I’m good. But thank you for the tip.

Just posted the video, because I like that she’s quite balanced in her views. The subject matter will always trigger a level of controversy, esp. on lemmy. But the advice is pretty solid.

And if Mint isn’t the answer, go with Ubuntu. Or Zorin OS. Or PopOS. All of them are “right” and provide excellent beginner experiences for many people.

Chromite is on Android?

Usually the same. Except Brave I use Vivaldi.

Android 11 was peak design so far.

IMO.

I love the Showtime player

Just a bit thin on features…

So… for a clueless person like me - how do I use this?

What would you like to achieve? Would OpenSnitch be of assistance?

Ubuntu as well. I wish I could say OpenSuse…

I agree. OpenSuse should set the standards in this.

Tbf, they really need a designer to upgrade this visually a bit. It exudes its strong “Sys Admin only” vibes a bit much. In my opinion. 🙂

Not really related to the issue. If I understand currently, your device isn’t bricked, but freezes. A bricked device doesn’t boot anymore, a frozen device is unresponsive. Or am I misunderstanding this?

I close the website. Didn’t miss an essential website (or app, for that matter) so far.

Isn’t this basically the same as Android’s theft detection lock?

First of all: congratulations. Seriously. This is awesome! Secondly: you designed the most Steampunk looking heart you could. Bravo, truly a capital marvel of fine craftsmanship.

Can’t see anything I disagree with in her statements. Imo she’s spot on. The near future looks even bleaker now.

OpenBoard still works well for me. Including swiping and auto correct.

…or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download.

Not if they just offer Steam keys.

In my opinion.

Sure. You can still be profiled, though. That can open doors for discrimination or other unsavory agendas. One also loses a measure of anonymity. Users don’t clearly see how and know that they are tracked, meaning there’s a loss of transparency.

It’s not just about ads.

This website explains it: https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browser-fingerprinting/

Basically you send your user agent, browser and OS configuration like screen resolution, your primary system language, timezone, installed plugins and so forth as you browse the internet. Not so easy to block. In fact, avoiding fingerprinting 100% is almost impossible, because there are so many configurations. It is hard not be somewhat unique. Still there are ways to minimize the identifying information. Using Firefox, this is what you might want to read: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/resist-fingerprinting. Note, though, that even there it says that such techniques can “help prevent websites from uniquely identifying you”, not prevent it entirely.

Set off both journalctl -qu gnome-shell and journalctl -qu gnome-settings-daemon. Both return nothing.

Most are updated. But even if they’re not updated, at least they should be listed, even if deactivated.