kura, to linux

Friend I convinced to switch to Linux (popos) is happy they made the switch.

They was so annoyed with windows and every update made it worse.

Then installed Linux and everything worked out of the box.

#SuccessStory #Linux

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@kura XP was good. 7 should've been Vista, 8 was loved by people who hate #Windows's UI, like @fuchsiii and #Windows10 was just #Enshittification "lite" before #Windows11 forced #CensorBoot upon OEMs and basically doesn't even try to comply with #GDPR & #BDSG...

nixCraft, (edited ) to FreeBSD
@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar

"240 million PCs could end up in landfills when Windows 10 support ends"

Sure.

Or they could be repurposed with or Chrome OS Flex, or , and we can stop being so freaking dramatic.

If you just browse, watch Netflix, shop, net banking, etc, Linux distributions like Mint or Ubuntu could save you money. It is an environment-friendly option.

kkarhan, (edited )
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@fuchsiii @nixCraft and this why we have :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFQbiIVUkw&t=689s

Because like decide crap like is so important they'd have to go out of their way to generate so many metric tons of 100% avoidable , it makes replacing all household & office electrical outlets in the with sockets look like an envoirmentally friendly decision…
Spoiler: They canned it due to generating equal amounts of (700.000t)!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60906-1#Possibility_of_acceptance_in_European_Union

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@fuchsiii @nixCraft

Not to mention that aka. "" is insecure by 's own admission, so all it achieves is by putting in another extra step to make work that has nothing to do with and entirely with pissing off users.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo&t=739s

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@fuchsiii @nixCraft

Also #Microsoft is criminally incompetent in handling their #CensorBoot #Keys, so #GoldenKeyBoot killed that whole security as unpatchable!
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-secure-boot-golden-key,32450.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/4wybax/writeup_of_secure_boot_bypass_which_i_dub_secure/
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/233400-microsoft-leaks-secure-boot-credentials-demonstrates-why-backdoor-golden-keys-cant-work
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsofts-debug-mode-flaw-and-golden-key-leak-allows-disabling-of-secure-boot/
https://gist.github.com/acepace/df34b5213f1e0fae6529eb703d947187
https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/common/boot-sequence/uefi/secure-boot

lexd0g, to random
@lexd0g@wetdry.world avatar

holy fucking shit bitwarden finally got passkeys

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@ljrk @lexd0g and no, fixes the issue to one only needing to trust one person at a time and not some corporation to be a front for some cybercriminals and OS/Browser vendors to do their due diligence...

Call me paranoid but I only trust people, not orgs or corporations!

Because Trust depends on mutuality!

I mean, look at the solutionism that got us ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7WDbnHlc1E

https://todon.eu/@ljrk/111542169817238916

Linux_Is_Best, to microsoft
@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social avatar

Microsoft, quietly, has published a guide on how to download and install Linux.

No... Seriously... It is not a joke...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install

The article was published September 29, 2023 (9 days ago).

The guide provides every option available, too. Starting with using their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), to using a Virtual Machine, and even on "Bare Metal" alongside Windows.

That's right, Microsoft now tells you how to dual-boot Linux. 🤯

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@Linux_Is_Best Only 4 issues:

  1. They don't tell devs to just yeet Windows and be done with it.

  2. They don't admit "" to solely exist as to block installations.

  3. They still call their "" () the wrong way around "" which is wrong because it's not / that allows running on .

  4. They don't do an actual subsystem for aka. kill Windows and support Wine!

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@ainmosni @Linux_Is_Best

Yeah but that's just minimally less bad than going full as aftermarket and requiring all executeables to be signed by the device owners' personal PGP keys...

Also I'd not trust a like a as it violates and thus must be considered cryptographically shit.

IMHO and only act as ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7WDbnHlc1E

mariusmichusch, to random German

Hier ist ein Totalausfall der Microsoft-Sicherheit beschrieben, ausgenutzt durch russische Hacker. Auch NGOs sollen angegriffen worden sein. Da könnte man ja eigentlich vorschlagen, die Datenkraken zu löschen und gut?

Nicht ganz. Wer sich mal einen Eindruck verschaffen will, in welchem Zustand Windows inzwischen ist: Seit Windows 11 werden Nutzer zu einem 365-Konto genötigt. Der Sinnlos-Browser Microsoft Edge lässt sich selbst mit Aufwand nicht mehr deinstallieren.
https://www.golem.de/news/phishing-im-grossen-stil-russische-hacker-greifen-behoerden-ueber-microsoft-teams-an-2308-176424.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDwgAKgcICjCSqeMBMJ3hDTCTstYB&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AfHvTEtZ8EWd-A8o4bcbxlGUBw7RcwQ7M7YzJWmZ9QCe0jjXgYb2oLrUhaSqmoNRNhF86-uuGJnm2w%3D%3D&gaa_ts=64cce353&gaa_sig=gvVJ2iwBDi81KBfJ1qf1OF1sdby3VPifzoXa8X9DjZhxlOyTted5VhHZRFXEazP60Xn5mv2Wqaq2J3FTR2PoEw%3D%3D

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@mariusmichusch @ubuntu

is literally signed with said "" aka. keys and you can literally use to circumvent that since that's also supporting "Secure" boot...

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

Either way, the only valid option is to refuse to buy that shit in the first place and demand a full refund because one should be able to expect the ability to install their own OS of choice in 2023.

Thx for reminding me why I never bought any ever since...

viel_zu_negativ, to random German
@viel_zu_negativ@mstdn.social avatar

Ich lese ja via nitter.net bei einigen ausgewählten Accounts immer noch beim X vorbei, und inzwischen bin ich regelmäßig irritiert über so selbstverständliche Dinge, die sie dort nicht haben, wie z.B. >400 Zeichen und einen Edit-Button.

Diese Selbst-Antworten, die nötig sind, um ein Wort oder einen einzigen Buchstaben zu korrigieren, ganz, ganz furchtbar.
Und dann weißt du, dass die nichtmal die Beiträge von Leuten sehen, denen sie folgen, wenn der Algorithmus das anders entscheidet.

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@viel_zu_negativ ja, und hat das ganze inzwischen massivst verbessert.

Die einzigen Probleme gibt's mit Schrottware von z.B. Microsoft die bewusst darauf engineered wird damit diese nicht unter Wine läuft.

Und ja, die von ist real, sei's , , oder ...

und das einzige was hilft ist Hersteller von Hard- und Software per Kauf (verweigerung) dazu zu zwingen, es zu unterstützen...

eniko, to random
@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar

LB: Lol so far for "code signing/notarization makes users more secure!" I mean I always figured it would lead to rubberstamping giving the volume of software needing to be signed. The whole thing always felt like just an excuse to squeeze developers for subscription style income and hurts the liberties of users and developers

https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/110697488966095036

kkarhan,
@kkarhan@mstdn.social avatar

@eniko if it was about it would've been implemented in a way that lets , not like , decide what to trust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7WDbnHlc1E

Instead of we would've gotten + ...

But instead we get the same fundamentally unfixable bs that are ...

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