thepiguy

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Any distro is better than windows or macos, so I won't pick any sides. Anyways, it is manjaro.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I prefer mullvad. Not only is their pricing and account system much more privacy focused, they are a European (Swedish) company and are bound by the laws of my country by default. Another European one is surfshark (Dutch) which I used before. I trust mullvad more though. They also have open source clients and had no user data stored when they were raided once before.

Edit: clarifying the reason I used surfshark. I used it back when I was in high school a few years ago, so their 3 year plan seemed like a very good price. They also supported this very obscure VPN protocol whose name I can't remember, and my school just so happened to have forgotten to block it on their network. But I couldn't use that protocol on Linux due to incomplete connection steps provided by surfshark, and I switched to using linux full time in the second half of my first year, so that was a waste and I just used my mobile data.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just get anxious that one of us would make a sudden turn and we both will fall down. I just choose to bike in a straight line.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I read a lot of manga on my phone as it is very accessible, and I buy the ones which stand out the most. That is how I got into buying manga and my bank might not approve of the direction I am going XD

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I trust that windows viruses won't work on Linux. Plus I don't pirate software, unless I can crack it myself using binaries provided by the software. I just see pirating software as supporting a company I hate instead of supporting an open source project I like

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yup, I understand that people are going to search for an installer and install it that way. What I am saying is maybe they should direct users to the snap store or something if the package they are trying to install exists on there already. Pretty non intrusive way to make sure they are doing it the right way.

Edit: this is not me advocating for snaps btw. I don't care what package manager anyone uses, as long as its not bricking your system.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Unpopular opinion, I think this should be like this if there exists a snap or a package in the repo for it. Even if this is a bug. Maybe they should make a popup educating users about how they don't need to download installers. As for apps like discord, I believe there is a well maintained snap package available to install easily from the app center. I can't seem to find chrome there sadly, but it is on flathub. I hope it gets a package.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Using your device to do whatever is op's right. From reading the post, it seems to me that the problem is that they disable other forms of auth. This is for sure intentional, or at least a low priority bug for obvious reasons. I had the same issue, but it was failing to pull up the menu in my stock nothing phone 1. It got fixed later, but why are my backup emails or phone numbers not being used as other forms of 2fa. That is when I realised that despite my efforts, I have ended up relying on Google too much. In the process of changing that, even if it costs me money to host the servers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's like installing Linux, then Microsoft not allowing you to access GitHub from any device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Affinity designer is a great tool if you are looking to use it. I can't say for the newer versions due to reasons, but some 4 years ago that I tried it, it absolutely blew me away. Easy to use, lots of advanced features, stable, great pricing. And they got a v2 as well, unfortunately v1 customers will need to rebut though at a discounted price.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I put my bag on the seats next to me all the time. Decency is knowing when you need to pick it up and put it on your lap.

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