• kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    me: favorite os: any vanilla AOSP or Lineage based custom rom, i can’t be separated from android, i’m a hardcore bugdroid fan.

    favorite browser: cromite, librewolf, mercury

    favorite apps: invizible pro, viper4fx, bitwarden, lemmy, yetcalc, vscodium, xorg, peazip, fileoptimizer, converseen, vidcoder

  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    58·
    7 days ago

    Hey now, I’ve been paranoid for years. Don’t call me a newborn.

  • 299792458ms@lemmy.zip
    46·
    7 days ago
    • arch
    • lineage os (rooted)
    • librewolf
    • fdroid, element

    [Realisation]

    … I would go full paranoid but Its over my skill level. Also I’m quite happy now that the transition to more private things process is mostly over.

      • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        rooting with Magisk is secure, unless you install malicious modules or give access to apps that are malicious. Magisk root in itself does not worsen your security

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
        25·
        7 days ago

        I also do that because it lets me

        • limit charging with ACC
        • use microG as network location provider (microg installer revived)
        • fix SafetyNet
        • YouTube ReVanced
        • Make using other App stores easier (updating can happen automatically in more recent Android versions, but first installs still require confirmation outside the Play Store)
          • exu@feditown.comEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            It’s way easier to install the Magisk module someone else made than build it myself.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          7·
          7 days ago

          MicroG doesn’t require root

          Also Charging control is now part of Android 15

          Root can be a huge security risk. Be very careful and always stay updated with the latest security patches.

          • exu@feditown.comEnglish
            9·
            7 days ago

            Yes, microG works without root, however to get it working as a network location provider you either need it installed as system app (for example LOS4microg) or patch android to allow non-system apps for providing network location.

            There’s an official patch, also mentioned in the Install Guide and it’s basically the reason for microg_installer and its revived fork existing.

            I could use LOS4microg, which does include the patch, but builds are run much less frequently (once a month instead of weekly) and I’d rather stick to original Lineage.

            Thanks for pointing out charging control, I wasn’t aware of that new feature. One more reason to upgrade LOS my phone

      • bruhduh@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 days ago

        Graphene os for security, lineage os is for debloated aosp experience, root is for things like wifite2 on smartphone, cheat engine like apps on smartphone, deep control of your smartphone and etc

      • 299792458ms@lemmy.zip
        4·
        7 days ago

        I did not give it much thought really, I just wanted my previously rooted phone with no google things. But mainly the SafetyNet thing.

        • jkYkM7a@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          If you are either A) bootloader unlocked or B) using a custom ROM via an exploit, your system is freely open to modification by a physical attacker, regardless.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          You don’t need root for any of those in Lineage OS 22. Android has a API that F-droid uses for updates and Android 15 introduces charging control.

          In all fairness you have more control with root but it also introduces a major security risk. With root an app can completely bypass all security controls. If malware gets root you are basically hosed.

          • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            5 days ago

            Android has a API that F-droid uses for updates and Android 15

            that’s a cool thing it always should have worked this way.

            at the same time many people don’t have phones that have such a new OS available. people shouldn’t buy a new phone just for this.

            and Android 15 introduces charging control

            on what level? my rom too has a built-in setting to stop charging at 90%, but thats it, it’s a static thing. with root I can set a more suitable upper limit, the level at which charging should start again, charging speed limit, and idle mode that does not charge the battery but switches the power source from battery to charger. and all of this can be set by a schedule, so that it’s fine to have it slowly charge at night from any starting level, but at the day it just idle charges.

            can you do any of this on 15?

            the funniest part is that this has been a feature of phones for a decade or more, they just didn’t let the user configure it.

            In all fairness you have more control with root but it also introduces a major security risk

            that’s true, if you are being used to impulse accepting any permission prompt

            With root an app can completely bypass all security controls

            apps that you have approved

            If malware gets root you are basically hosed

            that’s just how normal computers work. There’s a tradeoff, sure, just like you can fall and die if you leave the house.

    • mugdad1@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      did everything but not rooted phone i just debloated my phone currently i don’t use arch btw but it was great but skill issue kills me so i’m here with lmde

    • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      ah yes i want to download a 800 mb text editor that has support for the most obscure programming languages and looks like it is from the 80s

  • sunglocto@lemmy.zipEnglish
    49·
    7 days ago

    Seems like I’m a newborn paranoid. Favorite os = arch Favorite browser = librewolf Favorite apps = f-droid

    I disable cookies on virtually all websites. And I do fear the slippery slope sometimes.

    • UnH1ng3d@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      FYI, there are uBlock filters to block most cookie popups - you just have to enable them. From memory, I think they are called annoyances

  • coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    9·
    22 minutes ago

    This chart doesn’t represent me lol

    Favorite OS: “everything sucks”
    Favorite browser: “everything sucks”
    Favorite Apps: mpv and rtorrent (I pirate a lot of media)

      • coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        11·
        5 hours ago

        While I do think these projects are awesome, they are based on Android. Even though Google has done a legitimately great job with Android, supporting Android (even indirectly) means I’m also supporting Google’s other, more predatory products and endeavors.

        Also, if tomorrow Google starts enshittifying upstream, these projects would likely stop; such is their fragility.

        • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          android was not made by google. They only bought it and develop it. No matter who made it, no one can change my mind that it is the best operating system ever, especially of you get rid of the google bloatware

          • coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            android was not made by google

            While that is true, it is of little relevance. That’s like saying “Elon did not ‘make’ Twitter. Thus using it does not promote Musk.”

            no one can change my mind

            That was not my intention at all! You are entitled to your opinion, just as I am entitled to mine.

            it is the best operating system ever

            I see you’ve not recieved the light of TempleOS ;P
            On a more serious note though, I do agree that unfortunately (imo) Android has no viable alternatives. Hence the opinion, “everything sucks”.

  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 days ago

    At some point I just need to jump off the ship and live full time Linux. I remember my Linux friend from high school telling me how cool gentoo was back in 2k3, and I got a disk and was like wtf… what do I do??? I need to try it again.

    • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      gentoo is only cool about wasting your time, like any other source based distro. if you ever need, you can manually compile anything, the os shouldn’t force you to do it

      • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        I am was going through the install last night, failed somewhere when trying to install GRUB. The install manual is way more convoluted than arch. Plus arch gives you that nice install script. I’m going to figure out gentoo at some point, but it really seems more like a challenge than something useful.

        • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          ah yes, grub NEVER works. it is overly complicated and much harder to set up than it should be. You can try alternatives though, like refind, limine, lilo, clover

      • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        Bro, I’ve been using Linux off and on since 2001ish. I used the original releases of fedora, and Ubuntu. Debian has been my longest favorite and it has only gotten better for a happy standard desktop use. I stopped daily driving Linux when I was in college and my engineering programs required me to use windows. But now that gaming is much more painless on Linux and I’ve built a solid system, 2025, might be the year of Linux for me.

  • timestatic@feddit.org
    6·
    6 days ago

    I feel like I’m kinda somewhere in between tech conservative and paranoid. I am privacy conscious but I don’t engage in privacy related content too often. I use Arch, Manjaro, /e/OS on a fairphone with mostly foss apps and decline most cookies I can. I also like self hosted things just because the corporate SaaS stuff sucks over time with artificial restrictions and has no privacy

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    No idea where I fall and at different times all over. Use Firefox, fedora now, devian on server. Run selfhosted for most stuff. Just debloated stock Android removed most of Google’s stuff. Have used Graphene but it’s missing tracker tracking.

    • mugdad1@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      yeah we are are similler i use librewolf a fork , used fedora but it’s redhat and they are hated for what happend a year ago so i use linuxmint debian edition i used a lot of distros even stock arch but i didn’t settle also i’m now staring the self hosting thingy i used docker last week and still trying to discover new things if you have anytips or sites or projects i can check out that wouldbe helpful also i debloated my phone removed most shit i don’t used keeped only g maps

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 days ago

    I live on the right side of the second box, between second and third. I venture into the fourth maybe once or twice a year. It is a good life.