[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 15 points 8 months ago

what kind of boomer facebook inspirational instabro shit is this

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 14 points 8 months ago

God bless TempleOS

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submitted 9 months ago by DARbarian@artemis.camp to c/linux@lemmy.ml

So the Linux journey has been long and fun, but I've gotta take a break from tinkering for a while for work. I'm down to my last few problem points and would love some assistance:

  1. I want to know if there is any way at all to reduce and ideally eliminate the screen flickering that happens when rEFInd initially boots? My screen flashes gray three times before rEFInd shows up and I've tried adding & removing linux from the use_graphics_for option and mess with resolutions to no avail.
  2. Is there anyway I can get an encrypted Garuda system to work with Secure Boot? I've gotten rEFInd and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed to work, but no lock with Garuda despite attempting all of the MOK enrollment and shim copying.
  3. Please for the love of god tell me there's a way to Miracast / screen mirror / wireless display! I've tried gnome-network-displays and miraclecast on both distros, X11 & Wayland, native FireTV & Microsoft Display Adapter all to no avail.
  4. Finally, I know this is a broken record, but if anybody anywhere has gotten a KVM program like Synergy / Barrier / Input-Leap / rkvm / nikau to work with a Linux Wayland Server and MacOS client, help a brother out.
    Any help is greatly appreciated!
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submitted 9 months ago by DARbarian@artemis.camp to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Before embarking on my privacy journey, I setup a very basic IoT of all Amazon products - FireTV, several Alexa Echos, and a Ring doorbell camera. Now I am desperately trying to find an affordable replacement for them. I am planning on buying the Nvidia Shield TV to replace FireTV and open to suggestions, but I'm unsure about the others. FOSS would be great too, though I don't think I can go full hog and build my own devices.
The only FOSS, privacy-centric Echo alternative I know of is the NeonAI Mycroft Mark II, but this is $400 per unit. Since this would be a fortune just to put one in each room, I'm wondering if anything else more reasonable has emerged yet.
As for the Ring doorbell, I've seen various recommendations for Arlo, Eufy, and Ubiquiti/Unify, but I can't tell if any are actually much better than Ring in terms of privacy and security, especially for the steeper prices. Would love to know the community favorites.
Thanks in advance for the help!

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I am several months into the self-hosting journey and I feel I have outgrown my Pi 4 B 8GB. I'm only running around 3 dozen containerized services and it seems to struggle to keep up. But I'm not sure of the best bang for my buck. I'd like good, long-term performance, but I don't really have a grand lying around for a Lenovo Tiny or Dell Optiplex or ASUS NUC. I'm thinking of buying an SSD to boot from, but will this even help much? For $350-500, could I make a more cost effective homeserver upgrade?

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 91 points 10 months ago

This isn't the case for SearxNG, right‽

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 43 points 10 months ago

According to r/VPNTorrents, Proton and AirVPN are the only recommended VPNs since they are the only well-established privacy-respecting ones left that still have port-forwarding. New ones are popping up with promise, like Azire and a couple others, but time will tell. As for Proton, I decided against it because of its limited port forwarding and lack of IPv6 compatibility and settled on AirVPN But Proton has genuinely great products if you're interested in the full suite. AirVPN, in my opinion, is just the last great VPN. Open-source & fully featured client, run by activists, anonymous accounts, crypto purchasing, IPv6 compatibility, full port forwarding, great support, Tor integration, the list goes on.

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 18 points 10 months ago

For everything other than Youtube!

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 164 points 10 months ago

Same here. Was just explaining to a coworker who was complaining about YT ads that I "just" use PiHole+Unbound for network blocking, AirVPN with DNS blocking, mullvad Private DNS on Android, and then Libretube to view my self-hosted Piped instance. As I said it I realized how ridiculous it's gotten and how deranged I probably sound.

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 21 points 10 months ago

According to r/VPNTorrents, Proton and AirVPN are the only recommended VPNs since they are the only well-established privacy-respecting ones left. New ones are popping up with promise, like Azire, but time will tell. As for Proton, I decided against it because of limited port forwarding and lack of IPv6 compatibility and settled on AirVPN. Also, I personally try to avoid keeping all my eggs in a single corporation's basket, so I cannot advise buying into the full Proton suite if you're remotely tech savvy and/or privacy-concerned. But they are genuinely great products if you have no desire to do any tinkering or shopping around. I just can't see the appeal in my VPN activities being directly tied to my email. Oh and I almost forgot, I switched from PIA due to their lack of IPv6 support and acquistion by Kape, a known adware company.

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 15 points 10 months ago

Use Mull -- it's like LibreWolf, for your phone

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submitted 10 months ago by DARbarian@artemis.camp to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Are there any VPNs that support both IPv6 AND Port Forwarding (PF) and if so, what is the best one for privacy and security? I know Mullvad is #1 right now and supports IPv6 but not PF. So what about others like OVPN, AirVPN, Windscribe, IVPN, etc.? I have PIA right now and am eager to switch.

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 22 points 10 months ago

To be fair, I wouldn't lump Buddhism in with other theistic religions. Of course it can be, but a lot of schools avoid any form of theism. Plus, it's almostvdefinitely the least arbitrary and hypocritical of the Big 5-7

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 16 points 10 months ago

Have you checked out PeerTube? Or Odyssey (however they spell it)? Or LBRY?

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 17 points 10 months ago

Super Tux Kart is a classic

[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 44 points 10 months ago

Radical, Putin-loving, Zedong-worshipping, genocide apologist Communists

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submitted 11 months ago by DARbarian@artemis.camp to c/linux@lemmy.ml

So two questions regarding some boot issues I've encountered on my dual-boot linux setup:

  1. I want to know if there is any way at all to reduce and ideally eliminate the screen flickering that happens when rEFInd initially boots? My screen flashes gray three times before rEFInd shows up and I've tried adding & removing linux from the use_graphics_for option and mess with resolutions to no avail.
  2. Is there anyway I can get an encrypted Garuda system to work with Secure Boot? I've gotten rEFInd and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed to work, but no lock with Garuda despite attempting all of the MOK enrollment and shim copying.
    Any help is greatly appreciated!
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