Sure. You can still be profiled, though. That can open doors for discrimination or other unsavory agendas. One also loses a measure of anonymity. Users don’t clearly see how and know that they are tracked, meaning there’s a loss of transparency.

It’s not just about ads.

This website explains it: https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browser-fingerprinting/

Basically you send your user agent, browser and OS configuration like screen resolution, your primary system language, timezone, installed plugins and so forth as you browse the internet. Not so easy to block. In fact, avoiding fingerprinting 100% is almost impossible, because there are so many configurations. It is hard not be somewhat unique. Still there are ways to minimize the identifying information. Using Firefox, this is what you might want to read: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/resist-fingerprinting. Note, though, that even there it says that such techniques can “help prevent websites from uniquely identifying you”, not prevent it entirely.

Set off both journalctl -qu gnome-shell and journalctl -qu gnome-settings-daemon. Both return nothing.

Sadly, neither will truly protect you from fingerprinting.

In other news, Lemmy will keep all its content open for free, making everything accessible to everyone.

… Pisces.

Seriously. Awesome. Series.

Don’t change my mind!

Ok. Now I definitely decided that this is the first ST movie I won’t waste time on.

Never thought I’d see the day.

That’s why.

I don’t use Google messages, don’t use the Google Assistant… am barely aware that Gemini exists.

This has been mentioned a few times here. Didn’t know that. Thank you.

This “Beginners Guide” they have there is a serious turnoff. They might want to consider a more lightweight and friendly intro to their software. 😄

Still, if I find the time to go through this massive wall of text, I will.

That’s my struggle with this solution as well.

Still, a solid choice.

Not for the faint of heart, but I’ll keep it in mind.

Good tip. Thanks.

I’ve looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.

Really wish we wouldn’t have to separate the two. This adds a complication layer for exiting Windows users.

Ideally: install app (insert name). Run and enjoy.

Same across the board.

I stopped buying Skype credit once subscriptions were forced.

I guess it’s Bruce & Diana (Batman & Wonder Woman).

Not sure what the actual image source is, though. Is it animated? A comic?

Is there anyone who genuinely believes that working for basic needs is freedom?

Hard disagree.

GUIs made computers/operating systems accessible. In fact, I would argue that we need even less command line in Linux distributions for the most common tasks and even those beyond that. The hardcore Linux fan won’t agree, I guess, but IMO that’s one of the ongoing needs in Linux accessibility and wider acceptance.

Good example is YasT in OpenSuse. A GUI for much of the stuff other distributions require knowledge of terminal commands, though it really is for Sys. Admins.

Mint and its big daddy Ubuntu have done well for the average user. I hope that this trend will continue and companies will support Linux better than they are now.