pheusie

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[–] pheusie@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

OP, I'll keep it short as you might have already moved on. Security on desktop Linux isn't great. The lack of widespread sandboxing is one of the main culprits. Good 'hygiene' should keep you safe. But, if you're (rightfully) more concerned, then I'd suggest looking into secureblue^[Note: this distro might be hard to get into if it's your first distro. Consider joining community channels for assistance.].

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

The way you present "immutable distros" make them look like state-of-the-art stateless systems (a la NixOS with the impermanence module).

As much as I'd wish (so-called) immutable distros were like that, almost none of them actually are^[It's basically the aforementioned NixOS. And, even then, only if you've set it up like that. Guix System might offer it as well, but I couldn't verify it the last time I looked into it.].

Fedora Atomic, which may or may not have surpassed NixOS in popularity by now, practically just locks down /usr. That's cute, but it means that the immutability doesn't prevent persistence of hardware in most of the filesystem.

Similarly, I could go over the other popular immutables to point out how their immutability doesn't do much to combat persistence. But I digress...

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

It's Xfce's default file manager. I guess that means that OP is actually using Zorin OS Lite.

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup.

After reading a ton of discussions and inevitably trying out many interesting text editors (including niche ones like Leo and Sam), I just had to give it to Doom Emacs. Been very happy with it ever since.

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

Thanks! I wonder who will reach the finish line first between Cinnamon and Xfce.

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone happen to know the state of Wayland on Linux Mint?

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Let's hope places like Lemmy stay relevant, vivid and slop-proof.

[–] pheusie@programming.dev 20 points 5 days ago

The article unfortunately does a horrendous job at highlighting AerynOS' unique features by only giving vague descriptions without going into any technicality that matters.

FWIW, my two cents on AerynOS:

  • It offers (yet) a(nother) novel approach to atomic distros. The gist for its ambition (or, at least, my understanding of it) would be NixOS, but with FHS intact and without a DSL.