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@ Neptr @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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I'm the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.

Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I'm nearly done with an IT Security degree.

TL;DR I am a nerd.

  • Goldenrod

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  • KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta: New Login Manager, USB Portal and Wayland improvements

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  • OCR support seems really cool. Currently for OCR I either use NormCap, or on Android some random OCR on f-droid which doesnt have any crazy perms.

  • GNU Guix 1.5 Brings Plasma 6.5, GNOME 46, Rootless Mode, and More

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  • Lol, GNOME 46

  • FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager

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  • PLM is hard dependent on systemd.

  • Why I don't contribute to open source rules very often

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  • My experience was the opposite. I asked the maintainer if I could specify environment variable directly in the sandbox profile config and they said "uh you can do that with the cli [reference to documentation], but sure I will think about adding it" and they had a version by the evening that I could test.

  • WebRTC Leak on Android

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  • I know Mullvad protects against WebRTC leaks and (jf connected to their VPN) you can test by visiting mullvad.net

  • Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros

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  • Yeah np

  • Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros

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  • No, nothing runs as root in a Flatpak. The problem is that Flatpak stops apps from using unprivileged user namespaces, which is used by all modern browsers to isolate web contents. Because the browser (Firefox) can't use namespaces, a malicious website can use a single exploit instead of needing to chain two separate exploits, making it significantly more likely to break the sandbox.

  • Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros

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  • The Firefox Flatpak has much weaker isolation because the Flatpak sandbox interferes with the browser sandbox. This means a malicious site can compromise other sites and even the whole browser with a single exploit instead of the two normally required (which is a significant degradation in protection). The specific part blocked by Flatpak is user namespace sandboxing by Firefox. If you can help it, DO NOT install as Flatpak. Snap does not have this problem, but nobody likes Snap. Chromium has a similar problem as a Flatpak.

  • I wish we got more Ouran High School Host Club.

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  • I was rewatching it with a friend and I didn't realize that the feminist club from the rival school does a literal nazi salute with the old Japanese flag in the background in like a less than 5 second clip. Go watch that episode. Literal feminazis (like the only time that phrase has ever been used correctly).

    Still love the show though. Was just like very surprised I didnt remember that lol.

  • What accessibility apps do you use (for the legally blind/totally blind)

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  • For higher quality Text-to-Speech, install Pied (Flatpak or Snap), which offers a GUI for installing and configuring Piper TTS voices.

  • Foss Dictation App?

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  • I would use something like Transcribro for voice input. It works really well, doesn't require internet, is actually Open Source (unlike futo, also futo cofounder is a cryptofascist), and is on Accrescent (preferred) or GitHub releases.

  • The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming

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  • Ok. I guess I never noticed because I actively don't like any of those features and I definitely don't want Discord to have unrestricted filesystem access. The file picker in Vesktop works for me without giving full access.

  • Quick, draw the rest of rule!

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  • The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming

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  • What features? Discord was working perfect for me on a custom client (Vesktop) but is broken now because they hate me using a VPN.

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    This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • Honestly, I thought the post may have been making a joke about GIMP sucking or something, cus half the time I see GIMP it is people hating on its (admittedly) not-great UX.

  • The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming

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  • I think is very dependent on the apps you install because i haven't need to do really any workarounds and i install all my apps through Flatpak. The only messing around with permissions i do is disabling everything that i dont need (like printer or smartcard access). I also have over a hundred apps installed.

  • Playing as a girule in video games

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  • they girl

  • Is it better to buy OEM unlockable phone from Amazon instead of from eBay?

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  • I recommend Swappa.com because you get better quality assurance, 30 day money back, and there is basically zero chance it has its IMEI blacklisted (some sellers on eBay and Amazon may sell stolen phones).