularly in Ubuntu *server* (which is what I installed). DISAPPROVE.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lZYoWEJTEEl0xtM8 by feoh@oldbytes.space
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       @jimsalter Definitely a major whoopsie.I mean, it's possible that they made this choice in the name of user friendliness and would stand behind that.I'll bet you could put  a bee in the bonnet of responsible folks at Canonical. Might be worth at least hearing their reasoning on this.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lZYonbGt7hct5lQm by johnlogic@sfba.social
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       @feoh @jimsalter I used Ubuntu for about 10 years.But when they migrated to the snap package manager, I decided that they were no longer "reasonable".I shopped for attractive alternatives, and for the last few years have been running Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), which has been better overall. (Also: no asterisks in my TTY password entry.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lZYozeY4lSEGjODY by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
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       Very similar to my Linux history. I used Ubuntu for close to 15 years and have been using LMDE for the last couple years (along with Devuan and Artix). #Linux #Ubuntu