You forgot "Only uses 10+ year old librebooted Thinkpad" on tech paranoid
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uses a modern Notebook which is QubesOS certified and runs coreboot
I forget there are linux-friendly laptops nowadays.
whats librebooted mean
Replacing the bootloader with a FOSS bootloader called LibreBoot
why would you even do that, forgive my ignorance
If you want to disable Intel Management Engine, the always-on backdoor built into every Intel CPU and/or want as much software as possible on your machine to be FOSS
Also it boots much faster than most stock bios.
Is there a similar issue with AMD?
Not that I know of, AMD is also soon going to make their own FOSS bios with OpenSIL so they're generally the better option if you're a privacy/libre software junkie.
As far as I know, OpenSIL stands for Open Silicon Initialization Library, and handles only the hardware initialisation part of the boot process. It may still require loading binary blobs like the Platform Security Processor (PSP), which is AMD's version of Intel Management Engine
PSP is not the same thing as IME. Not even close. PSP doesn't even have network access, much less remote computer control like the IME. Still proprietary, but if OpenSIL allows you to turn it off then we might actually be able to run a fully 100% libre modern desktop computer which is honestly pretty awesome.
Brave being listed alongside Firefox
Bestie Brave is literally just Chromium again. Not to mention the fact that their CEO is someone who got ousted from Firefox for being a tremendous bigot. It's not a better alternative to Chrome, it's just the same thing again. It you must use a chromium browser, use ungoogled.
Telegram being next to Signal is also questionable.
I use ms edge on linux. Evil laugh
i am litterally a 100% match with conservative wtf did you hack me (except I use XMPP for phone service, JMP.Chat is an amazing thing!)
Could I reach people using WhatsApp with this?
Wish I could just ditch Windows and Whatsapp for something else....... I've tried Linux but every time I quickly wanted to do something it first took me 30/40 minutes to get it working :'( was driving me insane after the cool factor of daily driving Linux went away
How long ago was that and what did you want to get working? In my experience anything I do has been smoother on modern Linux than on Windows.
Probably 1,5 months ago. I used Fedora 38 - to be fair I was really impressed with how far gaming has gotten. Basically anything I trew at it just worked (big F for Rust). However my audio kept breaking when switching application's which I could only fix by restarting. Besides that I was really annoyed by Fedora somehow not picking up my second display from time to time. No idea what happened but every like 20 restarts my second display wouldn't work, or games suddenly started to display on my second display instead of my main. These where probably the biggest things for me, besides some applications I use for debugging not being supported on Linux. Anyhow I'll probably try Linux again in a couple of months, maybe another distro, since I do really enjoy programming on Linux.
What do you think about Zorin? It's Ubuntu in a Windows Skin if I remember correctly, so target audience are Windows and Mac OS users who want to switch.
Conservative is the wrong word there
Not really. People who use the apps are trying to preserve (conserve) the time when privacy wasn't an afterthought. It's not working, but they're sure trying.
Watches Luke smith. Based.
I watched a few of his videos and I don't get it
Luke Smith is open about his love for Thinkpads, minimalistic and free software and a heavy arch user. So yeah. Based.
Between normie and conservative, I'm waiting for SteamOS to become publicly available to even attempt switching to Linux.
Try out EndeavourOS. It's based on Arch (Like SteamOS) and I have had no trouble with gaming so far.
I feel like WhatsApp should be in the middle. The app is terrible, but the messaging is actually encrypted. We paranoids also appreciate Signal, and Element disappointingly gets no play here.
Also:
*believes not every company is inherently evil*
It's kind of weird, then, how they all end up doing evil stuff, including the guys that explicitly set out with the philosophy "don't be evil".
We can all tell conservative is supposed to be the enlightened one, but unless the creator is using a very malice-driven definition of evil (as opposed to including accidental evil) this line is an own-goal.