Ultimately, when I do purchase a Mac Mini, I have a safety net for being able to experiment with #Linux freely. It's easier to experiment when failure doesn't cause any significant issues in one's life. General anxiety is a struggle of mine, so doing sensible things to mitigate the intensity of anxiety helps me take chances I wouldn't risk ordinarily. The #Windows PC can become my Linux experiment, I can follow the documentation about Linux to increase my comfort levels with Linux.
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds
Hmmm, doing almost everything in virtual machines myself. But yes, I can understand you are curious about MacOS. No longer my cup of tea, but I understand its appeal.
@Corb_The_Lesser@visone But then you make the assumption that we only have users that want to use the GUI. On Windows there are also "power users" using PowerShell to automate their work or activities. My goal is to provide information (for free) to anyone that can use it. From the starter that wonders about viruses on #linux up to the Unix wizards. I understand that not everything uses a terminal that often, but that is also the reason to create blog posts: the #terminal is not a scary place.
@bagder
Got some feedback on the survey itself: The survey feels a bit overwhelming as I only use a limited set of functionality ๐ For my purposes I can say: it's stable, well-maintained, and it does what it needs to do. So visiting the website and things like that is something I rarely do.
Just a thought: Maybe the survey (next year) can be tuned to show only the remaining relevant sections based on the given answers? Or split into multiple types (light user, curl contributor, curl dev)?
@bagder
Great action ๐๐ป. My hope is that we get more specialized pages/blogs, instead of those central places that sooner or later get way too much power. Especially if that power is based on contributions by the community. For this reason, I decided to revamp my blog (https://linux-audit.com/), specialize, and still allow #AI to crawl it. After all, if it continues to exist, I rather want it to use knowledge of higher quality.
@itsfoss
Firefox: to browse
KeePass/Bitwarden: storing passwords
Editor (vim/nano or notepad): to store notes
Lynis: scan your system for security and learn Linux along the way
@nixCraft
Yes, saw them as well on my end. Tried contacting them and not much of a response yet. We should feed them digital rubbish, so their products will output ๐คก๐ฉ @securingdev
One of the best HTTP clients is the open source tool curl. With ongoing development and continuously new updates, it is worth getting everything out of this powerful tool!