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  1. Comment on What are some of the lesser known upcoming games that you're excited about? in ~games

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    Yeah it is. I haven't followed the development that much, but once I read your post it popped into my head for whatever reason. You're right, there were a lot of those games that came out, and I...

    Yeah it is. I haven't followed the development that much, but once I read your post it popped into my head for whatever reason. You're right, there were a lot of those games that came out, and I actually think the majority of them ended up being decent and fun games. Another one of the Souls-like games I'm interested in, which comes out in August I think, is Death's Gambit.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on What are some of the lesser known upcoming games that you're excited about? in ~games

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    Eitr There's no release date that I know of, but the developer did say 2018, so we'll see!

    Eitr

    There's no release date that I know of, but the developer did say 2018, so we'll see!

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Post one of your favorite songs have other tilderados recommend a related song in ~music

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    Yeah, I'm decently familiar with Sigur Ros so I appreciate recommending something else instead. To be honest, I wasn't feeling that song too much. It wasn't bad, but It wasn't for me. I really...

    Yeah, I'm decently familiar with Sigur Ros so I appreciate recommending something else instead. To be honest, I wasn't feeling that song too much. It wasn't bad, but It wasn't for me. I really like the build-up type songs that just climax with tons of "noise". Some of my favorite Sigur Ros songs that I think are similar to the Pacify song I liked are Glosoli and Festival.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Post one of your favorite songs have other tilderados recommend a related song in ~music

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    Not a favorite, but been listening to it a lot lately. Pacify - 65daysofstatic

    Not a favorite, but been listening to it a lot lately.

    Pacify - 65daysofstatic

    1 vote

  5. Best for Privacy: Local Recursive DNS vs Cloudflare's DNS over HTTPS

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    I'm trying to decide what option I prefer here in terms of privacy. I'm curious of other's opinions on the issue, and if anyone has a better solution to offer more privacy. Option 1: Hosting a...

    I'm trying to decide what option I prefer here in terms of privacy. I'm curious of other's opinions on the issue, and if anyone has a better solution to offer more privacy.

    Option 1: Hosting a local recursive DNS

    I currently have a device running Pi-hole on my local network. I recently set it up as a recursive DNS server using unbound. This allows me to no longer rely on a public DNS such as GoogleDNS, OpenDNS, Cloudflare, etc. for my queries, and just point straight to the root servers.

    Pro: I removed a "pair of eyes" (Public DNS) out of the equation

    Con: All my queries are not encrypted so my ISP (and potentially others) can still see my DNS queries

    Option 2: Using DNS over HTTPS (DoH) using Cloudflare's client

    With this option I would use Cloudflare's cloudflared daemon they provide on their website. This would allow all my queries to be encrypted when sending them to Cloudflare.

    Pro: Encrypted DNS queries from my local network -> Cloudflare's servers. My ISP can no longer see my DNS queries

    Security Pro: Helps prevent MitM attacks

    Con: I now have a Public DNS back in the equation, which I have to put some trust into. Also, my queries are most likely only encrypted from my local network -> Cloudflare's network. When Cloudflare has to do the recursion, those queries may be not encrypted (my assumption is they will most likely be not encrypted)

    Possible Con: Does Server Name Indication (SNI) "leaking" apply to DNS queries at all? If so, then my query is revealed anyways right?

    As a note, I am nowhere near an expert on the specifics of DNS, so some of my assumptions on how things work may be super wrong!

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Components involved for flashing a custom Android ROM. Am I understanding things correctly? in ~comp

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    It's what I already have, hence the interest in other ROMs. Though not the sole reason for me switching.

    I currently have CopperheadOS on my device, but that ROM may be dead based on current events.

    It's what I already have, hence the interest in other ROMs. Though not the sole reason for me switching.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Components involved for flashing a custom Android ROM. Am I understanding things correctly? in ~comp

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    Oh wow, I didn't know about addonsu. I think I prefer that now over Magisk. Thanks for mentioning it!

    Oh wow, I didn't know about addonsu. I think I prefer that now over Magisk. Thanks for mentioning it!

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Components involved for flashing a custom Android ROM. Am I understanding things correctly? in ~comp

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    Thanks for the guide! This seems like a pretty good place for me to start. Mentions some things I was unaware of.

    Thanks for the guide! This seems like a pretty good place for me to start. Mentions some things I was unaware of.

    1 vote

  9. Components involved for flashing a custom Android ROM. Am I understanding things correctly?

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    I'm going to be flashing a custom ROM on my Nexus 5X device, and I was just curious if I'm understanding all the components involved. I currently have CopperheadOS on my device, but that ROM may...

    I'm going to be flashing a custom ROM on my Nexus 5X device, and I was just curious if I'm understanding all the components involved. I currently have CopperheadOS on my device, but that ROM may be dead based on current events. I'm not switching because of this news, but mainly because I just want to try something else for the hell of it. I think I'm going to make the switch to Lineage, but there are way more options involved versus flashing CopperheadOS.

    It seems the main components to consider when flashing are the following:

    • The ROM itself (CopperheadOS, Lineage, PureNexus, etc.)
    • The custom recovery (TWRP, etc.)
    • The kernel (ElementalX, Franco, etc.)
    • root (magisk, etc.)
    • Play Services (OpenGApps, etc.)

    CopperheadOS was kind of it's own package, so I didn't have to consider all of these other options.

    My understanding is the minimum decisions I need to make if I want a custom ROM, is picking the ROM itself, and a custom recovery. In my case I'm going for LineageOS and TWRP.

    Choosing a custom kernel seems to be optional. I think I might go with Franco on this one based on the little research I've done. But to flash a custom kernel, I think I need root, right? So now I'll need to get root access which requires another tool. I was going to go with Magisk based on not much. Just seems to be common. So that's 4 main things there. The ROM (LineageOS), the recovery (TWRP), the kernel (Franco), and root (Magisk). I personally don't want any Google services on my device, so I'm fine with skipping that part. I currently don't have any installed, and I'm doing fine without them.

    So does my view on this seem correct? Are all the things I mentioned necessary for what I want to do? If I want LineageOS then I need a custom recovery right? If I want a custom kernel, then I need root which requires a separate tool, right? Just making sure I'm not doing more than I need to if I decided to go through with this. As a side convo, please recommend whatever ROMs, kernels, or root tools that you want. I have a Nexus 5X, and I'm hoping it doesn't bootloop after I'm done doing all this flashing =)

    9 votes

  10. Comment on Why do everyone care about privacy so much? in ~talk

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    To piggyback on this, I can recommend StartPage. I've tried other engines as well, but I'm so familiar with how Google works, and StartPage is a great substitute. Also, check out FreeTube as a...

    To piggyback on this, I can recommend StartPage. I've tried other engines as well, but I'm so familiar with how Google works, and StartPage is a great substitute. Also, check out FreeTube as a kind of YouTube replacement. It's fairly new I think, but it's a decent little app. I think they're going to start working with the creators of NewPipe soon to help better the FreeTube app. NewPipe is a good Android replacement for YouTube.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on I for one... in ~humanities.languages

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    Not that phrase specifically, but I have noticed this sort of thing. I think one big reason why this occurs is people tend to forget a lot of what you say is your opinion by default. At the fear...

    Not that phrase specifically, but I have noticed this sort of thing. I think one big reason why this occurs is people tend to forget a lot of what you say is your opinion by default. At the fear of being yelled at, or corrected, people (I do sometimes too) tend to preface their sentences with, "in my opinion", or "I for one". To me it's just reaffirmation that the following statement is my opinion, which hopefully helps mitigate some sort of harassment.

    22 votes

  12. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    Sounds good to me! Thanks!

    Sounds good to me! Thanks!

  13. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    I got everything up and running last night! Your suggestions for rofi and i3status helped a lot. Just curious though, is there a specific display/login manager you use? It seems sway doesn't...

    I got everything up and running last night! Your suggestions for rofi and i3status helped a lot. Just curious though, is there a specific display/login manager you use? It seems sway doesn't support any, but may work with some like SDDM and GDM? I currently have it auto-run sway when I login via the tty, but I'd like to use a simple display manager if I could, so I'm curious if you use/recommend any.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    Ah, you're right. I didn't drill down far enough to look at its dependencies. Thanks for checking! And thanks for the recommendations as well! I'll be giving it all a try soon.

    Ah, you're right. I didn't drill down far enough to look at its dependencies. Thanks for checking! And thanks for the recommendations as well! I'll be giving it all a try soon.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    I actually think I'm going to give Sway a shot. I'm assuming I need to install Wayland instead of Xorg on my fresh Arch install? If so, why is the package called weston? Is this what I should be...

    I actually think I'm going to give Sway a shot. I'm assuming I need to install Wayland instead of Xorg on my fresh Arch install? If so, why is the package called weston? Is this what I should be installing? Not sure if you have any idea what I'm asking, but I thought I would just ask for the hell of it.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    I understand that. Smallest disk space is ultimately what I meant, I just worded it wrong. And ok, cool. I'll check out some of the things you mentioned, thanks!

    I understand that. Smallest disk space is ultimately what I meant, I just worded it wrong.

    And ok, cool. I'll check out some of the things you mentioned, thanks!

  17. Comment on Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch? in ~comp

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    Is there another distro you would recommend that you would consider minimal in terms of initial packages? The other distros I was interested in don't have a minimal iso, and are rather large in...

    Is there another distro you would recommend that you would consider minimal in terms of initial packages? The other distros I was interested in don't have a minimal iso, and are rather large in size compared to Arch. I'd rather not set them up and have to remove all the packages I don't need. That's why I was heading to Arch mainly. That and the rolling releases, AUR, and a few other reasons. So I still might stick with Arch because of the other reasons, but I'm still curious if you have a recommendation!

    I know having the smallest amount of packages is probably a dumb reason to choose a distro, but I'm mainly curious. I'm testing this all out on a space laptop, and not my daily driver.

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  19. Favorite Desktop Environment for Arch?

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    I've been using Solus for years now as my main driver, but I think I may be switching to Arch soon. Or at least, start using Arch on my laptop, and keep Solus on my desktop. The main reason I...

    I've been using Solus for years now as my main driver, but I think I may be switching to Arch soon. Or at least, start using Arch on my laptop, and keep Solus on my desktop. The main reason I wanna give Arch a try is because of how minimal it can be. I don't need a lot of applications, and I like to have the least amount of software installed on my machine as I can. Plus, distro-hopping is a disease, and it's time I try something new, haha.

    So, I was just curious what DE people are using with Arch. Ideally I want something very minimal, but not too ugly. I liked using Budgie with Solus, so I may very well just use Budgie with my Arch install, but I thought I would see if anyone has any recommendations first! Thanks!

    18 votes

  20. Comment on Android users: What are your favorite apps on f-droid? in ~tech

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    The stock Gallery app I'm using is super lightweight. It's not really supported anymore and pretty much has no settings or functions at all, haha, but it works for viewing photos! The Simple...

    The stock Gallery app I'm using is super lightweight. It's not really supported anymore and pretty much has no settings or functions at all, haha, but it works for viewing photos! The Simple Gallery app is much better, but I'm just using the stock app because it's already installed.

    1 vote