FrostyPolicy @ FrostyPolicy @suppo.fi

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Haven't actually tried but I have bad experiences with Linux and dual graphics laptops.

I game on Tumbleweed but on some rare occasions I use windows e.g. my gaming laptop doesn't have Linux.

I only use LibreWolf on my pc's and IronFox or Vanadium on my phone. All except Vanadium have uBlock Origin with all social media blocked. I also use Mullvad vpn with social media blocking at dns level. In addition where vpn is not configured I use Mullvad's dns with all content blocking enabled. Of course no Meta or another social media apps on my Graphene OS phone (except Mastodon and Lemmy). As a cherry on top I use a Linux based OS (OpenSuse Tumbleweed) on my computers primarily (some Windows usage for some gaming).

MicroG is somewhat hacky solution that emulates play services. When you have proper play services you do have all the functionality available. Since it's sandboxed play services don't have any privileged access to the system thus can only access data which is available to any normal app.

If you have apps that require play services you can install them to another profile in GOS. Profiles stay active if you like and you can get notifications from other profiles as well. That way you can limit data exposure for play services and apps using them. I do this on my GOS and it works very nice. Though you should use Aurora store to get play store apps (you can get it from f-droid). Many apps from play store work well with out play services.

According to wikipedia Forgejo development is run by Codeberg which is a non-profit organization so I doubt they will start charging money. GitLab is managed by a for-profit corporation so anything is possible with them.

Stop using github. Move to something else e.g. codeberg.

The same in the EU. All it needs is signal to any available mobile network.

And Kotlin.

Happened to have a SearX instance configured as a search engine in my LibreWolf. Did a test search and uBlock origin blocks zero things. So that is a privacy friedly no tracking search engine.

Was about to post the same. A privacy focused no tracking search engine should have zero of anything uBlock origin would block. If uBlock blocks trackers then it's not "no tracking" nor "privacy-focused".

Clicking on that picture in the link brought me back to this post. So it seems it just directs you back to the referrer.

Good riddance. It was never about privacy anyhow. Only to enhance google's monopoly in ads.

Tumbleweed is already on 6.15.

Ran into this as well when I was testing it out (using Mullvad). It seems plausible. Or for some reason Mullvad's ip addresses end up in some black list regularly that sites like Kagi use to block bots/spammers etc.

Ran into that as well. Just use "repair vesktop" option from the right click menu on the icon when it's running. That fixes it. You'll stay logged in etc.

I miss just being able to type 23 * 3 + 210 * 2 into the search bar and getting a answer.

Might be an unpopular opinion but your computer and phone has a calculator app for this. Using a search engine for this is just overkill.

Check out this video.

Mullvad has content and tracking blocking at dns level builtin (enabled in settings). Having it always on you don't need to use private dns. If you use other profiles then set the private dns to one of mullvads. On my grapheneos install I use google play services only on another profiles then owner and have apps that require it only in those profiles.

Been using fastmail for over 10 years and it's fantastic. Two thing you should be aware though: 1st Australia is part of the five eyes, 2nd they have their servers (last I checked) in new york.