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Well, uhh, these requirements. But idk.
Yeah I've heard Arch is lightweight, but that might happen in like 5 years :D
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Linux Mint is the easiest one from the list, but all of them except Solus are fine. I personally recommend Mint or Debian, Debian Sid if you want latest kernel.
No, I don't really need it.
KDE should work fine, maybe with a bit of tweaking?
I thought about that too. If that doesn't work out, Xfce/LXDE/LXQT it is.
Sucuk
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Well uhhhhhhh, when my "laptop"s plug is pulled out or the power goes out, it's dead :D. might need a battery change or an ups...
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I think) doesn't support it. Currently, it has Windows 10 on it, but it has been veeeeery sluggish. I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 8 gigs and upgrade to an SSD, but (even if I upgrade those parts) I don't want to use Windows anymore, at all. So, I have a few options. (kinda in order) Linux Mint Fedora, though idk if the 2 GHz requirement is a big problem Pop!\_OS MX Linux Debian Ubuntu and its flavors Zorin OS and maybe Solus? though the same problem with fedora. Yeah yeah ik, all of these except Fedora and Solus are Debian/Ubuntu based. DE options: (again, also kinda in order) KDE Plasma (love the looks of it, though is my hardware enough?) Cinnamon XFCE - LXDE - LXQT (because of "lightweightness" :D) Budgie 5. GNOME too heavy These are some options for me. If you have any more suggestions, let me know. Also, are there any compatibility issues with my system for the distros/DEs? Thanks for the replies in advance. (Note: this was also posted in the m/linux@kbin.social magazine and the r/linux4noobs subreddit. don't ask why im still on reddit, it's because of Infinity for reddit.) (Another note: If you saw this post before, it's because of /kbin's issues. I reposted it because no one saw it before.)
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I think) doesn't support it. Currently, it has Windows 10 on it, but it has been ***veeeeery*** sluggish. I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 8 gigs and upgrade to an SSD, but (even if I upgrade those parts) I don't want to use Windows anymore, at all. So, I have a few options. (kinda in order) 1. Linux Mint 2. Fedora, though idk if the 2 GHz requirement is a big problem 3. Pop!\_OS 4. MX Linux 5. Debian 6. Ubuntu and its flavors 7. Zorin OS and maybe Solus? though the same problem with fedora. Yeah yeah ik, all of these except Fedora and Solus are Debian/Ubuntu based. DE options: (again, also kinda in order) 1. KDE Plasma (love the looks of it, though is my hardware enough?) 2. Cinnamon 3. XFCE - LXDE - LXQT (because of "lightweightness" :D) 4. Budgie ~~5. GNOME~~ too heavy These are some options for me. If you have any more suggestions, let me know. Also, are there any compatibility issues with my system for the distros/DEs? Thanks for the replies in advance. *(Note: this was also posted in the c/linux@lemmy.ml and the r/linux4noobs subreddit. don't ask why im still on reddit, it's because of Infinity for reddit.)*
Sucuk
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I wrote this because I liked their services (because of their features) and wanted to know the community's opinion on them.
I don't really remember how I found out about them, but I think it was an article or video.
I wouldn't consider this thing I wrote "extensive", other than the Proton competitor stuff, I just listed some stuff on their website and some of my opinions.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Hmm, I see, my bad.
They do encrypt the subject and recipient/sender's e-mails but they are not e2ee.
Thanks for the correction.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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That's a very big downside if you want to use them as your e-mail provider, yes.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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https://kbin.social/m/privacy@lemmy.ml/t/341412/-/comment/1638946 Again, I'm sorry if this post was over-saturated. My bad.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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you know, i kinda over-saturated the positives of skiff now that i read this thing again, it feels like an advert. But I am in no way affliated with Skiff, I haven't even signed up yet, I just listed their services and positives.
I should have signed up and tested it for a bit, that's my bad, I apologize.
Sucuk
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Proton Mail encrypts the content of the mails, not the subject. So even if it is a Proton Mail-to-Proton Mail conversation the subject is not encrypted. Skiff also encrypts the subject of the mail in a Skiff-to-skiff conversation.
skiff.com
I'm looking at Skiff's services lately and it's actually looking pretty good! They offer [E-mail](https://skiff.com/mail), [Pages](https://skiff.com/pages) (docs), [Calendar](https://skiff.com/calendar) and [Drive](https://skiff.com/drive). **(Almost)** Everything is E2EE, see [here](https://skiff.com/security-model). Their E-mail service supports custom domains, unlimited aliases, easy migration, auto-reply, schedule and undo sends and more stuff. One thing to note is they also encrypt the e-mail subject, whereas (for example) Proton Mail does not. They have Pages, which is something like docs+notes+wikis. They have teams, real-time collaboration, public link sharing and version history. I don't really care much about this but it's really nice to have. They have Calendar, which I'm not really gonna get into because I'm not really into that stuff. You can check it [here](https://skiff.com/calendar) if you want. And finally they have Drive. They offer 10 GB of storage for free, you can upload any file type with any size (well, of course within the limit), easy migration and the option to store your stuff on the IPFS which is really great. Some of the features I mentioned are not free, you can see their pricing [here](https://skiff.com/pricing). They have a free tier for (of course) nothing, an Essential tier for $3, A Pro tier for $8 and a Business tier for $12 dollars per user per month. These are yearly prices so keep that in mind. Also, they are based in the **US** if that's a privacy concern for you. Now, I want to ask this question: Can Skiff be a Proton competitor? I'm... not so sure. They have only been around for about 3 years, but they are developing very fast. They are also active with their community on reddit and Discord, so that's cool. My suggestion right now is to use both. You can use Proton's Mail and Calendar and Skiff's Drive for example. Proton has a VPN and a password manager and Skiff has Pages, so you can use all of those if you want. I think Skiff has a bright future, if they make the right choices they will grow more. This is kind of a half-review **without testing** I guess. So what do you think about Skiff?
The Signal messenger and protocol.
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
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For example, who you texted, when and where you texted, for how long you texted etc etc
those are not encrypted.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Yeah it's kind of useless. The apps you listed are available, but for example Newgrounds is banned.
IDK about the second thing about the encrypted apps, but I would expect them to do it. But some people have been jailed for criticizing Erdogan.
and IDK what place Turkey is, but yeah it has a very high number.
Erdogan pls don't put me in jail
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh. So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there. So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance! (Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.) (Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, c/privacy@lemmy.world and c/signal@lemmy.ml communities and r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh. So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there. So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance! (Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.) (Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, c/privacy@lemmy.world communities, the m/signal@kbin.social magazine and r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Yeah, they are in alot of websites. Buat now, even if you block trackers on your browser aggresively and use apps without fb tracking etc. etc. your data will still be collected by fb with this thing.
One alternative is going offline :D
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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"ah yes, sweet metadata of other people who don't even use our products."
I knew they were very data-hungry, but NOT THAT MUCH.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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I'm really concerned about this.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Well, Meta can still do their practices though. And I fear it will be even worse since they can know when you texted, who you texted, where you texted, for how long you texted in WA and i fear this will spread to other platforms too.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Hmm, yeah true. More people can take a look at the code, find vulnarabilities and fix it. Then it should be open-source too, since it would also be hard to bypass even if that happened. So there's not really an argument to not make it open-source.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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I do not have the knowledge, time or money to set up my own servers for those sadly. And it would probably take time for my family to adjust to those.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
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Tried it about a month ago, it felt barebones so I deleted it but it's quickly updating, might check it again!
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
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Hocam öncelikle eyvallah. :D Ama ben başladığım işi bitiremeden içime huzur girmez. Annem ile Signal'den yazışıyoruz bile. :D
[Matrix]/XMPP güzel seçenekler, kendi sunucum olursa zaten gizlilik benim elimde olur ama o konularda hiç bilgim yok. Olsaydı bile sunucu için param yok, kendi bilgisayarım kötü ve ailemin öyle bir öyle bir ortama alışabileceğini sanmıyorum.
Verdiğin linke benzer bir şeyler okumuştum, bazı iyi noktaları var ama çoğunun karşı-argümanları (tam doğru kelimeyi bulamadım) var çoğunun. Tabii bazıları hala önemini koruyor ve kritik noktalar.
Hayırlı geceler diliyorum.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
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Hmm, good points.
Most of these have some kind of (strong or weak) counter-arguments.
I have mixed thoughts about the first point, they kinda have some good points though.2 and 4 got resolved, very critical issues nonetheless, shouldn't have happened. The 3rd point seems kinda OK, I'm sure they would like the idea of making that open-source, but that would probably make it bypassable, correct me if im wrong. I didn't know about the fifth! The reason they gave also seems defenseless.
Concerning situations for all of the points.
Not trying to hate or back up Signal here, just my opinions.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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I said this in Reddit, I will say it here too.
"Well,
(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)
So, it's kiiiiinda about my privacy, since I do NOT feel comfortable using a Meta product.
Because most of my family have FB, FB Messenger, IG and/or (well, of course) WA."
+I want to increase their privacy and security as well.
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Thinking of that but that would probably make them (my family and/or friends) mad lol.
I am posting some statuses and changing my profile pic saying "Contact me on Signal".
Privacy
Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
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Well, it's more privacy-focused, feels like home, and it's not hard to get used to and it's not a data-hungry company like Meta or Google. Also Other platforms i tested didn't really fit right with me.
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh. So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there. So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance! (Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.) (Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
This may sound a bit dumb, but eh. So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there. So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance! (Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.) (Note 2: This was also posted in r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)
Sucuk
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Well uhhh, kinda late, but the "original" openboard project hasn't got an update in like, 12 months. There are forks, though.
Fork with glide typing - Haven't received an update in 11 months https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard
"New" fork: https://github.com/Helium314/openboard
Android
Just had my first interaction with Meta Services last night. Thought I'd share what I learned.
Sucuk
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i got (almost) the same reaction.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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OpenBoard, Florisboard, AnySoftKeyboard
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES, PEOPLE!
No Stupid Questions
Isn't technically everything open-source?
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Ah, that makes sense, thanks for clarifying.
I don't know (but wanna learn) programming, but, for example, can't you inspect the code of an app if it's installed? *(yeah this is kind of a stupid question.)* EDIT: Thanks for the clarification, guys!
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Good news!
Linux Mint 21.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. New Features: [https://www.linuxmint.com/rel\_victoria\_cinnamon\_whatsnew.php](https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_victoria_cinnamon_whatsnew.php)
Linux Mint 21.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. New Features: [https://www.linuxmint.com/rel\_victoria\_cinnamon\_whatsnew.php](https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_victoria_cinnamon_whatsnew.php)
linuxmemes
Librewolf is Firefox but better
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Well, Mull is more like a "Librewolf for Android", I (think) it is more privacy-focused than Fennec.
Mull also supports more extensions from developer options.
Check these out for Librewolf and Mull's results. Fennec isn't in the list (yet?)
https://privacytests.org/
https://privacytests.org/android.html
Linux
A distro and desktop environment recommendation for an old laptop
(Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Ah, thanks for the info!
Linux
A distro and desktop environment recommendation for an old laptop
(Read all of it, please.)
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Forgive my beginner's-knowledgement but what is a WM?
'sup? So, I am a beginner that has an old Samsung laptop from 2013 with an i3 4005U, a GeForce 710M, 500GB HDD (I will probably upgrade it to an SSD, but not for now.), 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM (the same for the HDD, will probably upgrade to 8GB some time.). It currently has Windows 10 Home but Linux is probably lighter (right?) so thats why I want to use it (+customization). I plan on dual booting the two since i might still need Windows for some cases. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance! (Note: I'm planning on using Linux Mint [which version should I use?] or Pop!\_OS, but might look at Zorin OS Elementary OS, Deepin and maaaaaybe Ubuntu and it's flavors. I don't really have an idea on desktop environments. need suggestions.) (repost because wrong language)
Android
Two spyware sending data of more than 1.5M users to China were found in Google Play Store
Sucuk
1 year ago
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use MiXplorer or ZArchiver, they are good.
MiXplorer (and it's addons): Google Drive / Beta (mixplorer.com/beta) (or, if you want to support the developer; Google Play Store (includes addons))
ZArchiver: Google Play Store
edit: corrected the layout.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Well, there is Florisboard but it hasn't received an update for about 10 months. (Edit: found out its still developing but I think its sloooooowww)
Openboard is ok.
AnySoftKeyboard is ok.
Simple Keyboard looks too simple.
Eh, i use florisboard. it doesnt exactly suit my needs, but it gets the job done.
Reddit
The official Reddit app on the Google play store has 3.3 stars. If you've used Reddit and don't agree with that rating, be sure give it your two cents!
Sucuk
1 year ago
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3.8 for Türkiye!
Technology
So where are we all supposed to go now?
Sucuk
1 year ago
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"The fediverse isn’t ready to take over yet." and I think that it doesn't matter that much. You need to form a community, big or small, but a healthy one, and then make your way from there. Some platforms are, yes, still in early stages, but I think the communities are actually helping developers because they can give the developerse feedbacks about new features, bugs etc. etc.
Sync for Lemmy
Will Sync for Lemmy work for kbin?
Sucuk
1 year ago
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Ah, cool! Thanks for the info!
yeaahhhhh. I'm still waiting for a kbin app for Android so that's why I wanted to ask.
Sucuk
1 year ago
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I joined kbin because of the upcoming "death" of Infinity for Reddit. Infinity still works for now, (for free, I mean. But after a while it will be subscription-based) but I joined kbin before the "death" of Infinity because WHY NOT :D