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privsecfoss

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  • Is there a Linux based OS for public computers, such as at a library or a PC cafe?

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  • Work with informationsecurity and GDPR. And know as a fact that many danish municipalities which administrate the libraries are using, and are happy with, Linux as public facing citizen PC's in libraries.

    They use OS2borgerPC, which translates to OS2citizenPC which is maintained and supported by the danish company Magenta. But it's open source, so if you are in another country you could just use it - or better, give Magenta a call. They're great and very reseaonable.

    Magenta: https://www.magenta.dk/en/ OS2borgerPC on github: https://github.com/OS2borgerPC

  • So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off

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  • Nice try, Microsoft

  • Request: Collab tool to share ideas with family members

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  • Hosted Nextcloud. Hear good things about Hetzner Storage Share.

  • Is there a collection of all human knowledge ever created ?

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  • What was your gateway product to open source?

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  • Firefox and VLC on Windows for years, which just worked. Later XBMC/Kodi and fileserver which where s... on windows but, again, just worked on Linux. When Windows later on kept nagging for something I migrated to 100% Open Source and have been a happy camper ever since!

  • Which is the best xmpp client for android

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  • Conversations or blabber.I'm (fork of the former) are solid. Both on f-droid.

  • Which non-standard / unpopular launcher do you use?

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  • KISS from f-droid.

  • Chromecast alternatives?

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  • Maybe not what you're looking for but using Kodi on Pi and laptops as Mediecenter.

  • FOSS I Love

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  • Thanks for sharing. Was looking for something like this so I don't need to have multiple beefy gaming PC's.

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  • I have used Linux for a while and transitioned the wife and kids to Linux Mint a couple years ago.

    They know it is different than Windows but never miss anything as the alternatives are as good or better. The kids are used to mobile and tablets so know of app store and so on. The only downside is getting some games their friends play working, like Roblox. But for the most part alternatives like Minetest are fine (better).

    The upside is IMHO massive in terms of privacy, security, user friendless and sysadm stuff.

    It just works and we're happy with it!

  • How to share confidential information?

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  • XMPP / Jabber with OMEMO encryption. Lots of free servers and clients.

  • Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!

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  • Same here! Rolling old Thinkpads because of the Linux compatibility, price and reparability is hard to beat. Would like to support the good companies more, but like the tinkering.

    Our talk made me think about the ethics of tech companies in general. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a 'Tech Companies Ethics Index' kinda like Phoronix/Toms Hardware Guide is for hardware, but which documents and compare tech on fx the following consumer relevant parameters:

    • Privacy
    • Security
    • Openness / FOSS / EEE
    • User friendliness
    • Reparability
    • Other?

    Sources could be: privacyguides, EFF, FSF, iFixit usere own experience and so on.

    It could be run by users who also contribute to a git something and site something.

  • Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!

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  • I know Lenovo is no angel but still a single piece of sand compared to the vast desert of Microsoft in terms of bad bahaviour.

    We deserve System76, Tuxedo, Framework, PineBook etc. And if that doesn't suit the use case a used Thinkpad, Macbook (a sandbox in the analogy) or Dell is OK options. There's IMHO plenty of options that's better than the desert of Microsoft 🙂

  • Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!

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  • By all means use it if it suits your needs 🙂 My point is that there are alternatives, like fx Lenovo Yoga or similar, where you dont support Microsoft and their history of bad behavior.

    We all got different priorities and if it isn't something on your radar, that's fine. For me I would rather be without than buy a Surface for the mentioned reasons.

  • Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!

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  • Agree on privacy. And why bother when Intel/AMD have their Management Engine (ME) and AMD their equivalent.

    But why support a company like Microsoft when they have a long history of prioritizing profit over user freedom (FOSS/EEE), security and privacy?

  • Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!

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  • I applaud Linux on as many laptops as possible. But given Microsoft's history of EEE, bad security practices and multiple and on going privacy violations I would really not recommend using anything Microsoft. If you must use fx Surface I would recommend buying a used one. Or better yet a used Thinkpad or similar enterprise laptop used.

  • Favorite 2-factor authenticator?

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  • I agree, but not very secure if Keepass is compromised. For security I think it's better to separate passwords and MFA.

  • Favorite 2-factor authenticator?

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  • I like Aegis being FOSS and for it's backup.

  • Is there a good privacy focused Firefox extention to translate webpages?

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  • +1 Have been looking for one in a while without any luck.