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my laptop wireless that I otherwise use to connect. Really? You can't start with connecting wirelessly and then finish up with speaking of security. Wireless is insecure and always will be. So potentially is any hop/link (wired or wireless). But that does not alter that you can still communicate po...

OpenBSD doesn't support my laptop wireless that I otherwise use to connect. Isn't as secure as my Linux setup either and the overheads of it attempting to be secure weigh heavily upon performance. I no longer multi-boot, just live usb boot and run in ram (usb disconnected after bootup). Exact same i...

# free -m total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 3406 64 3207 81 134 3021 Swap: 0 0 0 # FatDog (based on Linux from Scratch) initial boot to using fp IDE, mc, style desktop (text user interface - tui), wireless net connected. From there I can ssh into hashbang for irc, email, bbs' ..etc. ...

Compiled syncterm and have been having some retro-fun visiting BBS's https://i.postimg.cc/RWGSNfpS/bbs-msg-looks.png I've also coded a ncurses tui interface with similar look/feel to mc. Have that running under tilda with F1 set to show/hide that tui. https://i.postimg.cc/rdbqNjNj/s.png Where clicki...

Fatdog 8.1 https://i.postimg.cc/GT0Fqv2k/xscreenshot-20190517-T170901.png usb multi-session (boots from and saves to the usb, that can be unplugged once booted, just reinserted to save (more often I don't save, as I store data on HDD/separately), so boot the exact same OS setup each/every time). vlc...

FatDog 8.0 final. https://i.postimg.cc/5XwxHXCK/s.png Top bar is the main desktop's. I run a local tmux with its window list also at the top and non default keys ... so when I ssh into another box and run tmux on that the two don't conflict. Bottom bar is my second secure (container) bar (Xephyr/uns...

On my local tmux, the Prefix key is set to backtick (press it twice to display a backtick). F11 for new window, F12 for next window. Which blends well with mc that uses F1 to F10. And doesn't conflict with a remote tmux that uses the default ctrl-b prefix

What does your non-Debian desktop look like?

Which one!

I toggle between three desktops, and also have a container (secure) desktop
The browser is a form of desktop unto itself.
tmux on my third desktop



EasyOS 1.0 (heavily tweaked)

5MB vmlinux, 12MB initrd.xz, with capabilities support (capsh), tmux, mc (file manager/text editor), sc-im (spreadsheet), lynx (browser), dropbear (ssh), fbcat (screenshot of framebuffer), fbpdf2 (pdf viewing), calcurse (calendar). All net connected with tmux loaded at startup. https://i.postimg.cc/...

Sign of the times, spoon fed, instant gratification and even then more often move onto something else very quic...

Enjoying EasyOS 1.0 (similar, but different, to Puppy Linux). Runs from a squashed filesystem (sfs), with a folder as the save area layered on top of that. Includes tools to make sfs copies of that save area, so you can use those to quickly/easily roll backwards/forwards to any desired snapshot. htt...

Indeed live-boot uses squashed filesystems (sfs) and overlays. Main read only sfs at the bottom, a rw save area on top. Looks down and if the file is in the save area then that is used, otherwise reads from the ro sfs. whiteout files (.wh) are used to indicate if a file has been deleted i.e. still i...

I feel embarrassed for the OP reading this. Don't be. The Puppy forum allowed non-Pup alternatives to post and degenerated into a mess that is more inclined to confuse rather than help. Post non FreeBSD on the FreeBSD forum, or non Debian on the Debian forum etc. etc. and you'll get blasted off - f...

Bulkley wrote:

I believe apps, and not users should be sandboxed on a single user system.

Have you tried appimages? They are self-contained and run quite nicely in user-space.

If they share the same X server ... then security is as good as non existent.

The main appeal of OpenBSD and a reason for why I moved over to that from Debian is that X runs as user and you can set all setuid's off for 'others', not have the X user in group wheel, no su/sudo etc. and in effect have it contained. Run all root commands from a tty/console. If it really really is...

https://i.postimg.cc/SJV1GYWf/Screenshot-at-2019-01-01-11-24-03.png ... OpenIndiana ... The only problems are that the touchpad on my X201 is recognised as a mouse (so I can't use edge scrolling) and FF is old (ESRv52.9) but otherwise it's very polished and runs well on my hardware. Tried the LiveD...

After Jessie, I moved over to OpenBSD and have no regrets whatsoever. Much more prefer the Unix-like style, never really took to systemD. I can't say anything specific about this system, because I haven't tried it and I think on my hardware it won't work in the near future because it doesn't suppor...

to go to BSD land

After Jessie, I moved over to OpenBSD and have no regrets whatsoever. Much more prefer the Unix-like style, never really took to systemD.

Seemed like only weeks ago when they were saying the global population had risen to 7 billion ... now 7.7Bn. My guess is that as the world becomes just one large village that a biological crisis will spread rapidly across the globe. Many are aware that the horrors of WW1 saw millions killed (around ...

Starborn wrote:Excuse me. What are "apps"?

Oh, you mean "programs"?

English is a living (dynamic) language ... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/app

App : abbreviation for application: a computer program that is designed for a particular purpose