I was on µTorrent for a long time on a really old build (like 2.2.1) because it got even more bloated and crappy with every new release, especially over 3.0. I realized, aside from missing new features and stuff, it was probably a security risk being that far behind. I made the switch to qBittorrent and never looked back. It basically took everything I liked about that old style build of µTorrent and brought it into modern times.
Looks and feels good, but I couldn't get it to upload a picture. Not sure if it's on my end or what, but when I go to post, it gives an error about the file location (points locally because it didn't actually upload).
Not saying it was a coordinated attack (per your edit), but anything popular is a prime target for various types of attacks, especially easier stuff like DDoS. But with every attack, the developers and various admins/owners of instances learn something new and how to mitigate it. So while it's annoying, it's just as much a blessing as it is a curse - better to patch things quickly than leave an exploitable hole open for who knows how long with access to who knows what.
Glad someone asked. I was wondering about that just today and debated asking myself. I've been using Fedora for a few years and just installed a new SSD in the laptop. I decided to go ahead and try openSUSE again in light of the situation that I don't quite understand. 😅
EDIT: Plus all the proposed telemetry stuff with Fedora.
Cautiously assuming it's a false positive, but LASIM is throwing some warnings from VirusTotal for the Windows version, saying it's a password stealer (VHO:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.gen). Given the nature of what it does, I can understand it being flagged. Nothing when scanned directly with AV. Figured it was worth at least mentioning.
You can get NewPipe from F-Droid if you're on Android. It does PeerTube and even Bandcamp streaming. It also allows you to use YouTube ad-free - and there's a version with built-in SponsorBlock for skipping those in-video ads/promos.
It's really been pushing some old posts lately. Caught myself about to comment on a post from 3 years ago. That, and here I am in this old post with you fine folks. 😂
Bitwarden with a free account here, and it does everything I need it to do (and more than I'd expect for free). Between the app on my phone and browser addons/extensions on PC, I honestly don't know what else I'd personally need from it (or any other password manager). Plus, it's open source.
This worked. Thank you! The only extra part is going into YouTube's App info and toggling Open supported links to off, which you have to do before you're able to set NewPipe as the default for those links. Then you're able to follow the directions above and select the 4 verified links that the default YouTube usually uses.
Had a Mastodon account years ago (whenever the radical.town instance was a thing). But I never used it because I never used Twitter. Made an account on an instance for music and that I'll actually use here recently with the Twitter stuff. Then joined kbin and Lemmy to check them out shortly after with everyone else during all the commotion.
I had a general idea of the Fediverse, how it worked, and some of the platforms on it (Friendica, etc), but never really got into it til earlier this year.
Part of it is ignorance. Part of it is scale. And part of it is our media (and anecdotal posts) saying that many Europeans (as a whole) don't have AC in their homes, which is why the heat waves are so dangerous. I'm sure it's annoying, but it's kind of like an American getting annoyed if a European only thought of the US as a whole and not per state, as states are comparable in autonomy and size to most European countries. I wouldn't expect you to know specifics - New York is very different than Florida, which is very different than Iowa, which is different than Alabama, which is very different than California, etc. Hell, the main regions of California alone are all very different from each other.
Snaps are proprietary to Canonical (Ubuntu). Historically, they were larger, slower to load, and generally slower overall to use With a good SSD and system, I'm not sure that's the case anymore though.
Most major distributions come with a software center of some kind. And with Flatpaks, AppImages, and gag Snaps, it pretty much is just click and install these days.
Well, I'm here now too. 😂