sykaster @ sykaster @feddit.nl

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I'm thinking of making Linux my daily driver apart for some software I need for work. People are super positive about it on here, but isn't it still the case that some peripherals won't work? Or that I'll spend a ton of time making the system work instead of actually using the system?

It would be for gaming that I'd use the Linux installation mostly.

I would also like to cliticize someone

That movie was a train wreck, I also gave up after that one

This was just two weeks ago, and it's a relatively old device, from 2014. It's proprietary bullhonky all over that device unfortunately, from the screen brightness to the webcam to the bloody power button.

This was the result of much research, I'm not entirely new to the space. No one got these peripherals to work on that device, unfortunately.

I don't understand what you mean by this isn't an issue for most people. Most people do care about a webcam not working right. Or do jou mean my device isn't representative? That could be, but it doesn't mean people with this device have a good Linux experience if they install it.

I wanted to give new life to an old acer laptop/tablet hybrid. I installed Linux, but the webcam and microphone just won't work no matter what. The power button also doesn't work.

There's still a long way to go before any casual user would accept this.

In the Netherlands, almost all houses have a thermostat. I don't know anyone that doesn't have one

Thanks! Unfortunately my VPN is OpenVPN and doesn't support Wireguard yet :(

Cool! And you can easily control the mini router from your devices so that it connects to the hotel WiFi or whatever network you want?

Interesting! I'm new to this, this is really valuable! What made you choose this approach?

Understood, yes it's a kill switch. I'll test your set of rules in a bit and let you know!

Except that that set of rules doesn't work, or do you mean defining a default gateway?

Interesting, but by the time I apply the rules the VPN connection has already been established. Wouldn't that remove the necessity for the last line?

I guess what I'm really trying to do is make sure that whatever happens, if the vpn fails (tun0), there is no more communication with the Internet.

Hmm, but wouldn't that allow applications to communicate on wlan0 without using the vpn?

Thanks for your help and excuse my ignorance.

I see, but then how would I disable everything else? Should I not use the default rules?

It does, but later I have the rules to counteract those, for the VPN specifically: sudo ufw allow in on tun0 sudo ufw allow out on tun0

So that would open that up again, or am I wrong?

That makes sense, but it's possible that the VPN connection drops for a second, and then it can't re-establish it, right? How would I deal with that?

Bold of you to assume I have someone cooking bacon for me in the kitchen

I installed MX Linux on an old tablet/ laptop with 2GB RAM AND 30GB storage. Works very well except for the webcam, but that's because the hardware is made so that only windows can use it correctly.