Isn’t there maybe a way to keep the factory os and selectively disable google services. Sort of no-script style? Not too familiar with the android ecosystem tbh, other than google is on top of the food chain, haha.

I have been using a t450 for the past 5 years as my only pc. For about 4 years I used Arch without any major issues, but my “optimizations” became too much to maintan. For the past year I’ve been using Kinoite and it’s brilliant.

Everything runs good enough out of the box and in my daily use I haven’t noticed that I’m running a 9 year old machine. I even play games that should have no business running on that crusty old thing. Also, the stability is divine.

I say, ducktor! Ain’t there nothin’ I can take?

I always found the difference between general and special whativity fascinating.

Kaiser Suse

Or one of Bob Mortimer’s childhood friends.

More like yeetcode, amIwrong?

Why not both?

(Couldn’t coun a proper portmanteu)

Not disappointed at all. I was wondering how much and the answer was a whole lot, which is kind of what I was expecting.

I wonder how much stuff we need to deposit on the surface to start fucking with the orbit and create yet another global disaster.

Awesome! Do you know if there is a free (as in free-range) addon that deletes my resolv.conf file as soon as I open the browser? I think that would be a prudent extention to the input blocker, so that the risk of visiting a site is minimal.

Absolutely valid points and I get your choice. Used to hop browsers for about a decade before I settled on firefox, not because of the privacy aspect, it just felt cozy. I guess I’m getting old, I can’t really tell the difference between performance anymore, all browsers feel fast enough. Honestly, didn’t even think speed would be a concern.

…and I’m sure firefox would be a lot less glitchy if I didn’t insist breaking every single page with noscript. Now, where’d I put my tinfoil hat

Is it less usable than librewolf? Because if it is, I’m in!I’ll just connect through 3 tors, an onion and a carrot, just to be sure.

I can see the new EU directive about labelling chromium based browsers, haha.

I’ve been using it for a few years now and by now picking out the scripts for site navigation and finding the relavant cdn is pretty much automatic now. If I find a site that is just an absolute js clusterfuck, I just run it in porno mode and let the scrips loose and hope for the best until I find what I went there for. I even take the time to reject cookies manually as per my right, haha. Maybe it will show up on some stat somewhere, a flaccid message, but a message none the less.

What did you think of the recent deal the EU made with the giants? As an EU citizen I find it concerning, because it might be a slippery slope.

And if you are feeling extra frisky, install noscript to pick and choose what sources of js you are willing to run and/or be terrified/furious of all the non-relevant scripts sites run.

“I’ve had it with all this LNPNQ propaganda!”

Probably better than doing it mid flight.

How did you get around people you are in contact with flat out refusing to explore alternatives like they owe zuck?

Can’t really go wrong with a Thinkpad. Well, not sure of the situation right now, since my most recent machine is a t450.