Tenderizer78

Windows IoT can have compatibility issues with software because they’re not the latest version of Windows (think Debian vs. Arch, but without Debian being the presumed default). Also you can’t get a license for it legally.

This is all stuff I’ve heard second-hand, but it turned me off Windows IoT. So now I main Linux and have Windows 10 on my old Laptop (AND FFS WINDOWS STOP CHANGING MY FIREWALL SETTINGS).

I use Startpage. I don’t know much about it.

There is anime-planet which I use. There’s also anilist. Don’t know how private either of them are.

He doesn’t. He said that on the issue of privacy the Republicans were more responsive than the Democrats.

I would keep Windows 10 offline, which is why I would prefer to dual boot Windows 11

I was responding to this. If you have different reasons then that’s fine.

You can still use Windows 10 connected to the internet. Same safety precautions apply whether you’re on Linux or Windows 10.

1. Don’t run executables from the internet unless you trust them. Be extra cautious with Windows 10.
2. Close all the open inbound ports in Windows Firewall (you don’t need them for anything anyway).
3. Close them all again because FFS WINDOWS I CLOSED THEM FOR A REASON SO STOP OPENING THEM.
4. Use a browser that’s still getting security updates, so if you’re on Microsoft Edge for some reason then … nevermind if you’re still on Microsoft Edge in 2025 then there’s no saving you.
5. Keep physical access restricted. I gave up trying to configure bitlocker but if you can set it up then that’ll better resolve this.
6. Keep an eye out for news of critical vulnerabilities, particularly ones that score high in terms of “Base Metrics”.

I’ve also put in a firewall rule that prevents Microsoft Edge from accessing the internet entirely, but that’s more out of spite than security. Windows keeps overriding my Firewall settings anyway so I don’t think it’ll have much of an effect.

Maybe 2027

I know I have other options, Google Drive for example, I just didn’t want to use anything new so I did things the hard way.

Don’t think Japan’s gonna recognize Palestine, their new prime minister looks SUPER ghoulish and admires Margaret Thatcher.

Gonna install CachyOS tomorrow.

I know I’m late but …

That is not equivalent to a web directory and is a function that can already be effectively done with duckduckgo and startpage.

EDIT: Nevermind, Startpage at least doesn’t allow wildcards.

I have no idea what you just said.

Doesn’t ClamAV only check for Windows viruses that are passing through a Linux server?

you carry the fate of us all, little one

Oh thank you. Now I don’t need to use an American search engine.

More maintainers should charge for iso’s. Nobody’s gonna compile them themselves or trust “pirated” iso’s. It’s a real genius move from Zorin.

Now the KDE Discover store on Kubuntu needs to let me say no when an app asks for “Full Access: Can Access Everything on your System”. It’s a bloody text editor, what access could it possibly need.

That feature of Kagi is so awesome and I wish other search engines would implement it.

I’m gonna comment on my personal experience with a few search engines.

• Startpage I stopped using because, and it took me a while to notice this, the searches aren’t included in the URL. This means if I want to bookmark a startpage search for later or find a startpage search in my browser history I can’t. This is a dealbreaker for me.
• Qwant didn’t have advanced search tools of any kind, and it also didn’t work in Singapore (where I occasionally set my VPN to).
• Mojeek … is not ready yet.
• Kagi I tried for a bit but I’m not paying a subscription to an American company for search.

Ultimately I ended back up on Duckduckgo Startpage. I think perhaps we should go back to web directories instead of search engines.

I still have no idea what secure-boot really does and this was me turning the metaphorical secure-boot dial while checking the crowd to see whether they start gasping in horror.