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  • wylinka@szmer.infotolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldEvery time I use podman
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    21 days ago

    Through a hacky Python script (podman-compose), but apparently it works. But IMHO there’s no reason not to just rewrite compose files as quadlets. I think it’s so neat that they work pretty much just like normal systemd units, it makes it feel a lot more logical especially if you’re used to pre-container workflows.

    One problem with Podman is that there isn’t a lot of newbie-proof documentation, tutorials etc. partially because it’s not as popular as Docker and partially because it’s developed by Red Hat and they want you to get a RHEL license to access learning resources and support. But if you’re good with man pages, this shouldn’t be much of a problem, it’s easy enough to figure out what to do.



  • You’re mostly right, but I disagree about the bit about paid software and vetted developers. Open source like Linux is also mostly developed by programmers hired by companies, so there’s no difference there. Proprietary software has also had problems with malicious developers and there’s less transparency there.

    Desktop Linux so far was meant to be a fun general purpose computing experience for geeks. Throwing extra security layers on it evidently spoils some of that fun, you can see how Linux nerds react to things like Polkit, SELinux, Wayland or Flatpak. But PCs in general suck at security, they’re based on legacy tech from an era when cybersecurity wasn’t even a concept.







  • wylinka@szmer.infotoLinux@lemmy.mlX11 vs Wayland
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    3 months ago

    Security

    When you use X11, you allow any program running on your computer to access anything on your screen and clipboard, collect your keystrokes and type. It’s trivial to implement a keylogger, for example. Do not buy into the whole “no viruses on Linux” thing, it’s not true and likely to become even less and less true, as desktop Linux is becoming popular.

    Wayland at least tries to put some barriers in place against this.



  • wylinka@szmer.infotolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldGnome Slander
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    3 months ago

    Pretty art, but this meme is really getting boring. I think people are just regurgitating “GNOME bad” because they heard it from some tech youtuber instead of actually trying GNOME for themselves. IMHO GNOME is awesome. It’s a bit different, but very comfortable when you get used to it. And definitely reliable.

    I often see people using some h4x0r i3wm setup scrolling through workspaces and windows for literal minutes trying to find some app they were using earlier, while on GNOME you can just see everything spatially organised in the activities view. They think they have it “tailored for their needs”, but they end up with an unmanageable config file with bits copy-pasted from the internet that is getting harder to understand over time and keeps breaking. I know it from my own experience too, I got tired of it and came back to GNOME.

    But if you wanna go down that route, GNOME is also highly customisable. There’s lots of extensions that let you change every aspect of it. If you know some JavaScript, you can make your own, there’s a decent community and documentation. Things like Niri or Cosmic actually started off as GNOME extensions.




  • wylinka@szmer.infotomemes@lemmy.worldGabe the GOAT Newell
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    4 months ago

    There’s a difference to having plumbing and having useless shit like holiday houses, private swimming pools, luxury cars, gold tat etc. And a multi-millionaire like Gabe Newell can even buy all of that and still have a lot of spare money to pay off anyone for any reason. Why would any single person be entitled to that?