The GUI version was working a month or so ago, but a recent Tumbleweed update broke openVPN when using port forwarding via natpmpc. Bug report here https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236718
Wireguard on the Proton GUI client on Linux is experimental, don’t use it except for testing. Use the manual setup, and make sure to test for DNS leaks.
FYI, for folks currently using a normal PIN and looking to use this, it’s intended that the 2nd factor PIN at least be different than the main unlock PIN. Otherwise you can just swipe up to dismiss the fingerprint prompt and get to the main PIN prompt; if its the same as your 2nd factor, that’s pointless.
I was told on the Graphene matrix channel that the most secure configuration for this is:
Main unlock method: 6 word diceware password
Secondary unlock method: biometric + 6 character 2nd factor PIN
Be aware that if you use this config that you will be prompted for the main unlock method (long password) at reboot, and also every 48 hours.
Edited the headline for “brevity”? One headline is a call to action, one headline is passive. Can’t risk starting a real movement now can we… even talking about it is to risky for the NYT
With Linux, you can literally do anything that you want. And lots of people are already doing just what you describe, making pretty and functional Desktop Environments and compositors for anyone to use. As a beginner I’d encourage you to check out all the major Desktop Environment options first. You can usually get any of these in most major distros (Cosmic may be less available and mature right now).
Article with others https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/best-linux-desktop-environments/
Then you can get into compositors, plugins, and other customization, where you can make your system look almost exactly how you want it:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6099/paperwm/
https://github.com/Bismuth-Forge/bismuth
https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
These just happen to include tiling because I love tiling haha… I’m sure there are other non-tiling projects you could try out as well.
Edit: sounds like you may have already rejected a bunch of the status quo Desktop Environments as too boring haha. Then I would encourage you to check out Cosmic, and then the experimental tiling compositors I listed above… I’m sure you will find them unique at the very least!
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This is hilarious… after bailing from using the run file a couple months ago and going back to the 550 driver due to instability, I finally decided to install the 570 manually today. Should have waited LOL, the timing…
In my case, 2 USB 3.0 hard drive enclosures with twin drives, in ZFS mirror configuration. I keep the the disks “awake” with https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/hd-idle, and it meets all my needs so far, no complaints about the speed for my humble homelab needs.
Michael’s clickbait game is amazing lmao
As someone who has migrated data to new PCs many times, I will say you should always back everything up and sort through it later. I have had many occasions where I’ve forgotten about important files or documents and deleted them because I didn’t know they were in the location I deleted. Storage is relatively cheap, buy a 30$ hard drive dock and a couple TB hard drive (spinning HDD, not an SSD), and use a program like FoxClone to completely clone your current OS drive. Then you can happily wipe it and still have the backup should you need it.
Screengrabbed some of the conversation https://imgur.com/a/JD1e9Vj
GrapheneOS supports this type of security checking outside of Google’s Play Integrity API but app devs have to enable it. The Graphene devs encourage leaving one star reviews, emailing support, and linking this page: https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide
Invidious still works very well, however it is an ongoing battle with YouTube. They ban an instance and the instance’s ban evasion routine tries again, or in the case of IP range bans migrates to another provider and the game goes on. Despite this, it is the only way I know of to access YouTube relatively pain free using a public VPN provider. By now YouTube has blocked a lot of public VPN IPs. To me, this advantage makes it worth it.
The best way to keep up with which instances are currently functional is via the Invidious Matrix room, https://matrix.to/#/#invidious:matrix.org. You can also check the instances list https://instances.invidious.io/ but it may get out of date sometimes.
Finally, I’ve found the best way to use Invidious is via FreeTube (Linux) or Clipious (Android).
This season is gonna be a banger
What do you recommend for users coming from Windows?
The ultimate in privacy for YouTube is Invidious https://invidious.io/, which fully proxies your videos from YouTube through an Invidious server. Every once in a while YouTube will get the upper hand and figure out how to fingerprint and block the servers, but so far the community has always figured out how to circumvent it. One advantage is that you can feasibly use a VPN with Invidious; without it, you have to keep hopping from VPN server to VPN server until you find one YouTube hasn’t already blocked, especially on a large public VPN like ProtonVPN. This applies to NewPipe as well, since NewPipe still tries to talk to YouTube directly as far as I understand. On Android I use Clipious as the app to access the Invidious servers.
Agreed of course, just letting them know the choices they have haha… my path was long, from Windows to Ubuntu to Lubuntu on an old PC, then dabbling with Qubes (daily driving was too painful) which introduced me to Debian and Fedora, back to Windows for gaming, dipped my toe back into Linux gaming with Fedora, and finally settled on openSUSE Tumbleweed for all my machines. It was all worth it tho!
Proton, which is the main enabler for Linux gaming given that not many games are released with a native Linux version, is provided via Steam already with no need to install SteamOS. If you are coming into Linux brand new from windows I’d recommend installing a very popular distro like Ubuntu, or Mint. Learn the basics, and make sure to learn how to backup your data on Linux. If you are a) frustrated with missing some feature or software in your current distro or b) just curious about tweaking your system, start learning about how to work in the Linux shell (start with bash). Then come have some fun on a distro like openSUSE Tumbleweed (my current distro), where you always have access to the latest software and can change tons of things about your system in exchange for having to put in some more time to manage it. If that still doesn’t satisfy your needs and you have decided you love Linux and are never going back, then check out Arch Linux or its derivatives where you have nearly unlimited freedom but the highest time investment.
Yeah I actually am slowly realizing that I agree with that. Lots of bigots in Phoronix comment sections… and that doesn’t even include the obviously psychotic rants, its just the ones that unashamedly shit on DEI all the fucking time