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'Useful programs'
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications

'Wikis'
4/g/ Wiki
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/
8/tech/ Wiki
https://wiki.cloveros.ga/Main_Page (link dead)
Linux distro wikis (can apply to all distros)
https://wiki.archlinux.org
https://wiki.gentoo.org

'Tech article sites (need to add more)'
https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ [ onion: http://digdeep4orxw6psc33yxa2dgmuycj74zi6334xhxjlgppw6odvkzkiad.onion/ ]
https://spyware.neocities.org/ [ onion: http://spywaredrcdg5krvjnukp3vbdwiqcv3zwbrcg6qh27kiwecm4qyfphid.onion/ ]
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Gulag for interesting offtopic discussions.
Try to keep it /tech/ related.
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>>8993
>thread started 2 years ago
>49 replies
>last reply was today
bring back 4chan asap, i feel like a lost lil pupper
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>>15908
lurk 9001 years
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>>15909
no, im not a meme enjoyer.
>>15906
>why doesn't Tor use randomized fingerprint instead
That's what the anti fingerprint measures do, as far as possible. Javascript will always have ways around it so turn it off.
>using Chromium like everyone else
Most Tor users use Tor Browser. Chromium would make no difference because servers can tell you're from Tor by the exit node ip
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>>15887
>tor is officially shit now
Can someone summarize?

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Any ideas on how to shield internet discourse from highly proficient, Turing-Test-passing chatbots sicced on given economical, political and cultural goals set by an unchecked and unbalanced third party?
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>>13864
You're building on a shaky foundation (botnet hardware). Also
> encryption added and removed here ;^)
> nobody notice major OpenSSL bug for 2 years
Any propaganda is done first and foremost for the propagandists' bosses, and only secondarily for the target audience. That's what makes it vulnerable. Can you imagine that some "manager for working with online communities" would approve the use of something provocative or even forbidden in a discussion?
Russian pictures, or even the most sacred of cows - CP... They will guarantee that on the other end of the line there is a living person who has taken good care of his anonymity and is ready to risk his life for his opinion.
If we are talking about strictly censored garbage dumps, then I noticed that:
1) AI cannot be ironic. At all.
2) Living bots are tied hand and foot by the agenda. They are afraid to deviate from the party line even by a millimeter. A person condemns Russia for the war, but recognizes Crimea as Russian, or supports tolerance, but hates green energy - it means he is not paid for his posts.
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>>13974
I fear we've reach the frightening era of competent propaganda bosses
>>8993 (OP) 
We have to destroy the internet
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and create a new one right right?

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I think it's worth having a thread about ARM linux as it's on the verge of becoming viable in phones and mobile devices. Discussion around whether or not this hardware is or will ever be worth actually buying is important. I understand that a lot of the PINE64 hardware is explicitly not consumer ready, but I've seen some videos of the recently officially launched Librem5 that shipped the product with a fucked screen protector that wasn't applied properly, and that's a fucking $800+ device. I'll try to get around to making a webm of it.
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>>10175
>Satoko should not have hips wide enough for a gap. She's fucking 10, not 18.
Why are normalniggers obsessed with the age of fictional characters?
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>>10175
I like the art, but funny.

>>10187
Reality is realistic, and it fucking sucks.
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>>461 (OP) 
Why did Canonical scrap Ubuntu touch, /tech/bros?
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>>15896
Because canonical is a bunch of RETARDS
Any of you fags are using the pine phone? How is it?

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Today is Windows XP's 20th birthday. Say something nice about it.
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>>6508
I am afraid the only fag here is you. Gays are not necessary better programmers. kys
>>6508
I don't think gays or trannies make better software than anyone else. They are certainly better at annoying the fuck out of people and making themselves known, though.
Preferably you'd avoid tranny software whenever possible. If they really care about FOSS, then they should tolerate someone that doesn't like them making use of their software, but of course we all know how tolerant trannies are, so I wouldn't bet on them staying neutral in regards to Chuck the Chud  using xer software to run a neo-nazi forum.
>>3444 (OP) 
Everything downhill ever since. I'd buy a windows xp handheld if they made one for retro gaming and such, just non-Internet things. It'd be neat if it had no wifi nor bluetooth. I wonder if an atompi can do it? Too big though. Win7 works they say but then mini-itx would be better for that.. when win7 works.  I still have a dell inspiron b130 and it runs an older project64 pretty good for common n64 titles. Older/weaker consoles even better of course. 
>>3451
>>3453
And yet systemd took Linux over and Linux comes with Chromium installed also now days I'm sure. The way you install things is dick with Linux. Javascript, cookies... why even complain? Post 2007 CPU's got backdoors in them to where they can hack from afar as I understand it rather than crack up close. Why move on past 2007 devices? Are you using Debian 5 on a 2005 cpu? 

It's okay I like Lakka and Slacoware version Puppy Linux and dual booting them using Pinn. 

>but slackware HATES Wifi!
Good.
>>3444 (OP) 
>Say something nice about it.
Most comfy OS I have ever used. Privacy and security concerns were limited and easy to deal with back in the day. Easy to modify to hell and back. Great useful programs out of the box for people to make their first baby steps with a PC. Great for video games old and new at the time. The definition of the home computer in the early 2000s.

Two years ago I build an offline XP machine from the best eary 2000s hardware I could find to play with some old games that don't run correctly on modern systems. Was fun to fiddle with the old hardware again. But oh man was it slow. Once the games were running it's fine, just like today. But everything else took it's minutes and seconds longer than you expect it.
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>>3444 (OP) 
It's the 2nd best OS of all time and paved the way to the 1st place one (Windows 7).

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What is even a good email provider to use anymore?
>inb4 selfhost your email
most info taken from: https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/email.html
probably incomplete quick list, but you could read the dippity dopper article for more information

<gmail, yahoo, etc.
>big corpo trash
>sells data to 3rd party advertisers
<ProtonMail
>Shady metadata policy (retained for an indefinite amount of time)
>URLs in onion hidden service site point to the clearnet (information is from 2019, cannot reconfirm as the hidden service never loads as of the time writing this)
>Account creation verification blocks some email domains from being used to verify the account (Riseup and possibly cock.li domains for example)
>Doesn't allow usage of your own PGP keys and forces their private keys generated on their servers instead through a JS web interface, many backdoors
>Requires to use their stupid bridge thing for mail clients, possible backdoor
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>>15874
>what does it matter
If you are not trolling, then you simply had no need for privacy or doesn't know about why at the first place.
The argument that if they already know about x, then why not more, is flawed as privacy is not binary. There had been a lot of counterarguments already and I am not going to list them out. One thing I am going to note is you should not have the problem at the first place if done right. Separated identies, at least one 'good boy' email address to be used by government and banks, should've prevented that.
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>>15875
Same. Only things I would be reluctant about is something like DLsite purchases, but that is solved by piracy.

>>15876
I'm not trolling. Genuinely some work and public sector services only accept gmail or outlook by default or at the very least assume access.
Current government and work stuff needs either microsoft or google authenticator. If you give an inch, which you are forced to, might as well give a bit more...

I know people like to say privacy is not a binary, black and white thing and while I agree to an extent I also have to say sometimes it really is.
Then again it probably comes from the fact that I realized my threat model is basically:
>I don't want to get doxxed for saying nigger online
>I don't want any company scanning my filesystem for the 6 gorillion big nose memes
>I don't want people to see what doujins I enjoy
Nothing else matters as I'm not into politics although I disliked the whole covid shit which was the primary trigger for the privacy character arc.

This might sound ridiculous and once again make it seem like I'm trolling, but what made me realize that it's pointless was finding some legit open public pedophiles online.
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>>15874
maybe a decade ago to be desu. Don't want to sound too blackpilled, but I don't do anything spicy online, all my web history from being a kid can't be hidden post-facto so I'm already profiled, and encrypting my shit will just make glowniggers look at me even harder. It's probably still better to encrypt and such as a baseline habit, because now if I for whatever reason want or need it, I'll look suspicious instead of just like a boring paranoiac who does it all as a habit. say lah vee
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>>15889
Some games have been removed from DLsite I am pretty sure  I wouldn't know otherwise if I didn't  swab the poopdeck.
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>>15891
Some themes have been shadow banned for western IPs recently. They are still on the site though through a jap vpn, but you can't buy it with western payment methods.
I think schoolgirl stuff was one. I primarily know this from voice works, not sure about games.

>>15890
This too. When I was a retarded kid I browsed everything with a logged in chrome. This was at the time where chrome was brand new and noticeably faster than firefox. If someone REALLY wanted to they could use that against me probably, but nobody aside from glowies would have access.
>but I don't do anything spicy online
Same, I'm a boring 30yo. Aside from the r34 habits nothing problematic.

>It's probably still better to encrypt
I agree. The police/feds whatever will still force you to unlock it or got a backdoor anyways if need be. But it's better to avoid getting blackmailed in case a PC gets stolen.

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(In lieu of the usual thread on 4/g/ and me being unaware of any other imageboards with a similar general I'll remake the thread here)

Everything is already from China, but here we discuss the (formerly kek) cheap chink shit you see on various sites.

1st rule of /csg/: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Useful links
>TWS IEM reviews: https://www.scarbir.com/
>Guide: https://csg-guide.neocities.org/
>installgentoo wiki: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Chink_shit_general

>What headphones/earbuds should I buy?
>>>/g/iemg
>I want a cheap smartphone what should I buy?
>>>/g/spg/
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>>15863
At least with IceCat I'm not able to get past the "confirmed" page (back button doesn't work, nor does entering 8chan.moe/t/ manually).
ungoogled-chromium does work though.
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My digital microscope arrived. It took some fiddling to get good resolution but it does work as advertised. In particular, the lens should be as close to the surface as possible (which in hindsight makes sense...).
The lens is obviously not centered properly though, which is annoying. I might try to fix it.

I probably should just buy an adapter board instead of trying to solder the chip manually.
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>>15866
>>15863
>blacked.gov
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>>15866
>>15863
>He clicked Yes
>>15866
>>15863
SHAME

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Excuse me for the low quality thread, but
WINDOWS 11 IS FUCKING WEBSHIT
THE UI IS RUNNING INSIDE MICROSOFT EDGE
THE PROGRAMS ARE RUNNING INSIDE MICROSOFT EDGE
Yes, I stole these screenshots from Twitter. News this fucking retarded does not deserve a good thread.
The absolute fucking state of Microsoft.
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>>15737
Tk exists since the 90's. I guess it originates with Tcl, but there's bindings for pretty much every language. And it's always had good cross-platform support.
So we already had something good. Then the retards went and made shit like Gnome, KDE, and all other GUI toolkits constantly, so now the Linux packages are spammed full of endless redundant crap. And those things are all more bloated than the old school Tk.
I'm still torn on whether we failed normies or they failed us
>>15881
Don't pretend we're the problem Anon. They failed to begin with on a simple skill check. normalcattle are  starting to not even know how to even use buttons and keys.
>type command as we told you to and explained to you to do what you want
>so retarded and lazy they think typing on a keyboard is actual effort
>>15881
Both.
>>15881
It was done for money, simple as. Normies = money. Good computers = not for normies = no money. Also bad computers = money, because endless upgrade cycle. Except it's not actually an upgade, it's just change for the sake of making sales.

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Discuss /tech/-related news.
What will happen if section 230 is nuked?
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>>15617
>different sizes could be configured for different windows 
For different screens. That's what I meant.
>>15622
Space efficiency aside, HVIF also has a bunch of other advantages from being so domain specific, like vertices being presorted for deterministic single-pass rendering, responsively simplified coordinate and shape representations for faster rendering, and purely binary format for faster parsing than text markup. Also, of course, fixed maximum complexity and Turing-incompleteness, but that's technically nothing a preprocessor couldn't guarantee for restricted subsets of, e.g., SVG.
I downloaded the Paprika movie, but I don't know how to extract the .ass subtitles using ffmpeg
Torrent.
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>>15632
https://superuser.com/a/927507
 OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an ((( AI-first ))) experience 
> The remedy phase of Google's antitrust trial is underway, with the government angling to realign Google's business after the company was ruled a search monopolist. The Department of Justice is seeking a plethora of penalties, but perhaps none as severe as forcing Google to sell Chrome. But who would buy it? An OpenAI executive says his employer would be interested.
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Repost of the Julay /tech/ sticky with some minor edits: https://archive.vn/znAXT
Beginner Info
If you would like to try out GNU/Linux because of https://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html, you can do one of the following:
0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine (preferably using KVM or Oracle VirtualBox for newfriends).
1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything (keep in mind that the performance of live distros might be very different than from distro that was booted from your HDD, as most distros are loaded in RAM and don't include the proprietary drivers for NVIDIA GPUs or up-to-date Mesa libraries in their isos).
2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows (make sure to install Windows first, as it can "replace" GRUB or other UNIX bootloaders, and troubleshooting of Windows replacing your bootloader of choice might be painful for people that just started learning about the Linux kernel)
3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux (you really shouldn't do this, if you don't know what you're putting yourself into, see: https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html).

Resources:
Use your web browser and search engine of choice. Good comparison between them is hosted here:
https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html
https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/search.html
If not sure which browser to choose, just use the Tor Browser Bundle:
https://www.torproject.org/
or paste these commands to your terminal emulator of choice (please make sure to first learn what they're exactly doing):
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>>15828
If the FAQ recommends that you should test your "workflow" in a VM before installing, it means that it's far from ready. I like the concept though.
what linux distribution is the closest to windows 7 in feel?
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>>15854
As in similar Aesthetic or just functionality or both? because mint is closest in old school windows from functionality to appearance. I loved windows 7 but I still prefer Kubuntu because it feels more modern.
Aesthetic can be easily fixed with just some tweaking on basically any distro.
>>15854
Any distro can be made to look like Windows 7 if you install KDE or XFCE, I think the KDE in particular is closer to Windows but may be a little rough around the edges. As for functionality, you will need to install WINE and juggle several prefixes with different settings according to each Windows program you use. Download WINE from here: https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases
>>15854
Xubuntu or Lubuntu. I recommend Lubuntu, since LXQT is a tiny bit more lightweight.

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