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stravanasu
stravanasu @ pglpm @lemmy.sdf.org
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Antivirus recomendations

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  • Thank you everyone, also @bushvin@pathfinder.social @toikpi@feddit.uk.

    For example, if I open my settings (I'm on Ubuntu+KDE) I don't see any firewall settings to configure. So I expect this is automatically done by the OS, but maybe I'm wrong. A bit surprised that the system itself doesn't recommend using a firewall, to be honest.

    Many firewall tutorials start speaking about "your server". Then I wonder: is this really for me? I don't have a server. Or do I?

    I now see that the tutorial from @toikpi@feddit.uk gives a better explanation, cheers! So I see it's good to have a firewall simply because one connects to public wifis from time to time.

    I see that both UFW and firewalld are recommended... is it basically OK whichever I choose?

    • Antivirus recomendations

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  • Thank you for the advice!

    Firewall on Linux is something I still don't understand, and explanations found on Internet have always confused me. Do you happen to know some good tutorial to share? Or maybe one doesn't need to do anything at all in distros like Ubuntu?

    Regarding ssh: you only mean incoming ssh, right?

    • a list of extensions you do NOT need

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  • Thank you, at least the explanation of the acronym helps. I'm looking for more info, it seems to refer to a setting in about:config.

    • a list of extensions you do NOT need

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  • What's the "RFP" frequently mentioned in the document? I can't find any setting about it and am confused by Internet search results about it.

    • How to set default for "Override keyboard shortcuts"?

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  • Thank you so much, that did it!! I hope they'll put this option explicitly in the settings, in the future.

    • Opinion: Distributions that only change non-system pre-installed software or desktop environment should instead be packages or scripts

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  • I disagree. On one laptop I had Ubuntu, and then installed kubuntu-desktop. It became a bit of a mess with the login screen, and it isn't that easy to uninstall the previous Gnome stuff – had to leave it there. On another laptop I installed Kubuntu directly, and the problems above don't appear.

    • Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi

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  • I don't understand why so many opinion pieces and news keep on saying that Web Environment Integrity could be abused and that's why we should oppose it. This misses the point a great deal.

    Implementation of Web Environment Integrity in browsers IS ITSELF AN ABUSE, because I have the right to go around the web without continually proving who I am, even less against a 3rd party.

    It's as if someone said that some officer (and not even a government one) should always be by your side when you go out, ready to certify who you are, whenever you speak with people on the street – and even with friends. Would you accept that?

    Are we totally out of our minds??